Making the news today....

[Gary Prentice]

9 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Oh so not even black and tan?

Now that's a brew I'd forgotten about 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

10 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Oh so not even black and tan?

Maybe ‘rainbow’ as a deferential nod to the ‘alternatives’ and ‘unspecified / undecided?’

 

Maybe black as a nod to the revolutionary Marxists at BLM?

 

Maybe some sort of ocre in recognition of the ‘new wave’ from HK?

 

The options (in pursuit of the avoidance of offence and overt declarations of empathy) are almost limitless. 
 

Prob just as well stick with ‘blue’ as a historic norm and so as not to bruise delicate sensitivities?  
 

Or is there some sort of sub-conscious micro aggression linked to Empire associated with blue.....?

 

Cant be white for obvious reasons of impracticability on duty  - I mean, imagine a coloured officer in a white uniform on a zebra crossing!  It’d set off all epileptics within line of sight and that would be epilepsy-ist!!

 

Its all got so terribly complex....

 

 

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

39 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Now that's a brew I'd forgotten about 

Grandfather’s fav tipple. 
 

He would get wild if the bottle went in first and the draft on top. 
 

Draft first, bottle part poured then taken to table to top up at leisure. 
 

Im sure it was the thought of getting a little bit extra draft that appealed to him...

 

I think it was called thrift back in the day...

 

I think I got the tight barsteward gene from him ?

Edited July 9, 2020 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[openspaceman]

38 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Prob just as well stick with ‘blue’ as a historic norm and so as not to bruise delicate sensitivities?  

I suspect you missed the slight whoosh  as my hot air passed by your head.

 

Of course while I am hard of thinking I'm not hard of comprehension

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

I suspect you missed the slight whoosh  as my hot air passed by your head.

 

Of course while I am hard of thinking I'm not hard of comprehension

I didn’t miss it, as I hope you haven’t missed mine ?

 

I very much enjoy / appreciate our exchanges and I DO recognise a kindred (sarcastic) spirit ??

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

I’ll switch target to the boiled egg!

 

Come on egger, it’s not Dixon of Doc Green, Ford Anglias, roller-Dex, pencil and note book any more. 
 

Data collation, analysis and exploitation is the future of policing. 
 

Of course there will always be the community role of the Bobby on the beat but not to the same degree as in your distant yoof of getting your collar felt!

 

Service manpower cuts are an inevitable consequence of digitisation in ALL walks of life (and links nicely to the UBI argument.)

 

Its old hat for died in the wool socialists to constantly ‘blame the Tories’ for job losses (past, present and future) whilst burying their heads in the sand and trying to ignore (never mind embrace) the INEVITABILITY of significant streamlining of future actual paid employment opportunities. 

 

 

[Khriss]

9 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

Maybe ‘rainbow’ as a deferential nod to the ‘alternatives’ and ‘unspecified / undecided?’

 

Maybe black as a nod to the revolutionary Marxists at BLM?

 

Maybe some sort of ocre in recognition of the ‘new wave’ from HK?

 

The options (in pursuit of the avoidance of offence and overt declarations of empathy) are almost limitless. 
 

Prob just as well stick with ‘blue’ as a historic norm and so as not to bruise delicate sensitivities?  
 

Or is there some sort of sub-conscious micro aggression linked to Empire associated with blue.....?

 

Cant be white for obvious reasons of impracticability on duty  - I mean, imagine a coloured officer in a white uniform on a zebra crossing!  It’d set off all epileptics within line of sight and that would be epilepsy-ist!!

 

Its all got so terribly complex....

 

 

 

 

...... tell that to the Birmingham Six. K

[Khriss]

Anyway, got my teeth into this - asymmetric warfare..... yup build a bloody useless flat top , to sail ( mostly ) around the World ( at great tax payers expense ) . then jump on our biggest buyer of Defence purchasing to 5 billion squids, ignore Human rights issues abroad n then think Army is going to help in this  ?? Dear god . Please focus.  K

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

2 hours ago, Khriss said:

Anyway, got my teeth into this - asymmetric warfare..... yup build a bloody useless flat top , to sail ( mostly ) around the World ( at great tax payers expense ) . then jump on our biggest buyer of Defence purchasing to 5 billion squids, ignore Human rights issues abroad n then think Army is going to help in this  ?? Dear god . Please focus.  K

Can’t, already moved on!

 

Separate subject, do you recall some sort of legal challenge to NR doing line clearance in nesting season a year or so back? I’ve got something of a memory of them being told something like - just because you didn’t get it all done in time is no excuse for carrying on into nesting season. Ring any bells? Can you point me in right direction for references??

 

PS - one of my regrets of leaving the Andrew was that I left before QE was commissioned and I missed the opportunity to be transported around the global cocktail party circuit. 
 

PPS - there are considerably less regrets than there are jubilations for leaving when I did ??

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

2 hours ago, Khriss said:

Anyway, got my teeth into this - asymmetric warfare..... yup build a bloody useless flat top , to sail ( mostly ) around the World ( at great tax payers expense ) . then jump on our biggest buyer of Defence purchasing to 5 billion squids, ignore Human rights issues abroad n then think Army is going to help in this  ?? Dear god . Please focus.  K

Don’t panic Mr Mannering! 
 

Found it:  

Rail Minister launches review of tree cutting alongside rail lines - GOV.UK

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Review of Network Rail’s tree cutting and vegetation management has been announced.