[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I wondered how long it would take for this ol' soundbite to trot out. "Not very long", is the unsurprising answer.

Anyway; my answer is a very firm "no" to random searches. If there is legitimate good reason to believe that someone is carrying a weapon, fine. Otherwise, no.

How do you define "random"? Would a person who "looked chavvy", was acting really shifty, and crossed the road when near a policeman count as a random search?

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

sadly today a lot of parents are more interested in being on Facebook with their mates all day ,one of my biggest bug bears is seeing parents pick their kids up from school texting as they walk home while little kid run on in front or lags behind them .. PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN

I said much the same in a "pet peeves" thread, I think in Chat&Games. At a Beavers event a few months back one of the parents spent nearly the entire "show" on her phone, while the kids were performing what they'd spent the weekend practising, and would have missed her son's bit if not nudged.

Spoiler:

I wouldn't blame someone for wearing earbuds, but to visibly be ignoring it for one's phone is bloody rude