Loz

As you probably gathered from the other thread, I am rather anti-CCTV - but that is only for the false selling premise that they 'prevent crime'. For working out who did it (and hopefully catching the buggers) then a good household CCTV unit is a good investment. And previous posters have pointed out, sometimes a small number of people are responsible for a large number of burglaries.

Send 'em round to me, then. Mmmmmm.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In my opinion - Australian wine is not worth > keeping more than one night. > > If you have some nice food, def dont ruin the > experience by drinking aussie wine with it. ;-) > > Some friends of ours were round for dinner tonight > and brought some Australian win - I accidently > dropped it and it spilt everywhere, had to drag > some french out to rescue the situation - of > course i was soo apologetic about the oz stuff. Your *really* need to buy something better that Jacob's Creek, you know...

Well, you've introduced a different set of logic from Ianr's Sue. But I'll run with that, too. If I did a study of shops that took such measures and found that shoplifting had dropped by 25% in three months, I'd be rather pleased. If it found it then returned to the same old level after six months, I'd then be miffed. And if I discovered that shops that install these measures take, on average, 57 years to get a return on investment, I'd really question this whole picture of policemen or cctv or whatever lark and deduce it was a bit of a con. And if I then found out that governments did a study of similar measures in public places and they found it was pretty damn ineffective overall, then at that point I would conclude we've all been taken for a ride. A half a billion pound ride at that. CCTV - it may not reduce crime, but at least you get to watch the highlights of your mugging afterwards...

Hmmm. If I owned a shop and went to great expense to put a large picture of a policeman up in the shop and it still suffered from shoplifting, what would I conclude? Well, I could say that: - It goes to show that my large picture of a policeman does not absolutely deter all criminals (allegedly). - It does not show that some criminals have not been deterred by my large picture of a policeman. - It does not go to show that some criminals will not be deterred in the future by my large picture of a policeman. And all of it would be logically indisputable. Or I could conclude that my large picture of a policeman was a waste of money.

Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > So Loz, what's an eighth of weed in terms of > grams? Just in case... About two cups full. B)

It goes to show that CCTV does not deter criminals, though.

Just put an eighth of weed in and no one will give a damn on how much cocoa is in there...

My cousin passed out at the alter... twice. The finished the ceremony with her sitting on the lawn outside.

... or on the front of an Oasis album!

A really good point, this. Sometimes we have decide what we want in this regard - public transport is a similar issue. Personally, I think that in the age of the email the letter is slowly going the way of the telegram, so the UDS's time may be up. Royal Mail should be released of it's shackles and allowed to compete properly.

Jah Lush Wrote: > > Sainsburys have some pretty good offers for wine > on at the moment. Worth a look. Yep - 25% off if you buy six or more. Time to raid the upper shelves and blow those Nectar points!

I've always wanted to see someone, with enough cash and their own lawyer obviously, pursue a parking warden for fraud or somesuch for issuing an obvious illegal ticket. That'll make the buggers sit up and take notice.

I loved it when the banker guy said "That's why they chucked you out and I'm still here". The Labour guy tried to come back with a snappy retort, but instead looked like a petulant teenage that was about to burst into tears. He won the day even though "I'm still here" sounded soooo John Major.

woofmarkthedog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A man who coughed for years with no medical > explaination was cured by plucking out the hairs > in his inner ears > > Very weird but true Not a big surprise. I cough when I put a cotton bud in my ear - it's quite common. Apparently there is a nerve that runs close to the ear canal that triggers it.

Like "the easiest way is to get them piste", perhaps, Anna?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try Honalulu to Los Angeles for an even more > extreme version. > > The googlemappers must be having some fun. That's rather bizarre - why would you kayak to Seattle? Is the map playing tricks and that is actually the closest point to Hawaii?

felt-tip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > a dog's inability to wipe its own arse is > something that can surely be rectified with > careful breeding...? ... with the Andrex puppy?

Which two counties contested the first international cricket match?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Food and Drink > > What do you use a spurtle for? To pinch Jimmy Carr's joke: What do I use it for, or what is it supposed to be used for?

Really good lesson here folks... have the size of wedding you feel is appropriate to you. Don't be pressured; after all, it's your day. Sally, if we've all given you the confidence to have the wedding of both of YOUR dreams then I am so glad. Enjoy it! Get lots of photos... and maybe even post one up here!

Always a good one - how many men have walked on the moon? (Conspiracy theories notwithstanding). Also, in the UK Top 40 on the 23 Jan 2010, the same song held both number 5 and number 6 positions in the chart. What was it?

Here's one for food and drink: The rules of which French wine appellation prevent the overhead flying, landing or taking off of flying saucers? Sometimes you gotta love the French.

I work for a company who does a lot of public sector work. We're seeing more pressure on price, but certainly no sign of contracts 'drying up'. And these are not big 'spend it quick while we've got it' deals, but multi-year operating contracts.

Am I missing the obvious here, but if the union is strong and everyone holds out then there is no way they are going to sack each and every firefighter in London?