Brendan

The problem lies with them having financial incentives and targets. Therefore even if everyone is obeying the parking regulations they have to go out and fabricate situations or just plane victimise vulnerable people into paying things they don?t need to.

Now we're not in the lounge so that would be barking.

Really? How odd.

Bloody South Africans!

You're probably right though *Bob*.

The situation with my fianc? (the midwife) when she was on call was particularly annoying as she was clamped and then the attendant who had got her clamped just refused to admit that she was displaying her sticker. Therefore his word against hers and bugger the fact that she is someone serving his community and responding to a medical emergency. Just so long as he gets his readies. Scum if you ask me.

2 of them yes. the others took so long and we were messed around so much trying to get them withdrawn that I sometimes felt it wasn't worth it.

See my statements above *Bob*. In all these instances we were ticketed illegally because a traffic warden was trying to make a buck.

I agree that they are necessary but the fact that they get paid commission on the amount of fines they dish out flies in the face of all reason.

Said the Rastafarian in the confessional.

Floating Onion Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He's a cop actually. I stand corrected. That's the last time I trust anything Tony Grieg says.

Or in mine and my partner's experience: "I'm an on-call midwife responding to an emergency. Hence the signs on the car. Do I really have to pay you ?100 because you obviously can't read and have clamped my car" "You have put the ticket over my pay and display ticket." "I was walking to the machine to pay you prick!" "Yes this is in fact a legal parking space."

I even applaud Australians. One of the things that annoys me so much about them is that they are actually good enough to back up their arrogance. You can?t help but respect them. The bastards!

Would it be illegal to shoot out their tires with a pellet gun?

Caused some commotion at lords one sunny afternoon as I recall.

that of the wikkit gate. Yes.

I did enjoy it when your prison truck driver bowled Kevin Pietersen out. They should invite him to do Strictly Come Dancing. http://www.foxsports.com.au/common/imagedata/0,5001,5408625,00.jpg The Bermudan prison truck driver that is not that ?Look at me I?m English.? South African (with an Afrikaans name none the less) wally Pietersen?

Anyone else hoping India give the ?stralians another thumping? Only me? Oh well?. Cricket? You know, standing around on a field all day in white clothes? One of the few noteworthy relics of a long forgotten, defunct empire? Anyone? Anyone? 2 Big stadiums in central London taking up valuable ?luxury urban apartment? and Starbucks space? Sitting in the sun all day drinking beer and applauding good sportsmanship no matter which side is winning? Anyone? For Christ sake people! Major supplier of Strictly Come Dancing contestants? Endless days of summer rain?..

Oi! Get your fingers out my ears!

bus or train to Elephant and then take the bakerloo line all the way up.

STOP SHOUTING MARCUS! Cook has a souffl? on.

Yeah come along ????. There is plenty of argy bargy on here amongst folk who get on just fine in the real world. Oh and I promise I won?t get exasperated and start swearing at people. Well unless that Tarquin rubs me up the wrong way.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > on the 8:45 to Blackfriars???? I'd be amazed if > you could get a seat at that hour (even if you > could in the past, yes yes I hear you) You can and I normally do. Just not this morning. You have to know which carriage to pick though.

If you are talking about accidental pregnancy then one solution is to scare the bejesus out of them with the very real threat of AIDS. And make condoms freely available at all clinics, hospitals and GP surgeries. In a basket out front don?t make the poor buggers have to go and ask for them. A while ago I was speaking to my brother about this. He is 16 years older than me but went to the same school in the same small, not very affluent town, and in his final 2 years of school at least 6 girls in his year left because they were pregnant. In mine there was only 1 and there were a lot more people at the school when I went there. I put it down to the fact that In South Africa in the 90s we were given free condoms and were shit scared of AIDS.

:)-D Well done Michael. I'm going to the pub tonight...