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Talkemada - Blocked

Threads about RLJing, using work postal services, etc. Strikes me that some folk at least must be incredibly law-abiding and righteous.

Personally, I live in the real world; try not to hurt any one, try to be as honest as possible, don't take what's not mine, etc etc, but probably break some law or other every day really. The World hasn't stopped spinning, and I'm pretty sure the impact of my nefarious activities is pretty minimal on society.

So, are some STWers really that incredibly rare breed of people that never, ever break the Law in any way (never drive over the NSL, never pinch a pen or whatever from the office supply, etc), or are they just a bunch of sanctimonious self-righteous arses that are probably defrauding children and cooking up Crystal Meth in their bathrooms?

Staistically, there's surely some nonces, rapists and murderers on here, no? The next Shipman; all respectable and nice on the outside, but consumate evil behind closed doors...

(Goes off to deliberately ride on a bit of pavement)

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

I just gave a [work supplied] diary to my daughter

Posted 2 years ago #
Talkemada - Blocked

Uplink; you are hereby sentenced by the Court of STW, to BURN FOR ETERNITY IN THE FIERY PIT OF HELL!

You naughty boy.

Posted 2 years ago #
Tracker1972 - Member

Nice attempt to get
nonces, rapists and murderers
to confess!
Not sure it will work though...

Posted 2 years ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

I am pure and honest and would never do or say anything wrong. A bit like Captain America.

Posted 2 years ago #
failedengineer - Member

I've got a (very old) conviction for mooning ........

Posted 2 years ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

I fought the law and the law won

Posted 2 years ago #
Coyote - Member

What's RLJing?

Posted 2 years ago #
uponthedowns - Member

I usually break the law every time I use a car.

Posted 2 years ago #
yunki - Member

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery....

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

I was also once fined £2 [with £5 costs] for urinating in a public place

Posted 2 years ago #
Harry_the_Spider - Member

Are you sure that you didn't just pay a policeman so you could wee infront of him?

Posted 2 years ago #
nickc - Member

The usual speeding fines as a 20 year idiot driver. none for while though. Riding? I don't care about ROW legislation at all, but that's hardly ground-breaking. Never been "in trouble" with the law though. Same for most folk, no?

Posted 2 years ago #
uplink - Member

Are you sure that you didn't just pay a policeman so you could wee infront of him?

nah, he had hold of me at the time

Posted 2 years ago #
RichPenny - Member

Hehe, I want a conviction for mooning Couple of petty drugs offences here, never held me back ~~as I've never admitted to it when asked for the information~~

Posted 2 years ago #
Surf-Mat - Member

I've got a (very old) conviction for mooning ........
Now that is a cool badge of honour!!

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Talkemada - Blocked

nah, he had hold of me at the time

Many decades ago, my father was walking in London, at night, when a proper Pea-Souper fog descended. Now this meant navigation was damn near impossible, so my father stumbled along best he could, in the rough direction he was headed. He felt the urge to urinate, so, as no-one could possibly see him, decided that it was a case of 'any port in a storm', and proceeded to relieve himself.

A sharp cry revealed that he had just urinated on someone. Who turned out to be a policewoman, also lost in the smog. Being new to the beat, she was unfamiliar with the area, pretty disorientated and quite scared. The East End of London wasn't a particularly safe place for a lone woman, even a police woman, in those days.

My father apologised profusely, fearing arrest, but the poor girl was more concerned with finding her way back to safety. Fortunately, my father was able to find his bearings, and escort her back to the station, which wasn't far away. The policewoman was very grateful to him, and the duty sergeant gave my father a 'reward' of five pounds for being so public spirited and assisting a police officer. Five pounds was not such an inconsiderable amount in those days.

My father remains to this day, the only person I have ever heard of receiving a reward for urinating on a police officer.

Posted 2 years ago #
BoardinBob - Member

Many decades ago, my father was walking in London, at night, when a proper Pea-Souper fog descended. Now this meant navigation was damn near impossible, so my father stumbled along best he could, in the rough direction he was headed. He felt the urge to urinate, so, as no-one could possibly see him, decided that it was a case of 'any port in a storm', and proceeded to relieve himself.

A sharp cry revealed that he had just urinated on someone. Who turned out to be a policewoman, also lost in the smog. Being new to the beat, she was unfamiliar with the area, pretty disorientated and quite scared. The East End of London wasn't a particularly safe place for a lone woman, even a police woman, in those days.

My father apologised profusely, fearing arrest, but the poor girl was more concerned with finding her way back to safety. Fortunately, my father was able to find his bearings, and escort her back to the station, which wasn't far away. The policewoman was very grateful to him, and the duty sergeant gave my father a 'reward' of five pounds for being so public spirited and assisting a police officer. Five pounds was not such an inconsiderable amount in those days.

My father remains to this day, the only person I have ever heard of receiving a reward for urinating on a police officer.

Posted 2 years ago #
BoardinBob - Member

Many decades ago, my father was walking in London, at night, when a proper Pea-Souper fog descended. Now this meant navigation was damn near impossible, so my father stumbled along best he could, in the rough direction he was headed. He felt the urge to urinate, so, as no-one could possibly see him, decided that it was a case of 'any port in a storm', and proceeded to relieve himself.

A sharp cry revealed that he had just urinated on someone. Who turned out to be a policewoman, also lost in the smog. Being new to the beat, she was unfamiliar with the area, pretty disorientated and quite scared. The East End of London wasn't a particularly safe place for a lone woman, even a police woman, in those days.

My father apologised profusely, fearing arrest, but the poor girl was more concerned with finding her way back to safety. Fortunately, my father was able to find his bearings, and escort her back to the station, which wasn't far away. The policewoman was very grateful to him, and the duty sergeant gave my father a 'reward' of five pounds for being so public spirited and assisting a police officer. Five pounds was not such an inconsiderable amount in those days.

My father remains to this day, the only person I have ever heard of receiving a reward for urinating on a police officer.

You're a tragedy. Is that a well rehearsed fabrication or off the cuff improv?

Posted 2 years ago #
Talkemada - Blocked

True story mate! Hard to believe I know, but my old man's not the sort to lie about such a thing, and it's too preposterous for him to have made it up!

Posted 2 years ago #
M6TTF - Member

BigDummy - Member

nonces, rapists and murderers
abound on Singletrackworld.
Personally, I shoot kittens in the face.

any excuse to get that pic of stephanie in hey? LOL (which is PShopped BTW)

Posted 2 years ago #
dangerousbeans - Member

I killed a pedestrian in an RTA when I was 19, the kid was 10.

Had to wait a while for whether I was to be prosecuted or not. For the record me and the car were fully road legal, I was not speeding or driving recklessly, it was merely an unfortunate accident.

Was pretty scared for a while that I would still get done even though I knew I was innocent.

Reckon this incident is why I have managed to drive for the last 25 years without serious incident.

However I am as guilty as most for occasions of speeding, especially motorways when quiet and suchlike, but try to drive well and courteously.

Reckon there are few people who do not break some law in the course of their lives.

Posted 2 years ago #
coffeeking - Member

I try not to break laws that I consider could have an immediate effect on people. If I do break laws I expect to be punished or at least moaned at and frowned upon and accept that like a man, not try to wiggle out of it because I dont think the law is fair. It's not about everyone never breaking the law, it's about striving to be better by not doing things on purpose, rather than being the perfect person by never doing things. When people stop striving to do things by the laws society thinks are safe and fair, people and things get damaged and the general respect of the rules goes down. It doesn't make people "old" or "sad" because they attempt to follow the rules reasonably, it just means they see the benefits of following them and think the negatives are so minor it's hardly worth not following them.

RLJing - no, never. OK, thats not true, i did one night in Bolton by accident (too many lights and not enough concentration).
Posting stuff through work - no, it isn't allowed unless it's work related and it would annoy me if the business funds were depleted for a colleague to post his ebay crap.
Stealing stationary - why would I? I'm hardly that badly off I can't afford my own pencils.
Speeding - not in built up areas, I've seen the results, sometimes in rural areas on safer road sections but not consciously - if I notice it I slow back down again. I've been known to speed on empty motorways at 3am on purpose, but not if there are other people present on the road that I might take out in a crash.

Posted 2 years ago #
odannyboy - Member

i had a libary book once that i returned late...

Posted 2 years ago #
Talkemada - Blocked

Oof. The thread suddenly got all serious.

Very sad to hear that dangerousbeans.

So, Coffeeking; you were going on about me being 'immature' last night, for admitting to RLJing on deserted roads, yet you now confess to not being an angel yourself...

Posted 2 years ago #
odannyboy - Member

"or are they just a bunch of sanctimonious self-righteous arses"

what you thought we wernt????

Posted 2 years ago #
coffeeking - Member

So, Coffeeking; you were going on about me being 'immature' last night, for admitting to RLJing on deserted roads, yet you now confess to not being an angel yourself...

Yup, I break the law in places where there are no other people to affect. RLJing is something that other traffic can see, can injur people and has a negative effect on others. Likewise speeding in a car is, hence I only do it on roads where there are no other people and no-one to injur. My point was that for the effort involved in stopping at a set of lights it's pretty mad to cruise through and claim its ok because you are careful. Everyone thinks this who RLJs, yet day in day out I see people doing it dangerously and other road users using it as an excuse to ignore the laws "in return". Place would be a bit better if everyone was a little more courteous. But ultimately if people strive to be better, though they may make the odd mistake, at least the intention is not to be a thoughtless ass.

Posted 2 years ago #
molgrips - Member

Ok.

Speeding - 80mph on motorways if it's quiet and I am in a hurry, which is rarely, very rarely if ever anywhere else.
Parking tickets - once, single yellow line didn't think to check/notice the sign
Nicking stationary - no
Insurance embellishment - no, even didn't put some stuff in my claim so as not to take the piss.
RLJ - never habitually, used to when younger sometimes but not always even then. Have jumped on totally deserted streets and pavements
Driving without seatbelt - never
Using mobile when driving - have done in the past, never now
Stealing - almost shoplifted something I needed from Halfords aged 17, put it back tho
Driving without due care and attention - certainly on occasion
Smuggling - yes, electronic goods (camera etc) and biking gear back from the USA

Is withholding information about a crime an offence? Someone broke into a car on our road once; 15 minutes earlier I'd seen some really dodgy kids scoping the area looking in cars (including the burgled one) and seen their faces, but didn't come forward with it. I thought he'd seen me seeing him, and I was sure that if he got nicked he'd come after me/my cars/my house/my garage. Should probably have done tho

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Talkemada - Blocked

Yup, I break the law in places where there are no other people to affect. RLJing is something that other traffic can see, can injur people and has a negative effect on others.

Did you actually read my post on that thread?

Posted 2 years ago #
The Southern Yeti - Member

Can I interest anyone in a nearly new Ibis MOJO?

Posted 2 years ago #
khani - Member

Pure as driven snow me, I even have a CRB to prove it. Shows how rubbish they are.
My mum was arrested for throwing a tin of red paint over the head of the nf in the seventys though,
I still feel proud about that. Rip mum

Posted 2 years ago #
Talkemada - Blocked

My mum was arrested for throwing a tin of red paint over the head of the nf

Respect. Some things are worth getting nicked for...

CRB? Jeeze, mine has to be delivered by an artic...

Posted 2 years ago #
richmars - Member

No ones mentioned illegal downloads, or doesn't that count?
For the record no downloads but sometimes speeding (but not in 30 or 40mph limits).

Posted 2 years ago #
khani - Member

CRB-never caught. She was also arrested at greenham common and numerous cnd marches, ma baker isn't in it
All in a good cause though

Posted 2 years ago #
DezB - Member

Nearly everytime I take my dog out I ride on the pavement, with the dog on a lead.
Ronnie Biggs eat yer 'eart out.

Ps. what is RLJing? Guess - red light jumping? Nope. Not even on my commute.

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