Man being chased by police - should you help?

[anonymous-user]

Mk3Spitfire said:

Rovinghawk said:

And the unreliability will always work in a direction which suits you rather than one that works against you? I thought that might be the case.

Mr Hawk, please try not to be hypocritical. If the survey had resulted a100% trust in the police, you would have been one of the first to dispute it. As per Durzel says above your post, a survey like that will always be bias in one way or t'other.

Every time I've put data which supports the police he will point out surveys can be flawed and quote things like "Yes, Minister".

It has to apply both ways, surely?

This data suggests trust has diminished in just about every area (note how badly the private sector measurements do). Is this a reflection of reality? Or unjust cynical perception driven by increased ease in which people can communicate negative information? I much prefer experienced-based data rather than perception-based.



Edited to make it actually make sense*

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 30th September 07:10

[Mk3Spitfire]

Precisely.
Quite an interesting chart actually. I forget what profession our learned friend is in, but would be interested to see what the chart would say about his.

[Rovinghawk]

Mk3Spitfire said:

Precisely.
I forget what profession our learned friend is in, but would be interested to see what the chart would say about his.

If you mean me, I'm not actually your friend.

I'm a civil engineer. I wouldn't appear on your chart as most people don't think of us at all (a bit like Belgium, really).

[Mk3Spitfire]

Rovinghawk said:

If you mean me, I'm not actually your friend.

I'm a civil engineer. I wouldn't appear on your chart as most people don't think of us at all (a bit like Belgium, really).

As much as it breaks my heart to hear that you don't consider us friends, even after all this time, that wasn't quite what I meant. But let's not worry too much about that.
As for you, and Belgium....I know which one id prefer to spend time getting to know.

Edited by Mk3Spitfire on Tuesday 30th September 11:16

[GC8]

Mk3Spitfire said:

Greendubber said:

I wouldn't want your help after seeing how you flapped it when that bloke tapped your window in that video you shot.

Ha! There can be no come back to that.

That made me laugh out aloud at my desk.

[Rovinghawk]

Mk3Spitfire said:

I know which one id prefer to spend time getting to know.

I've been mostly straight since leaving public school, but put £20 on the table & I'll consider it, sweetie.

[Mk3Spitfire]

Rovinghawk said:

I've been mostly straight since leaving public school, but put £20 on the table & I'll consider it, sweetie.

20 quid? You've a cheek to charge.

[Rovinghawk]

Mk3Spitfire said:

20 quid? You've a cheek to charge.

It's your cheeks I'd be charging for, baby.

Don't think of it as extra cost, think of it as me charging by the inch.

[Devil2575]

Public school eh?

Who'd have thought it. I guess an expensive education is no guarantee of intelligence

Edited by Devil2575 on Tuesday 30th September 12:34

[Mk3Spitfire]

Devil2575 said:

Public school eh?

Who'd have thought it. I guess and expensive education is no guarantee of intelligence

Bang!

[Mk3Spitfire]

Rovinghawk said:

Don't think of it as extra cost, think of it as me charging by the inch.

The going rate in your area is 20 quid an inch? Christ....I'm in the wrong job.

[Rovinghawk]

Mk3Spitfire said:

Christ....I'm in the wrong job.

Don't tell your mother what you do for a living, she'd be horrified. Tell her you play the piano in a brothel.

[Rovinghawk]

Devil2575 said:

Who'd have thought it. I guess an expensive education is no guarantee of intelligence

No, but it guarantees the ability to put question marks at the end of questions and full stops at the end of sentences.

[Devil2575]

Rovinghawk said:

Devil2575 said:

Who'd have thought it. I guess an expensive education is no guarantee of intelligence

No, but it guarantees the ability to put question marks at the end of questions and full stops at the end of sentences.

Got me there. Shame they never taught you critical reasoning as well as grammar

[Rovinghawk]

Devil2575 said:

Got me there. Shame they never taught you critical reasoning as well as grammar

1) It's punctuation rather than grammar.
2) You forgot the full stop again, even after the hints given.
3) My critical reasoning is pretty good. We engineers need that sort of thing.

[Devil2575]

Rovinghawk said:

Devil2575 said:

Got me there. Shame they never taught you critical reasoning as well as grammar

1) It's punctuation rather than grammar.
2) You forgot the full stop again, even after the hints given.
3) My critical reasoning is pretty good. We engineers need that sort of thing.

1 & 2, not that fussed. My typing skills are rather poor so I'm normally happy if I manage to spell stuff right. I normally don't use a full stop if I use a smiley. Not sure why, just habit.

3) Your only a Civil engineer though...let's not get carried away
I know engineers who are deeply religious, i've even met one who was a creationist and others who buy into alternative medicine. Being an engineer is no guarantee of anything

[Rovinghawk]

Devil2575 said:

I'm normally happy if I manage to spell stuff right.

But:

Devil2575 said:

Your only a Civil engineer

"You're", sir, "you're". Thank you for the capitalisation, though.

(But enough of this foolish sparring.)

Devil2575 said:

Being an engineer is no guarantee of anything

Getting back towards the topic, it's a cast-iron, copper-bottomed, gold-plated guarantee that no other bugger is ever going to help us in the course of our jobs.

[Eclassy]

I can tell the one that has more than 5 GCSEs

[Mk3Spitfire]

Eclassy said:

I can tell the one that has more than 5 GCSEs

Well done.

[Devil2575]

Mr Hawk won't have any I suspect because he'll be too old