Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
RobinOakapple said:
marshalla said:
RobinOakapple said:
Drug addicts, especially those living on run-down housing estates- where do they get the money to buy drugs with? If they are stealing it, who from and how, and why haven't the people they are stealing from run out of money/stuff? If it's prostitution, where are they getting the clients from, and how do the really ugly ones get clients?
They steal stuff from people who have nice stuff, and then flog it to the first buyer. People who have nice stuff tend to have it insured, so the nice stuff gets replaced - and then nicked again (frequently) so you could argue that the insurance business is paying for the drugs 
As for the prostitution - there's a market for everything.
t on your own doorstep'. If they're robbing locally, it doesn't take a genius to figure out where the source of the thievery is, so I would imagine they go a little further afield.Just guessin'?
Jonboy_t said:
Comes down to the phrase 'never st on your own doorstep'. If they're robbing locally, it doesn't take a genius to figure out where the source of the thievery is, so I would imagine they go a little further afield.
Just guessin'?
Which would mean that every every day there's a mass exodus from these estates with drug taking robbers on foot making their way to where the rich people live. I say on foot because I assume they've long since sold their cars and bicycles for money for drugs.t on your own doorstep'. If they're robbing locally, it doesn't take a genius to figure out where the source of the thievery is, so I would imagine they go a little further afield.Just guessin'?
I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but such behaviour is going to draw attention and 'a little further afield' isn't going to be enough.
It's my guess that nowhere near as much drugs are consumed in these places as reported, or else the drugs are very, very cheap.
RobinOakapple said:
It's my guess that nowhere near as much drugs are consumed in these places as reported, or else the drugs are very, very cheap.
I think your mental image of drug addicts is a little wide of the mark. Maybe change your newspaper. The vast majority of drug users function well enough to hold jobs, or just sponge off the dole and do a little work/dealing on the side. They have a roof over their head, food, and cars.And, yes, drugs are very cheap and easy to obtain too.
grumbledoak said:
RobinOakapple said:
It's my guess that nowhere near as much drugs are consumed in these places as reported, or else the drugs are very, very cheap.
I think your mental image of drug addicts is a little wide of the mark. Maybe change your newspaper. The vast majority of drug users function well enough to hold jobs, or just sponge off the dole and do a little work/dealing on the side. They have a roof over their head, food, and cars.And, yes, drugs are very cheap and easy to obtain too.
RobinOakapple said:
I wasn't really thinking about the totality of drug users, just the ones that don't have jobs or money, my question was about them, and how they pay for the drugs they reportedly consume. They may be just a fraction of the overall drug taking population, but there's still quite a lot of them.
Shoplifting is very common. Stealing clothes, make-up, food (cheese&meat), razor blades and pretty much anything else. If you go to some crummy pubs you can do your weekly shop without leaving your seat.
Vipers said:
Why do we call a "Washing Machine", a "Washing Machine"
We don't call a Hoover (which is a Vacuum I know), a "Dust sucking machine"?
What's the alternative ? A Laundrerer ? A Washingbot ? We don't call a Hoover (which is a Vacuum I know), a "Dust sucking machine"?
Nobody's come up with a more acceptable name yet - and no one brand has dominated enough to become generic. (I always giggle internally when people talk about their Dysons being Hoovers).
In the sports world, if nutrition and training are improving all the time, how come there are still some world records that were set in the 90's?
For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
oceanview said:
In the sports world, if nutrition and training are improving all the time, how come there are still some world records that were set in the 90's?
For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
Now, without looking it up, I'm pretty sure the Triple Jump record was set at high altitude? Same with the High Jump? Small differences but they all count.For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
The 400m hurdles? Maybe Ed Moses was just a beast? /edit having just looked it up, it wasn't even Ed Moses!
High Jump was a Cuban, therefore likely doped up to the eyeballs. I doubt Edwards was on the sauce though, he was a devout Christian and several times debated not competing on Sunday's.
Edited by MissChief on Saturday 16th May 20:11
maxxy5 said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Why are the god squad left wing in the UK but right wing in the US?
Church of England vs. American fundamentalism? Moderate vs. fundamentalist. Also Americans are more right wing anyway, and more religious.Sexist, homophobic, anti-all-sorts.
oceanview said:
In the sports world, if nutrition and training are improving all the time, how come there are still some world records that were set in the 90's?
For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
It takes a whole lot more than nutrition and training to be the best in the world in an athletic discipline. Edwards tested clean btw.For example, I believe Jonathon Edwards still holds the triple jump WR from 1995. High jump record was set in 1993 and the 400m hurdles record still stands from 1992.
My cynical self thinks maybe they had more "assistance" back then but who knows?
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