Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...
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wst said:
They've provided a free trial month or so of "patrols" and are registering as Community Interest Companies, though I've heard (I'm not an administrative sort) that their numbers don't add up.
There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
Struck me that at 4 in the morning most people aren't in a good mood. My first response to them would be who the eff do you think you are? What are they going to do if the next relief milker tells them to sod off and stop being nosey?There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
Oldandslow said:
Struck me that at 4 in the morning most people aren't in a good mood. My first response to them would be who the eff do you think you are? What are they going to do if the next relief milker tells them to sod off and stop being nosey?
How do they even go about "stopping" someone?Surely in a battenburged panda car look-alike, anyone attempting to stop another user of the public highway runs a real risk of being arrested themselves for impersonating a police officer?
If they obstructed the carriageway to prevent passage, I'd likely ask them if they were the police. If they said no I'd tell them I'd like to pass and require them to move. If they didn't, then I'd likely get VERY cantankerous. Possibly starting with locking myself in my car and hyperventilating, then dialing 999 and asking the control room if there's a police car with their registration number, as I believe I'm being stopped by a fake policeman. See how that works out for them.
It's one thing for these hi-vis patrols to errrm?
Patrol! It's a fine idea if you can afford them, as there (should) be someone keeping an eye on your property when you can't. But as soon as they start interfering with people going about their business, it crosses a line. Just "because stab vest and walky talky" doesn't mean you can expect people to stop and answer your questions. I would, indeed, be inclined to tell them to "sod off". Unless of course I was one of those paying for their services...Oldandslow said:
wst said:
They've provided a free trial month or so of "patrols" and are registering as Community Interest Companies, though I've heard (I'm not an administrative sort) that their numbers don't add up.
There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
Struck me that at 4 in the morning most people aren't in a good mood. My first response to them would be who the eff do you think you are? What are they going to do if the next relief milker tells them to sod off and stop being nosey?There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
k are you on about, you fking weirdos? If you don’t fk off I’ll go and get Jack’s farm gun. You were told to fk off last week when Jack caught you perving at his wife at 4am.’ wst said:
They've provided a free trial month or so of "patrols" and are registering as Community Interest Companies, though I've heard (I'm not an administrative sort) that their numbers don't add up.
There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
I can't help reading that in the style of a 1950's Chandleresque film noir voice over. 'The lane was quiet, too quiet......'There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
DonkeyApple said:
Oldandslow said:
wst said:
They've provided a free trial month or so of "patrols" and are registering as Community Interest Companies, though I've heard (I'm not an administrative sort) that their numbers don't add up.
There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
Struck me that at 4 in the morning most people aren't in a good mood. My first response to them would be who the eff do you think you are? What are they going to do if the next relief milker tells them to sod off and stop being nosey?There's some alarm monitoring as... well, the other company was offering it at something like .20p a day, but could not explain to me if they meant 0.2p or £0.20.
They have some funny posts on facebook between them as well...
k are you on about, you fking weirdos? If you don’t fk off I’ll go and get Jack’s farm gun. You were told to fk off last week when Jack caught you perving at his wife at 4am.’ 
This thread is f
king hilarious. I'm from Oz but my old step dad was a "walt". I grew up in the bush and it was the last block in a two street town that backed onto Army land. Every time there was a bush fire he would go into overdrive and confuse the hell out of the rural fire brigades. He parked his land cruiser on the lawn with flashing lights and would walk around in overalls and hard hat directing the trucks to the only firebreak trail that they had been down a million times before.
It was so humiliating for my poor mother who was forced by him to make cups of tea for people who didn't really want to stop for a cup of tea.
I haven't seen or heard of him since he left some years ago but there hasn't been a bush fire in that area since. Hmmmm...
ben5575 said:
How come this plea has had to go out when Tango Dingo Papa Smurf has brought all units to Alert 5?
For me, it's further proof that these Response Rescue Rangers have an unwitting hidden agenda in that they completely miss the bus when it comes to providing genuine aid, but like to tell the rest of the world that we couldn't get by without them.
yellowjack said:
If they obstructed the carriageway to prevent passage, I'd likely ask them if they were the police. If they said no I'd tell them I'd like to pass and require them to move. If they didn't, then I'd likely get VERY cantankerous.
Tricky one. In some regions (or "zones" as I believe they're called over the 'net) local authorities and Plod are giving Walt Brigades the clout to enforce road closures, so although the road closure has to be established by uniformed police, they can then post a Walty at the cordon and instruct them not to let anyone pass.Course the tricky bit is if someone does.
My guess is the correct procedure would be to take details, and advise Plod by phone although I'm pretty sure the reality would rapidly descend in to an episode of The Professionals.
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 27th February 08:40
Crossflow Kid said:
yellowjack said:
If they obstructed the carriageway to prevent passage, I'd likely ask them if they were the police. If they said no I'd tell them I'd like to pass and require them to move. If they didn't, then I'd likely get VERY cantankerous.
Tricky one. In some regions (or "zones" as I believe they're called over the 'net) local authorities and Plod are giving Walt Brigades the clout to enforce road closures, so although the road closure has to be established by uniformed police, they can then post a Walty at the cordon and instruct them not to let anyone pass.Course the tricky bit is if someone does.
My guess is the correct procedure would be to take details, and advise Plod by phone although I'm pretty sure the reality would rapidly descend in to an episode of The Professionals.
Edited by Crossflow Kid on Tuesday 27th February 08:40
It had me wondering about driving along a road at 3 am and having a hi-vis car with amber lights pull across the road and force me to stop. OK' so I stop because I have no choice. They approach my car and I ask what the problem is. I'm expecting something like "the road is blocked" because a tree is down or a water main has burst, in which case I turn around and go another way. BUT. If they identify themselves as private security then I'm inclined to refuse to cooperate in any way, ending the conversation at that point and requiring them to let me pass.
Surely if, after I've declined to answer their questions, if they continue to block my route and continue to detain me, then they commit an offence? They can't call it a citizens arrest because as far as I'm aware going for a drive at 3 am isn't an arrest-able offence. Sure, they can call plod and say I'm acting suspiciously, just as any civilian can. But I'm entitled at that point to become concerned for my safety as I'm being detained by an unauthorised person for no good reason.
Same as being stopped on a public right of way. As happened recently to me. I must have been crossing the land of someone relatively wealthy or famous in some way. Some dude in a Defender rolls up and asks me if I know I'm on private land. I say I'm sure it's a bridleway. He says it is a bridleway, but it crosses private land. "Does that mean I can't use it then?" Apparently I'm OK to use it, but must keep to the marked path. Which was impossible at that point because the bridleway crossed an open field with no defined path, and the exit of the field onto the next section of laned off bridleway was out of sight over a hill. So I kept on going, and he crawled along about 30 feet behind me in the Land Rover and when I went through the gate onto the lane he sat in the Land Rover watching until I went out of sight. I've no idea why these clowns do this kind of thing though,because all it does is draw attention to the presence of something or someone that requires security, when before the interaction I had no idea there was anything remotely of interest in the area, and all I wanted to do was get to an off road MTBing trail area without having to ride on the roads and wear out my expensive, soft compound knobbly tyres.
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