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Halmyre said:
Cold said:
CS Garth said:
Johnspex said:
Off topic- any man who tows a wheeled suitcase walks in a stereotypically gay manner.
You can't help it. It's just a fact. It makes you walk with one side slightly forward and that translates into a gay gait.
You’re saying that, as a fact, wheeled baggage gives you a gay gait?! You can't help it. It's just a fact. It makes you walk with one side slightly forward and that translates into a gay gait.
Frank7 said:
You’re right Halmyre, I’ve probably seen dozens of pilots and first officers walking through airports, but not taken much notice of them, if anything registered at all, it was just, oh there goes a flight crew.
I still don’t get the intimation, real or kidding, that the trucking industry attracts homosexuals, as there will be a bunch of hairy ar*ed truckers at any truck stop overnight.
I spent years pushing 44 ton artics around Europe, sitting in lounges of cross Channel ferries drinking with other truckers, parked overnight in Routiers across France, knocking back wine with French, Belgian, Spanish, Polish and German truckers and I never saw one guy looking hungrily at another guy.
Sorry, but perhaps they just didn’t fancy you...?I still don’t get the intimation, real or kidding, that the trucking industry attracts homosexuals, as there will be a bunch of hairy ar*ed truckers at any truck stop overnight.
I spent years pushing 44 ton artics around Europe, sitting in lounges of cross Channel ferries drinking with other truckers, parked overnight in Routiers across France, knocking back wine with French, Belgian, Spanish, Polish and German truckers and I never saw one guy looking hungrily at another guy.
Thesprucegoose said:
Another video from the king of walts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jNmnDLEX1o
''"Where's my badge, Ronia!?!"
"I have my badge and my identification in the car!"
"This guy is a police officer."
"I'm doing this because you're an officer, correct?" ["Yes, sir."]
"He's a state certified Federal agent."
Oh my giddy aunt! I never saw his wife before.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jNmnDLEX1o
''"Where's my badge, Ronia!?!"
"I have my badge and my identification in the car!"
"This guy is a police officer."
"I'm doing this because you're an officer, correct?" ["Yes, sir."]
"He's a state certified Federal agent."
Frank7 said:
Halmyre said:
You've obviously never watched a flight crew walking through an airport, with the pilot and first officer competing for the "who's got the campest walk" trophy.
You’re right Halmyre, I’ve probably seen dozens of pilots and first officers walking through airports, but not taken much notice of them, if anything registered at all, it was just, oh there goes a flight crew.I still don’t get the intimation, real or kidding, that the trucking industry attracts homosexuals, as there will be a bunch of hairy ar*ed truckers at any truck stop overnight.
I spent years pushing 44 ton artics around Europe, sitting in lounges of cross Channel ferries drinking with other truckers, parked overnight in Routiers across France, knocking back wine with French, Belgian, Spanish, Polish and German truckers and I never saw one guy looking hungrily at another guy.
Lazermilk said:
Did you often 'Stroke the throttle' while 'pushing 44 ton artics around Europe'?
Yes, carefully when boarding the Liverpool to Belfast ferry, the truck had to be reversed all the way from the dockside onto the car deck, not simple with a 38’ trailer.Anywhere other than there, my size eight would be trying to push the pedal through the floorboard.
Crossflow Kid said:
No bad language but King Walt appears to be fighting back....
https://youtu.be/VzMKOY7Yw1Q
As a result of this chap I've been watching loads and loads of "Live PD" (I think) US cop videos. https://youtu.be/VzMKOY7Yw1Q
A couple of things strike me - one is the huge resources available to US cops and the gear they have available - even in buttf
k middle of nowhere. The other thing is just how cool some of their police cars are - there are some proper chunky sort of "Challenger" looking things. I'd be a bit depressed to have to go home in my own crap car after smoking round in that all day....
Stuff like these...
Might be wrong but I do believe in the US, law enforcement can be much more localised in terms of how it’s funded.
If a local officer requires a new vehicle, it’s not unheard of for the community he or she serves to club together and simply buy one, cutting out all the central government Home Office corporate contract crap we have here.
If a local officer requires a new vehicle, it’s not unheard of for the community he or she serves to club together and simply buy one, cutting out all the central government Home Office corporate contract crap we have here.
Dog Star said:
As a result of this chap I've been watching loads and loads of "Live PD" (I think) US cop videos.
A couple of things strike me - one is the huge resources available to US cops and the gear they have available - even in buttfk middle of nowhere.
The other thing is just how cool some of their police cars are - there are some proper chunky sort of "Challenger" looking things. I'd be a bit depressed to have to go home in my own crap car after smoking round in that all day....
Stuff like these...
Some officers take their liveried cars home with them at the end of the day. A couple of things strike me - one is the huge resources available to US cops and the gear they have available - even in buttf
k middle of nowhere. The other thing is just how cool some of their police cars are - there are some proper chunky sort of "Challenger" looking things. I'd be a bit depressed to have to go home in my own crap car after smoking round in that all day....
Stuff like these...
When I went on holiday to Miami a few years ago, one of the mates I went with arranged a day out with Miami Beach PD (he was Sussex Police at the time, now Met) and the officer who he spent the day with was like that, could take the car home etc, and then took it to the precinct when he was on duty and did whatever. I didn't get all the ins and outs of how it works, but its a bit different to how things work over here clearly.
Thesprucegoose said:
Dog Star said:
Where is this one? No idea why you can't post a link up - you've warned about the language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg40ykdnfnA&t=NSFW
But the real question is "why does a funeral need an escort in the first place?" I recall seeing a youtube video in the UK where a cyclist was knocked from his bike by a lollygagging tailender in a funeral party who was rushing to catch the rest of the convoy. I know it's a considerate thing, to try to cede priority to keep a funeral procession together, but if you aren't being 'protected' by escorts and outriders, you have no more right to the road than anyone else. And how the blazes are other road users meant to know you're part of the procession anyway? As for "it's to prevent folk from getting lost between church and the cemetery/crematorium"? WTF? It's the 21st Century. Most people use a bloody satnav to negotiate their daily commute, from what I've seen of drivers with big smartphones stuck in their field of view. No one need get lost anywhere, and even if they do, so what? If you're a core element of the funeral, family, etc, then chances are you're in the big limo behind the hearse. Anyone else can afford to be a little late. Besides which, planned transit times should take account of traffic conditions so as to allow everyone involved to get between venues in good time without need to exercise exemptions to the rules, ie: ignoring speed limits and red traffic lights.
It seems to me that if the Florida State Legislature were to be looking for any excuse/reason to delete this statute from their books, then Mr Dewitte is providing them with more than enough ammunition for that particular fire mission...
I used to work for the police. Some people I worked with went over to the states on a fact finding type of thing. They came back with some stories. There are apparently something like 200,00 individual and autonomous police organisations in the US. A lot are funded and controlled locally within quite small areas and make their own rules. There are then state level investigators etc that deal with more serious stuff. Very different to our setup.
Thesprucegoose said:
Dog Star said:
Where is this one? No idea why you can't post a link up - you've warned about the language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg40ykdnfnA&t=NSFW
king piece of st!” at them. So very appropriate for a funeral, where he appears determined to turn every dignified, restrained cortège in to some kind of high risk anti-terrorist emergency evacuation.And the way he yells at his co-walts.
I’m amazed he hasn’t been decked yet
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 25th February 12:21
Shakermaker said:
Some officers take their liveried cars home with them at the end of the day.
When I went on holiday to Miami a few years ago, one of the mates I went with arranged a day out with Miami Beach PD (he was Sussex Police at the time, now Met) and the officer who he spent the day with was like that, could take the car home etc, and then took it to the precinct when he was on duty and did whatever. I didn't get all the ins and outs of how it works, but its a bit different to how things work over here clearly.
I was in Florida last year, in town one evening there were 4 cops cars and the town Fire Engine parked outside a bar, the crews were all in the bar. No idea if they were on duty or not.When I went on holiday to Miami a few years ago, one of the mates I went with arranged a day out with Miami Beach PD (he was Sussex Police at the time, now Met) and the officer who he spent the day with was like that, could take the car home etc, and then took it to the precinct when he was on duty and did whatever. I didn't get all the ins and outs of how it works, but its a bit different to how things work over here clearly.
john2443 said:
Shakermaker said:
Some officers take their liveried cars home with them at the end of the day.
When I went on holiday to Miami a few years ago, one of the mates I went with arranged a day out with Miami Beach PD (he was Sussex Police at the time, now Met) and the officer who he spent the day with was like that, could take the car home etc, and then took it to the precinct when he was on duty and did whatever. I didn't get all the ins and outs of how it works, but its a bit different to how things work over here clearly.
I was in Florida last year, in town one evening there were 4 cops cars and the town Fire Engine parked outside a bar, the crews were all in the bar. No idea if they were on duty or not.When I went on holiday to Miami a few years ago, one of the mates I went with arranged a day out with Miami Beach PD (he was Sussex Police at the time, now Met) and the officer who he spent the day with was like that, could take the car home etc, and then took it to the precinct when he was on duty and did whatever. I didn't get all the ins and outs of how it works, but its a bit different to how things work over here clearly.
Got to know a Kansas police fleet guy, I was hoping to buy an old police car to sell over here, officers there (2018 time) had the choice of a dodge charger with the pursuit package or a dodge derrango i think it was the big 4x4 thing.
Crossflow Kid said:
He certainly has a way of engaging with people, regardless of which side they’re on and seems to address everyone by screaming “You fking piece of st!” at them. So very appropriate for a funeral, where he appears determined to turn every dignified, restrained cortège in to some kind of high risk anti-terrorist emergency evacuation.
And the way he yells at his co-walts.
I’m amazed he hasn’t been decked yet
I’d love to see him get shot.king piece of st!” at them. So very appropriate for a funeral, where he appears determined to turn every dignified, restrained cortège in to some kind of high risk anti-terrorist emergency evacuation.And the way he yells at his co-walts.
I’m amazed he hasn’t been decked yet
Edited by Crossflow Kid on Tuesday 25th February 12:21
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