tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8298466992177378580..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: “Computer Says….”JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45526389393834954112013-09-06T18:13:22.351+01:002013-09-06T18:13:22.351+01:00Because of glue-sniffing & graffiti, I presume...<i>Because of glue-sniffing & graffiti, I presume?</i><br /><br />Yeah... but not really.<br /><br />Spray paints are age restricted (16+) but solvents/glues/adhesives can be sold to anyone for their intended use.<br /><br />They only become age restricted products when the retailer BELIEVES they might be inhaled by an under 18 year old (either the purchaser or someone they are buying it for). And that's the law.<br /><br />I'd urge anyone challenged on these items to resist proving your age but instead insist the retailer demonstrates their belief you (or another) intends to inhale them.<br />John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77568472439153405622013-09-06T10:15:20.206+01:002013-09-06T10:15:20.206+01:00"Because of the glue sniffing & graffiti ..."Because of the glue sniffing & graffiti I suppose?".<br /><br />That's the problem Joolz, we already have laws in place to deal with all this crap. All we needed to do was enforce the laws already on the statute books, but no, bring out a raft of all new laws as it's so much easier to nick some old dear working behind the counter of a shop than actually deal with the true source of the problem.Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48380994970081311542013-09-06T07:31:40.173+01:002013-09-06T07:31:40.173+01:00Anon - I prefer to blame everyone who gets involve...Anon - I prefer to blame everyone who gets involved in these schemes. Only by the shops and the staff agreeing to it can it be passed on to the customer.<br /><br />Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-69721857045812187962013-09-06T05:35:11.852+01:002013-09-06T05:35:11.852+01:00"Also of course, for example, all the stuff y...<i>"Also of course, for example, all the stuff you need to build and paint a model aeroplane is also only for the over 18s."</i> <br /><br />Because of glue-sniffing & graffiti, I presume?<br /><br /><i>"...for one of those presumably- dangerous mini-taser type zappers..."</i> <br /><br />I tried one of those. It tickles!<br /><br /><i>"Prosecution, a fine and probably losing her job would have resulted."</i> <br /><br />Indeed. Oh, how I wish the manageress had had the guts to say that.<br /><br /><i>"...all this "Statutory" bollox needs kicking into touch..."</i> <br /><br />Amen! We need to start pushing back against this, and sort out Trading Standards.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32280317168067723252013-09-05T20:50:06.326+01:002013-09-05T20:50:06.326+01:00Don't blame the shops nor the shop assistants!...Don't blame the shops nor the shop assistants!<br />I have just started a part-time job and have been 'trained' in this 'over-18' lark. The n*gg*r in the woodpile is Trading Standards. They are the ones who are pushing this to extreme limits and forcing shops into ludicrous policies.The level of vindictiveness of the local TS officials is hard to believe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-20785910694605904852013-09-04T21:58:53.738+01:002013-09-04T21:58:53.738+01:00This is the bane of my daughters life, being asked...This is the bane of my daughters life, being asked for id for practically everything she buys. She's nearly 25, but admittedly does look young for her age.<br /><br />One of the local stores has a girl (Well actually a woman now) on the chechout who was in my daughters class at school. I take it they didn't get on as she always has to play the twat by asking for id.<br /><br />I've told her to get a load of shopping, and when they start being the twat, tell them to stick it and walk out saying I'll buy it elsewhere.<br /><br />They'll get sick of it before I would.<br /><br />As for trading standards stings, sending in a 17 year old in to buy beer and fags when the gobshite looks 30 if he's a day and is sporting a moustache like a mexican bandit, there's this thing in law of "The man on the Clapham omnibus", all this "Statutory" bollox needs kicking into touch. so if the average person on the street would perceive them to be over 18, then it should be kicked out of court and costs applied to trading standards. They'd soon knock that shit on the head.<br /> Budvarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01411709142357622721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-20873890053679734502013-09-04T15:21:49.539+01:002013-09-04T15:21:49.539+01:00No, she didn't. If she hadn't she could ha...No, she didn't. If she hadn't she could have been on the receiving end of a sting operation carried out by trading standards. Those arseholes do not have a sense of humour. Prosecution, a fine and probably losing her job would have resulted.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-22063146664129855912013-09-04T13:22:49.921+01:002013-09-04T13:22:49.921+01:00I'm sure too, and as long as the public contin...I'm sure too, and as long as the public continue to produce ID, the jobsworths will continue to ask for it.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12515328292691330572013-09-04T12:41:18.963+01:002013-09-04T12:41:18.963+01:00My mother succeeded in intimidating her offspring ...My mother succeeded in intimidating her offspring into obedience with a fly swatter: not so much the pain but the indignity involved. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45015461601555853922013-09-04T11:15:54.900+01:002013-09-04T11:15:54.900+01:00@ NickM
"A fish knife is hardly a lethal wea...@ NickM<br /><br />"A fish knife is hardly a lethal weapon for starters."<br /><br />Agreed, but it might be lethal for the main course.<br /><br />--------------------<br /><br />Perhaps the shop's Computer "Expert" mistook the purely passive swat, for one of those presumably- dangerous mini-taser type zappers that electrocutes the victim from the power of 2 x AA batteries? ;-)<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-Powered-Handheld-Electric-Mosquito/dp/B00E2YLU0E/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378289604&sr=1-2&keywords=fly+swatter<br /><br />Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50002149700653118702013-09-04T10:11:43.386+01:002013-09-04T10:11:43.386+01:00Or, when the original fly swat broke, she could ha...Or, when the original fly swat broke, she could have sent for the spider police and kept a dustpan and brush handy to deal with the corpses.Lynne at Counting Catshttp://www.countingcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-38963456133297600382013-09-04T10:06:15.260+01:002013-09-04T10:06:15.260+01:00I once say an "over 18s" sticker on a se...I once say an "over 18s" sticker on a set of fish knives in the Newcastle TK Maxx. I think I posted about this tomfoolery at Counting Cats. <br /><br />It amused and disturbed me. A fish knife is hardly a lethal weapon for starters. Also of course, for example, all the stuff you need to build and paint a model aeroplane is also only for the over 18s. For shame! <br /><br />BTW, I have a few designs for paper-aeroplanes that when I was a first year UG stunned a visiting aerospace engineer from Bristol Uni (apparently it's big down there - the aerospace). Anyway he was genuinely staggered that a mere physics UG at Nottingham could make such a thing from a sheet of A4. <br /><br />Let's just stop kids doing anything. I mean you could put someone's eye out with that piece of Lego. Quite how I know not but actually a fly-swat is a lethal weapon. If you attempted to mug me with such a device there is a reasonable chance I'd die laughing. A knife or gun I could take but a fly-swat would be like the Goon Show.NickMhttp://www.countingcats.comnoreply@blogger.com