And they allowed her to breed?

[Dorsetmike]

People like this should only be let out under supervision

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/new...deonews/91164/

I't's not easy to stop 400 tons of train from speed.

[jhnbrbr]

Now don't go all politically correct on us Mike! The train is clearly stationary when she starts to cross. She's giving the fortunate child a taste for adventure, and teaching it a healthy disrespect for authority from an early age. Breed on, young woman!

[Contratrombone64]

She's a bloody eejit, but I guess had the train hit anything it would have been the poor child in the pram first, not her.

[marval]

She should be made to watch the video every day, just so she can see how stupidly reckless she was. She had no thought for the poor child, all just so she didn't have to wait a short while. better to arrive late than to not arrive at all.


Margaret

[wljmrbill]

AMEN !!!!!Marvel

[jhnbrbr]

I'm still not convinced there was any significant risk involved (provided there wasn't a faster train coming the other way) but I suppose one should not condone it. But if you want stupid - here it is ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNrMFlPJUKE

[Contratrombone64]

jhnbrbr - you're idea of significant risk and mine are poles apart. I'll make sure never to cross a busy, unmarked road with you in future!!

[jhnbrbr]

As a child I was subjected to all sorts of risks which would be considered outageous if not illegal today. My brother and I travelled hundreds of miles sitting on loose seats in the back of a van. When we went to the village barbers' to have a haircut we were lost in a cloud of tobacco smoke, and it was the same on the bus going to school. I was allowed to drive tractors from the age of ten. The worst thing of all was when my grandfather gave me an old, luminous pocket watch. I was really proud of it and wore it in my blazer pocket every day to school. I even thought of getting one of those old-fashioned watch chains, though it would probably have broken the school uniform rules. Some time after we happebned to study radioactivity in ecience at school. The teacher set up a geiger counter at the front of the laboratory, then went to his own little room (with a radiation warning sign on the door) and unlocked his cupboard (with another radiation warning sign on it) and brought back the radioactive sample and placed it in front of the geiger counter using tongues. Sure enough, the counter went CLICK ------------------------------CLICK--------------------CLICK-----------------CLICK. Then he mentioned that at one time luminous watches were made luminous using radioactive paint, and did anyone have a luminous watch they would like to try. I proudly handed him my monster watch and to every one's amazement the geiger counter went CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICk-CLICK. I asked him whether I should carry on wearing it, and (amazingly now) he said it might be a good idea to wear it with the face pointing outwards! People didn't take health and safety at all seriously back then. Luckily I did decide to stop wearing it, and that was getting on for forty years ago so I hope I'm out of danger by now!

[Contratrombone64]

Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of wrapping the population in general up in cotton wool ... ;-)

[Dorsetmike]

I could start ranting about lack of discipline and parental control and example; tie that in with the "so sue me" culture where someone else is always to blame, plus the nanny state busybodies.

The rail company want to replace that crossing with a bridge, the locals wail "but that will cut the town on half", cos the disabled (and lazy eejits) will have difficulty getting across; but if someone gets killed on the crossing you can be sure there will be a queue of relatives sueing the company for allowing the crossing to continue in use.

[marval]

Well that lunatic in the video you posted John, truly is an eejit. Think of the poor train driver if he had killed him, through no fault of his own.
With that watch John at least you didn't glow in the dark. The watch I have glows in the dark. Whatever the rail company do Mike, they will be in the wrong with somebody complaning. They must do whatever it takes to make it safe.


Margaret

[jhnbrbr]

Wasn't he just, Margaret! And getting his shoe knocked off by the train - we must be talking of a couple of hundredths of a second away from terrible injury or death! You should be safe enough with your luminous watch so long as it isn't antique. I think there were many fatalities amongst workers making luminous watches in the past, because they used to lick the bristles of their brushes which were used to apply the radioactive paint. Horrible! Btw, how do you know I don't glow in the dark?

[marval]

Hi John

My watch doesn't worry me, it comes in handy. As for you glowing in the dark, I have no idea. Here is something that does.




Just what you want to see when you wake up in the night.


Margaret

[Contratrombone64]

I just watched that video - shame the train hadn't taken him out, would have done wonders for the gene pool!!

[jhnbrbr]

That's a little harsh, CT64. He may be seriously lacking in intelligence, but his reflexes are pretty good (luckily for him!)