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Groove thinks its wrong that OAP's get free bus passes whilst the rest of society have to pay...also Groove thinks OAP's should remember that millions are on benefits( many through no fault of their own) yet dont complain about heating bills every winter...What makes them special to everyone else on low income?

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I think that the majority of OAP's have worked hard for many years and deserve to get a little something back. Can you really begrudge them a trip to Skipton? Also they cant use their passes at certain times so it is not as though they are taking up everybody elses places.

The problem is the bus companies use this as an excuse to increase prices for everybody else saying the OAP fares are not being subsidised enough by local councils. Utter tripe.

If I got a bus and Im the only person on and I pay £3.50. The bus company makes £3.50 for my travel from A to B.

If I got a bus and there is me and an OAP on the bus the bus company still makes £3.50 for my travel from A to B.

Theres no need to increase normal fares to compensate for OAPs!!! It's a poor do when the train has become cheaper then the bus to Blackburn and Burnley!

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Persons over 65 are unable to claim Disability Living Allowance.

The rates for the mobility component are:
lower rate - £19.55
higher rate - £51.40

Many person over 65 meet the criterion of the test 'virtually unable to walk' -
This test looks at your ability to walk out of doors on a normal flat surfaced pavement or road.
The following factors are taken into account :
distance walked
speed of walking
length of time taken
manner of walking
When stating how far you can walk remember that any walking done whilst you are experiencing severe discomfort does not count.
For example; you may be able to walk 100 metres but can only do the last 80 in severe discomfort.
It would be reasonable in this case to say you can only walk 20 metres.
Pain and breathlessness are also considered when assessing whether or not you experience severe discomfort.

So by providing a pensioner bus pass goes some way towards compensating the elderly for not getting DLA.

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Groove commends Garinda on his research into Grooves past...Groove is now over his addiction problems so Garinda will have to seek another denominator for which to belittle Groove....Groove thinks Garinda really is pathetic and if he is unable to offer anything other than mudslinging, Groove suggests he keeps his opinions to himself.

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Any moral stance, taken against pensioners who worked hard all their lives, and contributed towards society, both morally and financially, will always be negated when made by someone who couldn't hold on to a job, due to their decision to make themselves unemployable, by choosing to take illegal drugs.

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Just the addiction to being a prat, to overcome now?

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They should bring ALL bus fares down and get 'em full. Hate seeing an empty bus or one with just a couple of people on. Those buses must be running at a loss. The only full buses you ever see are the school ones - imagine being the driver of one of them...no thanks!!

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attendance allowance but i dont care about that, pensioners should be allowed free bus passes but people who are drug and alcohol dependant shouldnt;)

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Groove now uses MAX taxis as they are cheaper door to door.....Groove thinks the local bus is dying out.

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What happened to your sense of humour?

Thought you liked a laugh and a joke?

Or is only it when the joke's at someone else's expense, and the joke isn't you?

Lighten up.

;)

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:rolleyes:

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MAX taxis are taking over in Accy, they've even got their own MOT garage now.

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Totall agree. OAP's have more often than not contributed to the coffers of this country, not bled them dry like the spongers who choose to abuse their bodies

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I've reported this post.

I think Lancsdave's account's been hacked by the Maundy Grange.

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The disability test for Attendance Allowance is far more difficult to pass -"For the disability test for lower rate attendance allowance you must satisfy one of the following conditions:

• need frequent attention throughout the day in connection with your bodily functions.
• need continual supervision throughout the day to avoid substantial danger to you or others.
• need prolonged or repeated attention at night in connection with your bodily functions.
• need another person to be awake at night for a prolonged period or at frequent intervals to watch over you in order to avoid substantial danger to you or others."

Most pensioners who have mobility problems aren't disabled enough to qualify.

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I've read it several times and still can't spot what was wrong with it, spill the beans :D

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Thank goodness you're back.

One of those 'charity starts at Abbey Street' bods must have hacked into your account, and used it to say how we should all pity those poor souls, to weak to say no to drugs, and how they aren't a scrounging drain on society.

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I have attempted meaningful contributions to this thread, but others are using it to continue a petty mudslinging match which began in other threads.

I despair that any thread will escape this disruption whilst the members concerned are allowed to continue such disruption.

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Do you really think it was started as a meaningful thread, the bloke is a troll

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Groove agrees with Garinda on this point( he thinks)

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Really?

Well who'd have thought that?

For some, if it ain't on a conspiracy theory website, it can't true.

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Groove thinks lancsdave is deluded

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There is a section of society who begrudges such concessions awarded to the less fortunate. Not only he (Groove) thinks this way - so it was a valid topic for discussion.

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I pity your medical condition, but do not regard it as a reasonable excuse to ridicule and denigrate the opinions of others.

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Good for you, enjoy the thought :)

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Groove dislikes the disdain with which Maundy Grange is held...fair enough, a fair amount of undesirables frequent MG...but any charity that helps the homeless and societys unfortunates will undoubtedly attract such people...The salvation army in B'burn is probably the same...i do not frequent MG by the way.

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Just as it's also valid to point out that some who decide to criticise the rights of others, are foolish to take the moral high ground, when it comes to who's entitled to what, when they've chosen not to contribute to the common pot.

Skin up, and reflect on this.

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Everyone on here loves it.

It's the jewel in the town's crown.

A real draw.

It brings in tourists from all over the place.

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I neither ask for, nor accept anyone's pity.

Especially your's.

Compared with some soft saps, I feel blessed not to be as handicapped in life as they are.

;)

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It is difficult to feel compassion for people who wear illness like a brick on their shoulder and regard it as a licence to dish out insults and ridicule without fear of retribution.

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Oh trust me.

I've never suffer fools gladly.

;)

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...and even though I'm not religious, I shall light a Yankee candle for you, and ferevently hope that the bitterness you carry leaves you, in the hope you know a little peace, whilst there's still time.

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Anyway, back on thread.

The bus to the Funny Farm has just pulled round the corner.

Form an orderly queue, and don't forget to wave, as you set off.

;)

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funny that, i come into this category yet keep getting refused dla!

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Care to provide any factual evidence that I've ever done that?

Other than to say I sometimes need a seat. A need shared with many others.

I'm sure we'd all love to see all the quotes you're going to provide, to back up your claim.

:rolleyes:

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Miracles done immediately, impossibilities take a lifetime:rolleyes:

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I feel sorry, no contempt, for the demented clown that started the thread in the first place :mad:

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Not bad! Unemployed through drug taking but tax payers are giving you enough spare money to use taxis? I hope we're giving you enough so your whole family can travel in style!
Then you moan about free bus passes for OAP's! Don't forget some of them are still paying the taxes you are enjoying spending.

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Well said Gordon!

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is it me or is this thread getting nasty and personal.

why shouldnt oap's have bus passes after a lifetime of taxation. workers pay tax three times on most items they buy, taxed on income, tax on the product then, v.a.t. at the till

:dummy:

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Do yeh not think the actual thread was personal davemac? i find yeh reap what yeh sow in this life.;)

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Sadly there are a few who thrive on attention, of any kind, even if it's negative.

Even sadder are those who delight in being nasty, and bitter...for no good reason.

My mum's a pensioner, and sixty seven this week (sorry mum!)

She does have a bus pass.

She's used it twice.

Not getting that many chances to benefit from having one, as she's very busy by seven every morning.

Busy working full time to pay the taxes, like millions of other hard working people, with which to keep the wasters and idlers of this country in the luxury they've grown accustomed to.

She was really thrilled to use it though.

Like most who've grafted to fund the welfare state, it's nice when occasionally you're one of the ones who get a little something back for your efforts.

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Absolutely spot on, mate.

If I didn't have to spread it around, I'd give you some! :)

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I'm an official pensioner ... I don't get a bus pass:mad: However, I can fish for free without a licence:mosher: Given the choice I would take the fishing every time:mosher: I still have to pay for my deer and moose licences tho', and I don't get any discount on ammo, unless I buy it on seniors' discount day.:rolleyes:

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Well they couldn't make a deer licence cheap :)

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phil8715 thinks groove is bee in disguise.

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Lucky Groove who can afford taxis:mad:

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You get your fishing licence free Eric! You lucky sod, mine costs me $6 plus extra for the salmon and steelhead tags. As for bus passes, anyone who begrudges a free ride for pensioners is probably worried that their freebees might suffer when the well runs dry. Oh and tell your mum happy birthday from Canada G.

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Groove can assure phil he is not bee or anyone else in disguise.

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Excuse Me?:eek::eek::eek:

You think its ok to go round shooting moose and deer???? I assume you are joking, but if not, the words "different" and "planet" come to mind.

I feel a whole new thread coming on.

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are you veggie?

he lives in Canada you 'moose' it's legal

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And that makes it ok????//

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Groove thinks Eric is cruel, shooting them poor animals...Groove would like to chase Eric over the coppice with a shot-gun and see how he enjoys it....Grooove will then skin you and wear ur skin like a trophy and stick your head on a pole outside the town hole- for the pigeons to pick at the soft, proteinful bits like the eyes etc...

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Seems ok to me, if yer gonna eat em.

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Groove will eat Cashmans liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

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Flashy thinks Gynn and Groove are hypocrits

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Thats very diplomatic way of putting it.

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It is...for me isn't it....i must be getting old ;) i'll be needing a bus pass soon :D

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You have two things at the bottom of your legs, yep that's it feet, why not try walking from A-B instead of wasting taxpayers money on taxes. There will be a time when your an OAP that you'll thank god you've a bus pass, cause you're too pow fagged to walk any great distance. Make the most of what you've got whilst you can. You'll be an old fart yersen one day.

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Spot on Gordon

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With his attitude there's a very good chance he won't be making it, I believe Eric is contemplating a last visit to blighty,;)

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The first sensible thing Groove has said!

Well done!

As for being a hypocrit, I assume you are saying that because we eat meat. Yes I do, but there is a world of difference between animals humanely slaughtered in an abbatoir, and someone roaming the plains of Saskatchewan with a shotgun taking pot shots at animals, possibly condemining them to die long and painful deaths, whilst at the same time running the risk that a poor unsuspecting human might get in the way.

Phew!

What has this got to do with bus passes? :(

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I am anti blood sports. No-one should kill just for the fun of it.
However, Eric kills to eat, which, if needs be most people would.
My dad went catching rabbits during food rationing in the 40s.

They do have controlled deer culls in UK, and they don't sneak up on them with a stun gun:rolleyes::D

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Groove would like it to be known that he is currently employed and has been for the vast majority of his life....Groove admits that substance abuse once destroyed his life and resulted in him being unfit for work during this time. Groove naively thought his honesty would be respected and not used against him to belittle him...Many people suffer from the disease of addiction, and Groove assumes Accyweb as a few on the quiet. Don't forget alcohol is a drug.

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I think that you are confusing hunting with hanging, drawing, and quartering ... a true English tradition:rolleyes:

Maybe early next spring I'll head out on the pack ice and club a few baby seals to death:D

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Groove also realises that hunting is indeed a British tradition...Groove once went shooting for wood pigeon.

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Definitely legal ... and definitely well-controlled. The penalties for illegal hunting are harsh. Because there was in the past a program of eradicating wolves, who acted as controls on the deer population, the deer herds were getting too large for the food supply, and the sick and the weak were surviving and breeding (probably why groove is on this planet). In order to keep the herds healthy and to make sure there was enough food for them, hunting is allowed. But only at a level determined by Provincial departments of the environment. The biggest threat to our wild life is the encroachment of humans on natural habitats. We in Canada are doing something about this. There are wetland conservation programs, the polluted lakes and rivers are being cleaned up, forests are being protected and large areas being re-forested. Oh, and wolves are being re-introduced ... and given free bus passes in order to get to their hunting grounds:rolleyes:

Oh, and you can shoot only the males ... ;)

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Fascinating images ... amazing ... ufortunately, it doesn't coform to reality. Maybe you are thinking of the yanks, out hunting chipmunk with their AKs and Uzzis, and dressed in cammo:rolleyes: My hunting gear is bright orange ... Canadians figured out a while back that there weren't too many bright orange deer roaming the bush; so, why not wear something that makes you look like no deer on earth:cool: This way you won't get mistaken for one.

And while we are at it, maybe you should read "Lancashire Witches" by Harrison Ainsworth; and as you go through it note the abundance of wild life that is romping through the beautiful Lancashire landscape. Not much like that now is it.:rolleyes: Looks like some guys who don't know what they are talking about, and having destroyed their own native wildlife, feel qualified to lecture Canadians on how to manage theirs. I've had deer in my back yard. This ever happen over there?

And this has nothing whatsoever to do with bus passes.

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[quote=Eric;943889]My hunting gear is bright orange ...
So no raccoon-skin hat then?

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[quote=steve2qec;943903]As soon as I find an orange coon;)

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Are you allowed to say that?

:confused:


















The other colours might get jealous.

Feeling you're expressing a special preference.

:rolleyes::D

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If you want respect for your problems then don't bang on about others , "bus passed for the elderly" , "pensioners should only go down town on Wednesday's " bit of a theme developing here. It looks like you have it in for the elderly, we are all going in the same direction time wise, the nasty person of today will become the pensioner of tomorrow

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I have just noticed that Groove has been banned from the site.

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Where is that posted.?

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Scroll up this page until you get to his name. It is written underneath.

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Oh yeah. Must have gone a bit too far and been chucked out. Like to know what the final straw for the moderators was.
In a funny sorta way I'll miss his irreverent postings.

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under his username, dunno what hes done now?:confused: should imagine he will be back steve, usually only fer awhile.

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It's probably cumulative. He was tasteless to say the least.

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Thanks for that:)

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Wonder how it works this getting banned lark, do you get a warning first or is it an instant red card? Remember Bee? He disappeared just as sudden.

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Think that depends on what it is, think normally they had one or more warnings first unless its real bad.

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That's pathetic. Please don't patronise me. I'm on an Accrington website, so I don't give a toss about how Canadians live their lives. When I do, I'll go on the Canadian Web.

As long as you are on Accy Web, please look at life from the point of view of someone living in North East Lancashire, where people roaming the open country with guns is viewed as archaic, whether they are dressed in orange, blue, pink or purple.

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...attach/jpg.gif

This is Raquel.

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And that's my tree too.;)

Maybe some think I'm just fattening her up for the kill:D

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Thats just as pathetic to me gynn, do yeh bang on about grouse shooting or rabbiting etc? it dont sit well wi me, but it happens simple as.

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And I'm working on getting her a bus pass ... this way she won't become roadkill:D

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Like how you've steered the thread back to it's original theme.

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I'm on Accyweb too and find it interesting to hear about other peoples lives wherever they are - huntin'/fishin' types exist all over the planet and most of them eat what they catch. They're only a bloody nuisance when they lose their dogs which stray onto our farm in Italy and chase my cats..

Actually I find people who shoot at each other with paint guns more pathetic.:rolleyes:

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Of course, a bus pass may save her life ... Racoons living in urban areas have an average life span of at most 3 years. Being hit by a vehicle is an all too common fate for coons.:mad: Raquel must be a senior by now (for the past two years she has brought her kits to my front porch); so, she deserves a bus pass.:D

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Well I also live in North East Lancashire, and if that means we share anything, other than geographical proximity, especially a smilar point of view on anything, you can shoot me now.

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Er..by the way.

Accy Web is owned, and was started by an Accy lad. Whilst working in the frozen wastelands of Siberia. As a way of staying in contact with kith, kin, his roots, and the warm hearted folk who make this part of the world special.

When exactly did you move here...from Yorkshire?

:rofl38:

There has to be some explanation.

:rolleyes:

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Would you like to find out? :rofl38::D

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May I remind you this site was originally set up by an ex-pat (at the time) for locals and ex-pat's to keep in touch. If Eric or anyone else wants to tell us what they get up to then thats fine. Many of us find it very interesting, I know I do.

You may think its archaic to roam the countryside with guns but that your personal opinion. Mine is that wooly do gooders over her try and make us all think its archaic.

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Err...nope!

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The shooting & fishing lark go way back when to the times of early pioneers exploring the wilds & founding communities, it's a way of life which some still follow & enjoy, I myself although from England partook of shooting & fishing on our own fair Countryside when younger.

Before you get all aerated about the fact we only shot what we needed & a couple for the farmer as a thank you for letting us use his land, I don't do the shooting now, but still enjoy fishing.

As to the safety aspect you'll find the Canadian kids are introduced to firearms at an early age & taught to respect & appreciate the dangers & responsibilities inherent with these pieces of equipment/tools as that is what they are. Unlike your average overindulged British kid who'd think it was something for making him the hardcase, cool kid of the gang because of the different mentality & mindset between our nations.

And as to the comment of Humanely processed meat you get in the supermarkets Gynn, I think you may need to have a look again at some of these processes.

Sorry for the digression, but if it's of any interest my ol' Dads got his bus pass. Although he doesn't really need it as he's still fit & able enough to drive & he'll continue to do so as long as he's capable.

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Ya can get banned for different things, but you usually get a yellow card first, you get a few yellows and they end up as reds:D

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Banned?

I thought it said bummed!

I really must get my eyes tested.

I'll go and check the times of the buses to Accy.

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Hey naughty naughty;)

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What?

Wasn't rude, or naughty.

I can't help my failing eyesight.

Plus it sort of made sense.

bummed, bum·ming, bums v.intr.
1. To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
2. To loaf.

:rolleyes: