And lo on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:52:39 -0000, Jim Henderson  
<nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:17:21 +0000, Phil Cook wrote:
>
>>>> No of course, but having a safety lock and a child lock; hey why not
>>>> just lock it away in a gun cabinet :-P
>>>
>>> I'm good with that.
>>
>> Except we're back to why 'you' have the weapon in the first place.
>
> Well, *I* don't, because I'd want it to be stored safely.

Our language really needs to (re)introduce some terms for "you" -  
singular, personal; plural personal; plural imnpersonal i.e. you go and  
help him; you, that group there, go and help him; you as a country should  
help him.

>  I have other
> ways of dealing with an intruder - fortunately, where we live, that's not
> much of a danger.  Most of the crime around here is car prowls and
> vandalism.

We've had some break-ins locally, a bit of vandalism, some stabbings in  
town; the usual kind of thing.

>>> I've got one like that as well.  The sharp pointy weapon is an antique,
>>> but it's still quite sharp.  I wouldn't want to get the blade stained
>>> (nor would my wife, as it's hers) if we could possibly avoid it, but it
>>> would certainly be effective at close range.
>>
>> 'Now look what you've done. You've got all that horrible blood on my
>> antique' Sorry I just found that a funny thought.
>
> That's OK, we'd probably say something like that, because we're that kind
> of people....

Now was that "we" plural personal or plural impersonal? :-)

>>> We have had occasion to "clear" the house using a couple of them,
>>> actually - came home and found we'd left the back door unlocked, and
>>> *thought* we heard a noise in the basement.  Plenty of doorways to hide
>>> behind, and the basement was clear (so all's well that ends well).
>>
>> Most people here would have called 999, then waited until the next day
>> for the police to turn up.
>
> BTDT as well (not for a possible break-in, though) - witnessed a fight
> out in front of our gym last week, called the cops - (a) they didn't know
> where the liquor store was that I told them about, so I had to drive
> around and find a street sign.  There was a cop stationed at the liquor
> store, but they sent another car out.  Of course, by the time they said
> they'd send a car out, the fight was long over.

Similar problems when the police aren't local. Damn I'd thought I'd  
uploaded a picture to Flickr of our local police station's opening times;  
I can't find it now.

-- 
Phil Cook

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