On 06/10/2013 12:24 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Oct 2013 21:23:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>

>
> Oh, no, I didn't think you were being personal at all
>

Good.


>>>
>>> LOL
>>>
>>>
>> I win. :-P
>
> D*mn you, I'll get you next time. ;)
>

I am sure that you will get your chance. :-)


>>>
>> A couple of years ago, we had a spate of forged disability stickers,
>> going around. And there was a lot of hard stares going on. It would only
>> be a very boorish person that would ask. Having said that, there has
>> been an increase in road rage. And a man was killed, recently over a
>> parking space at a supermarket. But then when things like that make the
>> headlines. It must be rare.
>
> It probably is - headlines are intended to be sensational, not to inform.
>

True.

> When I broke my leg in the mid 90's, I was given a handicapped tag (a
> temporary one).  It amazed me how many people parked in the spaces who
> didn't appear to have a need

AFAIK we only give disabled stickers (handicapped has dropped out of 
use) to permanently disabled people. My wife qualifies because of her 
sight and I could use it to drive her places. But she has never applied 
for one because she is mobile and and can walk. (It seems strange to 
think of a partially sighted who cannot drive, getting a parking sticker.)

> - but there are, of course, plenty of hidden
> causes, to - extreme asthma comes to mind, and that's sadly all too
> common here in Utah -

Well here is another "no data" opinion. :-)
I think that the increase in allergies, hay fever, asthma etc. Could be 
due to the amount of processed food, we eat.
Discus. ;-)

> because we often have such poor air quality, and
> the altitude doesn't help.
>

I did not know about the air quality, the altitude, yes.



>>>
>> I am reading the news stories about obamacare and I'm thinking that
>> there must be a lot of evil selfish people over there.
>> But I know what happens when a socialist says anything on the internet.
>> ;-)
>
> It really seems there *are* a lot of selfish people here.  The really odd
> thing (to me, anyways) is that the most selfish claim to be following a
> guy allegedly from about 2,000 years ago who taught such things as caring
> for the sick and the poor.  That was, in fact, one of the core lessons
> taught.
>

Taught but not learnt.
It is funny how they pick and chose which parts of the bible they want 
to believe. And how it is mostly the old testament, they chose.
It would make you boak. Funny how the Scots have a lot of words for 
unpleasant things. :-)


>> I think so. Kids and much older are aping American youth culture. Just
>> like in the 50's but not James Dean or Marlon Brando.
>
> Arguably, we don't have "football hooligans" over here, nor have we (yet)
> had riots like the one in London a year or two ago.  Well, at least not
> *recently*.

Tradition, really.
The riots are sometimes the only way to get the politician's attention.
Hell mend the lot of them!

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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