il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: The good old days were certainly more racist, homophobic, mysongenistic etc. How dearly I lament their passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: So you should all those bufties, slag bitches and brown face stealing all your privilege. FFS can’t even call a man a man nowadays. It's still tacitly ok to hate the jews, though, so all is not lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Dirk McTarkin said: How dearly I lament their passing. Vile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Lord BJ said: I guess attitudes to, miniroty groups, were very different within most communities not so long ago I’m relation to you, Homesexuality via HIV, AIDS and the like in early day was probably stigmatised in say 80’s in many ways due to cultural attitudes and lack of understanding/knowledge. I’m genuinely not sure how communities The good old days were certainly more racist, homophobic, mysongenistic etc. Not sure I have any point really🤷🏻♂️ Yes it was tough growing up in the 80s with virulent homophobia , aids / Hiv and discrimination . But it was also a fantastic time too if you were young and out on the town too . I went to London a lot with my first “ husband” and had glorious times so don’t regret a thing . I was careful re sex and drugs so came out of it unscathed . I had little to no bother as a gay lad growing up in an estate as my family were a bunch of hard nuts so anyone saying anything had the risk of getting a dooin . I did get mild abuse but that’s part and parcel of being a gay . Toughened me up to deal with adversities and pillocks in later life !! As one can see I’m still dealing with pillocks ! 😂😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Vile The only preventative measure one can take is to live irregularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 42 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: So you should all those bufties, slag bitches and brown face stealing all your privilege. FFS can’t even call a man a man nowadays. I wouldn’t steal a thing of him , apart from his wallet . Always goes on about being loaded ! The new rich i believe . Very low brow to boast about one’s income . Class can never be bought . Just look at cilla black ffs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, JudyJudyJudy said: As one can see I’m still dealing with bollocks ! 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Just now, Dirk McTarkin said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Like most of her plastic surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Dirk McTarkin said: Like most of her plastic surgery. You’d be lucky to get anywhere near a burd like her . Stick to oxgangs Botox filtered , caterpillar mono eye browns legging wearers !😎😂 Edited January 4, 2023 by JudyJudyJudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: You’d be lucky to get anywhere near a burd like her . Stick to oxgangs Botox filtered , caterpillar mono eye browns legging wearers !😎😂 Aw, come on, james, play nice. No need for such hostility. You'll give folk the impression that you're a simple-minded cretin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dirk McTarkin said: Aw, come on, james, play nice. No need for such hostility. You'll give folk the impression that you're a simple-minded cretin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dirk McTarkin said: Aw, come on, james, play nice. No need for such hostility. You'll give folk the impression that you're a simple-minded cretin. I’m on the bus having a hearty chuckle at all this btw 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Stick to oxgangs Botox filtered , caterpillar mono eye browns legging wearers !😎😂 7 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: So if it's misogyny when a heterosexual man talks about women like this, what is it when a homosexual man does it? Condescending is the least of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: I’m on the bus having a hearty chuckle at all this btw 😂😂 Good stuff. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffros Furios Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 48 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: You’d be lucky to get anywhere near a burd like her . Stick to oxgangs Botox filtered , caterpillar mono eye browns legging wearers !😎😂 Fair comment . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Jeffros Furios said: Fair comment . Ta Jeff respect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 10 minutes ago, Jeffros Furios said: Fair comment . That type of bursd is right up your street, Jeffros, going on past form. Generally weegie, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffros Furios Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Dirk McTarkin said: That type of bursd is right up your street, Jeffros, going on past form. Generally weegie, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: and the English 🤷🏻♂️ We need more nouveau riche imo. I’d rather not, she annoyed the feck out of me growing up. Her Liverpodlian shrill still annoys me. 😡 Plus Cilla Black can’t seriously be your benchmark for class 😂 What am I missing? She isn't my benchmark for class. She was an example of the nouveau riche. I couldn't spell that initially. She was a horrendous boot. My point was class cant be bought. You either have it or you dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 16 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: My point was class cant be bought. You either have it or you dont. Commiserations, bud. Better luck in the next life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Dirk McTarkin said: Commiserations, bud. Better luck in the next life. There is no next life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 23 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: and the English 🤷🏻♂️ Don't mind them too much tbh, apart form brown, homosexual, and jewish ones, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Fair enough, thought she was some gay icon or something that I was unaware off 😂 Old money, more often than not, hates new money. It’s like cats and dogs or judy’s and dirks. They generally don’t play well together. 🤷🏻♂️ Naw the gays surely have more class than that. I dont know anyone gay or straight actually who was a fan of that muppet. We love big camp icons like Ms Coolidge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Just now, Dirk McTarkin said: Don't mind them too much tbh, apart form brown, homosexual, and jewish ones, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: dirks You spelt Dick wrong mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Dirk McTarkin said: I fancy her. Not the shark, Ms Coolidge Edited January 4, 2023 by JudyJudyJudy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: What about the catholics, will nobody hate the catholics. Thought that was a given, tbh. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Lord BJ said: What about the catholics, will nobody hate the catholics. asking Dirk if he hates the catholics is like asking me if i like the boaby, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Don’t get it. She’s pretty much a Karen. Maybes it because you don’t have to live with one unlike me 🤣 She is very pretty and voluptuous. I like that. Looks a good laugh too . I could imagine having a blast with her. A " karen? Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Doesn't make either of you bad people. Though God did saying being homosexual was wrong for the longest time, whilst, he's hated the Catholics forever. Look how he makes the pope dress up for a start FFS. You would like my wife. The Pope likes his drag i think. Awe your Mrs must be nice then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, JudyJudyJudy said: asking Dirk if he hates the catholics is like asking me if i like the boaby, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, Dirk McTarkin said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 22 hours ago, Smithee said: I have a prescription for weed, it's not as illegal as many think. How does one go about getting a prescription? Asking for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: How does one go about getting a prescription? Asking for myself. https://www.sapphireclinics.com/ 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 22 hours ago, Daktari said: Strictly speaking, it wasn't actually. It was certainly the case that there was a requirement to 'live in the force area'. For somewhere like Lothian and Borders though that meant you could live in Hawick and work in South Queensferry! That said, commonly people worked near where they lived on purely practical terms but there was no requirement to live in the actual town. That wouldn't have been practical and there were never enough police houses to allow for that anyway. Police houses were really a throwback to a time when police pay and conditions were a lot poorer and it was part of the package of benefits that encouraged people to join, along with boot allowance, free dental care and plain clothes allowance for the CID amongst others. A major one was 'rent allowance', and people who had a police house didn't get that. Those without a police house did. As pay improved, rent allowance was discontinued in the early 1990's and subsumed into wages. Most cops had mortgages by then anyway. With that, police houses became redundant and most were sold off either to existing occupants, on the open market or sometimes used to expand the stations they were attached to. What I would say is that in the 70's and into the 80's, many police officers did work where they lived but that was more of a throwback to the time when car ownership was much lower and a significant proportion of any local population did the same. That was also a time when towns had shopping streets worthy of the name and society was much less transient in general. It's true though that people did tend to work at the same station for much longer and it wasn't unknown for someone to do 20 years or more in the same place, leading to extensive local knowledge and connection. There's more of an emphasis on 'move for experience' now so that he's been lost sadly. As well as the 2 houses Blackburn had joined to the station (dog handler and sergeant) the council built a row of 7/8 houses that only police or doctors could occupy. The doctors never bothered so they were filled with local coppers. Gradually as the older cops retired the houses were filled with run-of-the-mill council tenants as newer cops seemed to want to stay elsewhere. Houses to this day are still known as the "police houses" to us older types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Some radge has been chasing Scotlands finest with a chainsaw in Glasgow. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 13 minutes ago, escobri said: Some radge has been chasing Scotlands finest with a chainsaw in Glasgow. 🤣 Just another day in the West.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyJudyJudy Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 4 minutes ago, Debut 4 said: Just another day in the West.. Sadly true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lost in space Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Maybe the radge couldn't find his sword or baseball bat. I love the Kevin Bridges story - that the sports shops in Glasgow had sold 493 baseball bats but not one baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 04/01/2023 at 13:40, il Duce McTarkin said: Like most of her plastic surgery. Bought me a pint once - genuinely lovely woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il Duce McTarkin Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 04/01/2023 at 22:28, JudyJudyJudy said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 04/01/2023 at 23:28, JudyJudyJudy said: Call yourself a PHM, do you? 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canscot Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 On 10/12/2022 at 16:24, Daktari said: Ok, full disclosure first. I used to be a police officer and retired about ten years ago. I come not to defend or decry Police Scotland, just to give some historical perspective... First of all, I tend not to get into the whole 'it was better in my day' thing. When I joined in the early 80's, there were people coming to the end of their career telling me 'the job's ****ed'. I heard people saying that for the next 30 odd years.... Here's my point though. Folks above speak about under funding, and that may be part of it. However, when I started the total police establishment for Scotland's eight forces was about 14,000. Now, under Police Scotland it's 17,000 plus (or has been). I remember being out on the nightshift, and we were falling over each other to answer calls. In reference to the OP, this was in West Lothian. We would have two at Blackburn, Sergeant plus 4 or 5 at Whitburn, two each at Fauldhouse and Armadale, Sergeant and six at Bathgate and so on... Livingston would have high teens at least. Calls never went unanswered and there was always assistance if you needed it. Why, with 3000 more cops, is this not the case and calls go unanswered for days, if they get answered at all? I don't know if there's a simple answer like 'underfunding' but back then there was the beat cops, a specialist Traffic and CID support in each division, and that was about it. I think that there are now many more 'specialisms' and lots of supporting departments that we didn't have. I'm not saying that would be easy to roll back because they have grown into their work areas, many of which are very important, but those cops not answering calls on the nightshift must be getting hoovered up somewhere. I loved my time and in the same circumstances would do it again, but policing now has become so politicised and scrutinised that I really feel sorry for people starting out in a much different job. I wouldn't say it's ****ed though, because I've had my time and it's up to them now to make of it what they will. You probably knew or know one of my mates. He was a cop in Livingston and West Calder among other assignments. he has been retired now for probably 15 or more years after about 30 yrs service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmaceutical01 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Got to know the Controlled drugs inspection officers pretty well as we probably dealt with the same people. Always had a very healthy respect for the job they had to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey J J Jr Shabadoo Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 19 hours ago, escobri said: Some radge has been chasing Scotlands finest with a chainsaw in Glasgow. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 I see officer are sueing their own force for injuries sustained on bonfire night last year in Niddrie. This is why they stand back at the fitbaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daktari Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 06/05/2024 at 17:53, Canscot said: You probably knew or know one of my mates. He was a cop in Livingston and West Calder among other assignments. he has been retired now for probably 15 or more years after about 30 yrs service Quite likely. I 'm retired 11 years come October, although I left West Lothian in 1996. As I said, we didn't move about as much back then so we knew each other better. Was he/she a Hearts supporter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canscot Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 4 minutes ago, Daktari said: Quite likely. I 'm retired 11 years come October, although I left West Lothian in 1996. As I said, we didn't move about as much back then so we knew each other better. Was he/she a Hearts supporter? No. A big Rugby fan though. He ended up an Inspector before retiring. Not gonna give his name out on a public forum but his initials are J..T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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