http://www.met-office.gov.uk/cgi-bin...och=1161081885

On Oct 18, 12:46 am, "Lawrence Jenkins"
wrote:
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/cgi-bin...06413&epoch=11...

Small Earthquake In Chile - Not Many Dead.

Tudor Hughes

Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/cgi-bin...och=1161081885

Sad though anyone's death is I suppose this is meant to illustrate the
dangers of walking. No doubt we will all be compelled to compile a
written Risk Assessment before venturing out very soon, after all,
pavements can be dangerous places, with solid obstacles (lamp-posts,
letter boxes), randomly moving obstructions (people) and sudden drops
(kerbs) to catch out the unprepared.

PC gone mad?

My wife works in a school, she has recently been told that she must not
shout at the children when they are being noisy - official guidance
from on high now says that one must use a gentle "shoosh" to quieten
them down. Obviously this gentle and inaudible command has little or
no effect.

One can only assume that the precious little darlings will be
irreparably psychologically damaged if anyone dares to discipline them
by raising their voice. Either that or an irate parent will threaten
to sue the school because little johnny came home in tears because Miss
talked loudly at him

Cynically,

Martin

On Oct 18, 10:30 am, "JPG"
wrote:
Lawrence Jenkins wrote:
http://www.met-office.gov.uk/cgi-bin...epoch=11...Sad though anyone's death is I suppose this is meant to illustrate the
dangers of walking. No doubt we will all be compelled to compile a
written Risk Assessment before venturing out very soon, after all,
pavements can be dangerous places, with solid obstacles (lamp-posts,
letter boxes), randomly moving obstructions (people) and sudden drops
(kerbs) to catch out the unprepared.

PC gone mad?

My wife works in a school, she has recently been told that she must not
shout at the children when they are being noisy - official guidance
from on high now says that one must use a gentle "shoosh" to quieten
them down. Obviously this gentle and inaudible command has little or
no effect.

One can only assume that the precious little darlings will be
irreparably psychologically damaged if anyone dares to discipline them
by raising their voice. Either that or an irate parent will threaten
to sue the school because little johnny came home in tears because Miss
talked loudly at him

Cynically,

Martin

Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

My wife works in a school, she has recently been told that she must not
shout at the children when they are being noisy - official guidance
from on high now says that one must use a gentle "shoosh" to quieten
them down. Obviously this gentle and inaudible command has little or
no effect.

One can only assume that the precious little darlings will be
irreparably psychologically damaged if anyone dares to discipline them
by raising their voice. Either that or an irate parent will threaten
to sue the school because little johnny came home in tears because Miss
talked loudly at him

Cynically,

Martin

Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I hope that sign is written in Braille, or Blunkets dog might sue.

Pete

In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Peter Ashby
wrote :

Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I hope that sign is written in Braille, or Blunkets dog might sue.

Blunkett's dog can read braille?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

The weather news stories on the metoffice site are very poor, a lot of the
facts are often rather dubious, tends to be a lot of exageration too
regarding the severity of the weather event it is reporting. They're
actually not written by the metoffice either, instead some news agency, Met
Office could do far better!
"Paul Hyett" wrote in message
...
In uk.sci.weather on Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Peter Ashby
wrote :

Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

I hope that sign is written in Braille, or Blunkets dog might sue.

Blunkett's dog can read braille?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message
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Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".

I would agree with that. I would certainly be cautious circumnavigating
that annoying late 90's pop group

Seriously, it's the same with those screen messages at stations that
announce that platforms are slippery when wet. Now the fact that
wet surfaces are more slippery than dry ones is something we
learn by about the age of five. So it is inconceivable that anybody
able to read such a message would be unaware of that.
So it's not about warning people but merely covering their backs
in the event of a claim so they can say that people were warned.
A sad reflection on our increrasingly litiigeous society, unfortunately.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On Oct 18, 8:39 pm, "Col" wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in ooglegroups.com...



Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".I would agree with that. I would certainly be cautious circumnavigating
that annoying late 90's pop group

Seriously, it's the same with those screen messages at stations that
announce that platforms are slippery when wet. Now the fact that
wet surfaces are more slippery than dry ones is something we
learn by about the age of five. So it is inconceivable that anybody
able to read such a message would be unaware of that.
So it's not about warning people but merely covering their backs
in the event of a claim so they can say that people were warned.
A sad reflection on our increrasingly litiigeous society, unfortunately.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Increasingly infantile, also. It's legitimate for a 5-yr-old
to wail to his Mum "You didn't tell me not to" but not so for an
adult.
Warning! This post may cause mild annoyance.

Tudor Hughes.

On a tatty piece of sub-ether Tudor Hughes at said...


On Oct 18, 8:39 pm, "Col" wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in ooglegroups.com...



Yes, we are becoming a silly country. In the subway under
Oxted station is a notice at the bottom of the steps saying "Caution.
Steps".I would agree with that. I would certainly be cautious circumnavigating
that annoying late 90's pop group

Seriously, it's the same with those screen messages at stations that
announce that platforms are slippery when wet. Now the fact that
wet surfaces are more slippery than dry ones is something we
learn by about the age of five. So it is inconceivable that anybody
able to read such a message would be unaware of that.
So it's not about warning people but merely covering their backs
in the event of a claim so they can say that people were warned.
A sad reflection on our increrasingly litiigeous society, unfortunately.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

Increasingly infantile, also. It's legitimate for a 5-yr-old
to wail to his Mum "You didn't tell me not to" but not so for an
adult.
Warning! This post may cause mild annoyance.

Thats not a warning, more like a prediction, depending on who you listen
to....
--
Rob C. Overfield
Hull