...AND ANOTHER THING, those motorists who wear stickers in their rear windows saying things like "BABY ON BOARD" or "SMALL PERSON ON BOARD", what are they trying to tell us? that someone had sex with them? that they know what pain is? if it is supposed to make others drive in a different manner, forget that, and some of the drivers wearing the sticker dont behave any differently either in most cases!!

If i see one of these stickers in a car in a car park, should i ring the police and report that someone has left a child in a parked car??

Or should the seemingly proud parents behave in a responsible way and perhaps remove the sticker when they park? Or better still realise it only makes them look stupid for having the thing there in the first place and remove it forever? there will be more moans soon!! by the way some grannies are small persons too!!

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Posted by ooaargh, on 14-04-2006 11:46, I pulled into the South Street car park the other day only to find someone with a disabled sticker parking in an able persons space. I informed the gestapo warden but he said there was nothing he could do. that’s political correctness gone mad that is. And while we are on the subject of traffic wardens is it just me or do these people look like nazi storm troopers? Why do they have to dress in such a fascist style and strut about as though they are some kind of american super marshal who is “gonna run them degenerate law breaking car parkers out of town”. Do you think that on the application form for the job that it asks if you like dressing up in Village People hand-me-downs and looking butch.   Posted by rustic, on 14-04-2006 11:55, ere, there is a big sign up in West Bay harbor that says ""No Swimming"". Well what happens if you fall in?? A bloke fell in the other day and was swimming to the side and I had to throw bricks at his head until he stopped because he was breaking a by law and you cant have that going on.   Posted by tinymind, on 21-04-2006 09:12, ""X marks the spot where ye can park me hearties""   Posted by goccibos, on 25-04-2006 08:57, You wanna get one o' them badges, I saw a bloke stop outside Leakages, spring from his Ford Focarse into the shop and emerge with flour based product, he was even nattering to that nice lady Caroline for ages, then ran across the pavement into the car and drowved orf. W****R. What illness has he? Parkinsons? Get it! PARKinsons! I should write for the telly.   Posted by Waldorf and Stadtler, on 28-04-2006 10:04, We don't need more parking we need less cars (and more monorails).   Posted by goccibos, on 30-04-2006 12:06, it definitely says it's your turn in the barrel tonight so wet your lips and lets go.   Posted by MikeyP, on 18-05-2006 09:50, Anyone remember when you could go and see actual proper live music in one of several Bridport venues? Oh the good old days. Still, at least you can still cue for ages to get into The Royal Joke to hear some really 'brilliant' music eh!   Posted by ooaargh, on 23-05-2006 09:18, All northerners and anyone with a ""funny accent"" should be stopped at Askers Roadhouse to the east and Hunters Lodge to the west. They should be required to hand over the keys to their vehicle and all personal items such as money, credit cards MP3s etc and then sent back to their smoke stained, ""by eck the beers better up north"" industrial wastelands. That way we could all benefit from their money without having to listen to the infuriating nasal whine that passes for speech.   Posted by rustic, on 23-05-2006 09:36, Whilst I enjoy watching a good game of soccer and will be cheering on ENGERLAAND (and any other of the UK teams that qualified, oops there were none) in the forthcoming global soccer tournament I find the sight of cheap St Georges flags flapping in the breeze perched on the top of some clapped out Cavalier enough to make my blood boil. What message are these people sending out to the rest of us? That they are more patriotic than us by spending there money on something that was probably manufactured by half blind, starving kids (on 20 pence for an 80 hour week) in some third world sweat shop, that cost about 2 pence to produce and are then sold to the gullible and banal by the ever profit hungry supermarkets for a 5000% mark up. To make matters worse I saw an obese, and it has to be said ugly, couple, who to make matters worse were from ""up north"" waddling around Scummers the other day and blazoned across the back of their ""sports shirts"" were the words ""English and Proud"" The mind boggles   Posted by goccibos, on 27-05-2006 16:03, to add to rustics comments; these are the same people who cheer along the England team then leave the pub and kick the crap out of the town, break windows and abuse residents. ""English and proud"".   Posted by the bat, on 29-05-2006 21:49, Why don't NHS bosses start hiring obsessive compulsives as nurses? Their attention to hygiene and constant hand washing would see an end to MRSA outbreaks in no time.   Posted by the bat, on 29-05-2006 22:06, Dog owners that go to the trouble of picking the crap up in a bag then toss it into the nearest hedge!. Simply carry a carrier bag with two or three large stones in it around with you when walking your dog. That way everyone will think you are really conciencous and you wouldn't possibly NOT pick up that doggie crap, so any they find couldn't POSSIBLY be yours (eerrr, or your dog's).   Posted by d0g, on 30-05-2006 14:22, Have a look at EvolveFish to get the horns!   Posted by the bat, on 31-05-2006 18:51, Making a 20MPH speed limit in Victoria Grove won't stop cats from speeding. Why are they driving AT ALL!!! I hear cats taste like chicken, next time someone sees a 'flat cat' up Victoria Grove would they let me know please?   Posted by the bat, on 01-06-2006 07:52, ""Call any vegetables, call them today!"" sang Franz Zappa once. And yes Mr. Lindenau, I'm sure the fair trade vegies can not only talk to us, they can make love with us and among themselves of course. Consequence: I will become a ""Meatan"" from now on!   Posted by the bat, on 01-06-2006 11:12, Further to goccibos's posting about Christian fish on cars. Does anyone know where I can purchase a similar thing but displaying satanic horns please? Yours Satan   Posted by draino, on 02-06-2006 19:14, Those road sweeping trucks are rubbish, I saw one chasing a toffee wrapper around in circles for 20 minutes! ""Get out of the cab and use a broom!"" Also they cause noise pollution.   Posted by the bat, on 03-06-2006 19:14, Does anyone have any iformation about the ghost which was sighted walking out of a wall and into the youth centre car park in Gundry Lane?   Posted by The Bat, on 15-06-2006 21:09, Believe it or not there have now been two independent sightings on different dates of the ghost in Gundry lane. Has anyone else seen it?   Posted by The Bat, on 17-06-2006 12:40, There are too many TV celebrity chefs nowadays. Further to my perfectly reasonable suggestion that a sniper should be placed in the bell tower of the town hall to snipe the tyres off that white van that parks on the trafic lights thereby causing a GREAT danger to other road users. ..... While the sniper is up there, would it be possible to have any passing TV celebrity chefs sniped as well? Not only would this thin out the current population of celebrity chefs, but it would also promote the growth of new younger celebrity chefs with really nice recipes which don't rely on red peppers and tomatoes. Would it be possible to advertise for an experienced sniper in the local press, or maybe a card up on the wall in the Co-Op? Come on snipers, where are you?   Posted by Waldorf and Stadtler, on 21-06-2006 06:16, Did a sniper get her?   Posted by Fortune Teller, on 22-06-2006 16:48, Here is an idea as people put their rubbish out the night before collection, why don't the dustman come round at 9.00pm at night to collect it instead of in the morning.   Posted by goccibos, on 30-06-2006 10:41, Bring back Pete the road sweep!! Why do these idiot put there rubbish out the night before or even the day before for the cats, shitehawks and rats to rip the bags open??? Yes wheelie bins are the solution in many ways along with a huge vermin shoot??   Posted by ted, on 22-08-2006 10:05, Isn't it time the traffic light system at Morrisons was nuked and a roundabout put in?   Posted by The Bat, on 24-08-2006 06:08, Isn't it time my sniper idea was taken more seriously?   Posted by bogbeast, on 10-09-2006 12:04, yeah i've seen that ghost - it's looks like that skinny alcoholic with the face of a screaming skull. the sniper idea is good maybe you could hire one   Posted by Pisces, on 11-09-2006 22:23, the ghost is reputed to be that of an expired Palmers tenant of the Pack Horse Inn who, on hearing that ale was only going to go up once that week took to his bed in shock and never saw the light of day again   Posted by The Bat, on 18-09-2006 09:11, It's been sighted again at Gundry Lane. An elderly lady saw it and got to Bucky Doo and fainted. She was helped out by the local constabulary and an ambulance had to be called. Heard it was Friday just gone, did anyone see the ambulance? Or the ghost? Apparently there has been some minor work carried out at Gundry Lane by builders and word is they have 'disturbed' something. There have been 2 other previous sightings of an eldely male dressed in Victorian dress walking 'through' the doors of the old custom & excise building across the road into the car park of the youth club. Non of the people who have seen it know each other and each didn't know that there had been other sightings.   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 30-10-2006 15:48, I'm not in favour of the Lyric being knocked down and replaced by something hideous either. But you can't blame the Estate Agents for advising their clients to go the most lucrative route! It's up to the Gale family to stick to their morals and go ""bollocks to that!"" and gun for the community. Regarding the old-ship - thought that was already ear-marked for a series of desirable maisonettes? Right next door to the electric palace! That'll have environmental health all over Hitchen faster than he can gather slave labour!   Posted by chesilbank, on 31-10-2006 20:35, and another thing ! i drive from bridport to beaminster every day, what's with the drivers, usually old, that like to drive at 40mph all the way ? they hold you up when the speed limit is 60mph then break the law through melplash when the limit is 30mph. i'm quite happy to stick to 30mph as long as i can do 60mph when allowed. GET A MOVE ON !!!   Posted by ted, on 01-11-2006 10:50, I believe you can download an application form from the Bench Allocations Department of the Council. It goes something like this: Name: Shortened version of name (incase name does not fit on standard sized plaque): Date of Birth: Date of Death: Type of Death: Perceived Public Sympathy for Death (out of 10): OFFICE USE ONLY Please tick where applicable... Approved: Approved Providing Existing Bench is Stolen: Waste of Space: Never in a million years:   Posted by The Bat, on 02-11-2006 12:45, I think you need to upgrade to a mortar! You'll at least then have a chance to get some of the groups of chavs   Posted by chesilbank, on 03-11-2006 17:21, Actually I did hear that the Bridport Worshipful Lodge of Free Masons had sent their High Grand Wizard on an all expense paid whistle stop tour of Europe. Maybe Pc McGregor and the High Grand Wizard are one and the same ... (or maybe they aren't, .. dunno really).   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 09-11-2006 18:10, Ah, that Area Prone To Fog sign was the multi thousand pound (tax paid for) item that only works for a couple hours a year. The rare times it is illuminated is more often on a sunny summers day !! Wouldnt it be more useful if it displayed ""Person with nothing better to do, parked at Askers dual carriageway dishing out fines and 3 points"" (I'm also being sarcastic !!)..   Posted by DELBOY IN BRIDPORT, on 13-11-2006 12:39, What slave labour is that then? There are ALOT of good people in Bridport who would love to see the Electric Palace open again and are willing to give their time and effort to help. Stop critising other peoples efforts and do something more positive yourself.   Posted by chesilbank, on 14-11-2006 12:11, I hear there is a plan to bring vultures to Bridport - they have been seen from Essex to Devon already .. just think of it, the council would only have bones to clear up in the mornings. Do vultures eat seagulls ? or just traffic wardens ?   Posted by chesilbank, on 14-11-2006 19:56, thanks for that delboy, some of us ""younger"" drivers are trying to earn a living and being held up by sunday drivers during the week is out of order. drop your licence off at the police station and take the bus !   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 15-11-2006 20:07, Oh the police CAN see them Delboy,but when they weigh up wether its worth the 400 page essay of red tape just to say ""On yer bike you lot"".They decide instead just to drive by past them !!   Posted by chesilbank, on 16-11-2006 16:30, Sorry about the spelling mistakes in my previous posts, had had a few when I went off on a rant :) ANYWAY .... I do think two more tennis courts were a bit over the top. I mean how many people actually play tennis??? An open air swimming pool with fantastic water slides and a poolside sniper range would have been just the ticket. Once again the anti-sniper contingent force their namby pamby opinions on the poor people of Bridders (and surrounding areas).. END THE EXPLOITATION AND CLASS OPPRESSION OF BRIDDERS!!! SNIPERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!! (This message has been brought to you by SAPCPOSITWCOSR, the ""Shrill And Politically Correct Protectors of Snipers in the World Council of Sniper Rights"".) Back to Your Bourgeoisie Computer Interests   Posted by DELBOY IN BRIDPORT, on 17-11-2006 09:47, ok goccibos, if Bridport continues to evolve as it is you will have a great choice of charity shops and no private business at all .. so where do you do your shopping? probably Argos, Currys, B&Q, Debenhams.. anyway, we've got the yobs so we are halfway to Yeovil ..might as well add the shops as well .. Do agree with you about parking, why do people all flock out between 11 and 2 and then moan about parking..mind you half of them could walk to town .... by the way Bat, I am a marksman, any more room up on the bell tower ...please.....   Posted by DELBOY IN BRIDPORT, on 17-11-2006 09:47, Chesilbank , What do you mean a driving licence! Are you supposed to have something like a television licence or fishing licence ? just to drive cars - it's news to me, you are joking ?? ...come to that I don't believe in any sort of licence .. (Licenced Premises excluded)   Posted by chesilbank, on 17-11-2006 17:24, Why not park where you want but do the following: 1: Take off your windscreen wiper arms so the gestapo can't put a parking ticket under them. 2: Take off your wheels and put them inside your vehicle so that they can't be clamped or the car towed away !! Just don't have your best clothes on whilst doing number 2, as you may get a bit grubby !!!   Posted by ooaargh, on 03-12-2006 13:06, it's a tartan shopping bag/zimmer combo (very stylish) on wheels.   Posted by chesilbank, on 05-12-2006 19:13, I see,its the 99% of the population who don't squat where they want (oh,er !!) that are bollox yes ? No,as Stretchy Nuts has reminded us they aint angels and never will be. But there are more pressing problems to worry about though, like for instance immigration,lack of affordable housing and ministers giving themselves 60% pay rises whilst raising council tax way beyond inflation.   Posted by Rustic, on 06-12-2006 16:50, dancing policemen ? its enough to give you nightmares.shouldnt they be on the beat {instead of just behind it) taxpayers money blah blah blah should be out catching criminals blah blah blah they are a disgrace.....except that lady one....   Posted by chesilbank, on 06-12-2006 19:12, I reckon I can knock up a shadow screen and the candidates can debate behind this if they wish to preserve their anonymity. The elected mayor can then choose to have his online persona become public and be issued with another online e-mail, giving him the ability to argue with himself and perhaps plot his own downfall. Or he can be sufficinetly heavily disguised by his trappings of office as to be unrecognisible.   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 06-12-2006 20:03, i'd like to add that i've never killed anyone, at least not on the road, and have a clean driving licence. i'm afraid i don't have the time to enjoy the highways of west dorset like the sunday drivers, byways on the other hand i really enjoy, knocking the ramblers out of the way in my huge 4x4 as i tear down the green lanes with all my friends is great fun. i must admit i prefer a pint of mr palmers ipa rather than testosterone, it makes the driving more fun, i live in this sleepy part of rural england because this is where i was brought up, just making the point that i'm not a bloody outsider thats come here to spoil it all for us locals. as for the ""peckerheads"" comment i'd be happy to discuss it face to face at the xmas party, we'll see what simple logic is all about.   Posted by chesilbank, on 11-12-2006 20:17, Thanks delboy, your right, i'd be happy to take the nervous drivers out for a little drive in their own cars, i'm sure the one's that come back alive would be more than happy to surrender their driving licence's !   Posted by ooaargh, on 13-12-2006 18:52, Would that be one of those dirty macs with no buttons so it keeps blowing open in the wind :)   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 14-12-2006 21:10, Yeah, the elections should be online. Many people want their identities protected. I snipe, therfore I am.   Posted by chesilbank, on 15-12-2006 16:07, Wonderful news! Leakers bakery have agreed to reinstate the feudal right of the Earl of Bucky Doo to claim a bakers dozen of mince pies at Christmas and a harvest loaf at harvest festival time. Other local businesses keen to gain aristocratic endorsement and all that it entails should contact the editor. Watch this space for our re-instated rights.   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 15-12-2006 19:59, my philosophy is that the least amount of time you spend on the road, the less likely you are to have an accident, so, if you can do a journey that should take an hour in half an hour then there's half the chance of said accident. thats basic logic !   Posted by ooaargh, on 22-12-2006 20:08, Unfortunately whether you like it or not the police are in a position where they have to provide evidence to take people to court and have them convicted of an offence. There is a world of difference between knowing who is responsible for the crime in Bridport and proving it. This 'legal safeguard' does not apply to the local skagg heads, drug dealers, shoplifters, and thieves. What a great world this low life dross frequents where society provides them with numerous safeguards against their 'human rights' while ignoring the human rights of their victims. Very easy to ridicule or criticise the police under these circumstnaces.   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 23-12-2006 09:58, Seems to me we all , well most of us anyway, feel the same way about this. I get pxxsed off when a drug problem is used as an excuse for crime. Perhaps it is time to re-open my Charles Bronson Death Wish bag and put them away for ever ! Anyone interested in joining ? ski masks provided of course - leave me a message @ Bridport Radio. Merry Christmas to you all..   Posted by Rustic, on 26-12-2006 18:30, All's well that ends well. We've been offered the perfect venue as a replacement - currently under wraps, but I'll confirm asap. The new party is going to be bigger, better and not at christmas - so everyone can make it! So lets strat getting some offers of active support from you motely crew? What have you got that will help make the party truly legendary? Are you up for helping with the decor, the door, the bands, the stagemanagement, the visuals, the DJ'ing etc. ? This has always been planned as a members party.... get involved, you'll have more fun on the night! Can we also have some new manifestoes for the virtual mayor - we need an elected representative to keep those troublesome peers in line. Seasoned gruntings to you all, Head   Posted by Sprockley, on 11-01-2007 09:25, What about the various hostelries Palmers have closed down and left empty 'cos there's quicker money in property development than in brewing dodgy beer? Ex-Mono's Bar on South Street is gagging for an unofficial re-opening or how about a weekend break at the big hotel Broad Street, Lyme Regis? A squat hotel, now there's an idea... BTW love the pillow fight idea - who else is up for it?   Posted by Editor, on 11-01-2007 13:17, Oh come guys this ""tete a tete"" has been going on since april last year, can we please move on!   Posted by goccibos, on 11-01-2007 13:32, It's their page now! (I should really find a way of splitting the pages up, this one takes some scrolling.) Howabout a new section called ""motoring"" or ""sticking it in the hedge"" ? What do you think?   Posted by Rustic, on 12-01-2007 22:56, There are two distinct types of second homeowner, the first are the ones who actually spend lots of time here and are in transition before moving down completely on retirment or desperation and who use local facilities and buy locallly when they are here. They are OK and it is perfecrtly understandable why they ware doing what they are doing and in their wown way do contribute to the socio-economic fabric of our community. On rthe other hand there is the absentee, scumbag, grockle, invading, village killer. The ones, who like mentioned above, keep a ""cottage in the countr"" in the same way they would a trinket on the mantlepiece. An object of interest that can be looked at once in a while then forgotten until more clement weather arrives. Oh and while we are waiting we had best install one of those stupid lights that illuminate the entire countryside for a mile radius everytime a gnat flies by the sensor. I think that burinig them down, whislt an exellent method in itself of displaying our abhorence of these people and what they have done to our villages, is too obvious. What we need to do is start demolishing them a stone or a brick at a time. One stone or brick or piece of timber every day or every time you walk by and notice no-one has been in the place for months. The absentee owners on arriving to an empty plot would think that they were in the wrong village (especially if we took down all the village signs as well). They would ask some ""local looking chap"" where their house was or where the village was and he could reply that there never was a house there or a village of that name. The incomers would be freaked out and want to sell the plot as some bit of land occupied by a surreal ghost that legend has only a local owning the land can exorcise. Then when the land is bought back at a very sensible local price we could all help by putting a stone back one a day or every time we walked by. Almost as though by being owned by an absentee the actual fabric of the house would rather be somewhere else than empty and cold. All together now Aahh isnt that sweet?. In the meantime (that is before we learn to operate in a higher, more equitable and civil manner) I have been to the Jet(BP Texaco ???) bought petrol and matches.   Posted by Rustic, on 12-01-2007 23:15, Oy! Sprokley, how about using a bit of imagination and contributing another subject for us to get all hot and flustered about instead of talking French at us. You may or may not have noticed that this site gets more hits than any other so someone is doing something right, and if I may be so bold as to suggest, it isn't you as you haven't contributed once other than just now to complain that you are bored with our repartee. How about this as a change of direction. I think that Zebra Crossings are great and there should be more of them in Bridport as they give the pedestrian power over the evil car driver. I also think that pelican crossings are the work of car drivers and witches and should be banned. The thing about a Zebra crossing is that it lets me decide when I want to cross the road and not be at the mercy of some electronic timing mechanism. I also think that it is a bit odd that our road crossings are named after animals that are not common in this country, mind you I couldn't see many people being keen on using a Badger or Pheasant crossing after seeing the result of those animals attempts at crossing the road spread all over the carriageways.   Posted by denzlepob, on 13-01-2007 22:36, And what is ""your"" point then Bat?? Buy guns to promote peace? Greasing the barrel is also a euphanism for an activity indulged in by snipers to keep their trigger fingers and wrist supple.   Posted by Sprockley, on 15-01-2007 19:19, Andy Head Said ""Sniper game sounds interesting, how would it work? If the barmaids were topless how would they hand you a drink or be able to see anything? Indeed how would know they were there as the bar is above waist height?"" Send out invitations to all local druggies with fake letter telling them they have won a car and they need to turn up to collect it at a presentation ceromony. Tell them they are to be presented with their ACE prizes on stage. When they are lined up on the stage tell them they have to be blindfolded to add to the suspense. Pin targets on theor chests and your away ! Re the topless barmaids, make them wear stilts.   Posted by chesilbank, on 15-01-2007 21:28, OI! Mr Rustic, or should I say Mr Rusty, I have been monitoring this little battle for the last nine months and not thought it worth a comment until recently. Enough is enough you can only debate on one subject for so long before you bore the senate! look what happened to sezar!   Posted by Carlito, on 18-01-2007 10:22, Existentialism: You have two cows that manage to break free from their field and discover the field next door. They return to their orginal field because the overwhelming knowledge of the acres beyond their boundary is far too humbling. Swinging at the Bull: You have a dozen cows and a dozen bulls. Some of the bulls and some of the cows decide that they are sexually unfulfilled, and due to their hooves, are unable to read self-help material at the sexual health clinic. They decide in ernest to disguise their milking parlour as a sophisticated gastro pub to front a swinging operation. Every week the group meet and put their bunches of udder-suckers in a big bowl and each bull in turn pulls out a set of suckers. The bull must copulate with the owner of the suckers.   Posted by Editor, on 18-01-2007 16:05, And another thing...How has West One managed to degenerate into a drug-addled, violent chav-bar in such a short space of time? It must be to do with underground magnetic currents! I reckon the next owner should use a diviner!   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 18-01-2007 18:49, a few years back I had the misfortune of living close to Hardys (as it was then called) and it was full of foul mouthed drunken, publicly urinating, aggressive, under-age, chavvy scum then. Bring back the tea rooms.   Posted by Rustic, on 20-01-2007 17:28, I think all drugs should be legalised! I don't take drugs and never will, why....because I know they are bad news. So, legalise all drugs, it will reduce crime and the cost of crime by a massive amount. Spend the money saved in policing on education. Make people responsible for their own actions, if you want to take drugs then this what will happen to you. Lets be honest, if i wanted to take drugs I could they are readily available all I have to do is turn to crime to fund the habit!   Posted by Sprockley, on 20-01-2007 23:02, C#mon good people get a grip, if it is happening in feb then give us a date! if not, then let us know so we can help firm up a date else where...whilst the palace would be ideal there are plenty of other venues. lets do this thing!   Posted by Ivor Bigun, on 21-01-2007 18:49, Why has this debate about traffic and parking turned into a biggoted row about pubs, chavs and drugs? Stick to the topic in question guys! Or are you just looking for an easy excuse to moan?   Posted by Editor, on 21-01-2007 21:37, Oh yes, been there and signed that. I think this is one step to far for the all ready heavily penalised motorist,and people power will over turn this.Well i hope so !! My god, they dont even track serious offenders/criminals. I think they should fit tracking devices to our politicians,so we can find out what they really do during a working day.   Posted by mrplanet, on 14-02-2007 14:38, Now tht turkeys are not safe to eat, we should start commercially exploiting these gulls for food.   Posted by Editor, on 07-03-2007 14:14, Erm...you have to be twinned with a town to go there do you? I don't get it. Did I miss something. I'm off to Dubai for £0 return this year. Bloody rip-off if you ask me!   Posted by The Bat, on 27-05-2007 16:23, And another thing, have you seen all the crap that the caravan people left behind at their tresspassing campsite behind the bowling green by St Mary's??? If you fancy starting a used car battery collection get yerself down there fast before they all go :/ Now that the 'travellers' have barrackaded themselves in Palmer's field opposite Mountjoy, I'm sure it's going to take a year or two to get them out. May I tentatively go out on a metaphorical limb here and suggest that this problem could easily be sorted out overnight with one well placed man and a night vision sight. But Nooooooooooo, what do we get? A bunch of do gooding lefty socialist trotskyist woolly pully wearing, bearded, hippy type social working courderoy jacket with leather elbow patches wearing responsibility avoiding gits who insist that the lunar landings in the 60's were faked in a Nevada movie studio and aliens landed at Roswell. Roswell !!!! Learn from the lesson Bridport!! Take a fuzzy movie of a sheep dressed in silver space suit with a shakey 8mmm black and white camera and put the town on the map!! And while your at it polish your shoes!!!   Posted by 1950sparks, on 20-06-2007 11:30, Rustic, Re. swimming in the harbour - Thanks, that was my head. Sorry for the delay in replying, that concussion can be a b*gg*r to shake off. Being a visitor to the town I thought you were just being friendly but I am relieved to see you were stoutly upholding the law. Later I did indeed ponder at length the question of what to do if one was unfortunate enough to fall into the harbour (again !). As you have rightly pointed out the ban on swimming makes it a somewhat difficult situation to deal with but one, nonetheless, in which the law of the land may not be broken. Actually, it’s just occurred to me while writing that there may be a loophole here, perhaps it is Marine law that would apply in these circumstances and so the sign which is posted on the land may be ignored – see you in court. To continue, my preferred action in future, assuming the tide was in, would be to simply sink to the bottom and walk to the wall then grope for a ladder. In addition I suggest making careful notes of where the ladders are beforehand and wearing an old pair of Clarks with a compass embedded somewhere in them. Alternatively if you are a fakir of some description (and it sounds like you could be) you might possibly simply shut down for a few hours and have a rest on the bottom until the tide went out. In any case wear a helmet in order to survive attacks from any brick-throwing law enforcement agents who may be passing by.   Posted by Rustic, on 23-09-2007 18:33, Even though you are a visitor it is nice to know that you take the laws of our area seriously sparks, personally I think people should just do the decent thing and drown quietly if they fall in thereby not breaking any laws and not inducing some poor heroic lifeguard type to dash into action for a rescue thereby disturbing the peace and harmony of tbne universe and inadvertently adding to the problem of climate change. Drown and save the planet   Posted by ranga, on 13-05-2009 23:24, BABY ON BOARD stickers. The truth is, that they emerged after firefighters didn't find children thrown from the wreckage of car accidents as they (tragically) weren't looking for them. So they were warning signs. Fair enough.  These days the car-seat is a clue, but once upon a time a child could sit on a lap, or just on a seat without being restrained by belt and buckle.  So it's actually quite a good idea, rather than a virility symbol. As well as a request for people to understand that driving slower is so the little ones aren't alarmed or even more noisy than usual.  The variations, such as Chick On Board, or Stud on Board could easily be replaced by 'DUMB CHAV TW*T ON BOARD' which could save the fire service time and money not even bothering to rescue the adults.