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Sibling rivalry is another great reason to dob someone in :lol::o

I used to grass on my sis all the time - but it was a mutual thing :sneaky::frown:

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I used to stitch mine up and then grass on her :sneaky:. I was a terror! :o

Because of that I try to be extra kind to her now.

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I know! Tasks remaining: 11! :eek:

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Name em...SHOOT! lol (bread?!)

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2. ironing :lol:

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I haven't had any calls for work this week, ho hum, a 3 week Winter Break for me it is then lol

Teaching a half day on Monday though, which is great, 11.30 start in a 2 teacher school. Perfect cos I don't get back from Melbourne til REALLY late the night before!

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Ranging from confirming Aus cover for my UK insurances to booking kite surfing lessons for my lads (and maybe myself too - if it's cheap enough) in Langebaan, South Africa.

...No bread tonight :(

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We too a wrong turning on Sunday (on our way to Springfield Lakes) and almost ended up in Toowoomba (think we were about 20 mins from your way) :confused_smile:

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HAHA EJIT LOL Took my friend 6.5 hours to get home from Hervey Bay to TW, they too took a wrong turn lol

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I have to say that the signposts in Aus can be rather confusing. Driving from Canberra to Batemans Bay we reached a crossroads about 30kms into the journey and the sign for the right turn indicated Canberra :ohmy:

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Yes - what I meant is that if a kid comes to school or your home with an angry bruise or scratch you can't always jump to conclusions and assume there is an untoward domestic situation.

2 bruises maybe, or, to put it another way: 3 strikes and you're out...

Do you dob in a parent who chooses to on rare occasions punish their child with a smack who you know is of good character (regardless if the law prohibited it or not.)

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I see what you mean, I suppose if its if you happen to witness full on intentional violence.

We were in Dwellingup earlier this year and saw this woman beating the shit out of her 3 boys and I mean really hitting them, the youngest one a toddler would walk off round the site, and she would grab his arm and lift him up and beat his arse.

Then the next minute she would cuddle him. The older kids would push each other around and then the youngest toddler would hit the dog.

I wish I had said something, done something but what? Where do you begin in that situation, it wasnt as you described - it was regular beltings on the arms/back/bum and it was punishment for her own doing - expecting a small toddler to sit still and not move while she had her beer and ciggies.

Difficult situation, where do you begin? I regret it though Badge - but would the Dwellingup police come for such a thing, she left the next day I think.

Grey area but I think we all have our lines that we wont cross. Its the 'I wont dob at all costs' type of people that I hate.

But you are right, I guess it isnt always as clear cut.:o

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Vivid recollection. Remember getting a well-earnt wallop from my mother which I think left some sort of scratch or redness on my face. Knowing how clumsy she is she probably missed big time - and her ring caught as her arm came down.

We were in the public library later on that afternoon and the librarian who had known us for years asked me if I had been in a bit of fisticuffs with other boys. ("What's up with you?")

I'll never forget the way my mother looked completely crestfallen and said
'I walloped him, I'm afraid. [It's a fair cop]'.

The librarian just nodded and smiled.

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The "wont "dob" "grass" "snitch" at all costs" people typically are the ones who would hope no one would turn them in for their own deeds...

We have to use our judgement dont we...

Would we want other people to help us? call the police? thats the position to put yourself in...

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Her theory was that the drivers he'd swerved in front of would already have called it in, she was also reluctant to "get involved" i.e open up a can of worms if she ended up giving evidence in court. Both of us having given evidence in the past know exactly how harrowing an experience that is. Defense barristers ask personal questions & make you out to be a second class citizen in order to get their client off. That could be an entire new thread:blink: