rugbymatt

I know someone here on the Moor who gets in his car, night after night, after sinking several pints of beer... he is still alive, never hit anyone, never had a crash.... ergo... must be fine to drink drive right?

Dick Dasterdly

Likely nothing there to crash into, apart from the odd nice cosy ditch in which to spend the night.
He probably does ok with roadkill though, and maybe even the odd fat lamb or two as a bonus.

paintermujer

Dont forget the dartmoor ponies. A regular occurrance.

Dick Dasterdly

Hmm,very partial to a bit of horsemeat.
Don't know why these horsey types always get their knickers in a twist.
Horses should just be regarded as due the same standard of animal welfare as other animals.
However they seem to take exception to having their horses put to good use on somebodies dinner plate.

Now what's all this got to do with smoking ?

I blame Matt for drifting off topic,...again. lol.

paintermujer

Look I have lived on Dartmoor.

Too many ponies and indeed their babies die regularly on dartmoor through reckless driving.

Yes, other animals also but some are too small to be noticed.

Its a comment thats all.

Dont get YOUR knickers in a twist.

paintermujer

Back to the smoking topic.

HBG

I’ve had occasions to visit the livestock markets in North Devon and always wondered how the gypsy traders from Plymouth got away with it. They would drive across the moor early in the morning and load at least one Dartmoor pony on to their vans.

A few hours later the animals would be sold to the slaughterhouse bidders at the markets and the gypsies would be on the piss in the local pubs.

Everyone knew what was going on and nobody did anything about it.

rugbymatt

I love how NO ONE is even bothering with the thread title now!

JLFS

Bloody ponies, and if they insist on driving recklessly take the car off them.
And with their foals on board - terrible.

Dick Dasterdly

Just to keep on topic maybe the ponies all live on Dartmoor because it's one of the few unpolluted smoke-free zones left in the country.

Do they not do a regular round-up and mark or tatoo all these ponies ?
If not it would make life easy for the Gypsies, they probably have one or two stashed away in the freezer as well.

sensationalfrog

i had a pub on the edge of dartmoor for 5 years,allways had a couple of dead ponies in the freezer for the steak and kidney pie,and the carvery bit was cheap to stock thanks to the dead sheep i got
anyway off for a fag and i aint a poof

rugbymatt

Which one?



Oh and well done everyone for getting this moved!

jimenato

http://www.costa-news.com/index.php?...=6081&Itemid=1

Looks like it's coming soon...

bil

Gotta admit, I'm a lot happier with less smoke coming my way.

Dick Dasterdly

Yes, so is Christmas.

Problem is that many of those preparing the legislation in Spain are smokers themselves,so aren't very enthusiastic about either passing or enforcing it, as in Valencia when the first legislation was supposed to come into force.

I will only believe it when it actually happens and is properly enforced.