Originally Posted by Ridski

But most of the time when they are being used for those purposes, they are actually on their down time, and getting paid by the road work company. I know there's a Costco near me that has an entrance on quite a minor road, so they hire off-duty cops to direct traffic on busy days. No burden on the taxpayer, and there's one extra bod on call who would have been at home in his civvies should something go down.

Originally Posted by Ridski

But most of the time when they are being used for those purposes, they are actually on their down time, and getting paid by the road work company. I know there's a Costco near me that has an entrance on quite a minor road, so they hire off-duty cops to direct traffic on busy days. No burden on the taxpayer, and there's one extra bod on call who would have been at home in his civvies should something go down.

Originally Posted by another bloody yank

Yes there are a few things about the US I wish weren't the way they are.

But there's just one that burned me up today. My son came home from school last night with a something some other kid had given him. No, it wasn't head lice.

It was a promotional item for "Trix" cereal featuring the Trix Rabbit. It was a mask in the shape of an ice hockey goalie's helmet made of thin cardboard (about the same as a greeting card) that folded flat but when opened was big enough for a kid to wear like an actual goalie's mask. It had holes for the eyes and mouth etc...

The thing that pissed me off was that printed on the side of it in large type was a disclaimer stating: Warning! This mask is not intended to be used as a protective device!

It really makes me sad for a number of reasons. One, it really messed up the asthetics of the mask. Two, that someone out there is stupid enough to try and use this paper mask for protection, and three that if some moron did use it for protection and got hurt there would be a lawyer waiting next to the hospital bed ready to sue to get the "victim" the "settlement they deserve". Hence the need for the disclaimer in the first place.


I guess it ties in with my hatred of the modern culture of liability and litigiousness taking the place of common sense and personal responsibility.

Originally Posted by kiriyama

Just let Darwin rule.

Originally Posted by englishinfl

Mention Darwin's name round my area, and you'd likely get a lecture on why the man was not only blasphemous and anti christian, but that his ideas were totally and completely wrong because they don't fit with what the bible says.

Originally Posted by Janek66

Same here....that's if they have heard of Darwin in the first place.

Originally Posted by englishinfl

Oh they've heard of him here alright, if a lot of them had their way, his name and his theories would be banned from public view.

Originally Posted by Janek66

SAD