Sounds good Jamie! I'm glad you moved it up since I know a lot of people have plans on Christmas Eve and hopefully we can have our own little party as a community.

Love this! I’ve missed so many lately, ready to hear from everyone.

I will miss the call this week…but if I don’t get to say it elsewhere on the forum, hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

I’ll be at work but hope to be able to join you all

Hope I can make this one ... been too long

Sounds awesome! Great idea!

Sounds good!

https://meet.google.com/irt-sofr-eqv

Not sure if I’ll make this as currently in custody with a prisoner at Brixton police station. Hopefully I’ll get done before it ends and be able to drop in

4 minutes ago, Northern Monkey said:

Not sure if I’ll make this as currently in custody with a prisoner at Brixton police station. Hopefully I’ll get done before it ends and be able to drop in

The more the merrier! Just as long as we can all make fun of him (presumably) a little bit - what'd he do? Anything particularly stupid?

;)

Hoping it's one of the following oddball charges:

• Being drunk in a pub: Under the Licensing Act 1872, it is an offence to be found drunk in a "licensed premises" (a pub) or any public place.

• "Knock Knock Ginger": The harmless prank of knocking on someone's door and running away is illegal under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839, as it is an offence to wilfully disturb an inhabitant without a lawful excuse.

• Carrying a plank on the pavement: It is against the law to carry a plank of wood, ladder, or pole along a public pavement unless you are loading or unloading it from a vehicle. This law aims to prevent obstruction and danger to pedestrians.

• Shaking a rug in the street: Beating or shaking a carpet, rug, or mat in the street is prohibited. The exception is a doormat, which can be shaken, but only before 8 a.m..

• Flying a kite: Flying a kite or playing a game to the annoyance or danger of residents or passersby in a public place is an offence under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839.

• Sliding on ice: Causing a nuisance by sliding on ice or snow in the street is also an offence under the same 1839 Act, intended to prevent danger to others.

• Singing profane songs in public: Singing any "profane, indecent or obscene song or ballad" in public is an offence.

• Queue jumping: Jumping the queue in the ticket hall of a London Underground station is technically an offence under Transport for London Railway Bye-Laws.

• Handling salmon suspiciously: Under the Salmon Act 1986, it is illegal to handle a salmon in "suspicious circumstances," a measure intended to combat illegal poaching and sale.

• Being drunk in charge of cattle: The Licensing Act 1872 also makes it an offence to be drunk while in charge of a carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine on any highway or public place. 

Not going to make it.

Sorry guys got tied up helping getting stuff ready for big Italian Christmas Eve dinner Tommorow night have a great holiday all

sooooo close to making it !!!!

got on right as the final good-byes were said

46 minutes ago, Papa 3-Putts said:

Hoping it's one of the following oddball charges:

• Being drunk in a pub: Under the Licensing Act 1872, it is an offence to be found drunk in a "licensed premises" (a pub) or any public place.

• "Knock Knock Ginger": The harmless prank of knocking on someone's door and running away is illegal under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839, as it is an offence to wilfully disturb an inhabitant without a lawful excuse.

• Carrying a plank on the pavement: It is against the law to carry a plank of wood, ladder, or pole along a public pavement unless you are loading or unloading it from a vehicle. This law aims to prevent obstruction and danger to pedestrians.

• Shaking a rug in the street: Beating or shaking a carpet, rug, or mat in the street is prohibited. The exception is a doormat, which can be shaken, but only before 8 a.m..

• Flying a kite: Flying a kite or playing a game to the annoyance or danger of residents or passersby in a public place is an offence under the Metropolitan Police Act 1839.

• Sliding on ice: Causing a nuisance by sliding on ice or snow in the street is also an offence under the same 1839 Act, intended to prevent danger to others.

• Singing profane songs in public: Singing any "profane, indecent or obscene song or ballad" in public is an offence.

• Queue jumping: Jumping the queue in the ticket hall of a London Underground station is technically an offence under Transport for London Railway Bye-Laws.

• Handling salmon suspiciously: Under the Salmon Act 1986, it is illegal to handle a salmon in "suspicious circumstances," a measure intended to combat illegal poaching and sale.

• Being drunk in charge of cattle: The Licensing Act 1872 also makes it an offence to be drunk while in charge of a carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine on any highway or public place. 

It was nearly one of those! He was drunk and disorderly in a public place. We nicked his friend for DUI and he thought he could intervene. Wouldn’t take a warning and go away so had no option but to arrest him

19 minutes ago, Northern Monkey said:

It was nearly one of those! He was drunk and disorderly in a public place. We nicked his friend for DUI and he thought he could intervene. Wouldn’t take a warning and go away so had no option but to arrest him

Now I'm disappointed to hear it wasn't a charge of handling salmon suspiciously, that one made me laugh.

I'm glad you got it all settled and it's something the guy just wouldn't walk away and not do something to get arrested.

1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said:

Now I'm disappointed to hear it wasn't a charge of handling salmon suspiciously, that one made me laugh.

I'm glad you got it all settled and it's something the guy just wouldn't walk away and not do something to get arrested.

Is there a way to handle salmon that ISN'T suspicious?

14 minutes ago, StillEwe said:

Is there a way to handle salmon that ISN'T suspicious?

You're right, it is kinda fishy no matter how you handle it.

8 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

You're right, it is kinda fishy no matter how you handle it.

Haha. Line of the day

I was today years old when I realized that salmon was even a thing in England.

I know Atlantic Salmon is a breed, but I always think of like Canada.

49 minutes ago, Papa 3-Putts said:

I was today years old when I realized that salmon was even a thing in England.

I know Atlantic Salmon is a breed, but I always think of like Canada.

Sorry, I shouldn't laugh. There are plenty of fresh water fish that differ here vs back home. There are plenty of great salmon-fishing rivers across Scotland, England and Wales. The biggest salmon are in Scottish rivers, but I've caught salmon in Wales and SW England.

Oddly, however, I've never learnt to fly fish. Both places I caught salmon coarse fishing and one time it was a small telescopic rod while on a multi-day hike in Wales, with three friends. Thought we'd have a go at catching some fish for dinner rather than hydrate the grim boil-in-the-bag meals we'd taken with us. 6-8lb salmon fed us very well! My first job (age 15-18) was a fishmonger and I grew up coarse fishing from age 8/9 onwards.

Sorry I missed it friends.

Happy holidays to all!

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1 hour ago, Indy_Oz said:

Sorry, I shouldn't laugh. There are plenty of fresh water fish that differ here vs back home. There are plenty of great salmon-fishing rivers across Scotland, England and Wales. The biggest salmon are in Scottish rivers, but I've caught salmon in Wales and SW England.

Oddly, however, I've never learnt to fly fish. Both places I caught salmon coarse fishing and one time it was a small telescopic rod while on a multi-day hike in Wales, with three friends. Thought we'd have a go at catching some fish for dinner rather than hydrate the grim boil-in-the-bag meals we'd taken with us. 6-8lb salmon fed us very well! My first job (age 15-18) was a fishmonger and I grew up coarse fishing from age 8/9 onwards.

Have to come to Texas at some point and try your hand at some Big Mouth Bass fishing; Lake Fork up here in North Texas is the Big Mouth Bass capital of the world.

7 hours ago, Bexar_Trap said:

Have to come to Texas at some point and try your hand at some Big Mouth Bass fishing; Lake Fork up here in North Texas is the Big Mouth Bass capital of the world.

What he said.

Lake Fork produces some big largemouth bass and I've seen some big hauls from the pros down there. We've seen some major strides as far as world class bass fishing in my area with places like Guntersville and Chickamauga where you can catch them around the 5 to 10 pound range and we don't hold a candle to Lake Fork.

Good chat yesterday and cool hearing about what you are doing over there @DBK! Merry Christmas Eve!!

Got my workout in and prepping for tomorrow with my wife. Parents are flying in tomorrow so that will be nice! Weather is good here so I will sneak in a few holes hopefully over the next couple days!

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