| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. 10:53 - Jan 16 with 21306 views | giant_stow |
I deserved it, but what stings is how much I'll feel that 150 - middle aged skint smoker boy. Fcking idiot. Kick me again |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:51 - Jan 16 with 2157 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:22 - Jan 16 by BrixtonBlue |
Taking illegal drugs is, not that we were discussing illegal drugs so not really sure what your point is.
If you're desperately trying to find something that I've done which is illegal then yes - and I'm sure that applies to everyone on this board.
However, we were talking about encouraging people to run away from crimes. |
We weren’t talking about robbing my wife’s till either but hey ho.
So if you were in a pub one night with a gram of Bolivian marching powder in your jeans pocket and plod walked in with the intention of searching people, would you...
A. slip out of the nearest exit?
B. drop your wrap on the floor and kick it under the bench
C. Stand up and say that it’s a fair cop and if you can’t do the time then you shouldn’t have done the crime [Post edited 16 Jan 2020 15:14]
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:52 - Jan 16 with 2167 views | jeera |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:45 - Jan 16 by giant_stow |
Cheers Jeer, fair as ever. Your last para is the crux of the matter - pathetic that I haven't got there yet and I know the little one needs me. |
Giving up can be hard has hell.
Use patches if you have to - I'm sure they offer a little relief. Anything to take the edge off a bit if it helps.
But as you know, ultimately you just have to make the decision when you feel you can and do it. Stop, no being tempted, no giving in, just sheer stubbornness to see it through.
It does get better. I struggled for months but kept going and am now almost at the 9 year mark. |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:53 - Jan 16 with 2158 views | DebsyAngel |
Sorry but I think it's harsh. Why fine you at all - just say to pick it up and dispose of in a bin. And there are not bins everywhere, there should be more. I am not condoning dropping litter, but a fag end compared to endless crisp bags, broken glass and cans/bottles I see on my way home up Bishops Hill are a lot more of an eyesore. |  | | |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:54 - Jan 16 with 2150 views | giant_stow |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:52 - Jan 16 by jeera |
Giving up can be hard has hell.
Use patches if you have to - I'm sure they offer a little relief. Anything to take the edge off a bit if it helps.
But as you know, ultimately you just have to make the decision when you feel you can and do it. Stop, no being tempted, no giving in, just sheer stubbornness to see it through.
It does get better. I struggled for months but kept going and am now almost at the 9 year mark. |
9 years? Played mr - hats off. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:59 - Jan 16 with 2135 views | jeera |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:54 - Jan 16 by giant_stow |
9 years? Played mr - hats off. |
I was roughly your age too. So there ya go.
This side of the summer would be a good time.
Give you lots of spare puff for running about with littl'un in the nicer months outdoors.
While you still can. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 15:59 - Jan 16 with 2092 views | hoppy |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:52 - Jan 16 by jeera |
Giving up can be hard has hell.
Use patches if you have to - I'm sure they offer a little relief. Anything to take the edge off a bit if it helps.
But as you know, ultimately you just have to make the decision when you feel you can and do it. Stop, no being tempted, no giving in, just sheer stubbornness to see it through.
It does get better. I struggled for months but kept going and am now almost at the 9 year mark. |
Just an additional note for Ulla.. if you don't get on with the patches and try the chewing gum route... please dispose of it properly... it's disgusting the amount of gum that you see on all the pavements everywhere. Worse than fag butts if you ask me. |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:01 - Jan 16 with 2087 views | artsbossbeard |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 15:59 - Jan 16 by hoppy |
Just an additional note for Ulla.. if you don't get on with the patches and try the chewing gum route... please dispose of it properly... it's disgusting the amount of gum that you see on all the pavements everywhere. Worse than fag butts if you ask me. |
Someone obviously smokes a lot of dog poo whilst walking from the Proveda Garage towards the Chantry Park entrance.
Always loads just chucked on the path. |  |
| Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing. | | Poll: | Raining in IP8 - shall I get the washing in? |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:04 - Jan 16 with 2070 views | hoppy |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:01 - Jan 16 by artsbossbeard |
Someone obviously smokes a lot of dog poo whilst walking from the Proveda Garage towards the Chantry Park entrance.
Always loads just chucked on the path. |
Standard brown stuff, or proper retro white poo? | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:05 - Jan 16 with 2067 views | artsbossbeard |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:04 - Jan 16 by hoppy |
Standard brown stuff, or proper retro white poo? |
Brown stuff. Heavy tar. | |
| Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing. | | Poll: | Raining in IP8 - shall I get the washing in? |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:06 - Jan 16 with 2057 views | hoppy |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:05 - Jan 16 by artsbossbeard |
Brown stuff. Heavy tar. |
Animals! | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:10 - Jan 16 with 2034 views | jeera |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:06 - Jan 16 by hoppy |
Animals! |
You would hope so. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:11 - Jan 16 with 2029 views | hoppy |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:10 - Jan 16 by jeera |
You would hope so. |
Obviously, you would hope so, but can't be too sure in that area... | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:14 - Jan 16 with 2013 views | WD19 |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 13:48 - Jan 16 by BanksterDebtSlave |
When we reach the bright anarchist uplands people will no longer want to litter their shared commons and those with statist tendencies such as this will be but a distant memory.......oh how we will laugh....ha ha ha ha ha. |
Its true that one of the advantages of no longer being able to feed ourselves is relatively less waste....fair point. |  | | |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:42 - Jan 16 with 1972 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:14 - Jan 16 by WD19 |
Its true that one of the advantages of no longer being able to feed ourselves is relatively less waste....fair point. |
You have an uppie from Lowhouse.....that is all I have to say! |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:55 - Jan 16 with 1956 views | bluelagos |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 16:11 - Jan 16 by hoppy |
Obviously, you would hope so, but can't be too sure in that area... |
Next time we meet, ask me about pooing (when on hols) if you don't have access to a toilet... |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:08 - Jan 16 with 1934 views | bluelagos |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 11:33 - Jan 16 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Needs to be a decent level of fine to act as a deterrent.
£150 may sound a lot for one offence, but this was probably the 10,000th cig butt he has dropped on the street.  |
As an ex smoker - I wonder how much some of us would owe if this were back dated?
I smoked pack a day, for 15 years - that's a lot of ciggies. 110k
Say if half ended up on the floor (If you worked outside* and stubbing them all as was the norm)
55k at 150 a pop = That's £8m quid owed. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:39 - Jan 16 with 1901 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:32 - Jan 16 by itfcjoe |
If you were brought up properly you wouldn't be taking illegal drugs |
Everyone's done something illegal once (I've been on a speed awareness course, for example) ...but because of this no-one can say you shouldn't run away from a crime?!
All bets are off then! Viva anarchy! |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:43 - Jan 16 with 1893 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:41 - Jan 16 by jeera |
No need to be rude.
It's fine to disagree with it, which I do, but we all make mistakes regardless of our wonderful, Poppins-esque upbringings.
Ulla - the fines does sound disproportionate, and I'm with Joe that a quick 50 on the spot would have had the same deterring effect.
Hope you give up the smokes soon though either way. You have kid[s] and so have a responsibility to be around in years to come for them to sponge off and moan at. |
"regardless of our wonderful, Poppins-esque upbringings"
Classic TWTD arguing technique. Exaggerate to the nth degree, claim your internet point. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:46 - Jan 16 with 1881 views | footers |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:32 - Jan 16 by itfcjoe |
If you were brought up properly you wouldn't be taking illegal drugs |
Legality and morality are two different things entirely. You can be very well brought up and take drugs. Or you can be dragged up and do legal things which are still massively tw@tty. I should know, I do both :) |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:48 - Jan 16 with 1874 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:51 - Jan 16 by GlasgowBlue |
We weren’t talking about robbing my wife’s till either but hey ho.
So if you were in a pub one night with a gram of Bolivian marching powder in your jeans pocket and plod walked in with the intention of searching people, would you...
A. slip out of the nearest exit?
B. drop your wrap on the floor and kick it under the bench
C. Stand up and say that it’s a fair cop and if you can’t do the time then you shouldn’t have done the crime [Post edited 16 Jan 2020 15:14]
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Do the police actually walk into pubs and start randomly searching people? Never heard of it myself. Is possession of an amount for personal use even a crime?
Really can't believe we're having this discussion. You're advocating running away from a crime and apparently I'm in the wrong for saying that's not on?
Oh well. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:50 - Jan 16 with 1867 views | BrixtonBlue |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 14:53 - Jan 16 by DebsyAngel |
Sorry but I think it's harsh. Why fine you at all - just say to pick it up and dispose of in a bin. And there are not bins everywhere, there should be more. I am not condoning dropping litter, but a fag end compared to endless crisp bags, broken glass and cans/bottles I see on my way home up Bishops Hill are a lot more of an eyesore. |
If there were no fine for littering we'd be knee deep in it. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:51 - Jan 16 with 1863 views | GaryCooper |
The irony is that only the usually law abiding would pay such a fine. |  | | |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:54 - Jan 16 with 1847 views | vapour_trail |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:48 - Jan 16 by BrixtonBlue |
Do the police actually walk into pubs and start randomly searching people? Never heard of it myself. Is possession of an amount for personal use even a crime?
Really can't believe we're having this discussion. You're advocating running away from a crime and apparently I'm in the wrong for saying that's not on?
Oh well. |
Back in the day they did. Pubs and clubs would regularly get raided with mass searches. Remember taking a very quick decision to double drop in some underground bar with one exit in the early 90s when the 5 O made an unexpected appearance.
Ended up having a whale of a time. |  |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 18:01 - Jan 16 with 1835 views | jeera |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:43 - Jan 16 by BrixtonBlue |
"regardless of our wonderful, Poppins-esque upbringings"
Classic TWTD arguing technique. Exaggerate to the nth degree, claim your internet point. |
Behave. It was funny.
You were unnecessarily rude to the guy.
Stop looking for an argument. | |
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| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 18:03 - Jan 16 with 1826 views | GaryCooper |
| Just got fined 150 for dropping a fag butt. Kick me. on 17:50 - Jan 16 by BrixtonBlue |
If there were no fine for littering we'd be knee deep in it. |
We are, metaphorically, it is a very selective law. | | | |
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