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8th Jul 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Friendship between the sexesMistysea: I wrote a silly article on my blog: http://www.trevorlockwood.com/chances-older-men/ prompted by the fact that 1 in 3 men can't manage sex anyway, so let's still have fun. I have plenty of women friends, and I'm now impotent! That stops a permanent relationship probably but I can still enjoy my life. Bit stuck, as a poor man with the Dating site - I can't afford to reply (or I don't want to pay £28) to reply to all the gorgeous ladies that want to talk to me - great pity. Change the rules.ViewDate:
9th Jun 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Just joined so I'm introducing myself.1839 Met Police Act section 66, not 1939ViewDate:
9th Jun 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Just joined so I'm introducing myself.I don't understand this idea of abuse of stop and search. From 1939 it was used in London. During that time it encountered every possible situation and was surrounded by case law that regulated its use. I remember the old bobby - and their demise was the reason I left then police, I argued that 'panda cars, had young officers stuck in cars, and their impression of the public was learnt from going from one conflict situation to the next. Slowly that divorced these officers from the public, and so they came to believe that the 'public' were all a bit weird. The old bobby knew a different world, with cups of tea ijn the back of shops and chats to the local people. They were trusted. It's easy to dismiss those times when I walked the streets with just a truncheon (that I never used) for protection. The key element that's been lost is respect for the job of those police officers. They are now regarded as the 'enemy instead of Trevor or Jim, the blokes you met in the pub. I had a retirement interview when I left, and my Commander listened tommuy reasons for leaving, ten said, 'I'll mark your papers 'not to be re-employed without a fundamental change of attitude'. We get the police we deserve - and protective gear and firearms rarely help.ViewDate:
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7th Jun 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Silversurfers Dating SiteI've looked at the dating site - it's too expensive, and creates in me my dislike of capitalism (by which I mean the American way). Sue I'd like to chat to you - so I'll find a way that doesn't have me inundated.ViewDate:
6th Jun 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Just joined so I'm introducing myself.I was in te Met Police when we had police on the streets and used the Met Police Act 1839 s66 - stop, search and detain. Great piece of legislation that Theresa May believes was wrong. It reinforced the unspoken power of the police - which has now been seriously undermined.ViewDate:
6th Jun 2017TrevorL9 commented on:
Just joined so I'm introducing myself.I'm 73, now in Felixstowe, living alone by the sea. I've been involved in many projects: as a London police sergeant (jumped out after 15 years) an LSE graduate, a publisher and writer, started a radio station, involved with community radio for several years. Had a market garden in Catalonia in 1980s, after working on ecological parks in London. Now teaching myself to sew (with a machine).