Police in UK continue to suffer from debilitating boredom.
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From: Peter on 25 Jun 2010 08:37 "Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:2t6926dhkg4okdmb0jns6npf90urtqm571(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:02:48 -0400, Bowser <Canon(a)Nikon.Panny> wrote: >> >>Right. That would make me a terrorist. Look, I get your point, but >>like I said in my other reply, is there any other civilized western >>country where this is happening? Seems to be a problem unique to the >>island. Is that wrong? Are other countries detaining people if they >>simply shoot pics in a public place? With a "pro" camera? I haven't >>heard of any. > > > The USA? Friends of mine have had similar treatment in New York, > Washington and Chicago, as I explained earlier in the thread. > Must be either your friends from Olympus, or your famous IP lawyer. Can't say about Chi-town, but with a small exception of the PA in NYC, neither I nor any of my friends have ever been harassed in either NYC or DC. > In the UK, outside London, and in the USA, outside those cities, the > problem seems not to exist. But those cities are known to be prime > targets for Islamic terrorists. > -- Peter
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 25 Jun 2010 10:06 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> saying something like: >This photograph was taken the same day at the Tower by my daughter. >The family to the left would probably be hauled off and questioned for >hours if they were there today. That's my wife, me, my camera bag (Do >I look like a pro?), my son, and a stranger in the background far >right. The stranger is probably now the senior Met officer in charge >of Suspicious Activities. Dodgy Wearing of Hush Puppies in a Public Place. You're going down.
From: tony cooper on 25 Jun 2010 10:46 On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:06:18 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >drugs began to take hold. I remember tony cooper ><tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> saying something like: > >>This photograph was taken the same day at the Tower by my daughter. >>The family to the left would probably be hauled off and questioned for >>hours if they were there today. That's my wife, me, my camera bag (Do >>I look like a pro?), my son, and a stranger in the background far >>right. The stranger is probably now the senior Met officer in charge >>of Suspicious Activities. > >Dodgy Wearing of Hush Puppies in a Public Place. >You're going down. I have never owned a pair of Hush Puppies. Those were suede "Desert Boots". Popular footwear in that era. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 25 Jun 2010 11:57 We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> saying something like: >I have never owned a pair of Hush Puppies. Those were suede "Desert >Boots". Popular footwear in that era. Oh, I know. I was afflicted myself.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 25 Jun 2010 12:00
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> saying something like: >But were you 'armed' with tourist garb? Too many forms thereof, but >favorite is plaid Bermuda shorts with Madras shirt and baseball cap, >white socks and sandals. Just a loud shirt suffices these days, I find. |