Snorbuckle

I saw The English Gentlemen at a wedding last year and they were absolutely brilliant, really got the party going. I don't know how much they charge though! http://www.theenglishgentlemen.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-English-Gentlemen/190706957661556

Straw men. Straw men everywhere.

What part of the difference between "safe" and "safer" do you not understand?

He absolutely should be encouraged... to continue his business within a framework acceptable to the school. I think it well within the school's rights to determine what is allowed to be sold on school grounds, but they should also encourage the lad's entrepreneurship. Hopefully they can work something out.

Or, you know, material goods and cash.

Had an interesting experience this morning while waiting for the 53. I see three buses trundling down the road, and notice that only the last one is a First bus, so I get up to walk down the road to board where I think it'll stop. I then notice that it says "out of service", so I swear, and go back to sit down at the bus stop. This is not an uncommon occurrence. I look up again after about 20 seconds and notice that it actually did pull in behind the other buses... while still saying "out of service". I'm wondering what the driver is doing at this point, and then he pulls out again. And while he's just pulling out, the bus display updates to inform me that it is now indeed a 53, and I have missed my bus. I give the driver a look of incredulity as he drives past me, and he gives me a look back that reads of a mixture of regret and sadness.

I did answer the question, with my first sentence. The (Stagecoach) contract also clearly states that they must vacate the space for a wheelchair if necessary and thus the inability to do so indicates a failure to prepare for all reasonable eventualities.

Not the wheelchair user's or the bus driver's problem. I would now like to quote the relevant policies from the two prominent bus operators in Sheffield so you understand the contract that pram users agree to when they use these services. First Technically you are allowed to refuse access to wheelchair users if you want, but I hope you'll notice that First consider this a lack of "goodwill" and I would like to think that that would shame you into thinking twice. Note that it's technically possible for a standing passenger to refuse access to a wheelchair user on First buses also! Stagecoach This is the contract a pushchair user agrees to when they use a Stagecoach bus. It would be poor planning on their part to use a pushchair that is too large and cannot be folded adequately.

?!?! Clearly it's not a suitable pram if they can't fold it down to allow a wheelchair user to use the wheelchair user spot?

I'm not certainly not anti-child. I'm pro-child! I'm anti-self-entitled parents who honestly believe their poor organisational choices grant them to right to refuse public transport to disabled people. If anything I feel sorry for the poor children they travel with, given that they have to be raised by such selfish people.

Uh, thanks? Anyway I hope you understood the point. I'm the one who decided to become a drummer, knowing how unwieldy the instrument is. I'm the one who decided to join a band despite not having my own transportation. I'm the one who decided to go and play a gig without securing other transportation and tried to save some cash by taking the bus. I'm not the one who has to sit in a metal chair on wheels in order to go anywhere outside his own house. I'm not the one who knows there's nothing any doctor can do to get the function of my legs back. I'm not the one who wants to be able to ride the bus like anyone else trying to be financially responsible because I'm unable to find work, and the sum total of my benefits is barely enough to keep the lights on and my family supported.

My drums mean more to me than your three children, so in my circumstance I'd say it's first come, first served.

Just how alcohol is legal, thus safe to use? Despite the fact that the government spends a decent chunk of money on education about the dangers of excessive drinking? Also, as is brought up time and time again, legal drugs, by benefit of being legal, are indeed less dangerous than if they were illegal. If alcohol was illegal it would be even more dangerous because any alcohol you could get hold of could have god knows what in it, by virtue of being unregulated.

Ok I'll lead this by example. Let's say I'm a drummer (this is true). Let's say I don't have a car (which is also true), but I need to get myself and a good chunk of my gear to a gig in a couple of weeks (also true!). Now, if I decide to take the bus to my gig I'm definitely going to be carrying more gear than I can put on the luggage racks, and there's definitely no chance of folding anything down. I get on the bus with all my gear and shuffle it over to the disabled spot, but no less than five stops later a wheelchair user rolls up and wants to ride. I simply cannot fold down my drums and keep hold of my drumsticks on a bus. What do you think I should do in this situation? Say "Sorry about your legs mate but I'm powered by the spirit of rock and roll, enjoy the 20 minute wait for the next bus."? Or get off the bus and call a cab, letting the person with mobility issues choose the mode of transport they'd clearly prefer?

You could just... not say it? I'm certainly not going to say how I would feel if I had to use a wheelchair all the time because it's not a position I could or want to imagine myself being in.