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I am jest curious whether china will take over Australia benevolently before it drops anchors around Taiwan. I bet the panda will be kind to Australia.

If CS never existed, many of you would have between 5 to 10 hours available each week to do something else.
That time could be used to learn a new language, go back to college and complete a degree, learn piano.
For me, I would like to carry on with scientific experiments where Nikola Tesla left off...

Just to let you know about the tragedy:

Happiness is like a butterfly,
the more you chase it, the more it will elude you.
If you capture it against it's will, you will kill it.
But if you set your mind on other things, it might just come and sit gently on your shoulder.

I believe that correct spelling is important in your profile.
That is... if you have a real profile.
All current browsers have built-in spelling correction.
Really, there's no excuse... especially when it's your city or occupation.

Hollywood loves to recreate history...the great escape happened during WW2 but was not depicted acurately...as they say...it was inspired by this historical event...

Problem is...very few people in regards to WW2 are alive now...leaving many youngsters without an appreciation of what really transpired...real life accounts of wartime...so I have posted a video clip of the Great Escape...





Yes it is approximately 1 hour long but interesting...

Cheers

We are all born with a brain, new ,clean and unused ,like a blank page or a computer hard drive...
We are exposed to stimuli be it nuture or nature as we mature our brain stores data and we learn...
Everyone's life experience imprints us in a different way .
So a doctor may have the same life skills but need more intelligence than the basic command structure of say a truck driver...

Driving is just hand /eye coordination nothing more ,after all 90% of the population over the age of 15 can aquire this basic skill in a matter of hours...

In fact there are many documented cases of people driving hundreds of miles while asleep !

I myself have zoned out and driven a 2 hour trip and recalled nothing of the journey when asked about it later...

So at what point do we stop learning ?

Does our brain reach a point of being full
Do we reach our potential and then turn off

Or can we all aspire to be more than a simple lump of meat steering an 18 wheeler down a deserted highway gazing into space as the tyres eat up the road and we vegetate behind the wheel ...

I used the doctor / truck driver as an example and my apologies if I have offended anyone

I could have easily used another comparison but I think everyone can understand the concept of my argument

As always this is just my humble opinion

If you get a chance, and your English is good, read some of president Lincoln's writing, and the letters of simple civil war soldiers, many of whom, like Old Abe Lincoln, never had more than grammar school level formal education. Eloquence of content and grammar in league with Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain"). Then we hear of law school faculty today, who have to hold remedial sessions for incoming students on how to put sentences and paragraphs together in coherent form. Listen to rap and hip hop lyrics, where the rhyming is often forced at best. Of course, spend a few minutes conversing with government school "educators" at all levels, and it starts to add up. But I thank all here for correcting my spelling. ;-) Aa.

I am keen of learn new things so kindly if anyone knows about the verb which ends with "S" please share with me, i will be so glad. thanks

If you are ever caught up in a situation that involves the police treating you as a suspect in a crime, it is good to know the basics of the laws which govern the process and of course your rights. If you can speak/understand a small amount of police language, you may be able to ask the right questions.

This is just the basics and hopefully the 'experts' on CS will pass on to greener pastures,or write their own thoughts on this if my thoughts are unsatisfactory to them.. I'm just Touching briefly on this subject and this is just a guideline.

Countries that are members of the UN must comply to their (UN) set of rules and regulations regarding Law and order with each countries modifications added to suite the specific country.. So if you are in Tswane (South Africa) or London the basics are the same.

An officer of the law may arrest you without warrant if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence is being or has been committed.
OR if there are any reasonable grounds to suspect that you were about to commit an arrestable offence.
OR if you were clearly about to commit a crime that warrants an arrestable offence.

A suspect MUST be informed that he/she is under arrest and of the grounds (reasons) as soon as possible. Giving this information to you will be difficult if you are trying your best to give the arresting cop a hard time

A police officer must take a suspect to a police station as soon as possible.


A suspect has a right to inform someone (directly or indirectly) of the arrest.
A suspect may consult a attorney, but if the offence is serious, the police may delay this for 36 hours (the maximum length of time a suspect can be held without going to a magistrates court, unless suspected of terrorist activity). Its advisable that the attorney should attend any court hearing.
You dont have to answer questions. If you feel you have been wrongly arrested you have a right to say so. Whatever you say, even to claim innocence will be noted.

If the police decide to charge you, they must tell you so. You need not answer any further questions and can expect to be allowed to consult an attorney.

The suspect should be informed as to whether he/she will be released or charged or held for other reasons.
In most cases you have a right to one phone call. If this is to an anxious parent or an attorney, there should be no problem. there has been evidence that suggests that it is not always easy to make the telephone call successfully.

REMEMBER
If you are NOT under arrest but only helping with enquiries you do not have to stay with an arresting officer and you should have this explained to you. In most cases you will have no problem if you comply. You may have a real need to be somewhere else, and could arrange to visit the station at another time.

This info MIGHT just help someone somewhere some day in a small way. Who knows?

Just saying:

I pledge allegiance to no flag. I fought a total of 12 years in once one of the best military armies in the world. 10 years actively out of the 12. After that 5 more years as a PMC in different countries as Sierra Leone, Iraq. Returning to SA I was in Police intelligence for 2 years. Im no expert but survival is/was my life.
I fear No Man only God.