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All this talk about Gears Of War and how our poor North American cousins might have to wait another 24 hours for their copies. A whole 24 hours?!?! You poor wee lambs! Bah! Spare a thought you poor, hard done by peeps for us in Europe who still have a week to go. Bastards!
Still all the indications are that it will be thoroughly worth the wait. UK Clanners?
Patience is not so much a virtue as a fucking must right now!
Drewe

Hint:-
Do not try to pull the offenders head away from the victim's head when the victims ear is still in the offender's mouth. It gets very bloody very quickly!
This public service announcement bought to you by "oops, that looks sore" industries. . .

14 hours overtime today (called in on a rest day). Scene preservation at what we euphemistically call "an incident which is being investigated". And all at double bubble. That's my Wii paid for!
Now I'm knackered. Bed time.
Drewe

p.s. Gears Of War draws closer!!!

Had to go down to the local custody suite last night (it's only twenty miles away!) and deal with a prisoner who had been nicked earlier in the day. Let's call him Jon Doe for the sake of anonymity. Mr Doe is a hopeless, beyond redemption alcoholic of the absolute saddest kind. A not altogether unpleasant character when sober (I've found him sober. . .once!), the siren call of the vodka bottle is too much for him. His MO is to go into a store, take a bottle of vodka from the shop display, pop the lid and then drink as much of it as he can before security get to him.

Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older. . .

Hmmm. . .nearly two months since I said anything here. I'm in one of my video gaming "down" phases. It's too hot, I'm too busy and not much is catching my attention. . .save for my beautiful DS Lite and New Mario, which is fan-bloody-tastic to mess around with each day for a short while!
In news about a girl. . she and I are now an item. Twenty five years I waited and had this unrequited school crush (well, not after school, I never saw her so the crush went away. . .but the attraction was still there). I know not what the future holds, but am looking forward to it. Ain't life funny?

So we kept up the chat. And yesterday due to a confluence of events we actually met up. For the first time in twenty years. (We were in the same class at school and said a brief hello at the school reunion a few years ago, but to all intents and purposes the last time we saw each other was on the last day of my school career back in May 1986). We spent a happy day at the seaside, just chatting about the last twenty years. I think this friendship may have legs.
Cheers!
Drewe

Arrested the same man three times last night. Once for a public order offence, then further arrested him for assaulting a pregnant girl earlier in the day. He hurt himself in custody (absolutely paralytic and fell cutting his chin) so the custody skipper bailed him for the ambulance to take him to hospital. I escorted him for treatment and after a while there he kicked off again and I had to arrest him in A&E department (ER to you yanks). . .not a place I want to be rolling around fighting someone. This time he went and stayed in custody.

For anyone who is issued High-Mark body armour as part of their job. If you relocate your pocket note book to another spare pocket somewhere the actual PNB pocket on your armour is a perfect fit for a Nintendo DS. It could have been made for the job!
Anyone for Mario Kart?
Drewe

Spent all last evening with a father at the beach as his 19 year old was being recovered from the swell. He never stood a chance. Had to be with dad as he identified his son. Im used to dead bodies now, but when hes 19 years old it kind of hits home in a much more visceral way. I shortly have to go and open the coroners inquest, and later on have the onerous task of again dealing with dad to take a full statement.