The Perth Thread

[Plugger35]

I always found the Cottee boys to be quite cordial in my dealings with them.

 

[Scotland]

Do you have kids, Plugger35?

You answer will determine your eligibility to tell that joke.

 

[Plugger35]

I thought that joke was slightly above dad joke level, could be wrong though.

 

[Borry]

https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/Huma...828.1559269290971353/1559413550956927/?type=1

 

[smiddy9]

is anyone on here planning on going to that massive slide in the city on Sunday

 

[davo99]

is anyone on here planning on going to that massive slide in the city on Sunday

No.

 

[Silent Alarm]

is anyone on here planning on going to that massive slide in the city on Sunday

I've heard some toddlers are

 

[Teriyakicat]

is anyone on here planning on going to that massive slide in the city on Sunday

No- I'm sure a couple of my kids would love to go but they're away

 

[Righteo]

is anyone on here planning on going to that massive slide in the city on Sunday

They're charging like 10 bucks for it and I'm guessing you'll have to line up for ages too, nothing beats the old hose down in the backyard.

If it was a slide from say Kings Park to South Perth then hell yes.

 

[John Dawh]

I always found the Cottee boys to be quite cordial in my dealings with them.

But they more like chocolate milkshake, only crunchy.

 

[Kram]

Gee it's not good that little boy going missing..

 

[Teriyakicat]

Gee it's not good that little boy going missing..

Bloody hell!!!
Gee they're quick, the little buggers!!!
Hope he is found- alive and WELL- soon!!! Very soon!
It's hard to believe that nobody has noticed him or picked him up while he's on his 'adventure'.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I think it was spelt Kottee but pronounced Coddy. Lot's a people scared of them in 80s but I thought they were ok. Over rated in the toughness stakes.

I think I went to school with one of them. That was his surname anyway, don't know how it was spelt. Didn't know they had a gang, the guy was a campaigner though.

 

[Freofalcon]

Horrible feeling for a parent.

I lost one of my boys at the Galleria for not even 10 minutes one day and I can't describe the feeling of panic.

I reckon I looked like one of those crazy parents you see at shopping malls when I found him. I slapped the crappers out of him for running off.

 

[John Dawh]

I think I went to school with one of them. That was his surname anyway, don't know how it was spelt. Didn't know they had a gang, the guy was a campaigner though.

There were 4 or 5 brothers. Malaysian background. Everyone feared them but I knew 2 of them and they were ok. I think they were more legend than substance. I never saw them beating people up. They may have gone to high school at John Curtain maybe.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

There were 4 or 5 brothers. Malaysian background. Everyone feared them but I knew 2 of them and they were ok. I think they were more legend than substance. I never saw them beating people up. They may have gone to high school at John Curtain maybe.

I think it was Michael? Does that ring a bell?

 

[John Dawh]

I think it was Michael? Does that ring a bell?

Yup. He's one of the ones I knew. From memory there was Derek, Leslie, Michael, and Kevin. Age difference between Kevin and the oldest one was 10 or more years.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Horrible feeling for a parent.

I lost one of my boys at the Galleria for not even 10 minutes one day and I can't describe the feeling of panic.

I reckon I looked like one of those crazy parents you see at shopping malls when I found him. I slapped the crappers out of him for running off.

I can totally understand that. My 3 y.o. son was playing outside with his 5 yr old sister and 7 yr old brother, when he waved goodbye to me and said he was going to see his friend. We'd been playing this on and off for a while and all he did was ride his tricycle around the back of the house to the side gate, touch the gate, then return. It was several minutes later that I realised he hadn't returned. I raced around the back- gate was open- and ran around the block looking for him.

We lived in a cul de sac which was surrounded by a circle of houses, then streets radiating off that like spikes of a wheel. He had only gone a couple of hundred metres but I passed some stupid neighbours from next freaking door who said airily, "Oh yes, we've seen him. He's riding his tricycle around there" and pointed. I ran a little further around the circle and there he was, riding his little heart out in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!

What would you do, if you were out having an afternoon stroll and came upon a 3 year old kid riding his trike in the middle of the freaking road with no parent in sight? Would you just MAYBE take the kid off the road and try and find his parents? MAYBE???

My message here is that if you see something unusual, like a parent-less young child wandering the streets, sometimes it's better to be thought a busybody and see the child safely home, than to find out later that the child was hit by a car, was abducted or was harmed in any way- just because you didn't want to get involved. If the child's parent gets stroppy and tells you to mind your own business, turn the other cheek and help the next child you see who needs your help. One day you may save a life and it will all be worth it.

 

[bok_party]

I find a lot of neighbourhoods these days aren't as friendly as they used to be. I used to know almost every house around me when I was younger but these days people keep to themselves.

 

[John Dawh]

Crime thread is here:

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/forums/crime.370/

 

[Teriyakicat]

I find a lot of neighbourhoods these days aren't as friendly as they used to be. I used to know almost every house around me when I was younger but these days people keep to themselves.

Maybe both parents working, sometimes longer working hours or FIFO. Perhaps people not wanting to get involved due to what they've read or heard on the news...
It's not surprising.
Like you, when I was young, I knew everyone- or almost- for the 5 blocks on both sides of the street where I walked to school. Whole blocks- right back to the next street either side, too.
Now I only know my next door neighbour- and there are less than a dozen houses in our street

To be fair- I live on 5 acres and the street had only half a dozen kids in their early 20s, when we arrived here- nobody out on the street walking anywhere or playing cricket/footy like I did as a kid. Gee, I miss that stuff!

 

[Freofalcon]

I can totally understand that. My 3 y.o. son was playing outside with his 5 yr old sister and 7 yr old brother, when he waved goodbye to me and said he was going to see his friend. We'd been playing this on and off for a while and all he did was ride his tricycle around the back of the house to the side gate, touch the gate, then return. It was several minutes later that I realised he hadn't returned. I raced around the back- gate was open- and ran around the block looking for him.

We lived in a cul de sac which was surrounded by a circle of houses, then streets radiating off that like spikes of a wheel. He had only gone a couple of hundred metres but I passed some stupid neighbours from next freaking door who said airily, "Oh yes, we've seen him. He's riding his tricycle around there" and pointed. I ran a little further around the circle and there he was, riding his little heart out in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD!!

What would you do, if you were out having an afternoon stroll and came upon a 3 year old kid riding his trike in the middle of the freaking road with no parent in sight? Would you just MAYBE take the kid off the road and try and find his parents? MAYBE???

My message here is that if you see something unusual, like a parent-less young child wandering the streets, sometimes it's better to be thought a busybody and see the child safely home, than to find out later that the child was hit by a car, was abducted or was harmed in any way- just because you didn't want to get involved. If the child's parent gets stroppy and tells you to mind your own business, turn the other cheek and help the next child you see who needs your help. One day you may save a life and it will all be worth it.

Sad thing is, these days if you are seen approaching a child who looks like they may need some help, people look at you like you are some sort of pedo. I've had it happen to me when I've approached a child I thought was lost and the mother came out of nowhere and told me to F-off.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I find a lot of neighbourhoods these days aren't as friendly as they used to be. I used to know almost every house around me when I was younger but these days people keep to themselves.

Less friendly or just less inclined to do rank shit like dinner parties?

I never thought over-the-fence chats and "Knowing The Neighbours" was a pretty cringey thing. I always hated small towns for the same reasons.

 

[Kram]

tbh I don't think neighbours are any more or less friendly in small towns compared to the city.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Sad thing is, these days if you are seen approaching a child who looks like they may need some help, people look at you are some sort of pedo. I've had it happen to me when I've approached a child I thought was lost and the mother came out of nowhere and told me to F-off.

Don't ever give up trying. Some people just overreact- because of the big media beatup of pedophiles.

A kid's got more chance of drowning or being hit by a car and injured or killed than he/she has of getting abducted.