Bulletproof
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Every Sunday my grandad use to tie me to a lamppost and nip in for a half. Didn't do me any harm.
Not necessarily.Yip. Thing is, if people saw an 11 year old out playing on his own they wouldn't say a word about it. But leaving him in on his own seems to be looked at differently.... Surely its safer indoors than out on the Streets..
Least the lads got a hotel room.
Try sitting in a Cortina or Morris oxford for 4 hours waiting on a pished da and uncle
Don't know they're born
I stayed off school once forging my mums handwriting to say i was ill and would not be at school, went to Stranraer to watch Rangers in a midweek daytime cup tie (no floodlights?), our deputy head was the linesman and spotted me and my pals standing front row at the corner flag, we got called into his office but i think he admired our ingenuity and no punishment was dealt out.I once worked with a woman whos husband, a carpenter, was an uber fanatical Sunderland fan...She said the last straw was when he cancelled a dinner she had arranged because of a big job he was involved in...Later that evening she happened to be watching MOTD showing Sunderland highlights and noticed a familiar face jumping around after they scored.
They divorced, she ended up marrying a doctor and is very happy, Sunderland still languish in Division One.
Possibly, although he could have bought a carry out and drank in the hotel room for a whole load cheaper if alcohol was his no.1 motivation.Selfish - leaving your kid in a massive city in a hotel room so you can drink. I would suggest the guy has alcohol issues if that’s the way he behaves.
I was brought up in Eat Kilbride and wasn't allowed to travel to Ibrox on my own (train + subway) until I was 13. I was allowed at age 10 to get the bus to Hamilton and watch Hamilton Accies regularly. Paul Hegarty played up front before getting a move to Dundee Utd where Jim McLean worked his magic and turned him into an excellent centre back.I was travelling to Ibrox with my mates from EK by that age.
What a lot of bollocks
Different times though etc, paedophiles only became a thing in the last 20 years ago according to some in here.Left him in a hotel fvcking posh cvnt. my old man left me outside the pub with a can of juice and a packet of crisp.while he was in the pub with his mates before we went to Ibrox.when I was growing up.
As was I however there weren’t the same amount of sickos and peodophiles etc lurking around as there are these days. I wouldn’t let my kids do it now until they are at least 15. Different times.
Yeah, as a parent, you have to go this route.Arsehole!
your dad and uncle both had cars in the late 60's?Haha at 10?
This was the late 60's early 70's
Driving pished was not even thought twice about mate
I played out from a young age, back home when the street lights go on etc, honestly at no point did I worry as a kid about peodos, serial killers, shooters etc that you get nowadays. It’s much more prevalent nowApparently that's not the case, its just you hear about it more these days
I see your point but I'd say there were just as many sickos and paedos around at the time, we just didn't have as much blanket coverage in the media.As was I however there weren’t the same amount of sickos and peodophiles etc lurking around as there are these days. I wouldn’t let my kids do it now until they are at least 15. Different times.
24 hours and social media to thank for that.I played out from a young age, back home when the street lights go on etc, honestly at no point did I worry as a kid about peodos, serial killers, shooters etc that you get nowadays. It’s much more prevalent now
All kidding aside I don’t necessarily think it’s a good assumption to make that an 11 year old is safer in a hotel room on his own than out playing in a field somewhere. The list of things that could go wrong is endless in a hotel room- fall from a window, Burns from a boiling kettle, drown in a bath, Burns from a trouser press or iron, electrocution from playing with sockets, alcohol poisoning from a mini bar, access to porn on the hotel tv, I could go on. Kids mature at different ages of course but to go out on the lash and leave your kid in like that to me doesn’t sit right.Hotel ffs? I'd have loved that at 11.
Mate he is 11 not 5. What 11 year old is going to drown in a bath?All kidding aside I don’t necessarily think it’s a good assumption to make that an 11 year old is safer in a hotel room on his own than out playing in a field somewhere. The list of things that could go wrong is endless in a hotel room- fall from a window, Burns from a boiling kettle, drown in a bath, Burns from a trouser press or iron, electrocution from playing with sockets, alcohol poisoning from a mini bar, access to porn on the hotel tv, I could go on. Kids mature at different ages of course but to go out on the lash and leave your kid in like that to me doesn’t sit right.
I know mate. Quite agree. I was sweeping out chimneys of big houses at the same age.He’s 11 FFS I was getting a bus home and letting myself in the house a couple of hours before my parents got home from work by that age.
That was in response to the poster who said you are far safer in a hotel room than out playing I was highlighting why it’s not necessarily the caseMate he is 11 not 5. What 11 year old is going to drown in a bath?
Hotel windows you can’t open wide enough to fall out.
You trying getting a 11 year old to iron his clothes
Porn and alcohol yeah maybe but he probably has access to that anyway.
All seems a bit blowing out of proportion the press won’t be telling the full story either. Maybe the 11 year old was fine with it and the hotel grassed the da up?
Exactly.Mate he is 11 not 5. What 11 year old is going to drown in a bath?
Hotel windows you can’t open wide enough to fall out.
You trying getting a 11 year old to iron his clothes
Porn and alcohol yeah maybe but he probably has access to that anyway.
All seems a bit blowing out of proportion the press won’t be telling the full story either. Maybe the 11 year old was fine with it and the hotel grassed the da up?
Fall out the window?All kidding aside I don’t necessarily think it’s a good assumption to make that an 11 year old is safer in a hotel room on his own than out playing in a field somewhere. The list of things that could go wrong is endless in a hotel room- fall from a window, Burns from a boiling kettle, drown in a bath, Burns from a trouser press or iron, electrocution from playing with sockets, alcohol poisoning from a mini bar, access to porn on the hotel tv, I could go on. Kids mature at different ages of course but to go out on the lash and leave your kid in like that to me doesn’t sit right.
Myself and my brother sat outside pubs across Scotland with a can of coke and bag of crisps waiting for my dad and uncle. We weren’t the only ones seemed to be the norm back then.Im 38 but when i was 11 being left at home was common while the maw went shopping.
At least he never left him ootside the pub for hours while occasionally popping out with a can a coke and a mars bar.
Those were the days.
That’s why they need therapy if somebody calls them a name at school these days.How did they know a child was “sleeping alone” in a hotel room. Was some pervert in snooping about when they shouldn’t have been?
When I was 12 I was allowed to travel myself from The States back to Glasgow to visit my grandad for Christmas.
Don’t think kids are street smart these days though. My nephew is 12 just now and he’s not even allowed to go into the town himself yet. Wouldn’t want him to either. Too many weirdos about.
I was reading up on the legalities of this a while back, and it's basically at your discretion when you think your child is safe, and is old enough.
It's at your discretion but within reason. I came away thinking the law seems to say under tens is too far, but that's was basically a guess because there no minimum age in the law, it's vaigue.
Personally I think it depends on the length of time , and the specific 11 year old in this situation. Some 11 year olds are very competent, have a phone, can use it, would have their bearings in the hotel, be comfortable with the door key.
I would leave my eleven year old in a hotel room of they were comfortable, but only for an hour or two at the most, but not a night out for hours and hours. Plus even when you get back the kid might not be properly cared for if you are pissed.
I bet his mates called it in.
Probably the tip of the iceberg, like to hear the background to it all - Parents could be separated etc...At 11 the boy should be able to look after himself but that’s not really the point. I have kids a similar age and there is no way it would even enter my head to leave my kids in a hotel room so I could go out into town. He shouldn’t have taken his kids to the game if he wanted a night on the lash
Never understood people like this, and I know a few.I once worked with a woman whos husband, a carpenter, was an uber fanatical Sunderland fan...She said the last straw was when he cancelled a dinner she had arranged because of a big job he was involved in...Later that evening she happened to be watching MOTD showing Sunderland highlights and noticed a familiar face jumping around after they scored.
They divorced, she ended up marrying a doctor and is very happy, Sunderland still languish in Division One.
I'm honestly trying to figure out what the big deal is.Legend or idiot? Haha
Middlesbrough fan arrested for leaving child, 11, in hotel room to go out drinking after FA Cup win
Police say an "unhappy mum" is on her way down to collect the boy after his father was arrested for child neglect.news.sky.com
It's against the law so obviously he is in the wrong.
Those saying they used to do this that and the next thing when they were 11, would you go and have a few pints then drive up the road? Cos that used to happen 30 years ago too.
My immediate thought when reading this was those two and how they escaped any criticism at the time.He should call Kate and Gerrys solicitor.
Why weren't the mccanns arrested?
If the police are saying that they were called in the early hours of the morning then possible that the kid has freaked out or had a bit of a meltdown which has caused a scene which has led to the police being called.I'm honestly trying to figure out what the big deal is.