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Welcome to TalkingHorses, Jeff, hope you enjoy it as much as many of us have done for many years, in spite of squibs and squabbles from time to time! It does seem patronizing that people take offence on behalf of others every now and then, rather in the manner of 'nanny knows best'.

We can't administer any plasters to children at racecourses any more - a little boy came into Fontwell's Info Point last season, when I was working there. All his Mum wanted was to wash it off and put a plaster on, but we had to wait 15 minutes until one of the St John Ambulance's first-aiders arrived to do exactly the same thing. Sadly, most of that sort of 'health and safety' stuff is driven by fear of people suing if something goes wrong later on. You can attribute most of that sort of nonsense to the concern that accident lawyers' clients will be hot on the tail of every slip and fall, trying to see if there's a way to squeeze a few thousand quid out of the company or sports venue where they occurred.

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2074255" data-attributes="member: 64950">Welcome to TalkingHorses, Jeff, hope you enjoy it as much as many of us have done for many years, in spite of squibs and squabbles from time to time!&nbsp;&nbsp; It does seem patronizing that people take offence on behalf of others every now and then, rather in the manner of &#039;nanny knows best&#039;.&nbsp; We can&#039;t administer any plasters to children at racecourses any more - a little boy came into Fontwell&#039;s Info Point last season, when I was working there.&nbsp; All his Mum wanted was to wash it off and put a plaster on, but we had to wait 15 minutes until one of the St John Ambulance&#039;s first-aiders arrived to do exactly the same thing.&nbsp; Sadly, most of that sort of &#039;health and safety&#039; stuff is driven by fear of people suing if something goes wrong later on.&nbsp; You can attribute most of that sort of nonsense to the concern that accident lawyers&#039; clients will be hot on the tail of every slip and fall, trying to see if there&#039;s a way to squeeze a few thousand quid out of the company or sports venue where they occurred.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2074255, member: 64950"] Welcome to TalkingHorses, Jeff, hope you enjoy it as much as many of us have done for many years, in spite of squibs and squabbles from time to time! It does seem patronizing that people take offence on behalf of others every now and then, rather in the manner of 'nanny knows best'. We can't administer any plasters to children at racecourses any more - a little boy came into Fontwell's Info Point last season, when I was working there. All his Mum wanted was to wash it off and put a plaster on, but we had to wait 15 minutes until one of the St John Ambulance's first-aiders arrived to do exactly the same thing. Sadly, most of that sort of 'health and safety' stuff is driven by fear of people suing if something goes wrong later on. You can attribute most of that sort of nonsense to the concern that accident lawyers' clients will be hot on the tail of every slip and fall, trying to see if there's a way to squeeze a few thousand quid out of the company or sports venue where they occurred. [/QUOTE]

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