Knives.

[charles]

I don't think so, these days.

[Andy Burns]

Assuming that the Licensing Act 2003 is what applies, then something which is specifically defined as "not alcohol" would presumably be available for sale to anyone, including minors?

In this Act, ?alcohol? means spirits, wine, beer, cider or any other fermented, distilled or spirituous liquor, but does not include?

(a)alcohol which is of a strength not exceeding 0.5%

[Max Demian]

They have to do that as fruit juices could be naturally fermented.

(I think the limit used to be 2° proof, ~1%.)

[DJC]

And a right pain that is. Ordered some scalpel blades from Amazon, can't be sent to Amazon locker, can't be 'leave in shed, if out'. Gave up ordered elsewhere. And some of the things they count as 'a blade' are even more ridiculous. Like all this legislation (viz 'money laundering') it craetes great inconvenience for everybody while creating no great obstacle to nere-do-wells

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Clearly not, as you replied to someone who replied to him. Are you using a ZX Spectrum for your killfile? Do you actually see replies to someone you killfiled? How pathetic.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

It's an utterly stupid reaction. If I was a kid I'd take a knife from my mother's kitchen drawer.

[whisky-dave]

And you'd probbaly end up stabbing yourself, so that wouldn't be a problem.

But maybe if a mother has a kid that takes knives out of draws to stab other peole with maybe she's not a very good mother.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Bullshit. What mother locks the kitchen drawer? Only a really terrible one who failed to teach her kids right from wrong.

[whisky-dave]

One that knows that some things shouldn;t be handled or uswed by kids.

Some kids don't understand such things and need to learn such things BEFORE they are allowed to use them. Maybe if yuor parents had taught you abouht door heights and weaqrign shoes you wouldn't have the problems you have today.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Never known any do that. Never known any kids abuse the knives either. What you meant to say was "any mother who hasn't taught her child right from wrong".

How annoying to have to unlock and relock the drawer every time she uses it! Then hide the key!

Where "some kids" = complete and utter retards. I was talking about normal children. Every single child I knew when growing up had an unlocked drawer. Nobody ever took a knife. Only thing we did was nick money then go buy matches to light fires.

[whisky-dave]

And why should that suprise me.

My mum didn't need to do that. I don't remmeber her telling me not to drink the bleach either. Did you take a knife from your mums draw and go out attacking people with it ?

Normal childen don't normally go around stabbing each other.

I never took any money from anyone and never thought about buying matches to start a fire. I would bhope that any parent finding out this is what their child was doing would try to stop them and explain the dangers.