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A very sad story, but warnings about swimming in quarries is given hours of airtime every summer: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/update-search-resumes-for-teenager-who-went-missing-after-going-swimming-in-disused-quarry-7926/


Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:28 pm
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Incredibly sad, but it happens every year. When will people realise that the warnings are not offered simply to be killjoys?

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Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:52 pm
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Nah! :rolleyes:


Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:45 pm
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As you often say, Rebbonk, you can't cure stupid: https://stratfordobserver.co.uk/news/swimmers-take-to-disused-quarry-where-teenager-died-8104/


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I was reading earlier today that kids as young as 5 were swimming in some local quarry pools! It simply beggars belief.

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It's 1 thing putting yourself in danger, putting your kids in danger is another level of idiocy.


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