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MargaretR 05-03-2012 09:00
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My son lives near the Griffin Huncoat.
Last night his lighting went dim. On contacting the leccy people, he was told that the local substation had been broken into and the earth cables had been stolen.

jaysay 05-03-2012 09:03
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 975222)
My son lives near the Griffin Huncoat.
Last night his lighting went dim. On contacting the leccy people, he was told that the local substation had been broken into and the earth cables had been stolen.
Pity they didn't manage to earth themselves:mad:

kestrelx 12-03-2012 00:11
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Its always puzzled me where these people get rid of their ill gotten gains, seeing there is always plenty of reports on these thefts (how do you explain where you got a manhole cover from:eek:)A clamp down on dodgy scrap metal dealers, may go a long way to sorting out this problem
It said on the news few weeks back the government were going to make it illegal for scrap metal merchants to pay cash for scrap and have to have documentation for all scrap recieved where it came from etc!

kestrelx 12-03-2012 00:14
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Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 948842)
Margaret, new politicians going into parliament can be likened to banana's going into storage.
They go in Green, turn Yellow, and come out Bent.

Retlaw.
That's a good one I'll have to pass it on to my MP!

Also did you know that MP stands for Muppet! :do-one:

jaysay 12-03-2012 08:16
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It said on the news few weeks back the government were going to make it illegal for scrap metal merchants to pay cash for scrap and have to have documentation for all scrap recieved where it came from etc!
Government make legislation, but it doesn't mean its going to work, the holding of Hand Guns was outlawed, did it make any difference, no, the only thing it did was to push illegal fire arms further under ground. I remember at the time, how those harden criminals would be shaking in their shoes, "well that's it lads we can't go on with that armed robbery tomorrow the government has just banned us from having handguns, we either scrap the idea or we just stick with the sawn of Purdy":rolleyes:

Neil 12-03-2012 08:17
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Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 977082)
It said on the news few weeks back the government were going to make it illegal for scrap metal merchants to pay cash for scrap and have to have documentation for all scrap recieved where it came from etc!
It does not appear to be quite so from a comment Graham Jones made to me, I will let him explain when he gets chance so I dont get it wrong.

susie123 12-03-2012 08:22
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 977110)
Government make legislation, but it doesn't mean its going to work, the holding of Hand Guns was outlawed, did it make any difference, no, the only thing it did was to push illegal fire arms further under ground. I remember at the time, how those harden criminals would be shaking in their shoes, "well that's it lads we can't go on with that armed robbery tomorrow the government has just banned us from having handguns, we either scrap the idea or we just stick with the sawn of Purdy":rolleyes:
Jay, love the idea of a sawn off Purdy. The type of folk who can afford to own a Purdy aren't going to be sawing them off so your crims must have had to nick those first and doctor them before they can get on with their real robbery!

jaysay 12-03-2012 08:51
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Jay, love the idea of a sawn off Purdy. The type of folk who can afford to own a Purdy aren't going to be sawing them off so your crims must have had to nick those first and doctor them before they can get on with their real robbery!
Susie a sawn of Purdy HAS been used on a few armed robberies, we have a better class of criminal these days;)

kestrelx 12-03-2012 11:56
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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 977112)
It does not appear to be quite so from a comment Graham Jones made to me, I will let him explain when he gets chance so I dont get it wrong.
Did n't some of these brass plates nicked from a war memorial end up in Poland? I'm sure I heard that on the news - so some of this vital metal stolen is taken to Europe to be sold there!

shillelagh 27-11-2012 01:03
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well ive had an old sky dish outside my house for the last near enough 3 weeks ... and its still there now .... its not been nicked yet ... wish it would though ..:p


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