People really will steal anything.........
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captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
My old CD player jammed and was going to cost about £70 to get repared, parts et al, which was more than it was worth after almost a decade in service. So I decided to get a new one from Asda at about £30. I put it out in the front garden, by the gate (terrace house), intending to take it away with me to get it recycled. I nipped back into the house for the loo and when I got back out front...yep..gone. Moron who nicked it was going to be sadly disappointed when he/she/it found out that the disc caddy mechanism had bust and the CD tray was jammed shut
. I suppose they could have got it repaired, but that would have cost them cash unless they happened to be electronics experts by freak chance. But what did miff me slightly was the notion that they probably fly tipped it somewhere when it wouldn't work wheras I was trying to get some of it recycled and dispose of it thoughtfully
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. I suppose they could have got it repaired, but that would have cost them cash unless they happened to be electronics experts by freak chance. But what did miff me slightly was the notion that they probably fly tipped it somewhere when it wouldn't work wheras I was trying to get some of it recycled and dispose of it thoughtfully.
classic33
Leg End Member
The walk nearly killed him. As for the valve cores, we never found out. Car was safe though.
Garry A
Calibrating.....
- Location
- Grangemouth
gaz71
Über Member
- Location
- teddington
During the last World Cup someone snapped my sisters car ariel off to nick her St Georges flag.
Oldbloke
Guru
- Location
- Mayenne, France
We had a general manager at the City firm I worked briefly for in the 80's who kept the sugar for drinks in his safe, so each member of staff would have to go and ask him for it. He wasn't concerned for our well being, just the amount the firm spent!
Huge amounts of time wasted on this exercise; at the same time there were big piles of valuable Share Bearer Bonds left out on desks overnight and weekends in an easily burgled office.
Huge amounts of time wasted on this exercise; at the same time there were big piles of valuable Share Bearer Bonds left out on desks overnight and weekends in an easily burgled office.
Moodyman
Legendary Member
Must have been cyclists.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
We have one of those book club people come round our office. They leave a selection on a table for a few weeks, people have a look and then order what they want.
Only one book has ever gone missing from the table and the culprit has never been found. It was a local history book on unsolved crimes in the area.
Only one book has ever gone missing from the table and the culprit has never been found. It was a local history book on unsolved crimes in the area.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
I thought you were going to say that it was a reprint of 'The Joy Of Sex' or something!
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Apparently, at the Severn Valley Railway last weekend, a brand new loco (68025) that was visiting for the Diesel Gala, had one of it's builder's plates stolen during the night.
It wouldn't have been so bad, but apparently it is worth next to nothing, everyone now knows it is stolen so they cannot sell it, and the railway is now scared that the company who owns the loco (DRS), will take issue with it and not lend another to them or to any other preserved railway for an event.
Well done!!
It wouldn't have been so bad, but apparently it is worth next to nothing, everyone now knows it is stolen so they cannot sell it, and the railway is now scared that the company who owns the loco (DRS), will take issue with it and not lend another to them or to any other preserved railway for an event.
Well done!!
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NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Remember way back when (1997?), Comic Relief sold stick on fake car phone aerials, with a red nose on top?
I had one of them nicked off my Vauxhall Cavalier....
I had one of them nicked off my Vauxhall Cavalier....
