Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall, using a pipe I'd left around the back (my
bad).
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open. One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.
****s.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:52:37 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:

Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall,
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open.
.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

Sneak up to the van and nick key or put in gear and then jump out or
just set fire to it with a rag first.

G.Harman

In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon writes

Sympathies.

One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.

Surprised they bothered, I doubt it will be registered in their names.

****s.

Indeed.

Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

Next time, suss it earlier, sneak round and nick the van, hide it up a
lane somewhere and dispose of later. Call the police on the moby telling
them a neighbour has seen someone at your house and let them deal with
the stranded miscreants.

Beware pikey revenge, let the police deal (much as I hate to say that).
--
fred
FIVE TV's superbright logo - not the DOG's, it's ********

In article ,
fred writes:

Beware pikey revenge, let the police deal (much as I hate to say that).

Yes, a roofer told me he's had rolls of lead nicked from the ground
whilst he's up on the roof. Last thing you do is give chase, unless
you want the house owner to get a brick through each front window
at 3am next morning.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On Aug 25, 1:52*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:
Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall, using a pipe I'd left around the back (my
bad).
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open. One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.
****s.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

At least your property won't be favoured for a revisit.

I had some luck after an attempt to nick my 4wd from my old, very
rural, property.

Police phoned me 9pm Friday, unusually late he said, but he had a free
slot, could he come round and take the details of the attempted theft?
Yes - no problem.

He turns up 1.5 hours later - for what should have been 15 minutes
away.

Turns out he did turn into my driveway (i.e. farmers field entrance)
much earlier - to find a car parked there, lights out, 2 blokes
inside.

This car takes off like a rocket when they see the cop-car.

Cop car gives chase, reckons he got up to 120 on the back fen roads -
but looses them.

As far as scumbags are concerned - the police were on to them - they
didn't know it was a chance visit.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall, using a pipe I'd left around the back (my
bad).
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open. One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.
****s.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

Next time nick their van.

Leave it in side street and phone the fuzz.

In article , Grimly
Curmudgeon scribeth thus
Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall, using a pipe I'd left around the back (my
bad).
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open. One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.
****s.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

As bad as that sounds perhaps its just as well you didn't offer battle
with them, from what I gather there're not too bothered as to what state
their victims end up in....
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Tim
Streater scribeth thus
In article
,
" wrote:

I had some luck after an attempt to nick my 4wd from my old, very
rural, property.

Police phoned me 9pm Friday, unusually late he said, but he had a free
slot, could he come round and take the details of the attempted theft?
Yes - no problem.

He turns up 1.5 hours later - for what should have been 15 minutes
away.

Turns out he did turn into my driveway (i.e. farmers field entrance)
much earlier - to find a car parked there, lights out, 2 blokes
inside.

This car takes off like a rocket when they see the cop-car.

Cop car gives chase, reckons he got up to 120 on the back fen roads -
but looses them.

With any luck the road would have "loosed" them into a nearby drove.
Some of those fen roads rhythmically sink into the fen (like a sodding
roller-coaster) - so you can't do more than 25 or so otherwise you'll
bash your head into the roof of your car every 3 secs.



Too right the road from Ely over to the Welney washes has some rather
straight bits but more than 50 its a very uncomfortable ride and I
wouldn't fancy me chances in one of them there Fen dykes;!...
--
Tony Sayer

Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:

In article , Tim
Streater scribeth thus

With any luck the road would have "loosed" them into a nearby drove.
Some of those fen roads rhythmically sink into the fen (like a
sodding roller-coaster) - so you can't do more than 25 or so
otherwise you'll bash your head into the roof of your car every 3 secs.

Too right the road from Ely over to the Welney washes has some rather
straight bits but more than 50 its a very uncomfortable ride and I
wouldn't fancy me chances in one of them there Fen dykes;!...

Try starting at the Five Miles from Anywhere pub in Upware and going to
Swaffham Prior - quite easily lose your whole exhaust system on that one
- worst tarmacced road I've ever been on.

+1

On Aug 25, 8:31*pm, Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
*tony sayer wrote:

In article , Tim
Streater scribeth thus
With any luck the road would have "loosed" them into a nearby drove.
Some of those fen roads rhythmically sink into the fen (like a sodding
roller-coaster) - so you can't do more than 25 or so otherwise you'll
bash your head into the roof of your car every 3 secs.
Too right the road from Ely over to the Welney washes has some rather
straight bits but more than 50 its a very uncomfortable ride and I
wouldn't fancy me chances in one of them there Fen dykes;!...

Try starting at the Five Miles from Anywhere pub in Upware and going to
Swaffham Prior - quite easily lose your whole exhaust system on that one
- worst tarmacced road I've ever been on.

--
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" *-- *Bill of Rights 1689

Yup. Part of the reason for having a 4wd becomes apparent.

However yer all driving like wusses.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember tony sayer
saying something like:

Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

As bad as that sounds perhaps its just as well you didn't offer battle
with them, from what I gather there're not too bothered as to what state
their victims end up in....

On reflection, I probably did the right thing - scared them into fleeing
and left an avenue open for them.
It's all theatre, darling

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
...
In article ,
fred writes:

Beware pikey revenge, let the police deal (much as I hate to say that).

Yes, a roofer told me he's had rolls of lead nicked from the ground
whilst he's up on the roof. Last thing you do is give chase, unless
you want the house owner to get a brick through each front window
at 3am next morning.


Neighbor was on his roof fixing trusses when they nicked his car .... OK
pretty brainless leaving key in the ignition I know.

#

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:31:36 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:

In article , Tim
Streater scribeth thus

With any luck the road would have "loosed" them into a nearby drove.
Some of those fen roads rhythmically sink into the fen (like a sodding
roller-coaster) - so you can't do more than 25 or so otherwise you'll
bash your head into the roof of your car every 3 secs.

Too right the road from Ely over to the Welney washes has some rather
straight bits but more than 50 its a very uncomfortable ride and I
wouldn't fancy me chances in one of them there Fen dykes;!...

Try starting at the Five Miles from Anywhere pub in Upware and going to
Swaffham Prior - quite easily lose your whole exhaust system on that one
- worst tarmacced road I've ever been on.

Tar? Luxury! We get numerous dirt roads around here and they can be a
total sod unless they've been freshly graded.

I do remember the fen roads as being rather fun to drive on, though - at
least in daylight; you got to know where all the really bad spots were.
Night time was a bit more tricky :-)

cheers

Jules

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
Yesterday, having my lunch, I heard the workshop door banging around in
the wind. Then it kept banging - funny, I thought.
I went around the back and discovered a pair of ****s trying to lever
the door away from the wall, using a pipe I'd left around the back (my
bad).
Much bellowing and charging ensued, with them legging it like Olympic
sprinters, into their van and ****ed off sharpish. They'd obviously done
this type of thing before (no ****, eh?) as the driver's door was open,
the engine left running and the rear door open. One of them hopped in
the front seat and gunned it, his mate leapt into the back and as they
drove off, held his arm over the reg plate.
****s.
Next time, I'll photo the van and go charging with a fire axe.

Now that's reason enough for me to see cussing on an NG oh I do love a
good cuss.
Bloody 'do-as-you-likeys'... I have had to call the police before now
because two of them were kicking the living daylights out of each other,
over the pickings of my skip, that was on a customer's drive, behind my
van! I did wait until they were both reasonably bloodied before making the
call... client's request, I was pretending not to be able to find my phone


Put the pipe back where they found it and wire it up to the mains! Or put
yourself up a CCTV camera... Costco, Maplins and Macro do kits pretty
cheaply.

--
What else are opposable thumbs for? Get to me at
masterfix{at}btinternet{dot}com

On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:31:36 +0000 (UTC), Dean Heighington
wrote:

Or put
yourself up a CCTV camera...

Already on it. I had a couple of them, but they were insufficient
coverage and one cheapy one blew. Now, I'm taking it more seriously.