Nail it down or lose it!

[linearaudio]

Just come back from holiday. Next door have a skip full of junk in their front garden. I just happened to look out as a big Merc Sprinter bumped up the kerb. Out got 3 Ukranians, and started skip-diving. Then one of them came into my garden, picked up the old radiator and rear springs from behind my Moggy (hidden from view from the road), and went to load them into the van. On being approached, they looked all innocent and said "scrap??" I politely-ish assured them it wasn't, re-gained my property, took their number and went to the Police station. The local patrol found and stopped the van. Turns out they claim to be registered scrap dealers from Surrey(about 80 miles away!) and they spend their days cruising the Home Counties taking the view that if they saw something that looked like scrap, then it was! Police said there were numerous complaints about them. but nothing technically they could do to stop this practise, though in mitigation, the people said they were going to load up the van, then knock and check that it was OK to take it before driving away, so maybe, just maybe I had jumped the gun...! I suppose if they hadn't got a response by knocking on my door to "check", they would have put the items back where they were!

[les]

Load up then ask? Ask then load up?-----------now let me think!

[Dean]

Must be the "new" legal way to steel something.


Winch the new Merc onto the low loader.... knock the door to see if they want it... no answer .......

[linearaudio]

Only works if you are Eastern European, apparently, and can look blank when challenged

[mike.perry]

I would not be surprised to find my iron gate missing one day, even if it is chained to the pillar.

[dunketh]

I am a little worried by shell might go walkies (outside on an industrial estate) but I'm re-assured by the fact theres probably not enough good steel in it to make it attractive.

[les]

Have you seen the price of rust lately?