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I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym. About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin. One for the good guys! Cheers. Enjoy the ride. -- Chris A |
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"Chris A" wrote in message ... I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym. About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin. One for the good guys! Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness of the police. The youths will receive no criminal record or become known to the police and will just go and pinch someone else's bike to make up for the loss of this one. They will most probably take a can of spray to the next one to make it less recognisable. I can't see this as a win-win situation. |
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elyob wrote:
Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness of the police. The youths will receive no criminal record or become known to the police and will just go and pinch someone else's bike to make up for the loss of this one. They will most probably take a can of spray to the next one to make it less recognisable. I can't see this as a win-win situation. It's not perfect, but I'd say it was at least a win on points compared to not having a bike at all... Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:
Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness of the police. Yes, and apropos another thread your mistake was in not phoning up the police and telling them the youths were playing football in the street ;-) -- Tony "...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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On 22 Mar, 13:03, Tony Raven wrote:
elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100: Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness of the police. I once got my bike back too. It was stolen from my garage as 'get away' transport for some bloke who had just done over the local garage. I had SPDs on at the time and the idiot also put it straight onto the big cog, which was massive at the time because I was using it for TTing. He got a few hundred yards. The bike was with the police for ages as 'evidance' and I've still got a red tag on it they put on as a momento. |
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On 22 Mar, 13:03, Tony Raven wrote: elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100: Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness of the police. I once got my bike back too. It was stolen from my garage as 'get away' transport for some bloke who had just done over the local garage. I had SPDs on at the time and the idiot also put it straight onto the big cog, which was massive at the time because I was using it for TTing. He got a few hundred yards. The bike was with the police for ages as 'evidance' and I've still got a red tag on it they put on as a momento. some twit tryed useing a bike as a get away where i worked before, the fact that the bank isn't far from his home, and the police staion was very close. the bike was the iceing on the cake though, whats your escape plan out of a steep sided valley? a bicycle.... as it was he didn't make it out of the bank... roger |
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Roger Merriman said the following on 22/03/2007 15:39:
as it was he didn't make it out of the bank... Must have been at the end of the queue on a Friday when brains were being handed out :-) -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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On 2007-03-22 12:23:48 +0000, Chris A
said: I recently had my bike nicked from outside the gym. About a fortnight later I was in the pollution chariot stopping off for a pint of milk when I saw three lads about 17 outside the shop and one sitting astride my bike. I got the shopkeeper to ring the police who said they would be an hour and a half. After a heated discussion, I got the bike back and showved in the back of the car with a big grin. One for the good guys! Cheers. Enjoy the ride. You probably violated their human rights by taking your property back. -- Three wheels good, two wheels ok www.catrike.co.uk |
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