Faaaark!

and the Los Angeles Police Department.

 

said...

Maybe it is, but it wasn't about the severity of the crime, it was about
preventing someone else from suffering the distress of having their bike
stolen and trashed. This piece of shit was a serial bike thief, well
known to the police and courts, but he kept walking away with nothing
but measly fines after serving a month on remand.

I went to the police, with the **** in the back of my van after I'd
caught him with parts from my bike. They added his charge to 35 odd
others. Mine was 'taken into consideration' when he was sentenced. He'd
been stealing bikes from all over Bedfordshire, and he'd walked away
from court with a fine, a paltry 100 quid fine at that.

The law showed it didn't care, all it left me was a feeling of
frustration because I knew he would be back to have a go at stealing the
next bike I left outside.

Almost as soon as he walked from court he stole a friends ZXR750H.
That's what pushed me and a few others over the edge. I was happy to be
wielding the hammer and I'd do it again in the same circumstances.

Maybe in your opinion I am, but I don't really care. If the law won't
protect my property from scum like him, then I'll take the law into my
own hands.

Let me put it this way. Once his hands had been broken, he never stole a
bike from anyone round here again.

 

Champ said...

You can have mine if you want.

 

snip>

He was obviously a right wanker because if he'd had any balls at all
he'd have broken your back with a sledge hammer as soon as his hands
had healed. It's what's known as an eye for an eye isn't it?

 

LOL.

 

Andy Bonwick said...

I don't think he has the mental capacity to understand ancient religious
concepts, but he certainly understands rough justice.

It worked, I'm quite happy that I did it.

Are you telling me that if someone came along and stole your ZX10 you'd
just let them walk away and get off without a serious slapping? I know
you, you'd beat the **** senseless.

 

Works as a punishment though...

 

snip>

But would I post on here admitting I'd done it?

Sensible money would go on the body parts being dropped off a cross
channel ferry.

 

mb scribbled on the back of a napkin:

It does, doesn't it? Especially if you occasionally fry a couple of
innocent people and have to do a Lord British on them afterwards.

 

The demise of open hearth steelworks has left a gap in the market for
disposing of body parts.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47957

 

Pig farms are still common enough.

 

That's why I used that phrase.

As a parent, particularly after such horror stories as the Jamie Bulger
affair, I felt really unsure about letting either of my kids out on their
own. This was probably not helped by my lad's anaphylaxis, but it seemed to
me that according to "they", the world was full of evil people specifically
targetting kids.

We only lost one of them once whilst out shopping, I have to admit it really
freaked me out, and upset SWMBO, even though we only lost him for about 10
minutes.

I guess I did appreciate deep down that the apparent dangers to unaccomanied
children were all media driven, but it didn't stop me denying my kids the
kind of freedom I took for granted when I was growing up.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

But pigs cannot eat guns.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a
I demand nothing of you except that you amuse me.

Folding@Home Team UKRM
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=47957

 

Dan L wrote

We lost one in a fairground for 5 minutes of Utter Fucking Panic and had
one left behind on a school outing which generated a great deal of
paperwork.

 

This sounds like complete and utter bollocks to me.

I could see myself when wound up doing something equally violent but not
for the good of anything apart from venting my anger/frustration.

 

said...

I was pretty calm when I did it. It must have been 3 or 4 months after
the event, the frustration and anger of losing a bike I didn't really
care about had vanished. What prompted me to do it was knowing the ****
had stolen my mate's ZXR750 almost as soon as he was released from
custody, his punishment from the court obviously hadn't taught him a
thing. Like I said, he didn't steal another bike in Bedford again, so in
my opinion it worked rather better than the criminal justice system we
have in place in round here.

I'd do exactly the same agin, without any question of a doubt.

 

I see she's dumped her idiot Other, though.

Ali

 

It is a truly horrible experience.

Whilst outwardly you are saying to yourself "he's only wandered off, we'll
find him in a few moments", inwardly panic starts to well up almost
immediately.

Not nice.


--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Dan L said...

I lost my then 18 month old son at Santa Pod at a Mini rally once. I was
holding his hand one second, let go to pay for something and when I went
to take his hand again he'd vanished. It took about 5 minutes to find
him wandering up the pit-lane with a queue of tuned Minis lined up
behind him, slowly overheating on their way to take their place for a
run-what-ya-brung.

We knew we'd find him again, but with a huge amount of hughly tuned
Minis being driven by idiots around the pit area, we weren't sure how
many pieces we'd find him in.

No, it's not, but we laugh about it now.

 

Ali Hopkins wrote

So as quick as you like, in order to secure her political career, she
will dump her man. Loyalty obviously not her strong suit then. Sounds
like the first female Nu Labour PM in the making.