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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Hello again

    Just had a visit from a detective

    He diligently noted the fact that I hadn't seen anything worthy of note.

    Apparently I was wrong about the Police having broken the doors in. All he told me was that "several people" had come here and "some people" (presumably my neighbours & their friends) had been assaulted, and "some property" had been stolen.

    Given that he asked if I'd seen any black people hanging around, I think we can safely assume that my neighbours have got on the wrong side of some gang in the course of some dodgy dealing, and that retribution has been exacted

    Also, taking the rubbish out after the detective had gone, I noticed that the outhouse in the back yard (the old stable, with an additional lean-to built on to it, and therefore quite roomy) has also been broken open. It's used from time-to-time as a workshop by the builder for whom my neighbours appear to work (at least on occasion), but it just seems to have some junk in it at the moment.

    Ho hum - still no sign of the neighbours returning


    You really should move. really you should....

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      Originally posted by Bear View Post
      Afternoon all

      Tolerating the train out of London at the mo.
      Looking for a millenium

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        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        Hello again

        Just had a visit from a detective

        He diligently noted the fact that I hadn't seen anything worthy of note.

        Apparently I was wrong about the Police having broken the doors in. All he told me was that "several people" had come here and "some people" (presumably my neighbours & their friends) had been assaulted, and "some property" had been stolen.

        Given that he asked if I'd seen any black people hanging around, I think we can safely assume that my neighbours have got on the wrong side of some gang in the course of some dodgy dealing, and that retribution has been exacted

        Also, taking the rubbish out after the detective had gone, I noticed that the outhouse in the back yard (the old stable, with an additional lean-to built on to it, and therefore quite roomy) has also been broken open. It's used from time-to-time as a workshop by the builder for whom my neighbours appear to work (at least on occasion), but it just seems to have some junk in it at the moment.

        Ho hum - still no sign of the neighbours returning
        How come exciting stuff like that doesn't happen in my block?

        Then again our place is controlled by the Gay Mafia (absolutly no offence meant!!) and they like everything just so.... We had some students in one of the flats not so long ago... they didn't last very long. Got on the wrong side of the Don and out they went!!
        Bazza gets caught
        Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

        CUK University Challenge Champions 2010

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          Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
          How come exciting stuff like that doesn't happen in my block?

          Then again our place is controlled by the Gay Mafia (absolutly no offence meant!!) and they like everything just so.... We had some students in one of the flats not so long ago... they didn't last very long. Got on the wrong side of the Don and out they went!!
          Maybe you should move closer to Nick? Or Wilmslow......

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              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post


              You really should move. really you should....

              I was thinking the same thing - what would have happened if the gang had got their info slightly wrong and kicked in your door as well?
              Si posse, recte, si non, quocumque modo rem

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                Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post


                You really should move. really you should....
                Actually, I'm somewhat reassured by the fact that the perpetrators concentrated their efforts solely on the relevant people and their property - it suggests that they were operating in a purely businesslike manner, with no intention of involving any third parties.

                Professional hoodlums I can cope with; it's crackhead chavs that would be a problem, and they tend to stay on the estates. This is actually a comparatively nice neighbourhood for this city

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                  Originally posted by Bear View Post
                  I was thinking the same thing - what would have happened if the gang had got their info slightly wrong and kicked in your door as well?
                  I was down the pub, and the flat's such a mess that they would have found it more trouble than it was worth to start rummaging through it

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                    Wot exciting lives some of us do live...

                    So saying, I well remember my next door but two neighbour & his wife being carted off on a Sunday afternoon for the growing of the ganja...

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                      Thank gawd that's over... some of them are really hard work... I'll have to revise this Cad tutorial.

                      There's too many difficult words in it.

                      Such as "do" and "click"...

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