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Thankfully in 40 plus years of travelling around London this is only the second time someones tried to get my wallet and both times they failed. I got on the 8:06 Richmond train out of Highbury & Islington this morning and as usual it was packed. A guy pretending to be half asleep with what looked like a full backpack in front of him kept leaning on me, but I thought nothing of it. Luckily I have velcro on my pockets flaps and I felt it being pulled and I then looked down to see his fingers pulling at my pockets. I pushed his hands away and he did a big waking up, not really knowing what was going on routine. He looked awkward until the train came into Gospel Oak, where he got off and ran up the platform. I did notice the rucksack was in fact empty and he'd folded it over to make a hollow half football shape to hide his hands. He was in his early 20's, about 6 foot tall and quite thin. Pretty scruffy in trainers, jeans and a blue T shirt. Short dark hair with a spotty face and really strong East European features. So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" |
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On Jun 8, 11:44 am, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote: Thankfully in 40 plus years of travelling around London this is only the second time someones tried to get my wallet and both times they failed. I got on the 8:06 Richmond train out of Highbury & Islington this morning and as usual it was packed. A guy pretending to be half asleep with what looked like a full backpack in front of him kept leaning on me, but I thought nothing of it. Luckily I have velcro on my pockets flaps and I felt it being pulled and I then looked down to see his fingers pulling at my pockets. I pushed his hands away and he did a big waking up, not really knowing what was going on routine. He looked awkward until the train came into Gospel Oak, where he got off and ran up the platform. I did notice the rucksack was in fact empty and he'd folded it over to make a hollow half football shape to hide his hands. He was in his early 20's, about 6 foot tall and quite thin. Pretty scruffy in trainers, jeans and a blue T shirt. Short dark hair with a spotty face and really strong East European features. So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum |
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Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
Thankfully in 40 plus years of travelling around London this is only the second time someones tried to get my wallet and both times they failed. I got on the 8:06 Richmond train out of Highbury & Islington this morning and as usual it was packed. A guy pretending to be half asleep with what looked like a full backpack in front of him kept leaning on me, but I thought nothing of it. Luckily I have velcro on my pockets flaps and I felt it being pulled and I then looked down to see his fingers pulling at my pockets. I pushed his hands away and he did a big waking up, not really knowing what was going on routine. He looked awkward until the train came into Gospel Oak, where he got off and ran up the platform. I did notice the rucksack was in fact empty and he'd folded it over to make a hollow half football shape to hide his hands. He was in his early 20's, about 6 foot tall and quite thin. Pretty scruffy in trainers, jeans and a blue T shirt. Short dark hair with a spotty face and really strong East European features. So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! By the last paragraph he apparently managed to turn your map sideways! -- David of Broadway New York, NY, USA |
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Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" |
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In message , David of Broadway
writes Edward Cowling London UK wrote: Thankfully in 40 plus years of travelling around London this is only the second time someones tried to get my wallet and both times they failed. I got on the 8:06 Richmond train out of Highbury & Islington this morning and as usual it was packed. A guy pretending to be half asleep with what looked like a full backpack in front of him kept leaning on but I thought nothing of it. Luckily I have velcro on my pockets flaps and I felt it being pulled and I then looked down to see his fingers pulling at my pockets. I pushed his hands away and he did a big waking up, not really knowing what was going on routine. He looked awkward until the train came into Gospel Oak, where he got off and ran up the platform. I did notice the rucksack was in fact empty and he'd folded it over to make a hollow half football shape to hide his hands. He was in his early 20's, about 6 foot tall and quite thin. Pretty scruffy in trainers, jeans and a blue T shirt. Short dark hair with a spotty face and really strong East European features. So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! By the last paragraph he apparently managed to turn your map sideways! Sorry North London Line.... I'm sure the East London line is chock full of Nuns, Saints and little boys who are always polite to their Mums :-) -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" |
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Edward Cowling London UK typed: In message . com, Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by reporting the incident -- Bob |
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writes In , Edward Cowling London UK typed: In message . com, Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by reporting the incident When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A lone officer who was told it was a car theft ! As I'd lost nothing I decided life was too short to fill in pointless forms on the Transport Police website. What action do you think they would take ? Tick another box on this months statistics ? Sadly we're living in an age where we have to look after each other. -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - For He Is The Kwisatz Haderach" |
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I have lived in East London for nearly 20 years and the closest I've come to being mugged was in Spalding, Lincolnshire on a visit to my childhood home area!!!! Paula |
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In message , Paula
writes I have lived in East London for nearly 20 years and the closest I've come to being mugged was in Spalding, Lincolnshire on a visit to my childhood home area!!!! I've heard a few mugging stories and many seem to consist of a large drunk asking for a pound in an aggressive manner. Hell, in North London that's considered polite behaviour :-) I feel safe on the streets of London, I feel sage on the NLL, I just get really angry when people try to steal my hard earned cash. -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - Tony Blair says he's not going !" |
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On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:17:46 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote in : In message . com, Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East[sic] London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. I'm told that an errant finger bent backwards loses resistance beyond a certain point. Done quickly enough you needn't feel guilt; the perp may feel something else... -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. ] Room 40-1-B12, CERN KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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But presumably you made the police aware of what had happened by reporting the incident When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A lone officer who was told it was a car theft ! As I'd lost nothing I decided life was too short to fill in pointless forms on the Transport Police website. What action do you think they would take ? Tick another box on this months statistics ? Sadly we're living in an age where we have to look after each other. Round my way, the police hardly turn up, just give you a crime number for the insurance. However, without fail, a civilian forensics technician will visit the scene of the crime and, of course, wonders do they perform. The reality is that those already known to the police and fully inserted on the DNA database commit most of the crime. People in that situation can't so much as fart in a lift anymore and get away with it. The problem isn't catching them the problem is what to do with them, as invariably drugs will be playing a large part in their behaviour. My magistrate neighbour had some thirty something bloke up before her the other day for a stealing a 99p pack of bacon from the convenience store. As she said, "What am I supposed to do with them? Here he is thirty something and he can't even steal a pack of bacon without getting caught, it's pathetic." Drug addicts are out of control in need of treatment but there is precious little treatment to be had and neither will there be, or probably should there be, whilst there are waiting lists for hip operations. If it's any consolation to you and assuming he was on drugs then he will surely pay a far higher price eventually (pretty soon usually) than anything the law can throw at him. |
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In message om, allan
tracy writes If it's any consolation to you and assuming he was on drugs then he will surely pay a far higher price eventually (pretty soon usually) than anything the law can throw at him. Thinking about it he was far scruffier than if he was going on a building site for the day and his face was covered in spots. Perhaps this is his way of feeding a habit. Personally I'd like to see all drugs dreciminalised for adult use. It would stop the crooks making fortunes, and stop people needing to steal quite so much to afford them. -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - Tony Blair says he's not going !" |
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writes On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:17:46 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK wrote in : In message . com, Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East[sic] London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. I'm told that an errant finger bent backwards loses resistance beyond a certain point. Done quickly enough you needn't feel guilt; the perp may feel something else... It is funny when this sort of thing happens. We all like to feel we'd behave in some macho, but ultimately heroic way :-) I just looked at him, looking uncomfortable for about 30 seconds until the train pulled into Gospel Oak. Jamming my brolly into him just seemed inappropriate for some reason. Maybe that's what these guys rely on, civilised people playing by the rules ? -- Edward Cowling "Must Go - Tony Blair says he's not going !" |
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"Edward Cowling London UK" wrote in message ... It is funny when this sort of thing happens. We all like to feel we'd behave in some macho, but ultimately heroic way :-) I just looked at him, looking uncomfortable for about 30 seconds until the train pulled into Gospel Oak. Jamming my brolly into him just seemed inappropriate for some reason. Maybe that's what these guys rely on, civilised people playing by the rules ? Saying VERY loudly and clearly, "Oy, Spottyclock! Get your hands outta my pocket!" makes them very uncomfortable and makes other people take a good look and remember them. |
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On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:00:28 +0100, wrote:
I was talking to a dog breeder friend the other day and she told me she was selling up and moving to Canada and taking her dogs with her I just said I don't blame you one bit and she replied this country is total ****e these days . One less dog breeder in the UK has got to be a good move. -- |
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Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A lone officer who was told it was a car theft ! You should have told the police a disabled person was double-parked outside your house, they would have had two squad cars around in three minutes. |
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Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
Personally I'd like to see all drugs dreciminalised for adult use. It would stop the crooks making fortunes, and stop people needing to steal quite so much to afford them. And put strichnine in one pack per thousand. |
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On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 15:30:29 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK
wrote in : In message , Dr Ivan D. Reid writes On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:17:46 +0100, Edward Cowling London UK wrote in : In message . com, Adrian writes So watch your valuables on the East[sic] London Line, the vermin pick pockets are about !! You failed to retain his testicles. Now he can breed more scum Everyone at work said the same and I was carrying a hefty umbrella. But when it happens you realise no one else is aware of what happened and you're going to be bashing the crap out of a stranger with no apparent motive. I'm told that an errant finger bent backwards loses resistance beyond a certain point. Done quickly enough you needn't feel guilt; the perp may feel something else... It is funny when this sort of thing happens. We all like to feel we'd behave in some macho, but ultimately heroic way :-) I just looked at him, looking uncomfortable for about 30 seconds until the train pulled into Gospel Oak. Jamming my brolly into him just seemed inappropriate for some reason. Maybe that's what these guys rely on, civilised people playing by the rules ? The only time I was pickpocketed I knew there were pickpockets about, but not that one was already at my side. I'd taken the 10 trolleybus from Aeroport de Genève to its intersection with the 9 bus to CERN on a Sunday afternoon. Not having done this before, I followed progress on my GPS/PDA, which I slipped into my top right pocket once I'd determined that I meeded to change one stop further than the one we were arriving at. One chap got on and stood to my right (the door was to my left), then a press of East Europeans started on but one dropped his key in the stairwell and made a great show of looking for it amongst all the feet. Apparently this let the last of their number press up against the mark behind the blockage and relieve him of his wallet. As the scrum cleared I saw this last guy hand a wallet around to the older guy at the front. So I backed off towards the side of the bus and made sure my two wallets were covered in my back pockets. When I got off the trolleybus my PDA was missing... -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. ] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty". |
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John Rowland wrote:
Edward Cowling London UK wrote: When I was burgled a few years back the police turned up next morning. A lone officer who was told it was a car theft ! You should have told the police a disabled person was double-parked outside your house, they would have had two squad cars around in three minutes. LOL! |
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If you want to blame someone for the number of pickpockets then blame
the Blair and Brown government. People are now so heavily taxed they cant afford to scrape a living. Labour tax heavily the poor to pay for wars and the rich. |
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"Marra" wrote in message ps.com... If you want to blame someone for the number of pickpockets then blame the Blair and Brown government. People are now so heavily taxed they cant afford to scrape a living. Labour tax heavily the poor to pay for wars and the rich. So we never had pickpockets before 1997? |
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People are now so heavily taxed they cant afford to scrape a living. TOTAL RUBBISH Frank Field doesn't think so |
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