LET THE LOOTING BEGIN!!!
Remember that big cargo ship that crashed off the coast of south Devon a few years back? People made off with all the BMW motorbikes... I wonder what happened to those?
My uncle took two giant crates of nappies for his kid and loaded them into his van. He's on kid number two now and he's roughly halfway through the 2nd crate.
(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:05, Reply)
hmmm
you've effectively just shopped your uncle on a public messageboard... he has, after all, committed an illegal act, no?
/dons self-righteous hat of indifference
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wideeye slightly pickled, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:46,
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It isn't illegal as such.
You're allowed to recover goods that are washed up on the seashore as long as you inform the official receiver of wrecks that you've rescued goods.
The owner can then recover the goods but has to pay you a salvage fee for saving his goods.
There's a fair few houses near where I live that were built with wood that washed overboard from a cargo ship years ago. (There's also one house that has a lintel made from one of the stones from a prehistoric stone circle.)
(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 14:45, Reply)
I'm sure there's an easier way
to lay your hands on some gravel.
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The Togaboy The world will end on, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 10:49,
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legal looting all the way!
There was also the incident of a ship loosing all of its timber. It ended up covering a good 15 miles or so of coast line. img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/01_03/timberPA2001_468x573.jpg
(, Thu 18 Aug 2011, 12:11, Reply)