ShopliftingWhen I was young and impressionable and on holiday in France, I followed some friends into a sweet shop and we each stole something. I was so mortified by this, I returned them.
My lack of French hampered this somewhat - they had no idea why the small English boy wanted to add some chews to the open box, and saw it as an attempt by a nasty foreigner oik to contaminate their stock. Not my best day.
What have you lifted?
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chthonic, Thu 10 Jan 2008, 11:13)
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My DadIf he can get away with it , he would do it.
He once worked for the council when he was 17 at the tip , he use to be in charge of the machine that weighs lead from builders wanting to dispose of it. They of course had to pay the council a fee for disposal. first day on the job a builder told him that he would pay him £100 pounds if he made the weight smaller saving the builder a load of cash and making my day a nice profit (it was the 60's 100 could by a car!) my dad ran this scam for a year making 3 grand! Which he bought a house with when he was a student.
He worked the next summer at the car park in oxford. He use to charge people double the money by tampering with the clock, he was paid the princely sum by the council of 6 pounds a day but he made about 40!
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Super piat I am the owl, Sat 12 Jan 2008, 19:39,
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I thinkYour dad is telling a few porkies.
You see, lead is quite valuable and every builder worth his salt would always trade in his old lead and copper at the local Scrap Metal Merchant. Can make quite a few quid that way.
Cheers
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 13 Jan 2008, 1:27,
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this was the 1960'sand lead was cheap because of foreign imports and over production...
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Super piat I am the owl, Mon 14 Jan 2008, 14:35,
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