sorry
your dad is nothing but a common thief
(welgar, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 20:24, 2 replies)

Meh
there's much worse things he could have stooped to than rip off N.I.E. for a few pounds to keep us in food for a few weeks.
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 2:43, closed)

yeah
kill someone or burn the house down with some dodgy wiring.

EDIT: its interesting to note that you have changed your above reply. Typical electric board response from me ?
(welgar, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 2:58, closed)

It certainly wasn't dodgy
just illegal. He was a qualified and time served electrical engineer. As for changing the post - I was thinking along the lines that, from some of your prevoius posts that you may have been employed or are employed by an elctrical company? I wasn't sure though, so I changed it. Apologies for any confusion.
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 11:24, closed)

Not dodgy, just illegal?
Heh.
( Bob Todd whee, Sat 25 Oct 2008, 12:34, closed)

Good
If he had the ingenuity to get away with it, and repeated checks by the electricity board weren't sufficient to reveal anything untoward, then they are welcome by me to suck it up.

One look at all the 'record profits' they make these days tells you all you need to know about who the 'common thieves' are. (Sorry)
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Tue 28 Oct 2008, 14:54, closed)

:-) Thanks
though I really can't defend his actions as they were, as has already been nicely pointed out, basically theft, however we were in monetary difficulty at the time and he applied his knowledge to help us the best way he could.

Regardless of the morals - I did think it was a good story in line with this weeks QOTW.

As a side note - He still smiles and takes a certain amount of pride in his handiwork when he tells the story even now. :-)
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 20:38, closed)