Blimey that was quick

[Andy P]

Just left my old unwanted bike propped up by some railings in one of the posher bits of Bristol with
a sign on it saying "Free bike please take" & it was gone in 20 minutes despite being pretty old,
very basic, and having various defects like a split wheel rim (which I duly pointed out). Hope it's
gone to a good home (sniff).

[Msa]

"Andy P" <andy@andy100.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:bcd59t$c3c$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Just left my old unwanted bike propped up by some railings in one of the posher bits of Bristol
> with a sign on it saying "Free bike please take" &
it
> was gone in 20 minutes despite being pretty old, very basic, and having various defects like a
> split wheel rim (which I duly pointed out). Hope it's gone to a good home (sniff).
>
>

At least they didn't prop it up on bricks and nick the wheels!

Mark

[John Murf]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:33:07 +0100, Andy P wrote:

> Just left my old unwanted bike propped up by some railings in one of the posher bits of Bristol
> with a sign on it saying "Free bike please take" & it was gone in 20 minutes despite being pretty
> old, very basic, and having various defects like a split wheel rim (which I duly pointed out).
> Hope it's gone to a good home (sniff).

Did they leave the sign against the next bike?

--
John Murf

[Elyob]

"Andy P" <andy@andy100.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:bcd59t$c3c$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Just left my old unwanted bike propped up by some railings in one of the posher bits of Bristol
> with a sign on it saying "Free bike please take" &
it
> was gone in 20 minutes despite being pretty old, very basic, and having various defects like a
> split wheel rim (which I duly pointed out). Hope it's gone to a good home (sniff).
>
>

I'd have settled down with a coffee and watched the new owner arrive :)

[Frank]

"Andy P" <andy@andy100.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:bcd59t$c3c$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...

> Hope it's gone to a good home (sniff).
>
Do they have canals in Bristol?

[Danny Colyer]

MSA wrote:
> At least they didn't prop it up on bricks and nick the wheels!

I've seen that done with a shopping trolley. I *really* wish I'd had a camera at the time.

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[Mr R@T \ -Lsqco]

"Danny Colyer" <danny@jugglersafety.net> wrote in message news:bcertv$og3$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> MSA wrote:
> > At least they didn't prop it up on bricks and nick the wheels!
>
> I've seen that done with a shopping trolley. I *really* wish I'd had a camera at the time.
>

The wheels can be redeployed for other uses (such as attaching to a 19" rack of sound equipment).
Not that I personally would do such a thing but some friends did. (they didn't nick the trolley
either; it was found in their front garden having been left there by pissed up students)

Nor did they leave the trolley on bricks (this would only further anger the shopkeepers and attract
the attention of the local bobbies); the remains were upended and a large board placed across them;
this then served as a handy work surface for the electronic maintenance workshop.

Alex

[W K]

"Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <ratsnest23@sovtel.su> wrote in message
news:4ZCGa.120$FB6.227913@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net...
>
> "Danny Colyer" <danny@jugglersafety.net> wrote in message news:bcertv$og3$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > MSA wrote:
> > > At least they didn't prop it up on bricks and nick the wheels!
> >
> > I've seen that done with a shopping trolley. I *really* wish I'd had a camera at the time.
> >
>
> The wheels can be redeployed for other uses (such as attaching to a 19"
rack
> of sound equipment). Not that I personally would do such a thing but some friends did. (they
> didn't nick the trolley either; it was found in their front garden having been left there by
> pissed up students)
>
> Nor did they leave the trolley on bricks (this would only further anger
the
> shopkeepers and attract the attention of the local bobbies); the remains were upended and a large
> board placed across them; this then served as a handy work surface for the electronic maintenance
> workshop.

Missed the opportunity for a big Barbeque then

[David Nutter]

Danny Colyer <danny@jugglersafety.net> said:
> MSA wrote:
>> At least they didn't prop it up on bricks and nick the wheels!
>
> I've seen that done with a shopping trolley. I *really* wish I'd had a camera at the time.

My housemate reported that, while in the barbarous South, she saw a transit van that was first left
semi-stripped in a carpark, then propped up on bricks so the wheels could be stolen. Subsequently,
it was propped up on milk crates so the bricks could be stolen.

Regards,

-david

[Graeme]

"W K" <hyagillot@tesco.net> wrote in news:bcf4g5$28d$1@sparta.btinternet.com:

>
> "Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <ratsnest23@sovtel.su> wrote in message
> news:4ZCGa.120$FB6.227913@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net...
<snip>
>> Nor did they leave the trolley on bricks (this would only further anger
> the
>> shopkeepers and attract the attention of the local bobbies); the remains were upended and a large
>> board placed across them; this then served as a handy work surface for the electronic maintenance
>> workshop.
>
> Missed the opportunity for a big Barbeque then

Don't talk to me about ****ing shopping trolleys and barbecues! About 10 years ago, on the first
evening of a 2 1/2 week white water kayaking trip in Italy/France I was asked to make a barbecue out
of a small shopping trolley that had been acquired somehow - I don't think it was nicked, they
muttered something about having to pay a 2 Franc non-returnable deposit ;-). A few hacksaw cuts
later I was bending the sides down flat when I put my back out. It took over a week before I could
stand straight again and kayaking was out of the question :-( Mind you I did get regular massages
from the girlfriend of the driver of the VW camper that hauled all the cripples around (one dodgy
back, one knackered knee and I think a case of serious sunstroke - nice safe sport kayaking) so it
wasn't too much of a hardship.

Have (shopping trolley free) fun!

Graeme

[Matsav]

"Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <ratsnest23@sovtel.su> wrote in message
news:4ZCGa.120$FB6.227913@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net... <snip>

> Not that I personally would do such a thing but some friends did. (they didn't nick the trolley
> either; it was found in their front garden having been left there by pissed up students)
>

That's called, technically, "Theft by finding". They should, of course, have reported their "find"
to the local police ;-)

--
MatSav