The All New Rag & Bone Men!

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Mon 29 Sep, 2008 5:36 pm

Bin a good laff if you'd nicked the 4X4 offthe Pikeys! lol

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 29 Sep, 2008 5:39 pm

My daughter was moving house and we had to get rid of a kna**ered old tumble dryer. Before I could even get the car round to take it to the dump it was gone.. So not such a bad ting that time.However a few weeks later she was having a new boiler fitted when the fitters left the new boiler outside for a min while they cleared a space in the house, they came out and YUP, it'd gone.. They got it back luckily.

simon2710 · Post by **simon2710** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 12:26 am

If you don't mind me asking, Why on earth would "competant" fitters leave a brand new boiler outside?....Isn't it basically saying "Hey, I'm worth a few bob, pick me...I'm shiny and new!"Very appealing to the rag n bow men if you ask me

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 8:37 am

[quotenick="Geordie-exile"] Samson wrote: LOL BrandyIf I recall correctly, Leeds rag and bone men used to shout [croak]:'Eahragbown?' Ours shouted"eneeeeeeraaagggggerbownnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaa!"

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 12:15 pm

simon2710 wrote: If you don't mind me asking, Why on earth would "competant" fitters leave a brand new boiler outside?....Isn't it basically saying "Hey, I'm worth a few bob, pick me...I'm shiny and new!"Very appealing to the rag n bow men if you ask me I wasn't there, but apparently it was only left for a few minutes. As to competant, it was the council fitting it????????

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 12:48 pm

arry awk wrote: Bin a good laff if you'd nicked the 4X4 offthe Pikeys! lol would have been a little ironic wouldn't it!! lol

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 3:58 pm

rangieowner wrote: arry awk wrote: Bin a good laff if you'd nicked the 4X4 offthe Pikeys! lol would have been a little ironic wouldn't it!! lol Doesta' mean 'Any old IRON nicked?' lol!

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Wed 01 Oct, 2008 7:55 pm

simonm wrote: simon2710 wrote: If you don't mind me asking, Why on earth would "competant" fitters leave a brand new boiler outside?....Isn't it basically saying "Hey, I'm worth a few bob, pick me...I'm shiny and new!"Very appealing to the rag n bow men if you ask me I wasn't there, but apparently it was only left for a few minutes. As to competant, it was the council fitting it???????? Thats why it came back they must have found out it was a council boiler.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 03 Oct, 2008 7:27 am

by coincidence I had one of these guys in front of me in court yesterday for nicking a grate off a cellar in Wakefield .it was one of those large iron victorian ones.He came from Leeds.he received six weeks curfew from 7pm-7am.This means that if he goes out at night(when he nicked it) he will be back in court and jailed.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 03 Oct, 2008 9:18 am

Steve Jones wrote: by coincidence I had one of these guys in front of me in court yesterday for nicking a grate off a cellar in Wakefield .it was one of those large iron victorian ones.He came from Leeds.he received six weeks curfew from 7pm-7am.This means that if he goes out at night(when he nicked it) he will be back in court and jailed. About a year ago, all the man-hole covers and grids on the lower section of Armley Road (near The Albion) were nicked. Apart from the cost and inconvenience of replacing them, it's bloody dangerous. Some of the new ones are bolted down.Steve, you should have got this bloke to walk around an area with the man-hole covers removed while blindfolded. Maybe he will then end up where he belongs - in the sh.......sewer!!!