Word to the wise

"Dave P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Richard Brookman wrote:
>> I know in some cases we would end up with guys
>> inside for a thousand years, and I know it would be expensive, but with a
>> good chance of not getting caught, and lenient sentencing when you are,
>> it's
>> no wonder a lot of people are seeing crime as a viable career
>> alternative.
>
> Get this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5184652.stm
>
> "Two men were released by police after a caution but were then
> re-arrested after the owner of the trawler, Paul Jones, said he feared
> serious damage may have been caused to the engine."
>
> Steal a 40 grand trawler (the livelihood of at least one person), sail
> about with no idea where you are going or any idea of what you are
> doing, instigate an air-sea rescue costing thousands and potentially
> risking the lives of the rescuers - and the police will release you
> with a caution!
>
> Note how it's only when the trawler owner fears serious damage and
> therefore expense that they decide to re-arrest them and take it a bit
> more seriously.
>
> Steal, risk lives - slapped wrist.
> Get involved in liability issue - hanging's too good for you.
>
> Don't make sense to me.
>
> DaveP

Nor me you can't even launch a dinghy with a decent outboard in North Wales
without certificates insurance and god knows what and these tossers steal
someones livelyhood and get a telling off?? mind you with that chief comical
nowt surprises me
Derek

EMB wrote:
> Karen Gallagher wrote:
>> EMB wrote:
>>
>>> Karen Gallagher wrote:
>>>
>>>> We're thinking about exporting our crims back to Mother England.
>>>> This will increase the IQ of both countries
>>>
>>>
>>> You stole that on from the late Robert Muldoon, one time Prime
>>> Minister of NZ.
>>>
>> Guilty as charged. Please don't deport me to England, M'Lud!
>>
>> 'Tis true, though
>
> Tis indeed. Right now being deported to England mightn't be too bad -
> 37 degrees forecast for tomorrow, which would be a nice change from the
> 8 degrees here - I've had to dig a coat out cos I'm starting to feel cold.
>

Not that cold - did a pre-dawn 45km bike ride this morning, was nice &
toasty after the first hill

K
--
"Sometimes I think I have a Guardian Idiot - a little invisible spirit
just behind my shoulder, looking out for me ... only he's an imbecile" -
Jake Stonebender

Karen Gallagher wrote:

> Not that cold - did a pre-dawn 45km bike ride this morning, was nice &
> toasty after the first hill

I ran 6km to work - so I arrived warm, then discovered there was no hot
water in the showers

Derek wrote:

|| "Dave P" <[email protected]> wrote in message
|| news:[email protected]...
|||
||| Richard Brookman wrote:
|||| I know in some cases we would end up with guys
|||| inside for a thousand years, and I know it would be expensive, but
|||| with a good chance of not getting caught, and lenient sentencing
|||| when you are, it's
|||| no wonder a lot of people are seeing crime as a viable career
|||| alternative.
|||
||| Get this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5184652.stm
|||
||| "Two men were released by police after a caution but were then
||| re-arrested after the owner of the trawler, Paul Jones, said he
||| feared serious damage may have been caused to the engine."
|||
||| Steal a 40 grand trawler (the livelihood of at least one person),
||| sail about with no idea where you are going or any idea of what you
||| are doing, instigate an air-sea rescue costing thousands and
||| potentially risking the lives of the rescuers - and the police will
||| release you with a caution!
|||
||| Note how it's only when the trawler owner fears serious damage and
||| therefore expense that they decide to re-arrest them and take it a
||| bit more seriously.
|||
||| Steal, risk lives - slapped wrist.
||| Get involved in liability issue - hanging's too good for you.
|||
||| Don't make sense to me.
|||
||| DaveP
||
|| Nor me you can't even launch a dinghy with a decent outboard in
|| North Wales without certificates insurance and god knows what and
|| these tossers steal someones livelyhood and get a telling off?? mind
|| you with that chief comical nowt surprises me
|| Derek

Turns out they were two young Irish lads who had missed the ferry (****ed)
and were trying to get home to Ireland. Aw, bless, let 'em off, boys will
be boys etc. Good thing they didn't break the speed limit on their way
through N Wales or they would have been in prison.

--
Rich
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