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Chris Hills

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Jul 20, 2011, 3:03:55 AM7/20/11
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Does such a thing exist?

mick

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Jul 20, 2011, 4:18:44 AM7/20/11
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> Does such a thing exist?

battery operated angle grinder
http://www.supaprice.co.uk/p/result.jsp?ga=uk10&q=battery+angle+grinder

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mick


Tim Downie

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Jul 20, 2011, 9:51:55 AM7/20/11
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Chris Hills wrote:
> Does such a thing exist?

I believe the traditional solution is one of these.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Countach

Alternatively, fit four of your own *first*. That should make things
difficult for the clampers. ;-)

Tim

bolta...@boltar.world

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Jul 20, 2011, 9:59:34 AM7/20/11
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Its a pity someone hasn't taken an old car, filled it with a few tons of
lead or concrete and left it in a tow away zone and filmed the tow truck
trying to lift it. That would be a laugh :)

B2003


NM

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Jul 20, 2011, 10:06:18 AM7/20/11
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On Jul 20, 2:59 pm, boltar2...@boltar.world wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:51:55 +0100
>

Some moons ago I had an ex GPO red van, a Bedford TK, after ticketing
it they tried to lift it on to the back of a recovery truck which was
also a 7.5 ton vehicle, all they achieved was to raise the off side of
their truck until the wheels were clear of the road, they gave up but
left the ticket on the windscreen, we were all watching from the cafe
on the other side of the road.

bolta...@boltar.world

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Jul 20, 2011, 11:48:26 AM7/20/11
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:06:18 -0700 (PDT)
NM <nik.m...@mac.com> wrote:
>Some moons ago I had an ex GPO red van, a Bedford TK, after ticketing
>it they tried to lift it on to the back of a recovery truck which was
>also a 7.5 ton vehicle, all they achieved was to raise the off side of
>their truck until the wheels were clear of the road, they gave up but
>left the ticket on the windscreen, we were all watching from the cafe
>on the other side of the road.

Well I suppose its comforting to know that the care in the community scheme
is expanding its roles for the mentally handicapped.

B2003

alan.holmes

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Jul 20, 2011, 12:46:44 PM7/20/11
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<bolta...@boltar.world> wrote in message
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Welll it has been known for years that all wheel clampers are mentally
handicapped!

Alan

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> B2003
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Ian Dalziel

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Jul 20, 2011, 1:10:19 PM7/20/11
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:03:55 +0100, Chris Hills <ch...@chaz6.com>
wrote:

>Does such a thing exist?

Parking in legal spaces?

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Ian D

The Revd

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Jul 20, 2011, 1:27:38 PM7/20/11
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Isn't clamping illegal in your shitty little province, Dayell?

Ian Dalziel

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Jul 20, 2011, 1:39:36 PM7/20/11
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Yorkshire? No.

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ARWadsworth

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Jul 20, 2011, 2:45:29 PM7/20/11
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2 grands worth of lead might make it an expensive joke.

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McKevvy

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Jul 20, 2011, 2:39:42 PM7/20/11
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On Jul 20, 2:59 pm, boltar2...@boltar.world wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:51:55 +0100
>
> "Tim Downie" <timdownie2...@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >Chris Hills wrote:
> >> Does such a thing exist?
>
> >I believe the traditional solution is one of these.
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Countach
>
> >Alternatively, fit four of your own *first*.  That should make things
> >difficult for the clampers. ;-)
>
> Its a pity someone hasn't taken an old car, filled it with a few tons of
> lead or concrete and left it in a tow away zone and filmed the tow truck
> trying to lift it. That would be a laugh :)
>

Where's the "like" button on here? lol

McK.

Dr Zoidberg

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Jul 20, 2011, 4:18:10 PM7/20/11
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"Tim Downie" <timdow...@obvious.yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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When I was at university you could only park on campus with a permit, which
they only issued in exceptional circumstances.
A friend of mine simply parked up and waited for the clamp to be fitted then
popped out in the night and cropped the padlock off it and replaced it with
his own.
Every time he went for a drive the clamp went in the boot and got refitted
on his return and he got away with that for an entire year.
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Mike P

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Jul 20, 2011, 4:28:08 PM7/20/11
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:03:55 +0100, Chris Hills wrote:

> Does such a thing exist?

A Hydro-pneumatic Citroen with the suspension set on low..

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Mike P

The Revd

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Jul 20, 2011, 4:30:41 PM7/20/11
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:39:36 +0100, Ian Dalziel
<ianda...@lineone.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:27:38 -0400, The Revd
><pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:10:19 +0100, Ian Dalziel
>><ianda...@lineone.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:03:55 +0100, Chris Hills <ch...@chaz6.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does such a thing exist?
>>>
>>>Parking in legal spaces?
>>
>>Isn't clamping illegal in your shitty little province, Dayell?
>
>Yorkshire? No.

You managed to escape from Scotland???

Ian Dalziel

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Jul 20, 2011, 9:53:19 PM7/20/11
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:30:41 -0400, The Revd
<pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:

>You managed to escape from Scotland???

Sorry, don't do cascade bollocks.

The Revd

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Jul 21, 2011, 7:38:54 AM7/21/11
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Fuck off, then.

Ian Dalziel

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Jul 21, 2011, 9:03:15 AM7/21/11
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:38:54 -0400, The Revd
<pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:53:19 +0100, Ian Dalziel
><ianda...@lineone.net> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:30:41 -0400, The Revd
>><pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:
>>
>>>You managed to escape from Scotland???
>>
>>Sorry, don't do cascade bollocks.
>
>Fuck off, then.

No.

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The Revd

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Jul 21, 2011, 2:02:04 PM7/21/11
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:03:15 +0100, Ian Dalziel
<ianda...@lineone.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:38:54 -0400, The Revd
><pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:53:19 +0100, Ian Dalziel
>><ianda...@lineone.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:30:41 -0400, The Revd
>>><pee...@degenerate.griks> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You managed to escape from Scotland???
>>>
>>>Sorry, don't do cascade bollocks.
>>
>>Fuck off, then.
>
>No.

You're cascading, shitforbrains.

Bob Neumann

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Jul 24, 2011, 5:45:08 PM7/24/11
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You're shitforbrains

The Revd

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Jul 24, 2011, 5:47:17 PM7/24/11
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You *have* shit for brains. At best.

Bob Neumann

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Jul 24, 2011, 6:03:51 PM7/24/11
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And *now* you're cascading again

bet you can't stop!

The Revd

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Jul 24, 2011, 6:31:52 PM7/24/11
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Right!

>bet you can't stop!

I didn't want to stop.

Hugo Nebula

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Jul 26, 2011, 5:13:32 PM7/26/11
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[Default] On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:59:34 +0000 (UTC), a certain
chimpanzee, bolta...@boltar.world, randomly hit the keyboard and
wrote:

>Its a pity someone hasn't taken an old car, filled it with a few tons of
>lead or concrete and left it in a tow away zone and filmed the tow truck
>trying to lift it. That would be a laugh :)

A friend of mine did something very similar. His car was parked on his
drive with about 6" sticking out over the pavement. He got a ticket
for having an untaxed vehicle on the road.

"You have to get it taxed, MOT'ed & insured if you want to keep it on
the road", says the DVLA. "It would never pass an MOT in a million
years; it's a donor car for parts" says he. "Well, either pay the fine
or we'll come & tow it away". "OK", says he. In the meantime, some
unscrupulous people in the neighbourhood took the opportunity to fill
the boot & the seatwells with builder's rubble, dried bags of cement,
etc.

Apparently, the tow truck nearly toppled over. He didn't film it
unfortunately.
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just how far from the pack have I strayed"?

cute...@gmail.com

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Aug 12, 2014, 2:00:53 AM8/12/14
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You can buy 4 clamps and then clamp all your wheels leaving a clamper in a wtf moment lol

Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI

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Aug 12, 2014, 1:32:56 PM8/12/14
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On 12/08/14 07:00, cute...@gmail.com wrote:
> You can buy 4 clamps and then clamp all your wheels leaving a clamper in a wtf moment lol
>
He'll clamp the spare, or the steering wheel.

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Simon Jester

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Aug 12, 2014, 8:13:31 PM8/12/14
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On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 22:13:32 UTC+1, Hugo Nebula wrote:

>
> A friend of mine did something very similar. His car was parked on his
> drive with about 6" sticking out over the pavement. He got a ticket
> for having an untaxed vehicle on the road.
>

and I know someone who graded all the Whacky Races using the F1
scoring system.
It's called an Urban Myth.
I suppose your friend knows the person who attached a JATO rocket
to his car and achieved flight.

dbod...@gmail.com

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Aug 3, 2019, 11:48:40 AM8/3/19
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I know of someone that filled their car with all their garden waste and crap they were going to git rid of, in a car that was technically written off before it got towed away by the council for unpaid parking tickets. I think they worked out they saved a few hundred plus obviously the debt was then cleared.

Commander Kinsey

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Oct 20, 2019, 3:52:30 PM10/20/19
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On Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:42:14 +0100, Anthony R. Gold <not-fo...@ahjg.co.uk> wrote:
> I know of someone who replied to an eight year old post.

Is that a social faux pas or something? Who cares? Are wheel clamps a subject which is somehow time sensitive?
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