Blimey that was quick

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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

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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

Andy P said:

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?

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"Andy P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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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

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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 🙂

"Andy P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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Hope it's gone to a good home (sniff).

Do they have canals in Bristol?

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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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MSA said:

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 [censored] 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

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MSA said:

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

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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
[censored] up students)

Nor did they leave the trolley on bricks (this would only further anger

the

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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

Danny Colyer said:

MSA said:

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

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Nor did they leave the trolley on bricks (this would only further anger

the

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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

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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 [censored] up students)

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

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