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[bezzabsa]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

We get them round the industrial estates in Derby, always a story about over supplied tools to Rolls Royce, Toyota or Bombardier and the boss has told them to shift them on the cheap.

 

always got the "Carpet exhibition" or over stock watches when sat in the services

[Popsicle]

8 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

always got the "Carpet exhibition" or over stock watches when sat in the services

Yea I've been offered a few TV's and watches recently at the services too.

Also there seems to be a lot of softly spoken Irish guys that are after a few quid towards a gallon of diesel, I did point out to one how unlucky he was as he'd asked me for the same a couple of weeks ago, once at Telford the other at Strensham. I've also been collared at Trowell, Watford Gap and Killington Lake recently, I must have a gullible face.

[andy18s]

35 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

Probably so. We seem to get two types round our way, one lot with second hand power tools, presumably stolen, the second lot seem to have new stuff, but from cheap brands like Silverline and Rolson, none of which is likely to be an over supply to multi-billion pound huge companies.

Years ago it always seemed to be paint and carpets that had been 'over supplied'. A good friend ended up with some 'lovely' British Rail carpet in his hallway 🤣.

We always get jumped on when parking at a city supermarket, usually a new Shtill chainsaw or a torch with a tazer built in...

A few Neh's whilst walking off usually does the trick .

 

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 hour ago, angle said:

All new cars look the same etc etc

Aye, but what's that over there ..... ?

[stuboy]

Been out doing patient transportation today and saw this... a 4x4 kangoo?

[stuboy]

5 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I had a bloke show up here with an Irish accent offering cheap tools, of all things. There was something about a shipment to Oslo that got cancelled and he had been given permission by the boss to sell the tools at a discounted price.

Of course I wasn't interested. 

So have I now encountered my first UK/Irish traveler that I've heard about here? I guess so.

none of this left over from a job nearby?

[Dyslexic Viking]

21 minutes ago, stuboy said:

none of this left over from a job nearby?

Don't know but possible.

[bunglebus]

Clearing out my boss's industrial unit, which was at one time used by a vehicle repairer. We have now uncovered the long lost ladies toilet, which is stuffed full of all-sorts of interesting junk including a MK5 Cortina centre console and radio, as well as various Saab and Jaguar bits

[stuboy]

23 hours ago, stuboy said:

mrs stuboy says i can have the honda back from tommorow, i asked is there a fuel left in it and will she be hoovering it out, yes there 1/4 a tank and whats its only been used for kids etc etc.... i gulped..

Finally it's home for first time 2.5 weeks... Mrs stuboy has not washed or hoovered it ...  lazy cow she got 5 weeks off..lol

[High Jetter]

13 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Clearing out my boss's industrial unit, which was at one time used by a vehicle repairer. We have now uncovered the long lost ladies toilet, which is stuffed full of all-sorts of interesting junk including a MK5 Cortina centre console and radio, as well as various Saab and Jaguar bits

Roffling any of that?

[hairnet]

@Skizzerwould be all over that

 

[junkyarddog]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Is it correct to suspect that the tool belongs to someone other than those selling it?

If the tools are new,then No,but they tend to be of poor quality.

Secondhand tools,Yes. 

[bunglebus]

49 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Roffling any of that?

No idea yet, I'll talk to him on Friday

[wuvvum]

23 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

No idea yet, I'll talk to him on Friday

Please do.  I've always had a hankering for a 1984 calendar.

[Dyslexic Viking]

21 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I had a bloke show up here with an Irish accent offering cheap tools, of all things. There was something about a shipment to Oslo that got cancelled and he had been given permission by the boss to sell the tools at a discounted price.

Of course I wasn't interested. 

So have I now encountered my first UK/Irish traveler that I've heard about here? I guess so.

And they're back, I aren't home but Dad is and got them to leave despite his lack of English. It was a different bloke now but the same van.

I'm starting to get a little scared of a break-in and things disappearing at night now.

[JakeT]

3 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And they're back, I aren't home but Dad is and got them to leave despite his lack of English. It was a different bloke now but the same van.

I'm starting to get a little scared of a break-in and things disappearing at night now.

I'd keep an eye on things, and lock the shed that you normally don't or whatever. Take a note of their plate number, too. In the UK they often have GB style plates made up with their ROI number, so that they stand out less.

 

Usually when I see them they ask if my drive wants block paving, and then fuck off when I tell them no.

[Asimo]

Photograph them and their vehicle. They will probably get cross with you but they might feel like you need leaving alone.

[Bren]

On 23/07/2025 at 12:49, angle said:

Today I am working from offices in the old Vauxhall factory. 

Meetings break down in the insignia room.

[JJ0063]

Saw a free Erde 122 trailer on marketplace on Sunday, they said the tyres would need pumping up. Drove over there, fuck me, the tyres weren’t on the rims anymore and were so perished they’d split into different sections pretty much. 
 

Anyway, ordered a set of brand new rims and tyres for £49 on Amazon and went back today for it. 
 

Has a cover too, pretty happy for what it owes me! I have no need for it so will probably just see if I can flip it for a quick £100 profit.

[D.E]

On 23/07/2025 at 15:00, Dyslexic Viking said:

I had a bloke show up here with an Irish accent offering cheap tools, of all things. There was something about a shipment to Oslo that got cancelled and he had been given permission by the boss to sell the tools at a discounted price.

Of course I wasn't interested. 

So have I now encountered my first UK/Irish traveler that I've heard about here? I guess so.

Coincidentally, there's now a small group of the travelling community staying in a park here (which isn't really allowed, but the police doesn't seem interested) who offer to do up driveways and roofs. Transit Mk V on British plates, towing a trailer with an Irish reg. Weird.

Last year another bunch of travellers crashed their pickup while trying to flee out of town, chased by unhappy customers!

[High Jetter]

I spotted a green GT6 outside one of my shops this afternoon, chap was trying to put a tall bunch of flowers in the hatch 🤣

He said he's spent 8 months painting it, today is first time it's been on the road and he'd just driven 100 miles in it. He had a big smile, and back ache.

[junkyarddog]

8 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

And they're back, I aren't home but Dad is and got them to leave despite his lack of English. It was a different bloke now but the same van.

I'm starting to get a little scared of a break-in and things disappearing at night now.

Don't be too worried,they just want quick cash for their shit tools.

They'll move onto another patch once they've exhausted the current area.

[BorniteIdentity]

Noice trip out last night to the East Coast Retros meet at Shotley, Suffolk. Despite being eligible, it didn’t feel right to ‘show’ the Avensis - so we just had a perv. 

It was a much quieter show than I’m used to, but still some lovely stuff. My favourite car of the night being… 

The best 850R I’ve ever seen. What a colour! As a James May fan, I was disappointed not to find a workshop in the back along with a library and an itchy blanket - but it was great. 

Everything on this was brown. Paint, vinyl roof, door cards, seats, dash - even the owner’s wallet and leather sunglasses holder was brown. 

Also present was the Ford Granada of many shiters but my phone is having a spaz and won’t let me upload the photos. Suffice to say it still looks gloriously rubbish. 

[reb]

Been to the pub for the first time in years this evening. Much better experience in the last time I went, not least because pints cost half what they did in the last pub I went to. They did good pizza too!

Now on the bus home wondering why everything is so wobbly.

[stuboy]

5 minutes ago, reb said:

Now on the bus home wondering why everything is so wobbly.

fish finger sandwhich will cure this

[High Jetter]

31 minutes ago, reb said:

Been to the pub for the first time in years this evening. Much better experience in the last time I went, not least because pints cost half what they did in the last pub I went to. They did good pizza too!

Now on the bus home wondering why everything is so wobbly.

Poncy glasses tho!

[reb]

31 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Poncy glasses tho!

We had poncy glasses on our faces too

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Don't be too worried,they just want quick cash for their shit tools.

They'll move onto another patch once they've exhausted the current area.

As long as they aren't called O'Driscoll, and they aren't from Rathkeale.

In 2018, two O'Driscoll men from Rathkeale followed a 72 year old lady from Goleen in West Cork home, and filled her living room with the following items:-

Generators, Pressure Washers, and Chainsaws, mainly. All the things your average 72 year old lady needs. Then they coerced her to write out €25000 in cheques for them. When it got to court they got 3 years each. They appealed their sentence the following year, but at the start of the case Mr Justice George Birmingham, President of the Court of Appeal , pointed out that their sentence could also be increased. So after a quick discussion with their SC, the appeal was withdrawn.

I've bought cheap stuff off one or two travellers, and sold cars to them, and they've been all right. But a substantial stratum of the "travelling" community are ruthless outlaws.

[junkyarddog]

25 minutes ago, artdjones said:

As long as they aren't called O'Driscoll, and they aren't from Rathkeale.

In 2018, two O'Driscoll men from Rathkeale followed a 72 year old lady from Goleen in West Cork home, and filled her living room with the following items:-

Generators, Pressure Washers, and Chainsaws, mainly. All the things your average 72 year old lady needs. Then they coerced her to write out €25000 in cheques for them. When it got to court they got 3 years each. They appealed their sentence the following year, but at the start of the case Mr Justice George Birmingham, President of the Court of Appeal , pointed out that their sentence could also be increased. So after a quick discussion with their SC, the appeal was withdrawn.

I've bought cheap stuff off one or two travellers, and sold cars to them, and they've been all right. But a substantial stratum of the "travelling" community are ruthless outlaws.

I've two rules I stick by when dealing with travellers,

1: Don't buy from them.

2: Don't sell to them.

It's stood me well this far.

The guys selling tools generally want a quick sale,then they'll move onto a new patch quickly.

Those lads you refer to,were greedy and stupid to pull that stunt,and thankfully they were caught for it.

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Noice trip out last night to the East Coast Retros meet at Shotley, Suffolk. Despite being eligible, it didn’t feel right to ‘show’ the Avensis - so we just had a perv. 

It was a much quieter show than I’m used to, but still some lovely stuff. My favourite car of the night being… 

The best 850R I’ve ever seen. What a colour! As a James May fan, I was disappointed not to find a workshop in the back along with a library and an itchy blanket - but it was great. 

Everything on this was brown. Paint, vinyl roof, door cards, seats, dash - even the owner’s wallet and leather sunglasses holder was brown. 

Also present was the Ford Granada of many shiters but my phone is having a spaz and won’t let me upload the photos. Suffice to say it still looks gloriously rubbish. 

Ah bugger, didn't realise that was on last night.  I'll have to try to get to next month's one.  I'll have taxed the Carina by then so will have something to drive down in.