mariesnowgoose
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Stop it Win, you're making me hungry :tongue: 
Service station robbery - not an urban myth
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mariesnowgoose
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No, we're quite adventurous up here
Never had it, but would certainly try it.
Never had it, but would certainly try it.
mariesnowgoose
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Aye, beware!
The caves north of the border are deep and long and the shivs are aye very sharp :lol-061:
That runnach chap'll have ye for breakfast before you can say William Wallace
The caves north of the border are deep and long and the shivs are aye very sharp :lol-061:
That runnach chap'll have ye for breakfast before you can say William Wallace
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Win, I think dave and mary are feeling, quite rightly, a bit affronted that a lot of people, including you, are pooh-poohing their experience.
They were the ones who were robbed, not you.
Whilst the jury's out on gassing, it would be nice to know if there was another logical explanation.
The theory that robberies can take place while victims remain unconscious throughout because of "deep sleep" may be applicable in some cases, but surely not every single one?!
They were the ones who were robbed, not you.
Whilst the jury's out on gassing, it would be nice to know if there was another logical explanation.
The theory that robberies can take place while victims remain unconscious throughout because of "deep sleep" may be applicable in some cases, but surely not every single one?!
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There is noe so blind as those that will not see.
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Well, if dave and mary feel that wasn't the case, I'm not going to diss them.
Like I said, they were the ones who had the experience, not us.
Like I said, they were the ones who had the experience, not us.
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.. sorry to be pedontic but poo pooing [tee hee ] is very different to pooh poohing !
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ah that sparkling,quickfire Geordie repartee !Bog off
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Would you prefer the coarser expression...?
Haddaway and s....! *
(* name of local solicitors )
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Obviously i feel for those that have been robbed, it is a horrid thing.
However, from what I've read to date the evidence for gassing doesn't actually seem to be evidence for gassing. Instead it seems more just a doubt surrounding the actual execution of the robbery.
I don't think a question mark against one theory can be used to push a different theory with no additional supporting evidence.
However, from what I've read to date the evidence for gassing doesn't actually seem to be evidence for gassing. Instead it seems more just a doubt surrounding the actual execution of the robbery.
I don't think a question mark against one theory can be used to push a different theory with no additional supporting evidence.
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It seems odd that a thief would sort through the contents of a cupboard and then take the time to pack away the unwanted items. Is it possible in at least a few of these cases that the robbery occurred while the owners were off sight-seeing or having dinner at a restaurant? And after arriving back after dark and going to bed they didn't notice anything amiss until the next morning? I'm not suggesting that this is usual but just possible in some cases.
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Yes what you say is possible but as for us.
We new nothing of the robbery until we got to the tolls and realised things had gone like money driving licences OLD credit cards they were looking for ID stuff so the police said. We never left the van all evening, every night as others probably do we check doors windows, bags are put in cupboard under other things. I do except it is very difficult to understand, we don't, all I can say is we were taken very seriously by the police, and I don't care wether we are beloved or not but I do get fed up with people who no nothing apart from what they have read of other peoples post telling me what happened. Why stuff was all put back I can only assume that they thought it would be longer before we reported the crime and it was.
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I went to France and did not get Gassed, Robbed or Mugged once. How boring is that
Richard
you need to book really
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I went to France and did not get Gassed, Robbed or Mugged once. How boring is that
Richard
We've just done a month in France and my wife was regularly gassed.
John.
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Please do not disregard the warning.
Just after I was divorced my recently ex husband telephone to say that he was on his way to a sailing event in Europe. (I cant remember where because this was 7 years ago). He sounded extremely shaken up which was out of character as he always took everything in his stride and said he really needed to talk.
He told me he had two members of the sailing team travelling in our campervan with him. One of them could not find their mobile but thought nothing of it as he was always losing it and it would always turn up later. Later the other could not find his laptop or phone. Small things were missing. This was now odd so, my ex looked for his laptop. In order that they did not get lost in the mess that three men travelling in a 25ft campervanspace often ended up in he had kept this and some other bits and pieces in the double bed over the drivers seat, pushed against the front wall. The laptop was gone. All the above equipment had been around when they went to sleep. There was no time when at least one of them had not been in the campervan, All had been members of the British Sailing Team for a number of years and there was no question that one of them had taken them.
He realised that a story he had heard earlier and disregarded was true, and what had happened is that they had been gassed while sleeping. While they were vulnerable someone had crawled over his body in the small space and taken his laptop. He believed it even more when they reported it to the Police who were determined not to hear. (Bad for tourism).
The rest of the story that he had heard was that a dog in the campervan had died as a result of the gas vented into his owners van.
I am not saying this to be morbid or frighten anyone but I totally believe it. He had no reason to make it up. There are some not very nice people out there and we all need to be aware of the risks. It was a year old campervan so probably misled thieves into thinking that the occupants would have lots worth stealing - my little Bedford Bambi would not lead anyone to think this - but we must always take care and lots of vehicles in one spot is very probably good pickings for a planned robbery.
I dont think we should stop doing what we want to do - Just take care.
Just after I was divorced my recently ex husband telephone to say that he was on his way to a sailing event in Europe. (I cant remember where because this was 7 years ago). He sounded extremely shaken up which was out of character as he always took everything in his stride and said he really needed to talk.
He told me he had two members of the sailing team travelling in our campervan with him. One of them could not find their mobile but thought nothing of it as he was always losing it and it would always turn up later. Later the other could not find his laptop or phone. Small things were missing. This was now odd so, my ex looked for his laptop. In order that they did not get lost in the mess that three men travelling in a 25ft campervanspace often ended up in he had kept this and some other bits and pieces in the double bed over the drivers seat, pushed against the front wall. The laptop was gone. All the above equipment had been around when they went to sleep. There was no time when at least one of them had not been in the campervan, All had been members of the British Sailing Team for a number of years and there was no question that one of them had taken them.
He realised that a story he had heard earlier and disregarded was true, and what had happened is that they had been gassed while sleeping. While they were vulnerable someone had crawled over his body in the small space and taken his laptop. He believed it even more when they reported it to the Police who were determined not to hear. (Bad for tourism).
The rest of the story that he had heard was that a dog in the campervan had died as a result of the gas vented into his owners van.
I am not saying this to be morbid or frighten anyone but I totally believe it. He had no reason to make it up. There are some not very nice people out there and we all need to be aware of the risks. It was a year old campervan so probably misled thieves into thinking that the occupants would have lots worth stealing - my little Bedford Bambi would not lead anyone to think this - but we must always take care and lots of vehicles in one spot is very probably good pickings for a planned robbery.
I dont think we should stop doing what we want to do - Just take care.
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Dave and Mary were robbed. I am sure we all feel sorry for them. But the chances that it was due to gassing are so small as to be insignificant. It is not being disrespectful to them to say that.