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Windscreen wiper theft......
« on: 04 January 2018, 12:21:01 »

I got into the car this morning, turned the wipers on & the drivers side wiper was not there! Thieving bastards.........
Of course, I didn't notice before the sweep so have probably put a dirty great scratch across the screen  :(
Happy New Year one & all....
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #1 on: 04 January 2018, 12:27:48 »

Sorry to hear that!

I would say that is most unusual, as vandalism is one thing, but to steal one wiper, with I assume no other damage, is strange.

There are not many of our Omega's on the road, so for an owner of one to find another to steal one wiper...............??!!

Hope you haven't scratched the windscreen as that could be far more costly than replacing the wiper :o :o
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #2 on: 04 January 2018, 12:32:47 »

Stolen or dropped off?

Just a thought.

As Lizzie comments, it is quite unusual (and sad) to steal one wiper.
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #3 on: 04 January 2018, 12:35:06 »

As Lizzie comments, it is quite unusual (and sad) to steal one wiper.

Someone once pinched the glass out of my drivers side wing mirror (on a mk3 mondeo no less!). Never had a wiper go though.  ???
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #4 on: 04 January 2018, 12:50:33 »

I agree it's extremely unusual - never happened before - interestingly, the car wasn't parked outside the house as usual because we had visitors & we only have limited parking so I had parked it round the corner. So, it was on a side street, not directly outside a house in the middle of a well known parking spot for 5 or 6 cars.
Is it possible it fell off? I can't see how it could...
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #5 on: 04 January 2018, 12:55:16 »

Knowing the town you live in, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Plenty of nutters around there. It could be worse though, you could live in Hedingham.  :o
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #6 on: 04 January 2018, 12:59:20 »

Sorry to hear that!

I would say that is most unusual, as vandalism is one thing, but to steal one wiper, with I assume no other damage, is strange.

There are not many of our Omega's on the road, so for an owner of one to find another to steal one wiper...............??!!

Hope you haven't scratched the windscreen as that could be far more costly than replacing the wiper :o :o
The different length of wiper might have meant the other was the incorrect one, maybe?



JDX - sorry to hear, this country is fast becoming a shithole :(
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #7 on: 04 January 2018, 13:21:24 »

Knowing the town you live in, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Plenty of nutters around there. It could be worse though, you could live in Hedingham.  :o
I have liked it here & have not had any previous issues really, although I have heard lots of stories - not sure how many of them are chinese whispers!
Do tell Albs, whats wrong with Hedingham? :o
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #8 on: 04 January 2018, 13:26:12 »

Sorry to hear that!

I would say that is most unusual, as vandalism is one thing, but to steal one wiper, with I assume no other damage, is strange.

There are not many of our Omega's on the road, so for an owner of one to find another to steal one wiper...............??!!

Hope you haven't scratched the windscreen as that could be far more costly than replacing the wiper :o :o
The different length of wiper might have meant the other was the incorrect one, maybe?



JDX - sorry to hear, this country is fast becoming a shithole :(
Thanks, it's not the end of the world of course but in general I don't think things are going in the right direction.
When times get tougher, people resort to all manner of things much more serious than a wiper blade - no police presence on the street anymore, easy to get away with minor stuff I guess...
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #9 on: 04 January 2018, 13:42:55 »

pretty poor stooping to thieving one wiper blade. 
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #10 on: 04 January 2018, 13:50:21 »

Yes I agree but people will shoplift a, I don't know....a sweater or something from a store. Is there a difference?
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #11 on: 04 January 2018, 13:54:25 »

Yes I agree but people will shoplift a, I don't know....a sweater or something from a store. Is there a difference?

A sweater probably won't remove the rain from your windscreen so well.
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #12 on: 04 January 2018, 17:04:15 »

Knowing the town you live in, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Plenty of nutters around there. It could be worse though, you could live in Hedingham:o
Castle or Sible? ;D
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #13 on: 04 January 2018, 17:47:21 »

Knowing the town you live in, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Plenty of nutters around there. It could be worse though, you could live in Hedingham.  :o
I have liked it here & have not had any previous issues really, although I have heard lots of stories - not sure how many of them are chinese whispers!
Do tell Albs, whats wrong with Hedingham? :o

Plenty of Loons wanting to kick someones head in in your town at the weekends. Particularly those from up White horse avenue end of town.
Hedingham used to be a sleepy little village 20 or so years ago. Its like the wild west now, with serious problems with drugs, vandalism, burglary etc. etc. Its been heavily infested with chavs at some point. Then there was the local millionare businessman who was shot in his own home by burglars a year or two back.
If you buy your local Gazzette on a Friday, theres usually several "crimes in Hedingham stories in there.  ;)
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #14 on: 04 January 2018, 17:51:00 »

Knowing the town you live in, it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Plenty of nutters around there. It could be worse though, you could live in Hedingham.  :o
I have liked it here & have not had any previous issues really, although I have heard lots of stories - not sure how many of them are chinese whispers!
Do tell Albs, whats wrong with Hedingham? :o

Plenty of Loons wanting to kick someones head in in your town at the weekends. Particularly those from up White horse avenue end of town.
Hedingham used to be a sleepy little village 20 or so years ago. Its like the wild west now, with serious problems with drugs, vandalism, burglary etc. etc. Its been heavily infested with chavs at some point. Then there was the local millionare businessman who was shot in his own home by burglars a year or two back.
If you buy your local Gazzette on a Friday, theres usually several "crimes in Hedingham stories in there.  ;)

Well I assume you are talking about Essex, so what do you expect! ::) ::) ;D ;D

Only joking (or am I?) as I have many relatives who live there! :y :y :y
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #15 on: 04 January 2018, 18:00:02 »

OI!
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Re: Windscreen wiper theft......
« Reply #16 on: 05 January 2018, 14:06:28 »

OI!

I don't think Albs was referring to you Ron  :y
I have not had any serious trouble here in the last 9 years. I can only speak as I find I guess, which is why I am surprised at the comments received.
You must be right in the thick of it Albs, given your degree of knowledge :-X
Peoples perception of places, towns, is very interesting. A lot of work colleagues, when they ask where do you live & I reply Halstead, time & time again they have said "Oh it's lovely there, a nice part of Essex, much better than where I live"
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« Reply #17 on: 05 January 2018, 14:33:02 »

JDX, the "OI!" was directed at Lizzie, not Albs, for her slur on Essex folk.  >:(

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« Reply #18 on: 05 January 2018, 14:37:47 »

Aaah....apologies Ron, I got the insult correct but the wrong person. In that case, apologies to you too Albs & shame on you Lizzie (only joking!)
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« Reply #19 on: 05 January 2018, 14:48:17 »

JDX, the "OI!" was directed at Lizzie, not Albs, for her slur on Essex folk>:(

Ron.

What is it with Essex girls?

They can't all be thick and have loose knicker elastic.
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« Reply #20 on: 05 January 2018, 14:59:39 »

JDX, the "OI!" was directed at Lizzie, not Albs, for her slur on Essex folk>:(

Ron.

What is it with Essex girls?

They can't all be thick and have loose knicker elastic.
....Yes they can...
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« Reply #21 on: 05 January 2018, 16:00:48 »

JDX, the "OI!" was directed at Lizzie, not Albs, for her slur on Essex folk.  >:(

Ron.

Sorry Ron, but my female Essex cousins are so up themselves, always were, that they fill the "Only Way Is Essex" slot exactly!!  That is polite compared to what my blunt speaking Eastender Nan used to say about them ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

I cannot feel sorry for the Essex girl stereotype that exists now in the media and elsewhere.  They invited that on themselves by constantly encouraging it every time they appear on the telly or in newspapers and magazines, which I assume they were handsomely paid for! :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D ;)
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« Reply #22 on: 05 January 2018, 17:07:27 »

Never seen that programme, so I cannot comment, nor have I met any of the "yo-yo drawers" types that you allude to. Sheltered life? Moi?  :(

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« Reply #23 on: 05 January 2018, 17:18:50 »

There are two Hedinghams, one is Castle, which used to be quite genteel when i was a lad, a long time ago ;D. The other is Sible which was always a bit of a dump. Don,t think things have changed much over the years. :-\
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« Reply #24 on: 05 January 2018, 18:24:07 »

One of wifeys teachers lives in a posh part of Sheffield. One morning the whole street awoke to find the potted plants missing from their patios. She, personally, lost two bay trees.
They’ll take owt.
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« Reply #25 on: 05 January 2018, 19:25:29 »

Yes but that's up North ;D
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« Reply #26 on: 05 January 2018, 19:34:46 »

Yes but that's up North ;D
Essex. I was based in Colchester for three years, used to go to sunny Clacton most weekends in the summer. Used to visit Chelmsford quite often and had friends in Braintree. I know where I’d rather live. ;D

Although West Mersea was nice and quiet.  :-*
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« Reply #27 on: 05 January 2018, 19:46:13 »

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.
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« Reply #28 on: 05 January 2018, 20:23:28 »

I drive by Braintree fairly regularly but don't venture into it too often. I much prefer heading the other way: Sudbury is a lovely town & Long Melford is pretty. Good dog walking....
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« Reply #29 on: 05 January 2018, 20:26:52 »

My Omega came from Braintree.  :)
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« Reply #30 on: 05 January 2018, 22:14:35 »

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.
Take ya tin hat, bit rough night times. But that can be said of a lot of smaller towns now, sadly. :(
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« Reply #31 on: 05 January 2018, 23:06:28 »

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.
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« Reply #32 on: 06 January 2018, 10:51:51 »

One of wifeys teachers lives in a posh part of Sheffield. One morning the whole street awoke to find the potted plants missing from their patios. She, personally, lost two bay trees.
They’ll take owt.
No exactly theft, but Brakkers had a problem a few years ago when every few months, a load (like 100) of cars would get their tyres slashed.

The gang were eventually caught, came down from Birmingham way to do it, but only motive appeared to be pure vandalism.
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« Reply #33 on: 06 January 2018, 11:24:21 »

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.


some peoples cars are like that; a seat cover is necessary to keep the mechanic clean.


Some years ago I collected a convertible with a slashed roof. Some idiot had gone down the street and slashed every roof. As this was the posh part of Faversham, that was nearly every other car. I suspect everybody else in those postcodes wondered why their next years insurance went up so much.
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« Reply #34 on: 06 January 2018, 13:12:52 »

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.

Good friend of mine lives in Halstead - seems like a nice enough place whenever I go through.
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« Reply #35 on: 06 January 2018, 19:23:46 »

One of the chaps at work had one full wiper, and one wiper blade pinched. Still haven't found the culprit, apparently checking the CCTV for someone with a wiper in their pocket (or just happy to see them) was too difficult...
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« Reply #36 on: 06 January 2018, 19:51:00 »

I used to work as a field sevice engineer in Braintree two lifetimes ago, visiting peoples' homes.
Some of the houses I had to wipe my feet on the way OUT!

Ron.

Look on the bright side, your pushbike doesn't have windscreen wipers so they can't be nicked. :y Lights and saddle are a different matter. ::) ::) ::)
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« Reply #37 on: 06 January 2018, 22:06:45 »

Youngest daughter got married in Halstead[it was where son-in-law hailed from]and lived there a short while before moving about a bit depending on where he was posted[he was in the army]it seemed to me a pretty reasonable sort of place whenever I went for a visit.Son-in-law now out of army and they've settled in Braintree,can't comment on the place as I've not yet managed to get for a visit.

Good friend of mine lives in Halstead - seems like a nice enough place whenever I go through.

Its ok much of the time, but there are some serious nutters there (including one prominent local business man who I wouldn't dare mention), and when they come out to play, usually at weekends, things can get pretty wild.
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