Author Topic: Who stole my onions?? (Read 8346 times)

suzylou · « **Reply #20 on:** September 29, 2005, 15:35:57 »

That's just nuts! I wouldn't even do it at midnight, I'd just breeze over and take them!

A guy on my site swears that the flagpole up the side of someone elses' shed was nicked from him, only he can't steal it back because it's been concreted into the ground!

bupster · « **Reply #21 on:** September 29, 2005, 15:47:53 »

Suzylou, I can only assume that it seemed like a safe place at the time.

Joji, don't just take them back, make it very obvious that you have. Leave a smiley face or a thank-you note. There's an outside possibility that your neighbour genuinely thought the stuff was abandoned (yeah, right). If you pretend that this is the case while being terribly polite (but firm) then it shouldn't happen again and you might be able to build a relationship with him.

I'm not saying give in for a second, but you might have him for a neighbour for many years, so worth building a relationship as well as laying ground rules.

Oh, and Suzylou, I regularly leave my bike in inexplicable places as well. Once I found it three days later locked to somebody's front gate.

joji · « **Reply #22 on:** September 29, 2005, 16:06:26 »

Loll Bubster.

We do have a spare can of pink wood paint lol His shed looks like it could do with a new coat. ( Thinks evil thoughts ) lol

To everyone else his plot is not quite as big as ours but he has his spies and his site is like ours fencing all round. So once it is dark would be the best time to do it as we have a shed to put it in.There is also a hole in the fencing that splits our from his so will be easy to get into. ;)

joji · « **Reply #23 on:** September 29, 2005, 16:12:32 »

Quote from: Derekthefox on September 29, 2005, 15:32:44

Either that Jill (joji), or take photos and challenge the culprit in front of your allotment committee. I presume you could vouch for the origin of the panels ...

I have no time for people like this, they get the full venom of my aggressive side when this happens.

Derekthefox :D

Nether of us are members of the local committee yet. He won't join and we are just about to. :)

busy_lizzie · « **Reply #24 on:** September 29, 2005, 16:15:04 »

I think it must be a great relief to have found them Suzy, not just because of the loss but it always leaves you with a horrible feeling when anything like that happens and does degrade your faith in human nature. So great news that you haven't got a thief nearby after all. "All's well that ends well" :) busy_lizzie

bupster · « **Reply #25 on:** September 29, 2005, 16:30:19 »

Joji, my best friend once got dumped and she went home to see her mum and her nan and told the story. Her nan was outraged on her behalf and couldn't think of a bad enough punishment for her ex. Ended up saying "Oooh. I hope someone (splutter) paints his house pink". It's been our favourite curse ever since. :)

AndyC · « **Reply #26 on:** September 29, 2005, 22:14:10 »

Crumbs all this thieving is appalling >:(. I feel very lucky at my lottie. Although not totally secure (the "chav" contingent do sometimes come over the fence from the railway bank and do a bit of mischief) the plot next door is rented by a lady whose house overlooks the site and she is straight out if there is any trouble. She has made me feel really welcome and given me advice, strawberry plants and use of her greenhouse to store my tools. I would go mad if anyone nicked my gear, particularly a fellow allotment holder. :(

Derek · « **Reply #27 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:21:07 »

I have four uniform size double glazing panels...I originally had sixteen.

I see them each year on a neighbouring plot but I can't prove it...

Some plotholders do go 'walkabout' from time to time on other peoples plots when they are not there... WHY?

If they want to have a look around another plot what an opportunity for some socialising

Derek

Derekthefox · « **Reply #28 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:36:55 »

Good luck getting onto the committee then Jill :D

Derekthefox :D

Roy Bham UK · « **Reply #29 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:59:30 »

Quote from: Derek on September 30, 2005, 08:21:07

I have four uniform size double glazing panels...I originally had sixteen.

I see them each year on a neighbouring plot but I can't prove it...

Some plotholders do go 'walkabout' from time to time on other peoples plots when they are not there... WHY?

If they want to have a look around another plot what an opportunity for some socialising

Derek

I totally agree Derek, I don't know if it was my upbringing but I have never ever wandered on to someone else's plot unless they were there, I would feel I was tresspassing. :o

Only last week my lottie neighbour rang me to say someone had helped themselves to a few carrots on their plot and another lottie holder had spotted things had been moved on their plot also, so I went to inspect my patch and discovered someone had been in my (unlocked) shed, nothing taken. :-\

It turned out a lottie neighbour wanted to borrow my watering can and helped themselves to it, I now put the w/can on full view in my plastic greenhouse and lock the shed from now on. ::)

joji · « **Reply #30 on:** September 30, 2005, 09:31:39 »

Thanks Derek
The lottie committee meets every 2 weeks so we have to wait now till a week next monday to go down and join.

We did get 4 of the pannels back last night and we painted his shed door pink if he asks if we saw or heard anything our :-X ;D. We will leave it a couple of days and try for the other 4. Leaving him with one.

bupster · « **Reply #31 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:28:37 »

Hee hee ;D

suzylou · « **Reply #32 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:50:01 »

Joji we NEED photos ;)

Derekthefox · « **Reply #33 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:04:54 »

Ha ha this is getting confusing now with two Dereks on the same thread!!!

You have permission to refer to me as the 'gay' one ok if it makes anyone feel better ... Not that I field for the other team ... but allegations have been made, and mud tends to stick ... but I am a cheerful chappie, so wont be insulted by use of the traditional dictionary definition. ;D ;D ;D (see the crime thread in the Shed)

Derekthefox :D

kentishchloe · « **Reply #34 on:** September 30, 2005, 13:39:43 »

hurray for pink doors ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
good for you joji - would love to see neighbours face when he sees it :o :o :o

joji · « **Reply #35 on:** September 30, 2005, 14:45:27 »

He got the police on to us! They came round and said that he was going to sue us for criminal damage. :o
We have explained that we had the sheets stolen from our plot and he wouldn't give them back. We phoned the friend who got them for us from his work and he told the police that the sheets were ours and ourfriend had got them for us. The police said to the bloke that because he had stolen our sheeting he was to give it all back and if he didn't like the colour of his shed he was to paint it himself ( he has now painted over it back to brown ) and if he took it any further or caused us any more trouble they would charge him. ;D

So we got all of our sheeting back and some extra as the police didn't belive that,that wasn't his either lol. The council have been informed too by the police.

It is great when the police know you have a couple of coppers in the family higher in rank that them ;D

wardy · « **Reply #36 on:** September 30, 2005, 15:26:39 »

Result! Nice one ;D

kentishchloe · « **Reply #37 on:** September 30, 2005, 16:33:51 »

you're winding us up!!! the police? for a pink shed door? at least it went your way in the end!!! ;D

joji · « **Reply #38 on:** September 30, 2005, 17:28:59 »

This is no wind up :( He is welsh we are English need I say more >:(

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #39 on:** September 30, 2005, 23:53:14 »

I had a similar situation; I was having trouble with persistent thefts from my plot, and when I warned the people off (it was the Association secretary and his wife) they went to the police, claiming that it was all their stuff that I'd stolen, then when that didn't work they went to the Council with the same story. Some of these people are totally shameless.

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