Featured Finds Thread

Cotswolds and ebay finds! Can't wait to see what London has to offer in a couple of weeks.

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Nice finds !!!

Remember....when in London.... keep your valuables out of sight.... and if u find something that tickles your fancy....buy it..... as u may not get to cover the same ground twice...
Have a safe trip !

 

And watch out for the phone snatchers!

 

Too bad they can't snatch mine; they'd be doing me a favor.(LOL)

Odd fellow helps out Oddfellows! I knew about those skeletons. If all else fails, he can rent them out as props and cover expenses. They're cheap to feed but rent is rent.

 

I don’t know anyone who’s had a phone snatched here.

 

They got some politician recently and broadcaster Nicky Campbell but he grabbed his back. They are swooping in on bikes, it’s rife.

 

This was in the Guardian, not long ago.

 

Hahaaa that was the original, and ongoing, intention.

 

Yup. I'm weird and old and know stuff.

 

Reminds me of NY with all the grab and robbery going on. I can not even watch the news anymore.

 

Not old aged like a fine wine.

 

Ruth you are a youngster compared to many of us..

 

Ooh nooo not bringing out the Age Card! I'm gonna go sit at the kiddie table in that case.

 

Did my time there! Now I'm a beat-up old fart and can't get out of the chairs any more. Or into them.

 

I always get seated at the kiddie table, hint- they have the better food, better conversation, get served first..

 

I’m on the local police ward panel. Our borough is very low for phone snatches indeed, yet it’s one with high levels of deprivation.

When I did some work with the London assembly on this, a few years back, the worst boroughs for moped using crime were the richest ones, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea. Which figures.

I hate victim blaming. But there’s some massively unaware and careless people out there. Bloke I know was walking down a very dark alley with EarPods in, couldn’t hear a thing, totally unaware of what was around him. Guess the rest.

 

I love this! Great find!!!
I have the matching vase, that found in a thrift for $5. Yay!

 

Dumb is its own reward. It makes sense this would be a rich area crime; if you want to steal phones, go where the expensive phones are. Folks who are one generation up from stick phones aren't your target.

 

The phone snatchers don’t need to go to wealthy areas now as nearly everyone here (over 90%) has a smartphone now, about 50% have iPhones.