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el_richo May 25th 2011 4:34 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by CANADIAN CARPERS (Post 9387538)
I feel so ashamed, on my last trip to Canada I was approached by 5 hooded youths (hoods up) so I picked up an iron bar. 5 of the nicest guys I've ever met. Should have left my UK head at the airport.

Joking aside, you know i'm right ;)

el_richo May 25th 2011 4:34 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9387548)
I like hoodies. Wearing one now as it happens.

Is it Burberry?

magnumpi May 25th 2011 4:39 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9387548)
I like hoodies. Wearing one now as it happens.

Ha ha, so am i. A black one, i always wear black for work.

:sneaky:

el_richo May 25th 2011 4:45 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 9387576)
Ha ha, so am i. A black one, i always wear black for work.

:sneaky:

As the saying goes, once you wear black you don't go back :thumbup:

iaink May 25th 2011 4:46 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 9387576)
Ha ha, so am i. A black one, i always wear black for work.

:sneaky:

http://seanseo.com/wp-content/burglar.jpg:huh:

magnumpi May 25th 2011 4:49 am

Re: Crime in your area
 
Hey thats not me pal. Lol i cant carry owt bigger than a coffee wi my back.

iaink May 25th 2011 4:51 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 9387600)
Hey thats not me pal. Lol i cant carry owt bigger than a coffee wi my back.

Thats the official line as far as workers comp are concerned anyway;):lol:

Alan2005 May 25th 2011 4:52 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 9387592)

That's not even a hoodie. That's a jumper and balaclava combo - criminal fashion circa 1975.

iaink May 25th 2011 4:55 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9387603)
That's not even a hoodie. That's a jumper and balaclava combo - criminal fashion circa 1975.

My mistake.. not googling the right thing.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...08_468x359.jpg
You will note the source of this picture with some glee I expect:)

Alan2005 May 25th 2011 5:00 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by iaink (Post 9387610)
My mistake.. not googling the right thing.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...08_468x359.jpg
You will note the source of this picture with some glee I expect:)

Hey, that's the same as what I've got on. Though I've not got the hood up right now as I'm not robbing people or out in the rain.

macadian May 25th 2011 5:19 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9387620)
Hey, that's the same as what I've got on. Though I've not got the hood up right now as I'm not robbing people or out in the rain.

So you say....Could be a cunning plan to give yourself an alibi as as being on the wet West Coast rather than joining forces with kindred spirited anarchists currently gathering in France for the coming G8...:p

Alan2005 May 25th 2011 5:30 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by macadian (Post 9387656)
So you say....Could be a cunning plan to give yourself an alibi as as being on the wet West Coast rather than joining forces with kindred spirited anarchists currently gathering in France for the coming G8...:p

Ha, those guys are *****wits.

ExKiwilass May 25th 2011 5:43 am

Re: Crime in your area
 

Originally Posted by Juliet C (Post 9387191)
This is interesting to read, I arrive in four weeks and read this today which I was surprised at as I thought Chilliwack and surrounding was pretty safe?

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Not...758/story.html

Really? Then check out this doco:

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/docz...oor/index.html

It may open your eyes. No where in greater vancouver is free of gang-related violence. On the other hand, there's no need for paranoia either, but no, Chilliwack is not free from this any more than any other place.

cheeky_monkey May 25th 2011 5:47 am

Re: Crime in your area
 
ive lived in brockley se london next to new cross and deptford..also lived in west london and essex...i now live in Edmonton..and i have never been a victim of crime (touch wood).

interestingly the numbers murdered each year in Canada & UK are similar but the population of the UK is much higher.

R I C H May 25th 2011 5:54 am

Re: Crime in your area
 
Crime's everywhere, isn't it?

I live in what I suppose is a relatively affluent neighbourhood, 25 minutes drive out of town, 5 acre plots and pretty scenery. There's a lawyer next door, a senior city administrator across the street, exec for CN Rail 3 doors down, and next to him a house that last year was found with meth amphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, automatic weapons, an anti tank missile launcher, and 4 stolen vehicles in the workshop. Who knew?

Recently there's been a spate of petty crime - compressors and tools stolen from garages, opportunistic stuff. I've never experienced anything directly myself, but really, crime's impossible to get away from entirely.


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