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Post by artisans on Nov 16, 2014 14:38:16 GMT 2
Gil might have helped Pete to get off the beach, but where was he today when the people taking the Pirates' Bar pick up stopped at Pixida for an early pizza? Evidently, the truck was taken from outside Skouna early this morning, but the joy-riders lost control as they turned right out of Roda. They breached the low wall and firmly embedded it in the window of the hardware shop next to Pixida. It will take a bit of removing ...
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Post by Gil on Nov 16, 2014 16:03:42 GMT 2
Passed there earlier and by looking at it It will take a bit more than my 4 x 4 to get that off there.
Gil
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Post by kathwebber on Nov 17, 2014 13:34:26 GMT 2
The term "joy-riders" has always puzzled me (they are thieves pure and simple) - but at least on this occasion, tourists wont be blamed for it.
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Post by artisans on Nov 17, 2014 14:21:50 GMT 2
I'm not sure that tourists are blamed for anything, Kath, and Corfu has some of the lowest crime rates in Europe. Many incidents over the years, in my experience, have been blamed on ex-pats & other immigrants, but rarely Greeks and almost never tourists.
Strangely, joy-riding, in the UK, is not considered to be theft as it does not permanently deprive the owner of his or her vehicle. In a book I read recently, by Graham Hurley, joy-riding is referred to as 'twocking' which now seems to be an offence in its own right. It's a sign of the times, when a vehicle can be taken purely for pleasure.
The pick-up was still there this morning, but it's gone now and Kostas is making good to his wall and window.
Steve
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Post by kathwebber on Nov 17, 2014 15:19:05 GMT 2
disagree with you there Steve, I remember a thread (maybe on here, possibly somewhere else) where the jewellers (opp Harbour Bar) was broken into and the clear inference by some 'posters' was that "tourists were to blame". I'm not even sure if that crime was ever solved - or what the outcome was. When I referred to Joy-Riding I meant in the UK (as well as anywhere I suppose) in my opinion it is simply theft - however it is dressed up / whatever fancy name is given to it.
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Post by artisans on Nov 17, 2014 17:55:33 GMT 2
I thought I was agreeing with you about joyriding, Kath, hence the word 'strangely.' What I was trying to present was the distinction made in UK law between 'joyriding' and 'twocking,' now both punishable.
I don't remember what was said about ex-pats when the incident occurred at Petros's shop. He never reopened, and he left the island soon after, so I could not ask him about it. My own feelings were that it was not an ex-pat and no one was ever implicated.
Steve
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Post by withgreekorigin22 on Nov 27, 2014 1:12:39 GMT 2
..........?!
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