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In the deep mid winter car theft is hot news

Posted by Steve Orme on December 20, 2007 10:15 AM | 

In darkest Lancashire PC World is doing duty to the Queen by patrolling streets at 7am and switching off cars left ‘steaming’ as Chummy calls it.
This, for the innocents among you, is the practice of defrosting the car by starting its engine before retreating indoors for a bowl of Shreddies. Insomniac thieves take advantage of this and make off with the car. Don’t do it!
17 sets of keys were returned to breakfasting owners in one leafy village.
I, meanwhile, have enjoyed sitting in my current car, an Audi A5, listening to Wogan and benefiting from heated seats while the windscreen thaws.
As the Beatles didn’t sing, happiness is a warm bum.

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Comments (4)

Gigsy wrote...

Steve,

Get with it fella!!

Instead of Wogan you should have been listening to that "Shack" CD I told you about, or "Pacific Street" by The Pale Fountains.

Get a copy off that Jade Wright!!!!

Do you remember Peter Trollope and his "In The Groove" Echo music column in the early 80's?
I remember he had a nice pin striped jacket!!
I was only a kid, it was all fields by us then.
Not like today!!

Posted by: Gigsy  | December 20, 2007 9:09 PM

Steve says wrote...

Gigsy, laa, all fields? I remember horse drawn milk floats. Damn clever those horses, the ones that could hold a pencil.
I remember Trollope too. That's why I listen to Wogan - I'm well old, like Lisa Stansfield's dad, John.
Hey, laa, have a merry one and a happy new thingy.

Posted by: Steve says  | December 21, 2007 10:04 AM

Paul Moran wrote...

Steve, I hope the New Year brings you a warm bum (it never was really covered up properly!), a Bishops Finger & as much publicity as The Hamster but without you having to resort to flipping your motor into the Top Lock!! Send him the CD Gigs before he turns into Stanny!!!!

Posted by: Paul Moran  | December 29, 2007 10:29 AM

Gigsy wrote...

Steve,

Whats all this "La" business!!
Are you making me out to be some sort of scally!!
I've passed exams!! and I used to work in the media!!

I recently went into the Rookery for the Crimbo 3rd team night out!!
Not much has changed, just that there was a lot less hair than I remembered.
Lots of shiney nappers!!!
And fatter, redder faces too!!!
You're best out of it!!
You would only have to grow your muzzy again if you made a return as full back!! (Tosh Lyons- drunk DC from The Bill)

We had some hairy palyers didn't we?
Some had orange laces in their boots.

See you round them ways kidder!!
Is rite!!

Posted by: Gigsy  | January 5, 2008 11:00 PM

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