Not much of a tea party...

Cyclefrance · 05-21-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Well it is London, so they were seen on CCTV and will probably be caught.

Very true Bruce - only last night on the news it was reported again that a UK London-based citizen can expect to be captured on a camera up to 300 times a day (and that figure is 3 years old) - we're all movie stars here!

richlevy · 05-21-2007, 07:34 PM

I was listening to the reports on NPR and BBC America this morning. Fortunately, many of the really important bits, (wheel, mast, wheel house) were elsewhere for renovation. Early reports stated that much of the damage was to the deck, which was already scheduled to be replaced, and that the ironwork was not badly malformed.

It could have been a lot worse.

I do hope they catch the bastard who did it. Maybe a he can work off his sentence by providing a live demonstration of those two quaint forms of British naval discipline, flogging and keel hauling.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-21-2007, 08:26 PM

Followed by hanging from the yardarm, once it's back in place. The link said it appeared to be more than one person. I wonder if there was any insurance?

Griff · 05-22-2007, 06:09 AM

Gotta love the old boats, ditto on the keel hawl.

05-21-2007, 07:34 PM	#2
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I was listening to the reports on NPR and BBC America this morning. Fortunately, many of the really important bits, (wheel, mast, wheel house) were elsewhere for renovation. Early reports stated that much of the damage was to the deck, which was already scheduled to be replaced, and that the ironwork was not badly malformed. It could have been a lot worse. I do hope they catch the bastard who did it. Maybe a he can work off his sentence by providing a live demonstration of those two quaint forms of British naval discipline, flogging and keel hauling. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-21-2007, 08:26 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Followed by hanging from the yardarm, once it's back in place. The link said it appeared to be more than one person. I wonder if there was any insurance? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-22-2007, 06:09 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Gotta love the old boats, ditto on the keel hawl. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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