squatters on goose green (Lounged)

[sophiesofa]

Seeing as a move to the lounge seems imminent:

Narnia, I think these specific squatters deserve to be ripped off by bad colin but the owner deserves a straight, well fitted cat flap and good Colin would probably want more work so I vote for good Colin.

[cate]

I remember the thread. That thread is not relevant to this one - however if there were two Colins and one was good then the good one should not be slammed by the bad one's flap.

[Administrator]

I think the time has now come.

Lounged

[maryopl]

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[HAL9000]

1). Cats don't get lost; they just find a better place to squat.

2). There is only one cat flap-fitter called Colin: his good and evil super-personas inhabit different parallel universes - don't you people watch Star Trek?

[ruffers]

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[campbell]

JAMESF Wrote:

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> I know some of these squatters very well. They are

> quite dishonest. They are not homeless individuals

> as they all live at home with their parents and

> take turns to stay in the house. One of them lives

> in my house and every time I go to work I come

> back wandering what else has been stolen. BE

> WARY.

>

> They are not homeless individuals in need of a

> home.

I know these boys and they are very honest.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

What's honest about stealing someone's house?

[ImpetuousVrouw]

Theft has to include an intention to permanently deprive someone of their property, squatting is temporary residence so does not fit within the definition of theft.

[Keef]

Oh my God, I can't believe I missed this thread, it is fecking genius!

Bit late, but just to quickly throw in my 2p...

Well I think I've heard enough now. The house was only bought a few months ago - by a private landlord, with planning permission pending. If the acceptable end of squatting (and I think there is one) is occupying a derelict building, owned by a faceless public body who leaves it to rot in perpetuity - then this particular occupation is nearer the other end.

If the landlord went round there in the middle of the night and encouraged them to leave - with the aid of a big stick - good luck to him.

Pretty much agree with *bob*. There is a place for squatting IMO, stories like Asset's (waaaay back) are examples of where squatting is acceptable, and even useful. This however, just stinks of a bunch of little tw@ts who wanted to have a nice play house in a nice safe area, because they'd be too scared to take over a flat in Brixton. I, like others on here, have been friendly with "propa" squatters in the past, and I suspect that they'd look at these children, and want to see them out on their ears.

I am glad it is a property developer who has bought it, rather than a family who wanted to live there, but that doesn't make me any more sympathetic to you, I hope you get dragged out of there, and given a bit of a kicking for good measure.

Sorry for bringing this thread back, just gutted I missed it, and felt the need to comment.

Oh, and JAMESF,

No doubt when you're all qulaified and working in the City you'll all buy a second home in the country as an alternative and look back at the radical good old days with fondness.

Made me laugh! >:D<

[Brendan]

Keef Wrote:

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> I am glad it is a property developer who has

> bought it, rather than a family who wanted to live

> there,

Squatters or no squatters I can?t think of situation where it is ever preferable for a property to be sold to a private property developer/landlord profiteering off families need for housing while denying them access to their own homes.

[Keef]

Very true. Just to be clear, I didn't mean I was glad a property developer had bought it, I just meant I was glad they were having to deal with the kids, rather than a family who just wanted to move in tot heir new home.

[Brendan]

Yeah I know what you meant. I was just having my own little rant.

[Jeremy]

I'm no fan of property investors, but if the place was really in such a state, I doubt many families would want to take it on!

[Brendan]

Oh well, perhaps the rainbow mural and the lingering smell of incense has brightened it up a bit.

[hellosailor]

I suspect the current inhabitees are more dongles and taste the difference buffalo mozarella than murals and incense

[Brendan]

What is a dongle please?

[cate]

I do not understand Brendan's post at 3.32 pm. How many families would be able to take on a huge house like the ones fronting Goose Green? I think they are all flats anyway. By a property investor buying it and turning it into flats he is providing more housing for people in need. Buying or renting, homes will be available. Surely that is better than having an empty house sitting there or occupied by jumped up punk squatters who don't even appear to need a home.

[hellosailor]

Brendan Wrote:

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> What is a dongle please?

A dongle is 'a small piece of hardware that connects to a laptop or desktop computer.' (wikipedia definition)

[hellosailor]

Though this week someone has started a thread in the wanted section asking for advice on buying a 'dong' which of course is

dong 2 (d?ng, d ng). n. Vulgar Slang. A penis. [Origin unknown.] dong [dɒŋ] ...

there may have been some confusion.

[ImpetuousVrouw]

I'd like to rent a reliable, well proportioned dong for about an hour or two a week.

[Brendan]

Or half of the dastardly duo who killed the witch.

[Huguenot]

So would these pointless ingrates have been able to vote to influence the political system that's granted them a free house and loads of pastrami?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

No, it's Goose Green, Hugenot, not Rye.

[HAL9000]

ImpetuousVrouw Wrote:

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> I'd like to rent a reliable, well proportioned

> dong for about an hour or two a week.

Why rent when you can squat?