Car break in Heber road

[miga]

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[Penguin68]

Most people from Europe are Indo-European in origin (at least their languages are, and some suggest the peoples as well - it's to do with how you think Europe (and the east) was repopulated at the end of the last major glaciation) - with some exceptions on the Western fringes of Europe (i.e. Basques) - the main exceptions are those who speak Finno-Ugric (Hungary, Estonia, Finland) - who may represent a discrete racial as well as language group. Romanies may stem originally from the North Indus valley (there are some language similarities) - I believe their language is also indo-European. It is normally easiest to distinguish peoples by the clothes they wear, how they wear their hair, facial hair etc. - dress an indo-European speaker in a city suit and (skin coloration apart) it would be very difficult to distinguish one from the other as regards geographic origin. Although there are 'typical' Swedes, or Germans, or French in fact each country offers a wide range of different physionomies - often diet (how large they grow) and sun exposure are the key differentiators.

[miga]

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[lane lover]

I know this sounds harsh; but I am still unsure why people continue to leave valuables in unattended cars?

Do people have no common sense?

[PipD]

The problem you have with that description RCharles13 is today's

fashion. If someone had asked me to elaborate on "East European" a couple of years ago I would have said "you know, skinny stonewashed jeans, trainers, tight leather jacket, short hair" but these days I'd look in the mirror and...

[Penguin68]

you know, skinny stonewashed jeans, trainers, tight leather jacket, short hair

So, as I have argued above, you (and probably I and most others) would most effectively define 'coming from a geographic location in Europe' by clothes and hair style. Which might as well be the actual description in the first place.

[PipD]

Maybe Penguin but to avoid the police knocking at my door anytime soon can I say that I lack East European facial features and I'm a rubbish at plumbing.

[Penguin68]

I lack East European facial features

And what would these be?

[lane lover]

Maybe we need a new thread, as this has gone completely off topic.

Like 90% of the other threads on this forum.

[Earl Aelfheah]

What's off topic about it? Personally I think Clegg will do much better in tonight's EU debate.

[PipD]

Google is your friend Penguin!

[charlesfare]

Sorry your shit got wrecked but eastern European with short brown hair is the least useful description ever.

[rcharles13]

Had a call from the police today, they've only gone and caught him!

[Nigello]

Great, but where was he from?

[Giacomelli]

Today someone tried to break into my builder, tomasz's car on dunstans rd but he managed to chase him away and get the reg number of his gettaway car. Police were called. Maybe it was the same chap if caught today?

[JohnL]

There is some types though - I can often pick out fellow welshmen - before I here the accent

but could be the expressiveness (hands) :).

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> you know, skinny stonewashed jeans, trainers,

> tight leather jacket, short hair

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> So, as I have argued above, you (and probably I

> and most others) would most effectively define

> 'coming from a geographic location in Europe' by

> clothes and hair style. Which might as well be the

> actual description in the first place.