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In case of punctures
have you ever run into trouble?
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TeeJF
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AndyC
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yeah, i do.
also, since when has house burglary been 'victimless'
as far as i was aware, victimless crime was when there is no victim, like driving uninsured.
I see anyone who takes out insurance as being victims of the uninsured drivers - every year a few tenners of my insurance goes to the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB).
And even then the MIB generally advises people whenever possible to take the hit on their own insurance - meaning thay both pay their excess and risk higher future premiums.
KingRat
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No, no I haven't. I've walked into a pipe and cut my head open though. (Twice, on the same pipe on two separate visits).
Rubbish. You're completely glossing over the "Chilli Vodka" story...
KingRat
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Wish I had my camera out. Had complete sympathy with you tho, I went back to The Quarrymans today, and completely wussed out of it. Oh I asked for "The Key" just for a photo, they made me give the deposit, and fill out my full details! I took a photo of it on the bar, then gave it back before he'd even opened the till. Fail.
Back to the OP... I'm so glad someone has appreciated the real risks in our hobby. Most new people seem overly concerned with "getting caught by security". But to me avoiding being violently mugged / falling from a roof / being drowned in a drain seem more significant priorities... Hats off.
Back to the OP... I'm so glad someone has appreciated the real risks in our hobby. Most new people seem overly concerned with "getting caught by security". But to me avoiding being violently mugged / falling from a roof / being drowned in a drain seem more significant priorities... Hats off.
Blimey, didn't expect to start such a debate!
Yup, as I think every time I've been wandering around with it attached to the end of a tripod. Without fail, everyone I have met on an explore has responded well to a cheery "hello" and a friendly chat. As with most of life, I find if you go steaming in expecting people to be dicks then you'll immediately put them on the defensive, and when someone's sat by your exit about to cook up his smack that is exactly the last thing to do. I clocked this chap well before I did, gave him a friendly hello from a distance so as not to startle him then had a good chat with him before crawling back out. As well as recommending we check out the view from the roof (which we already had) he gave us some handy tips on which way to climb out of the hole on the way out.
A friendly hello is THE best weapon in your arsenal
Yup, as I think every time I've been wandering around with it attached to the end of a tripod. Without fail, everyone I have met on an explore has responded well to a cheery "hello" and a friendly chat. As with most of life, I find if you go steaming in expecting people to be dicks then you'll immediately put them on the defensive, and when someone's sat by your exit about to cook up his smack that is exactly the last thing to do. I clocked this chap well before I did, gave him a friendly hello from a distance so as not to startle him then had a good chat with him before crawling back out. As well as recommending we check out the view from the roof (which we already had) he gave us some handy tips on which way to climb out of the hole on the way out.
A friendly hello is THE best weapon in your arsenal
I think I must live a charmed life. Apart from the few nocks on the head I have had or being poked in the eye by a branch I seem to have gotten off unscathed. Though haveing heart palputations in a field in the middle of nowhere looing for a pillbox made me think should I be doing this on my own. Now I make sure I have a phone on me and let my wife know where I am off. Mide you won't be much good if I drop dead while poking round a pillbox. Not been in many abandoned buildings other than a local Asylum which I was wearing toetectors around in then afer walking across a load of staples and nails which I felt through the soles I got some boots with sole protectors in, mind you they don't help if you go through a floor so it pays to be carefull and plan what you want to do before hand.
djmcambs
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out of the 40 or so locations ive been to so far, only encountered sec once, on a third visit to raf upwood to photo the bunkers,when he threatened to let his dogs out of his van,so it was time to go, other than that, no real problems.
Luckily I think genuinely bad experiences are very rare. I had a lovely meal and chinwag with TeeJF on Saturday, and from our combined explore tallies round the table (quie a few hundred) we could count our bad experiences on one hand. Never ever heard of anything like that at Upwood, times are changing.
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John Bull Puntcure Repair Kit ---isnt that to repair a bullshitters ego?
nah cant say i have to be honest worst i had was a page on facebook uploading my Dance academy pics and accusing me of breaking in. but nope no security or falls yet touch wood
blimey i think that would of scared the most hardened explorer lol id of done a runner to the exit lol
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That is freaky!!! Wonder why it was there???
We had a scare in Berlin when we went into one building. I opened a door and a really unmistakable bad smell hit me like a wall. I glanced to my left and there was a human shape under a really dirty duvet on a grotty mattress so I didn't hang around to see if he was brown bread or not, the smell pretty much told me anyway!
