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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  10:52:02  Show Profile
Here is more on the Krystal Square Off.

Can we look forward to something similar in the London Road, Brighton to aid its regeneration?

http://www.krystalsquareoff.com/

Edited by - Infinite Poppadum on 29/10/2007 10:53:27
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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  19:51:41  Show Profile
The "up market" section of Greggs, Baker's Oven, has been the subject of a knife-wielding thief in Crawley.

Perhaps this will bring about the cashless society we hear about every so often? Perhaps Greggs will issue customers with an Oyster-type card?

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1794663.0.knifewielding_youth_robs_bakery.php
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Earthsea



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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  20:21:30  Show Profile
That is in Crawley.
London is close to that,
what do you expect up there.

That has bugger all to do with London Road, Brighton , East Sussex.
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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  20:32:49  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

That is in Crawley.
London is close to that,
what do you expect up there.

That has bugger all to do with London Road, Brighton , East Sussex.



LTNS says that Crawley is "close" to London (is it?), but then in Brighton it is called London Road...

The London element is beside the point. Crime does not stop at the borders of Brighton and Hove (on the contrary, some might say...). If Baker's Oven has suffered such a terrible attack, with sales assistants quivering in fear as the knife glints beneath the fluorescent light and the wasp-killing device, then steps must be taken by Greggs to prevent staff here from such an ordeal. After all, LTNS has extolled the wide door, enough for any number of criminals to get through...

Edited by - Infinite Poppadum on 29/10/2007 20:33:54
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Daveb
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  20:36:32  Show Profile
Crawley is nearer Brighton.

Brighton to Crawley 34.93 Miles
Crawley to London 45.30 Miles
http://www.tripcalculator.org/uk-travel-distance-calculator.html

We're all doomed!
Head for the hills before they start heading for you!
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Earthsea



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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  20:43:20  Show Profile
Yes nice Wide doors
and many staff members.

Why do you worry about Crime?

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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  21:03:48  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Yes nice Wide doors
and many staff members.

Why do you worry about Crime?





Daveb's figures show that LTNS's take upon crime/mileage is - shall we say? - idiosyncratic. These figures reveal that it might make more sense for Brighton criminals to drive to Crawley for a "job" than for London ones to do so (especially as these have more traffic to get through).

Meanwhile, if the Brighton criminals decide to carry out a job on their home patch - the London Road - does LTNS's statement about the number of staff in Greggs mean that they are trained to go into arm-to-arm combat with any number of criminals who get through that "Wide Door" and that the said criminal would be mad even to attempt a raid?

Of course, any canny criminal, if caught and up before the judge, might plead, "Your Honour, I was simply trying to save people from the far greater crime against humanity of the Greggs products! I was saving them from themselves!"

Edited by - Infinite Poppadum on 29/10/2007 21:11:35
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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  21:06:51  Show Profile
Post corrected above

Edited by - Infinite Poppadum on 29/10/2007 21:08:55
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  21:07:27  Show Profile
It is a Bakers
not a Jewellers store.

Again why do You worry about Crime so much?
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Infinite Poppadum
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  21:14:48  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

It is a Bakers
not a Jewellers store.

Again why do You worry about Crime so much?



So why didn't the Crawley (London?) (Brighton?) criminal hold up a jewellers there instead of going for a version of the well-known pasty/tuna baguette store?

We should all be worried about crime.
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Earthsea



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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  21:22:35  Show Profile
Junkies will rob their own Freaking Gran.

Are you so out of touch
or what?



Worry about Crime?
Try and Stay Happy more.
If you lock all your windows , doors
you should be fine.

Edited by - long time no see on 29/10/2007 21:24:33
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Miriam Binder
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  22:30:56  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

It is a Bakers
not a Jewellers store.


That's right ... it was a bakery that was robbed to the tune of several hundred pounds.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  22:33:21  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Junkies will rob their own Freaking Gran.


You know the young man then LTNS?

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  22:44:07  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Miriam Binder

quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

It is a Bakers
not a Jewellers store.


That's right ... it was a bakery that was robbed to the tune of several hundred pounds.



For Sure
in Crawley
not Brighton.
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  22:46:19  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Miriam Binder

quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Junkies will rob their own Freaking Gran.


You know the young man then LTNS?




Miriam you know full
well Junkies will sell/rob/beat up
for there next fix.

The Only good Junkie
is a Dead one.

Sign Of The Times.
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Miriam Binder
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:01:51  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Miriam you know full
well Junkies will sell/rob/beat up
for there next fix.

The Only good Junkie
is a Dead one.

Sign Of The Times.

What I know or think I know about junkies is neither here nor there LTNS. You have obviously decided that the young man who committed this audacious robbery in a bakery is a junky ... One can only assume that you make this leap on the basis of some knowledge regarding the actual individual that carried out this specific criminal act.

Far be it from me to tell you what your duty as an upright citizen is but I would venture to suggest that telephone and police station come into it somewhere.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:07:34  Show Profile
I am in Brighton
not bleedin' Crawley.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:12:53  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

I am in Brighton
not bleedin' Crawley.

Well, from your posts it looks as if you are very aware of who actually commited this heinous crime. Anyway, I know you drive a car ... you've already told us that is when and where you listen to Radio 5. It isn't that far ...

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:21:25  Show Profile
Well Insp Miriam
Aware of Junkies
you need to be.

Brighton is the Junkie City of England
sadly.

Edited by - long time no see on 29/10/2007 23:22:12
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:36:54  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Well Insp Miriam
Aware of Junkies
you need to be.

Brighton is the Junkie City of England
sadly.

Except that this robbery took place in Crawley as you have been at pains to point out.

You claim that you were in Brighton. Yet you tell us that the robber is a junkie. You get shirty because someone remembers you have in a previous post claimed to have a car and to driving said car. You also refer to Brighton as the "Junkie City of England".

Hmmmmmmm ..... Methinks the LTNS doeth protest too much.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



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Posted - 29/10/2007 :  23:48:39  Show Profile
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1794663.0.knifewielding_youth_robs_bakery.php

Posted by IP.
A hooded youth is wanted by Police In CRAWLEY.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  00:00:15  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1794663.0.knifewielding_youth_robs_bakery.php

Posted by IP.
A hooded youth is wanted by Police In CRAWLEY.

Yep posted by Infinite Poppadum with a link to the (Brighton) local newpaper article where, one can only assume, he read about the crime.
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Junkies will rob their own Freaking Gran.


But this was posted by you. No link to any article. One can only assume that it is from your own knowledge of events. Do you know the robber's grandmother? Does she work at the bakery?

Just as a matter of interest ... where were you at 1.30pm last Saturday? Thinking of placing a bet?

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  05:45:12  Show Profile
Of course
there is No Link.

Everyone
even you Miriam,
knows that Junkies are never to be trusted.

And Note I said "Junkies"
many are all in the same Near Dead state.

Edited by - long time no see on 30/10/2007 05:54:35
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Borninhove
Calaspia



934 Posts

Posted - 30/10/2007 :  05:59:17  Show Profile
LTNS
quote:
The Only good Junkie
is a Dead one.

William Burroughs
Charlie Parker
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Ozzy Osbourne
Ray Charles
Elizabeth Taylor
Marilyn Monroe
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Judy Garland
Stephen King
Jim Morrison
Eric Clapton
Johnny Cash
Elton John
Leonard Nimoy
etc. etc. etc.

The world would be a much sadder place if it were not for the junkies.

Valhalla, I am coming!
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  06:08:09  Show Profile
On the Brighton Street level
they are not stars.

Brighton has the worse Junkie Death Rate.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  06:39:38  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

And Note I said "Junkies"
many are all in the same Near Dead state.

It seems as if this robber is far from in a near dead state. He managed to avoid capture by concerned passers by in a crowded shopping centre on a Saturday lunchtime.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin

Edited by - Miriam Binder on 30/10/2007 07:11:14
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  06:40:50  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

On the Brighton Street level
they are not stars.

Moral ambiguity strikes again? Is it alright to be a junky provided you are a celebrity?

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  07:07:07  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Miriam Binder

Moral ambiguity strikes again? Is it alright to be a junky provided you are a celebrity?





Of Course.


Life In The City.
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Infinite Poppadum
Discworld



1236 Posts

Posted - 30/10/2007 :  08:40:22  Show Profile
There was that view from Cardiff quite a few pages back now that Greggs put crack in its pasties, hence their addictive power for customers.
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Control Panel
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Posted - 30/10/2007 :  10:29:07  Show Profile
Here is Greggs' autumn trading results, where Sir Michael Darrington claims there is a 5.9% increase.

He also mentions "protein price increases in the pipeline", on top of the wheat etc. Presumably by "protein", he means the innards of a tuna baguette, the rest of it being of no nutritional value?

Ominously he speaks of more branches to be opened...

www.ir.greggs.plc.uk/greggsplc/upload/GreggsAutumntradingupdate091007.pdf+Greggs+October+2007&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk&ie=UTF-8" target="_blank">http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:2PyVpDROeC4J:www.ir.greggs.plc.uk/greggsplc/upload/GreggsAutumntradingupdate091007.pdf+Greggs+October+2007&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk&ie=UTF-8
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