[Closed] Just turned away a 'disabled war veteran'

I had a window cleaner knock on the door last night, told him I already have a window cleaner. He was fine with it.

Other stuff happened since then but I haven't bothered sharing.

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Nottingham knockers 🙂

Usual MO is just been released from prison, trying to get life back on track guv.

I saw a dog wearing a flat cap today.

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I had one of those guys stroll into my garage in the 5 minutes I had the door up working on a motorbike.

I could well belive he'd just been released from prison, as he had the whole junkie vibe going on.

It also felt a lot like he was casing me. Funnily enough someone tried to force the garge door a few days later...

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I saw a dog wearing a flat cap today.

Had the dog been to prison or fought in a warzone?

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I had a window cleaner knock on the door last night, told him I already have a window cleaner. He was fine with it.

Other stuff happened since then but I haven't bothered sharing.

lol.

Yeah, known scam, usually used for scoping for potential burglary targets, we had it a few months ago, they were selling stuff like laptop and tablet screen cleaning wipes etc.

So, if you buy them they know there's laptop in the house etc.

Glad I didn't have the garage door open when they were here.

Police non-emergency number with as good a description as you can give them.

Was the dog wearing the flat cap or were you wearing one when you saw it?

Both.

We just looked at each other in a knowing way, nodded, said nothing, and passed each other by.

I had a bloke round last week, trying to flog me an aerial photo of our house. The cheek of it!
I told him I have loads taken from my very own drone & he just said, 'oh' then went.
I also had a man round asking if we wanted the tree out the front pruning, I told him my son was a tree surgeon & was coming to do it at some point. (been here 8 years & I'm still waiting, but then again, he's not even a tree surgeon)

I've also had ex cons ringing the bell & explaining who they are & on very close inspection of their ID I've always bought something from them.

It wasn't until Kryton57 quoted it, that I understood.

I assume these guys are fake. For the record I have no feelings of remorse whatsoever.

A bloke was most put out when I wouldn’t give him some money towards buying insulin.

Regards,

Tomhoward, recipient of free insulin on the NHS for the last 25 years, as a type 1 diabetic

Reckon I had one of these scoping me out last year. Must've spotted the tempting-looking rucksack in the porch, because it disappeared mysteriously a day or so later.

It contained the smelliest old climbing shoes in the universe, surprised the whiff didn't knock him clean out when he opened it up.

I just send the dog to answer the door....

I've got one of those no cold calling stickers. not had any disabled con men knock on the door since I put it up.

hatter
they were selling stuff like laptop and tablet screen cleaning wipes etc.

So, if you buy them they know there's laptop in the house etc.

I had one selling bog roll and condoms yesterday.

I'm calling the police.

my question is....... how did you know he was disabled?

When was the disabled war?

Riding back from the station yesterday afternoon, two neds on bikes looking at me as I approach a T junction to stop. The one kept staring at me from the pavement on the other road as I waited to pull out. Then, as I rode past, the other one took off and tried to catch me up. Pretty poor attempt, I just upped the pace and dropped him like a stone. Not sure if he was messing about or trying to rob me tbh, could have been either.

I saw a dog wearing a flat cap today.

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