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  • L Lost User

    Henry Minute wrote:

    It could happen as code_wiz suggests.

    A famous old American baseball player named Yogi Berra was very "quotable". One of my favorite Berra quotes is: "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." With that in mind, how often does this situation happen as described. A tenant/owner pops out for tea and returns an hour later to find themselves "evicted" from their homes by squatters? Would the police REALLY do nothing? Or would they arrest the squatters for B&E?

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    Henry Minute
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    It does happen. I don't think it happens often, in that way, probably rarely. Squatting is however a big problem and people have been granted ownership of properties after squatting in them for a period, 12 years I think.

    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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    • J Joe Simes

      Didn't the British invent squatting? Only in your country not your flat! :-D

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      Henry Minute
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      :laugh: Well we used to call it helping ourselves the less fortunate.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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      • D Dalek Dave

        The word is THE, not TEH, TEH is what the ignorant say.

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        Lost User
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        Dalek Dave wrote:

        TEH is what the ignorant say.

        Exactly!

        It's time for a new signature.

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        • H Henry Minute

          I remembered that tonight would be good for the Perseids, and what is the seeing like?

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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          Luc Pattyn
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          afraid of leaving the house, you watch them by proxy? :)

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          • C code_wiz

            Apologies for my spell and grammar mistakes in my post.

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            TheyCallMeMrJames
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            code_wiz wrote:

            Apologies for my spell and grammar mistakes in my post.

            Easy, DD, he must be using an iPad.

            They Call me Mister James

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            • D Dalek Dave

              The word is THE, not TEH, TEH is what the ignorant say.

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              AspDotNetDev
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              Dalek Dave wrote:

              The word is THE, not TEH, TEH is what the ignorant say.

              You should quote terms you are referring to, and you should probably have a semicolon in place of that second comma. Here, I'll fix that for you:

              Dalek Dave wrote:

              The word is "the", not "teh"; "teh" is what the ignorant say.

              There, much better. Still, that's nothing compared to that sentence/paragraph you once had with about 16 commas in it and only one period. :rolleyes:

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              • D Dalek Dave

                Didn't you learn English as a child? Didn't is a perfectly cromulent word. Contraction of Did Not. I Haven't wasted your time have I? :)

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                Rick York
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                I think it was his time in grammar class that was wasted.

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Didn't you learn English as a child? Didn't is a perfectly cromulent word. Contraction of Did Not. I Haven't wasted your time have I? :)

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                  I love "cromulent!" Don't ever say the Simpsons didn't contribute to the embiggening of the smallest man. :)

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                  • C code_wiz

                    Nope! according to the lawyers and court officials who came to the show to confirm what LBC 97.3 said. The lawyer even said there was one case where the squatters broke in, and the owner went to call police, and when the police arrive these squatters said that the house was already broken in by some one else, and they even say a guy running away. Then since this house was open anyway, they came in, and exercised the Squatters rights. The police simply said they could not do anything, and asked the owner to prove that it was the squatters who broke in to the house, and then they will take action, not otherwise. If they are legally using Squatter's rights, they will have to be evicted only by court, and the police walked away.

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                    Mike Poz
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                    Yep, and sadly there's an organization that actually helps them to get away with this behavior: Advisory Service For Squatters [^]

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                    • C code_wiz

                      Nope! according to the lawyers and court officials who came to the show to confirm what LBC 97.3 said. The lawyer even said there was one case where the squatters broke in, and the owner went to call police, and when the police arrive these squatters said that the house was already broken in by some one else, and they even say a guy running away. Then since this house was open anyway, they came in, and exercised the Squatters rights. The police simply said they could not do anything, and asked the owner to prove that it was the squatters who broke in to the house, and then they will take action, not otherwise. If they are legally using Squatter's rights, they will have to be evicted only by court, and the police walked away.

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                      Yep, and sadly there's an organization that actually helps them to get away with this behavior: Advisory Service for Squatters[^]

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                      • C code_wiz

                        No problem Mate, i understand what you say about me :) but i do get really annoyed when I see bizarre things happening that should not happen at all.

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                        CaptainSeeSharp
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                        You are imagining things. You should see a doctor.

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                        • L Luc Pattyn

                          afraid of leaving the house, you watch them by proxy? :)

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                          Henry Minute
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                          There is very little that I prefer to do vicariously. Seeing[^]

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                          • H Henry Minute

                            I remembered that tonight would be good for the Perseids, and what is the seeing like?

                            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                            Dalek Dave
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                            Sheee ite

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                              Guys, I was listening to the LBC 97.3 this evening, and i came to know about one piece of legislation in this country that is shameless and stinking. The is apparently called squatter's law/rights, whereby a person could just get into anybody's house, lets say when the residents had gone out for a little shopping for an hour or so, and can claim ownership and live there, and the owners / legal residents there cannot do anything about it, other than to go to court to evict the squatters out the premises!!!! We british always moan about people coming into this country, and we paint them all with the same brush as illegal or stealing jobs fom us, and costing our NHS a lot etc, irrespective of the fact that these lelga immigrants might be ading value to this country and go about minding their own business. Now compare that to squatter rights, and one of the advocate in that program says this is a very usual thing that happens in Britain, and day in and day out this happensm and legal owners will have to spend 10s of thousands of pounds to get the squatters out of the property, via court. I wonder why we have a law that allows British people to let do illegal tresspass into other's houses, and say sorry we can;t do anything about it, please go to court and get them out!!!! Just so you know... if you leave for work in the morning, and when you get back home, you can expect squatters in your home, and not allow you to come in, until you go to court to take them out. From what the advocate said in the program, I believe the squatters break in, and change the lock, and that is it! They can;t be touiched by police or whoever! Shameless British law!!!!! If we let this continue, no one will have any intention to work and earn, they will simply move into other's houses as they wish.

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                              CaptainSeeSharp
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                              Here in America if someone breaks into your property you can shoot them dead.

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                              • T TheyCallMeMrJames

                                code_wiz wrote:

                                Apologies for my spell and grammar mistakes in my post.

                                Easy, DD, he must be using an iPad.

                                They Call me Mister James

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                I have said my piece, I can forgive a lot, but Teh gets on my tits because of He Who Must Not Be Named.

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                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  The word is THE, not TEH, TEH is what the ignorant say.

                                  You should quote terms you are referring to, and you should probably have a semicolon in place of that second comma. Here, I'll fix that for you:

                                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                                  The word is "the", not "teh"; "teh" is what the ignorant say.

                                  There, much better. Still, that's nothing compared to that sentence/paragraph you once had with about 16 commas in it and only one period. :rolleyes:

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  Blimey, that was a while ago. I vaguely remember it. It was just a sentence that had no end to it. Something about Timeo?

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                                    Here in America if someone breaks into your property you can shoot them dead.

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                                    And then get charged for murder unless you can prove they posed a threat. Outside of Texas at least, last I checked.

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                                    • C code_wiz

                                      Guys, I was listening to the LBC 97.3 this evening, and i came to know about one piece of legislation in this country that is shameless and stinking. The is apparently called squatter's law/rights, whereby a person could just get into anybody's house, lets say when the residents had gone out for a little shopping for an hour or so, and can claim ownership and live there, and the owners / legal residents there cannot do anything about it, other than to go to court to evict the squatters out the premises!!!! We british always moan about people coming into this country, and we paint them all with the same brush as illegal or stealing jobs fom us, and costing our NHS a lot etc, irrespective of the fact that these lelga immigrants might be ading value to this country and go about minding their own business. Now compare that to squatter rights, and one of the advocate in that program says this is a very usual thing that happens in Britain, and day in and day out this happensm and legal owners will have to spend 10s of thousands of pounds to get the squatters out of the property, via court. I wonder why we have a law that allows British people to let do illegal tresspass into other's houses, and say sorry we can;t do anything about it, please go to court and get them out!!!! Just so you know... if you leave for work in the morning, and when you get back home, you can expect squatters in your home, and not allow you to come in, until you go to court to take them out. From what the advocate said in the program, I believe the squatters break in, and change the lock, and that is it! They can;t be touiched by police or whoever! Shameless British law!!!!! If we let this continue, no one will have any intention to work and earn, they will simply move into other's houses as they wish.

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                                      SimulationofSai
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                                      May I have your address please? And also your work timings too. I've always fancied owning a home in the UK. :rolleyes:

                                      SG Aham Brahmasmi!

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                                      • C code_wiz

                                        Guys, I was listening to the LBC 97.3 this evening, and i came to know about one piece of legislation in this country that is shameless and stinking. The is apparently called squatter's law/rights, whereby a person could just get into anybody's house, lets say when the residents had gone out for a little shopping for an hour or so, and can claim ownership and live there, and the owners / legal residents there cannot do anything about it, other than to go to court to evict the squatters out the premises!!!! We british always moan about people coming into this country, and we paint them all with the same brush as illegal or stealing jobs fom us, and costing our NHS a lot etc, irrespective of the fact that these lelga immigrants might be ading value to this country and go about minding their own business. Now compare that to squatter rights, and one of the advocate in that program says this is a very usual thing that happens in Britain, and day in and day out this happensm and legal owners will have to spend 10s of thousands of pounds to get the squatters out of the property, via court. I wonder why we have a law that allows British people to let do illegal tresspass into other's houses, and say sorry we can;t do anything about it, please go to court and get them out!!!! Just so you know... if you leave for work in the morning, and when you get back home, you can expect squatters in your home, and not allow you to come in, until you go to court to take them out. From what the advocate said in the program, I believe the squatters break in, and change the lock, and that is it! They can;t be touiched by police or whoever! Shameless British law!!!!! If we let this continue, no one will have any intention to work and earn, they will simply move into other's houses as they wish.

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                                        Dr Walt Fair PE
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                                        I'll bet JSOP would be happy to explain his solution to the squatter problem. It seems to me that the whole problem stems from being able to listen to the squatter's story in the first place.

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                                        • D Dalek Dave

                                          Blimey, that was a while ago. I vaguely remember it. It was just a sentence that had no end to it. Something about Timeo?

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                                          AspDotNetDev
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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          Something about Timeo?

                                          I don't even think I knew what it was about when I first read it. ;P

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