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"Wasn’t this an Only Fools And Horses storyline?  "
No. A family arrived at their home in Sussex after driving from France. They discovered a man had climbed into their roofbox when they stopped at a supermarket. They called the police who were very helpful. Months later they've received a £200 fine from the borders agency. |
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"Wasn’t this an Only Fools And Horses storyline?
No. A family arrived at their home in Sussex after driving from France. They discovered a man had climbed into their roofbox when they stopped at a supermarket. They called the police who were very helpful. Months later they've received a £200 fine from the borders agency."
Ah so this is a true life thing. Bloody hell that’s crazy and seems a little unfair. |
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"Wasn’t this an Only Fools And Horses storyline?
No. A family arrived at their home in Sussex after driving from France. They discovered a man had climbed into their roofbox when they stopped at a supermarket. They called the police who were very helpful. Months later they've received a £200 fine from the borders agency.
Ah so this is a true life thing. Bloody hell that’s crazy and seems a little unfair. "
Of course it’s a true life thing.
This is a Tom thread............ he doesn’t make this stuff up you know  |
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"I don’t have a roof box 
Sounds like it would be a bad idea to get one reading this post lol
I think so I mean they look tiny but how many people could fit in one  "
I suppose if they are fairly small and flexible you could get two maybe three in one of the larger ones but you may notice the car sitting a little lower than normal |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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I would panic as my car has never had a roof box, so, I've nicked someone's car.
The immigrant I'd give some water to, direct to the nearest appropriate Government offices and tell them to keep schtum about how they got over the boarder.
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"Damn time to start putting customs seals on the roof box now? I would be asking where the hell my luggage was lol
The stow away had thrown their possessions away. "
I'd march them straight back to France. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'd be grateful for anything jumping into my box atm 
I could slide into your box 
Yes please! Clothing optional  x
That’s not what you said yesterday "
Fine, I'll have some fanny tonight please my love   |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
East London |
"They only scan trucks I believe and with vans or Mimi buses they just take a peek and check passports of occupants"
When we went to France cars were driving through the scanning booths.
I don't know if they are x-ray only or heat scanners too.
I can't think of the right name for them at the moment. |
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"They only scan trucks I believe and with vans or Mimi buses they just take a peek and check passports of occupants
When we went to France cars were driving through the scanning booths.
I don't know if they are x-ray only or heat scanners too.
I can't think of the right name for them at the moment. "
Ooohhh so you think there's actual electronic stuff in that goal post you drove through? I thought they were just "scarecrows" with nothing in... |
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"Isn't France on the Amber list at the moment?
I mean are they on official business or a funeral visit? I hope they will be self isolating for 10 days or waiting for track and trace... "
This was when travel to France was permitted. They've only recently received the fine. |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car. "
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable. |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable. "
Did you think someone took their house to France?
Sorry but this has made my day! |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable. "
They don't move in or live in it. They hide in it to get across the channel into England |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable.
Did you think someone took their house to France?
Sorry but this has made my day! "
No, I thought they were saying that they came back from France and while they were away somebody had moved into the roof of their house. I just didn't know where the box came into it. |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable.
Did you think someone took their house to France?
Sorry but this has made my day!
No, I thought they were saying that they came back from France and while they were away somebody had moved into the roof of their house. I just didn't know where the box came into it. "
Ahhhhhhh! Makes sense now. I apologise, but I have a vision in my head of a house somehow bobbing through customs with a box on the roof, containing an immigrant.
It's probably best for me to sleep now, I'm hallucinating! |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable.
Did you think someone took their house to France?
Sorry but this has made my day!
No, I thought they were saying that they came back from France and while they were away somebody had moved into the roof of their house. I just didn't know where the box came into it.
Ahhhhhhh! Makes sense now. I apologise, but I have a vision in my head of a house somehow bobbing through customs with a box on the roof, containing an immigrant.
It's probably best for me to sleep now, I'm hallucinating! "
At least we got it sorted before you went to sleep.  |
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"Am I the only one who doesn't know what a roof box is?
It's a box that goes on the roof. Of your car.
Oh the roof isn't even on a building! I know the sort of thing you mean. People actually move in? Wow. Not exactly comfortable. "
Not quite in the towing ball league but not far from it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I don’t have a roof box
Sounds like it would be a bad idea to get one reading this post lol
I think so I mean they look tiny but how many people could fit in one "
Depends how thinly you slice them |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
What makes this story is the fact that the migrants have to empty much of the family's possessions to fit in the box. So here is the dilemma. How do you treat a person who has dumped your possessions somewhere in France.. |
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"The family say their dumped clothes and toiletries were worth "thousands of pounds"."
I'm sure the video camera, 4 ipads, phones, jewellery and Ralph Lauren dresses all round were also in there.
But yeah I'd be really pissed off that someone dropped my stuff and lost it for me. If someone who wasn't a migrant did that at your local supermarket you'd call plod and wait for them to spring into action.... OK.. Wait for their civilian support staff to issue you a crime ref number and then send an email saying they've explored all leads and that there is nothing more they can do and the case is now closed. |
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Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ? |
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?"
Why wasn't it locked to secure the thousands of pounds worth of possessions? |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?"
They generally pick the cars parked near the hedges and once they have opened or broken into your roofbox then an accomplice secures it and hides the discarded contents.
I heard a story where a migrant wrapped himself in aluminium foil to try and avoid the heat scanners at Calais. He actually got through with this tactic..
The family were returning home to a 21st Birthday Fancy Dress party and they were furious. The fancy dress outfits had been bought in France and they had been stored in the roofbox and discarded by the gang..
They had nothing to wear to the party but there was one unexpected outcome. The migrant won 1st prize at the Fancy Dress. The judges thought he was the tin man from the Wizard of Oz |
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
They generally pick the cars parked near the hedges and once they have opened or broken into your roofbox then an accomplice secures it and hides the discarded contents.
I heard a story where a migrant wrapped himself in aluminium foil to try and avoid the heat scanners at Calais. He actually got through with this tactic..
The family were returning home to a 21st Birthday Fancy Dress party and they were furious. The fancy dress outfits had been bought in France and they had been stored in the roofbox and discarded by the gang..
They had nothing to wear to the party but there was one unexpected outcome. The migrant won 1st prize at the Fancy Dress. The judges thought he was the tin man from the Wizard of Oz"
Then tore it up and sold it for tin foil hats? |
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
Why wasn't it locked to secure the thousands of pounds worth of possessions? "
They do lock, but aren’t that secure |
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"What makes this story is the fact that the migrants have to empty much of the family's possessions to fit in the box. So here is the dilemma. How do you treat a person who has dumped your possessions somewhere in France.."
Bring him back |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
They generally pick the cars parked near the hedges and once they have opened or broken into your roofbox then an accomplice secures it and hides the discarded contents.
I heard a story where a migrant wrapped himself in aluminium foil to try and avoid the heat scanners at Calais. He actually got through with this tactic..
The family were returning home to a 21st Birthday Fancy Dress party and they were furious. The fancy dress outfits had been bought in France and they had been stored in the roofbox and discarded by the gang..
They had nothing to wear to the party but there was one unexpected outcome. The migrant won 1st prize at the Fancy Dress. The judges thought he was the tin man from the Wizard of Oz"
Heat scanners! See, I knew they scanned for stowaways |
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"Ask them if they're ok.
I can only imagine how they'd be feeling and what they've been through
Fleeing war torn France.. ?
France is a safe country..
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I was thinking more q long the lines of someone making it to France and then here |
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By *an4funMan
over a year ago
london |
"Ask them if they're ok.
I can only imagine how they'd be feeling and what they've been through "
You wouldn't feel any fear? Not even a little bit. A stranger getting out of your vehicle and all that |
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"Ask them if they're ok.
I can only imagine how they'd be feeling and what they've been through
You wouldn't feel any fear? Not even a little bit. A stranger getting out of your vehicle and all that"
Fear no...surprise, yes! |
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
Why wasn't it locked to secure the thousands of pounds worth of possessions?
They do lock, but aren’t that secure"
If they're not that secure... You wouldn't leave 1000s of pounds of stuff in their unattended would you? Or am I just a cynic? |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
Why wasn't it locked to secure the thousands of pounds worth of possessions?
They do lock, but aren’t that secure
If they're not that secure... You wouldn't leave 1000s of pounds of stuff in their unattended would you? Or am I just a cynic? "
Well when I worked in sales and you need a piss at the motorway services then often valuable gear is left in your car.. |
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By *an4funMan
over a year ago
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"Why didn't any shoppers in the Calais supermarket carpark notice a Sudanese man emptying thousands of pounds worth of possessions from a roof box, hiding them where the family wouldn't notice them and then climb into it ?
Why wasn't it locked to secure the thousands of pounds worth of possessions?
They do lock, but aren’t that secure
If they're not that secure... You wouldn't leave 1000s of pounds of stuff in their unattended would you? Or am I just a cynic?
Well when I worked in sales and you need a piss at the motorway services then often valuable gear is left in your car.. "
Any mention of drug dealing in the forums is strictly forbidden |
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Discovered one under the trailer once whilst still in France - was lucky for him. We weren’t going on the ferry and still had a half hour drive or so down the motorway to get on the Chunnel, I’m pretty sure he’d have been unable to hang on and there’s no way we’d have heard him over the racket of the thing. |
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