Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Tyre slashers hit 'the ladder'
I've only just been told today by a friend who lives on 'the ladder' of a spate of tyre slashing that hit the area about two weeks ago. Apparently only vans, people carriers and 4x4s were targeted.
Is this some sort of so-called eco-warrior's doing? Because all this has done is make a whole lot of people purchase new tyres (adding the slashed tyres to the tyre mountain).
Is this some sort of so-called eco-warrior's doing? Because all this has done is make a whole lot of people purchase new tyres (adding the slashed tyres to the tyre mountain).
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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At last, a fantasy confession..!! quick... open a new discussion.. "My most recent fantasy" ... :o)
Seriously though.. I like the idea of old tyres being re-cycled as sea walls.. have you seen it in action..?? How are they held together?
Imagine the banks of the Thames being built-up with old tyres, with London becoming self-sufficient in sea/thames defences..
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If you click on that link you "should" be able to see a wall my father built for a friend in 1983. It is still standing and has saved his back yard, but not his neighbours. I think we drove big iron posts into the ground and then put the tyres on. They filled with sand all by themselves.
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Hi John.. I did look at the link but it's not possible to zoom right in.
I was in NZ in 1997 and it does seem like a "down to earth" sort of place. I can imagine tyres being used in that way there.
BTW, coming as I do from Europe's car producing land No.1, I couldn't miss noticing how many over 20 year old cars were still on the road in NZ and in "good" working condition too.. So many old Hillman Avengers..!! Cars there seem to be used (have the same standing) as household appliances, rather than as outward signs of affluence (debt)... I like that idea.. the french think a bit like that too.. Don't cars rust in NZ?
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The black line in the middle of the picture is the tyre wall.
Yes cars do rust. My Mk II Escort was constantly under attack but easy for me to keep running in other respects.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Arh, these are working man's vans and family cars we're talking about. The police may be interested in your fantasies, especially those that are members of this site.
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Since when have the police been interested in "thought control"?
Thank goodness some people haven't become so "dumbed down" that they can still have fantasies and can even talk about them..
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Blimey, I seem to have wandered into a discussion between consenting adults about their fantasies! At least , you're talking about rubber tyres not rubber knickers (sorry John, talking knickers again! and Matt , stop waving that truncheon about :D)... sorry I have a very 'carry on' sense of humour)
If the 'eco warrior' is reading this, perhaps they'd like to cycle round to my house and combat climate change by digging my neighbour's bloody awful garden, I could probably find 'em a bit of weeding to do as well.
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My suspicion would be some middle class cycle mad yobbos did this (yes a bit of an oxymoron).
Maybe they'd like to do something positive for the neighbourhood, something environmental and for the kids that have to walk along dog shit alley; namely, clean up the dog shit daily before school so said kids can walk rather than be driven. Guess that wouldn't fulfil their revolutionary desires.
There are lots of people and organisations doing positive things for change towards a better environment; http://blog.environmentsolutions.co.uk Slashing tyres is not one of them.
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I suspect that it was other SUV owners trying to cause a sensational backlash against middle class cyclists. We both have similar amounts of evidence. ;)
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It's a bit lame to use dog excrement as an excuse for not driving the kids to school...
A bit more exposure to real world "pongs and mess" might do "the said kid's" immune systems good!
I expect the tyre slashing has more to do with good old fashioned envies, jealousies, as well as grudges..than with class wars... Don't you think you are crediting the vandals with a bit too much intelligence..???
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You know I think the children of Harringay are well exposed to the pongs and mess...they should have phenomenal immune systems as well as being very nimble footed...the Royal Ballet should recruit here judging by the nifty footwork I see in the mornings while walking the nippers to school.
You're probably both crediting the vandals with too much intelligence...kids with knives don't need reasons.
Good post about doing 'green'stuff for the community, Matt.
Did I mention my neighbour's garden? Oh I did...
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