I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car 
park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run 
out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy 
actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.

Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it 
in!

Ps. Sorry about the x-post

Ordinary Hard Working Bloke wrote:
> I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the
> car park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he
> has run out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have
> often seen the guy actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>
> Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be
> raking it in!

Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last one I 
experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need money for flight 
and so on....)

cupra"  wrote


> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last one I 
> experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need money for 
> flight and so on....)
>

When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me on his 
stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a wheelchair or 
something.



-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

Knight Of The Road wrote:
> cupra"  wrote
>
>
>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last
>> one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need
>> money for flight and so on....)
>>
>
> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me
> on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
> wheelchair or something.

I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me.....

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:21:58 +0100, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
 wrote:

>I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car 
>park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run 
>out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy 
>actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.

And people give money to beggard on the Tube, too. I don't understand
it.

On Oct 8, 1:21 pm, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
 wrote:
> I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car
> park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run
> out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy
> actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>
> Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it
> in!
>
> Ps. Sorry about the x-post

I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.


Francis

"James Farrar"  wrote

> And people give money to beggard on the Tube, too. I don't understand
> it.



I sometimes give money to beggars, why not?


-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:27:32 +0100, "Knight Of The Road"
 wrote:

>
>"James Farrar"  wrote
>
>> And people give money to beggard on the Tube, too. I don't understand
>> it.
>
>
>
>I sometimes give money to beggars, why not?

Because they're (almost invariably) scammers?

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:01:56 +0100, "Knight Of The Road"
 wrote:

>
>
> cupra"  wrote
>
>
>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last one I 
>> experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need money for 
>> flight and so on....)
>>
>
>When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me on his 
>stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a wheelchair or 
>something.

More credible than a pair of slippers...

francis wrote:
> On Oct 8, 1:21 pm, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
>  wrote:
> 
>>I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car
>>park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run
>>out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy
>>actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>>
>>Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it
>>in!
>>
>>Ps. Sorry about the x-post
> 
> 
> I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
> if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.

I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls. 
He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem 
was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real) 
ha'pennies.

I gave him a one pound coin.

" cupra"  wrote in message 
news:5muompFff81qU1@mid.individual.net...
> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>> cupra"  wrote
>>
>>
>>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last
>>> one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need
>>> money for flight and so on....)
>>>
>>
>> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me
>> on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
>> wheelchair or something.
>
> I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me...
                                               ------------------------------------------------------..

Perhaps after the beggar bit your hand off you realised he was begging for 
food.

"James Farrar"  wrote

> Because they're (almost invariably) scammers?

In my experience, they aren't "scammers", but are just looking for some 
money to buy some beer. And what's wrong with that?


-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

"francis"  wrote in message 
news:1191860600.254886.94330@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
> if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.


Did you give her one?

There is one of these hanging around Golders Green / Brent Cross claiming to
have lost car keys and needing money to get home
Ashamedly, I fell for it.

cupra  wrote:

> Ordinary Hard Working Bloke wrote:
> > I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the
> > car park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he
> > has run out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have
> > often seen the guy actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
> >
> > Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be
> > raking it in!
> 
> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last one I
> experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need money for flight
> and so on....) 

At Barcelona airport, a guy with an English accent approached me with
such a story!

There used to be a guy with a US accent on the metrolink trams in
Manchester who claimed he needed money for his flight 'back to Chicago.'
Slightly more worrying, there was a kid in school uniform always asking
people for money for his ticket. When I offered to buy him one, he
walked off...

-- 
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably 
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:10:30 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>  cupra  wrote:
>
>> Ordinary Hard Working Bloke wrote:
>> > I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the
>> > car park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he
>> > has run out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have
>> > often seen the guy actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>> >
>> > Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be
>> > raking it in!
>> 
>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last one I
>> experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need money for flight
>> and so on....) 
>
>At Barcelona airport, a guy with an English accent approached me with
>such a story!
>
>There used to be a guy with a US accent on the metrolink trams in
>Manchester who claimed he needed money for his flight 'back to Chicago.'
>Slightly more worrying, there was a kid in school uniform always asking
>people for money for his ticket. When I offered to buy him one, he
>walked off...

Funny, that!

I've seen enough of these in the decade I've lived in London that I
can generally spot them before they've even started their spiel... so
when they attempt to open a conversation by saying something like "can
I ask you for a favour", I reply "not if it will involve me giving you
money at the end of it". That usually shuts them up.

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>  cupra  wrote:
>
>> Ordinary Hard Working Bloke wrote:
>>> I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the
>>> car park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as
>>> he has run out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have
>>> often seen the guy actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>>>
>>> Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be
>>> raking it in!
>>
>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last
>> one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need
>> money for flight and so on....)
>
> At Barcelona airport, a guy with an English accent approached me with
> such a story!

Probably the same bloke doing the rounds!

Rob Wilton wrote:
> " cupra"  wrote in message
> news:5muompFff81qU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>> cupra"  wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme -
>>>> last one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet,
>>>> need money for flight and so on....)
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me
>>> on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
>>> wheelchair or something.
>>
>> I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me...
>                                              ------------------------------------------------------..
> Perhaps after the beggar bit your hand off you realised he was
> begging for food.

Most of them were 'she' - it's quite obvious what they wanted.....

" cupra"  wrote in message 
news:5n0m03FffakrU1@mid.individual.net...
> Rob Wilton wrote:
>> " cupra"  wrote in message
>> news:5muompFff81qU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>>> cupra"  wrote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme -
>>>>> last one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet,
>>>>> need money for flight and so on....)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me
>>>> on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
>>>> wheelchair or something.
>>>
>>> I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me...
>>                                              ------------------------------------------------------..
>> Perhaps after the beggar bit your hand off you realised he was
>> begging for food.
>
> Most of them were 'she' - it's quite obvious what they wanted.....

                                                ----------------------------------
Perhaps she was collecting charity money for Gambians with no legs !!!!

On 8 Oct, 20:35, JNugent 
wrote:
> francis wrote:
> > On Oct 8, 1:21 pm, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
> >  wrote:
>
> >>I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car
> >>park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run
> >>out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy
> >>actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>
> >>Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it
> >>in!
>
> >>Ps. Sorry about the x-post
>
> > I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
> > if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.
>
> I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
> He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
> was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
> ha'pennies.
>
> I gave him a one pound coin.-

Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...

In article , Knight Of The Road 
 writes
>
>"James Farrar"  wrote
>
>> Because they're (almost invariably) scammers?
>
>In my experience, they aren't "scammers", but are just looking for some
>money to buy some beer. And what's wrong with that?

Thought you'd never ask. Mine's a pint of Guinness. Packet of crisps 
would be nice, too.
-- 
congokid
Eating out in London? Read my tips...
http://congokid.com

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 12:10:30AM +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:

> There used to be a guy with a US accent on the metrolink trams in
> Manchester who claimed he needed money for his flight 'back to Chicago.'
> Slightly more worrying, there was a kid in school uniform always asking
> people for money for his ticket. When I offered to buy him one, he
> walked off...

There's a guy near where I live who's always asking for "help" getting
back to Brighton.  I've told him several times that it's 60 miles -->
that way, and he can walk it easily.

-- 
David Cantrell | Official London Perl Mongers Bad Influence

Rob Wilton wrote:
> 
> " cupra"  wrote in message 
> news:5muompFff81qU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>> cupra"  wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme - last
>>>> one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet, need
>>>> money for flight and so on....)
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to me
>>> on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
>>> wheelchair or something.
>>
>> I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me...
>                                               
> ------------------------------------------------------..
> 
> Perhaps after the beggar bit your hand off you realised he was begging 
> for food.


...or a hand out!

-- 
Moving things in still pictures!

®i©ardo wrote:
> Rob Wilton wrote:
>>
>> " cupra"  wrote in message
>> news:5muompFff81qU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Knight Of The Road wrote:
>>>> cupra"  wrote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Plenty of places have beggars using a variation on that theme -
>>>>> last one I experienced was on the Barcelona Metro (stolen wallet,
>>>>> need money for flight and so on....)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I was in The Gambia, some scammer with no legs hobbled up to
>>>> me on his stumps and tried to spin me some hard luck story about a
>>>> wheelchair or something.
>>>
>>> I didn't understand what the beggars in Bangladesh were asking me...
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------..
>>
>> Perhaps after the beggar bit your hand off you realised he was
>> begging for food.
>
>
> ...or a hand out!

Your coat's over there ----------> :)

In message 
          "Knight Of The Road"  wrote:

> 
> "James Farrar"  wrote
> 
> > Because they're (almost invariably) scammers?
> 
> In my experience, they aren't "scammers", but are just looking for some 
> money to buy some beer. And what's wrong with that?
> 
> 

It's not beer they are going to buy but heroin.

-- 
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html>

Brian wrote:
> On 8 Oct, 20:35, JNugent 
> wrote:
> 
>>francis wrote:
>>
>>>On Oct 8, 1:21 pm, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car
>>>>park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run
>>>>out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy
>>>>actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>>
>>>>Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it
>>>>in!
>>
>>>>Ps. Sorry about the x-post
>>
>>>I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
>>>if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.
>>
>>I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
>>He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
>>was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
>>ha'pennies.
>>
>>I gave him a one pound coin.-
> 
> 
> Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...

Maybe. After six minutes waiting behind him, I was ready to try anything.

I wish I'd taken the old coins as souvenirs. Have you seen the price 
of half-crowns in the Brighton Lanes?

"JNugent"  wrote

> I wish I'd taken the old coins as souvenirs. Have you seen the price of 
> half-crowns in the Brighton Lanes?




Absolutely. I would gladly swap a £1 coin for £1's worth of pre-decimal 
coinage.

I own several pre-decimal coinage amusement machines and sometimes trade in 
"the old money" and the current exchange rate for selling on eBay is a 
minimum of 4:1 in favour of £.s.d and rising all the time.



-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:22:28 +0100, JNugent
 wrote:


>>>I gave him a one pound coin.-
>> 
>> 
>> Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...
>
>Maybe. After six minutes waiting behind him, I was ready to try anything.
>
>I wish I'd taken the old coins as souvenirs. Have you seen the price 
>of half-crowns in the Brighton Lanes?

Sainsburys are giving away uncirculated threepeny bits with christmas
puddins this year.

DG

"Derek Geldard"  wrote
>
> Sainsburys are giving away uncirculated threepeny bits with christmas
> puddins this year.


No- Sainsbury's are inflating the price of their Christmas puddings to 
include the cost of including an uncrirculated threepenny bit.

-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

On 9 Oct, 21:22, JNugent 
wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > On 8 Oct, 20:35, JNugent 
> > wrote:
>
> >>francis wrote:
>
> >>>On Oct 8, 1:21 pm, "Ordinary Hard Working Bloke"
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>>>I visit Heathrow Airport regularly and sometimes I see a guy in the car
> >>>>park, going around and asking driver for a couple of pounds as he has run
> >>>>out of money to pay for his car parked there. And I have often seen the guy
> >>>>actually get money from unsuspecting motorists.
>
> >>>>Wonder if anyone else has come across this at Heathrow. He must be raking it
> >>>>in!
>
> >>>>Ps. Sorry about the x-post
>
> >>>I got asked by a young lady at the service centre by the Forth bridge
> >>>if I could give her £2 as she did not have the cash for the toll.
>
> >>I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
> >>He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
> >>was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
> >>ha'pennies.
>
> >>I gave him a one pound coin.-
>
> > Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...
>
> Maybe. After six minutes waiting behind him, I was ready to try anything.
>
> I wish I'd taken the old coins as souvenirs. Have you seen the price
> of half-crowns in the Brighton Lanes?-

Absolutely.  Frankly, even if it was a scam, anyone who goes to that
much effort deserves to succeed!

"Derek Geldard"  wrote in message 
news:ep1pg3pporgnv906bo5d2t4n7a2fl7vcai@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:22:28 +0100, JNugent
>  wrote:
>
>
> Sainsburys are giving away uncirculated threepeny bits with christmas
> puddins this year.
>
> DG
                                                                  ------------------------------------
Aahh there's nothing like a nice pair of threepeny bits especially with your 
Christmas pud.

Brian  wrote:

> > I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
> > He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
> > was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
> > ha'pennies.
> >
> > I gave him a one pound coin.-
> 
> Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...

I wouldn't be so sure. I was once walking through Mill Hill and a German
car stopped by the side of me. The driver was asking for directions in
German and didn't seem at all surprised that he hit on someone who could
speak German. Anyway he wanted to get to Northampton and was asking me
to point out the route on his map.

His map was so old that it didn't show the M1.

Euston Station used to have a Scouse guy who used to ask people who
were using the ticket machines ' forra couple of quid as he was
stranded, like' and would get quite abusive if you refused. His bluff
was called by someone who actually bought him a ticket to Liverpool,
which he was later seen trying to flog to people buying tickets for
less than half price !

Steve Firth wrote:
> Brian  wrote:
> 
> 
>>>I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
>>>He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
>>>was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
>>>ha'pennies.
>>>
>>>I gave him a one pound coin.-
>>
>>Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...
> 
> 
> I wouldn't be so sure. I was once walking through Mill Hill and a German
> car stopped by the side of me. The driver was asking for directions in
> German and didn't seem at all surprised that he hit on someone who could
> speak German. Anyway he wanted to get to Northampton and was asking me
> to point out the route on his map.
> 
> His map was so old that it didn't show the M1.

Printed and issued c.1940, perhaps?

"JNugent"  wrote

>
> Printed and issued c.1940, perhaps?



And concealed in a "Berlin" monopoly board maybe?


-- 
Regards, Vince

"I don't drive, so increased fuel prices don't affect me at all" (Doug 
Bollen)

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 09:22:28PM +0100, JNugent wrote:

> I wish I'd taken the old coins as souvenirs. Have you seen the price 
> of half-crowns in the Brighton Lanes?

As extortionate as everything else there?

-- 
David Cantrell | top google result for "internet beard fetish club"

Aluminum makes a nice hat.  
All paranoids will tell you that.
But what most do not know     
Is reflections will show    
On the CIA's evil landsat.

JNugent  wrote:

> Steve Firth wrote:
> > Brian  wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>>I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
> >>>He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
> >>>was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
> >>>ha'pennies.
> >>>
> >>>I gave him a one pound coin.-
> >>
> >>Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...
> > 
> > 
> > I wouldn't be so sure. I was once walking through Mill Hill and a German
> > car stopped by the side of me. The driver was asking for directions in
> > German and didn't seem at all surprised that he hit on someone who could
> > speak German. Anyway he wanted to get to Northampton and was asking me
> > to point out the route on his map.
> > 
> > His map was so old that it didn't show the M1.
> 
> Printed and issued c.1940, perhaps?

Heh, mebbe, although IIRC it was actually a pre-war Michelin map.

"Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:1i5rkla.487g5kxjtsmsN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk...
> Brian  wrote:
>
>> > I once pulled up behind a German registered car at the Dartford tolls.
>> > He was taking a long time, so I walked forward to see what the problem
>> > was - he was counting out the toll in threepenny bits and (real)
>> > ha'pennies.
>> >
>> > I gave him a one pound coin.-
>>
>> Oh dear, you fell for the old "pocket full of old money" scam ...
>
> I wouldn't be so sure. I was once walking through Mill Hill and a German
> car stopped by the side of me. The driver was asking for directions in
> German and didn't seem at all surprised that he hit on someone who could
> speak German. Anyway he wanted to get to Northampton and was asking me
> to point out the route on his map.
>
> His map was so old that it didn't show the M1.
                                                  -----------------------------------------
This German bloke with the old map didn't happen to have a short clipped 
moustache and a  brown shirt with a swastika armband on by any chance?

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:27:22 +0100, "Rob Wilton"
 wrote:

>"Derek Geldard"  wrote in message 
>news:ep1pg3pporgnv906bo5d2t4n7a2fl7vcai@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:22:28 +0100, JNugent
>>  wrote:
>>
>> Sainsburys are giving away uncirculated threepeny bits with christmas
>> puddins this year.
>>
>Aahh there's nothing like a nice pair of threepeny bits especially with your 
>Christmas pud. 

They have to be silver threepenny bits. Your 12-sided ones are not the
genuine article.
-- 
Terry Harper
URL: http://www.btinternet.com/~terry.harper/