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Rogue Traders

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  • 31-01-2017 7:49pm
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    jameorahiely
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    https://mobile.twitter.com/Kraandrijver/status/826459004821975040?p=v


    The Dutch police tweeted this earlier

    Translated roughly it means " Irish Handymen active in the area, intimidatimg people and asking too much money for the work. Do not drown with them in the sea"

    By chance this afternoon I had "Irish Handymen" call to my door here this afternoon. I'm still waiting on some sort of communication from the Gardai to let me know and warn me about them being in the area.


    What sort of reputation are these "Irish Handymen" giving us and what can be done about it?


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    Potential-Monke
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    Pretty sure they meant travellers...


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    punisher5112
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Pretty sure they meant travellers...

    Give that man a can of coke...


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    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,807 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Give that man a can of coke...

    And a Snickers?


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    demanufactured
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    I wonder would the handymen be looking to Rob you at all at all.


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    punisher5112
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    Due to all the PC rubbish and racist etc etc yada yada yada one has to be careful in their choice of words.


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    Mr. FoggPatches
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Give that man a can of coke...

    Made of copper.


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    Ferrari3600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 617 ✭✭✭Ferrari3600


    Hmmm! Would these Irish handymen by any chance be members of a protected minority group?


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    matchthis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭matchthis


    Sure they would have had to travel to get their.


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    Ferrari3600
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    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    Made of copper.

    Ya junkeees bastid ya.


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    mfceiling
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    Pretty sure they meant travellers...

    Careful boss...


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    Mr. FoggPatches
    Closed Accounts Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Mr. FoggPatches


    Ferrari3600 wrote: »
    Hmmm! Would these Irish handymen by any chance be members of a protected minority group?

    The bilderberg group?


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    riffmongous
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Due to all the PC rubbish and racist etc etc yada yada yada one has to be careful in their choice of words.

    Yeah thats the reason alright, cause the ordinary Dutch person would know all about Travellers and Irish people


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    Larbre34
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    Mobile Irish Handymen are an ethnic group and assert their cultural identity.


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    jameorahiely
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    Should the Gardai be tweeting "there may be a handyman or handymen in your area" to give a heads up?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    riffmongous wrote: »
    Yeah thats the reason alright, cause the ordinary Dutch person would know all about Travellers and Irish people

    Hey smarty meant on here.

    They would just be translated and also coming from official government body they would not be using watch out for thieving scum yada yada.


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    jameorahiely
    Registered Users Posts: 825 ✭✭✭jameorahiely


    bear1 wrote: »
    Maybe I'm missing it, but where in that tweet is there anything to suggest "irish" being the nationality?

    You're missing it!


    This word "Ierse" means Irish



    Ierse klusjesmannen = Irish handymen


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    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    jameorahiely wrote: »
    You're missing it!


    This word "Ierse" means Irish



    Ierse klusjesmannen = Irish handymen

    Yep deleted the post after I noticed it.


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    The_Valeyard
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Give that man a can of coke...

    I remember that school tour well.


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    Grandeeod
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    Before the lock, let's remind ourselves of the accepted Irish rogue traders.

    Bankers, developers, estate agents, engineers, builders, etc. etc.

    They did far more damage than a bunch of travellers scamming people.


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    biko
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    Not only in Holland
    http://www.thelocal.se/20150422/elderly-swedes-scared-by-british-rogue-tradesmen
    Police are investigating a group of Irish handymen believed to be preying on pensioners in Örebro in central Sweden and potentially under pressure from "slave" ringmasters themselves.


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    punisher5112
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    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    I remember that school tour well.

    Excellent concept get kids hooked on sugar and it worked I was a sugar addicted junky till recently and by god was it some shock coming off.

    Remember you could even fill your beaker or bottles also.


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    punisher5112
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    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Before the lock, let's remind ourselves of the accepted Irish rogue traders.

    Bankers, developers, estate agents, engineers, builders, etc. etc.

    They did far more damage than a bunch of travellers scamming people.

    In some ways yes they were bad but I will say one thing they didn't cause or threaten harm or bully or actually steal personal belongings and so on.


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    Ferrari3600
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    Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »
    The bilderberg group?

    Not quite what I had in mind...though there are plenty of dodgy bastids at the top of the pyramid also.


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    Summer wind
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    A shower of bastards Ted.


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    punisher5112
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    Summer wind wrote: »
    A shower of bastards Ted.

    No cowboys bunch of cowboys....


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    Grandeeod
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    In some ways yes they were bad but I will say one thing they didn't cause or threaten harm or bully or actually steal personal belongings and so on.

    Even a form of threatening and bullying from the corporate world can cause harm. I've no wish to derail the thread, but wanted to add some neglected perspective as we seem to moan and rant about this minority and rarely examine the damage done by the behaviour of the white collar types.


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Even a form of threatening and bullying from the corporate world can cause harm. I've no wish to derail the thread, but wanted to add some neglected perspective as we seem to moan and rant about this minority and rarely examine the damage done by the behaviour of the white collar types.

    I hear you. But it seems to be OK to let continue. Which of course is wrong.


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    Summer wind
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    No cowboys bunch of cowboys....

    They'll shaft you every time:D


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    jameorahiely
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    biko wrote: »
    Not only in Holland
    http://www.thelocal.se/20150422/elderly-swedes-scared-by-british-rogue-tradesmen

    The slavery reports are very worring. Wasn't there a case in England a while ago where slaves were freed?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    jameorahiely wrote: »
    The slavery reports are very worring. Wasn't there a case in England a while ago where slaves were freed?

    Yes they kept them like dogs.


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