RichieRiv wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 7:54 pm
Last week Mrs RR was threatened by a seller online on buy and sell clothes site Vinted. She received an item that was Jekyll so she reported to Vinted for a refund. She got a message back with a picture of our house; a warning that they were going to come and get their money and she should warn her family about their safety, followed by them saying they were going to bring tools and a picture of a hand holding a Glock 17.
After being on hold for over an hour with 101 and obviously a little shaken she decided to call 999. With an hpir we had 2 coppers on the door step. One took a statement the itger checked over the house. They have flagged our numbers so were we to call 999 then armed back up would be put on standby. They said that altbogh its likely a keyboard warrior she was right to call and any threat that involves a firearm is taken very seriously.
Jeepers , that must have been genuinely scary . Can they not trace these bastards ??
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Meanwhile , up in the Highlands Of Scotland -
We were watching a few episodes of ' Highland Cops ' the other day , Skye was featured on a couple of them , a visit from Prince Charles and Camilla in Portree and someone causing a bit of bother with a baseball bat , again up in Portree .
The one which made me laugh were the two Police Officers who were patrolling Dornie on the night Kinlochshiel won the Camanachd Cup [ Shinty competition ] - I know one of them , she's the daughter ** of an ex colleague and mate from our Ferry Days - anyway , their job that night was to chat to the locals at the Clachan Bar to make sure that none were going to be drinking and driving then they met the Shinty Bus on the Dornie Bridge , stopped them and asked them if they'd like the blue flashing lights or the back lights flashing as they were given a Police Escort across the bridge to the Pub . They went with both . Blue flashing lights and back lights flashing .
And that's how you deal with the general public , they were great craic .
** The stories I could tell her about her Dad and myself would get us both prison terms .
And that is a true story .