w1ntersun Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The police would not confirm it was gas but the mail says they gassed and entire family through the letterbox http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1302917/Gassed-beds-Riviera-robbers-Terrifying-ordeal-British-tourists-falling-victim-Mediterranean-gang-crimewave.html No hope for us in our little vans then LOL :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Ord Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Hi, There's really only one question to ask if this was really going on; "Where are the bodies?" Bill Ord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randonneur Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 The thing is that we don't have letterboxes in the doors in France, we have the separate letter boxes either on posts or fastened to the walls. So there is no way you could be gassed through one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnerontheroad Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 It's in the Mail so it must be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordThornber Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 johnnerontheroad - 2010-08-14 9:58 AM It's in the Mail so it must be true. By that token then, which newspaper always delivers the truth? Sun? Times? Star? Guardian? Express? Independent? Mirror? Only curious as I'll go and buy it in future, save me reading untruths 8-) Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klyne Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Have you read the comments under the article? What I always find interesting when you see these thing in the papers is the large amount of jewellery stolen. Would you really take that sort of value on holiday with you? Perhaps it was an expensive laptop! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnerontheroad Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 LordThornber - 2010-08-14 10:04 AM johnnerontheroad - 2010-08-14 9:58 AM It's in the Mail so it must be true. By that token then, which newspaper always delivers the truth? Sun? Times? Star? Guardian? Express? Independent? Mirror? Only curious as I'll go and buy it in future, save me reading untruths 8-) Martyn I gave up buying news papers 30+ years ago, what they don't know they make up and what they do know they embellish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 I don't buy newspapers either. Occasionally I buy The Week which summerises the most important news and I can recommend it. As far as the gas thing is concerned I thought on previous posts it had been clearly established that you would have to have a tanker of the stuff to fill a motorhome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B. Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 LordThornber - 2010-08-14 10:04 AM johnnerontheroad - 2010-08-14 9:58 AM It's in the Mail so it must be true. By that token then, which newspaper always delivers the truth? Sun? Times? Star? Guardian? Express? Independent? Mirror? Only curious as I'll go and buy it in future, save me reading untruths 8-) Martyn What difference does it make as long as she's got big boobs? :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 LordThornber - 2010-08-14 10:04 AM johnnerontheroad - 2010-08-14 9:58 AM It's in the Mail so it must be true. By that token then, which newspaper always delivers the truth? Sun? Times? Star? Guardian? Express? Independent? Mirror? Only curious as I'll go and buy it in future, save me reading untruths 8-) Martyn I too gave up buying newspapers many years ago - and even before that I never regarded them as 'the truth' - you just get a rough idea of what's happened, coloured by the journalists ( or editors' ) own agenda. It some cases it seems to be more about selling newspapers than informing the public. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 LordThornber - 2010-08-14 10:04 AM johnnerontheroad - 2010-08-14 9:58 AM It's in the Mail so it must be true. By that token then, which newspaper always delivers the truth? Sun? Times? Star? Guardian? Express? Independent? Mirror? Only curious as I'll go and buy it in future, save me reading untruths 8-) Martyn Suggest you start by just buying one that didn't print this story! Then assess its general coverage and, when you get the balance right, stay with that until ownership/editorial policy makes it unacceptable. After which, you start again. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon B Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Come on give the Mail a break it is the silly season after all and who knows it just might make some of us more aware of our personal security. Anyway things are about to get worse, next week it will be the return of wall to wall football. Oh and if nothing else the Mail does provide an antidote to BBC bias, but then I do have an axe to grind - the newspaper did save my wife's life. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendipman Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I was a newsagent for 35 years,so I could read all of the papers free all of the time!!The Mail was not the worst..I used to read the Daily Worker just to see the other side. Eddie Shah tried to start up but was up against the big boys,no chance..I can assure you Tall Stories bounced off the front page of every paper..but!!!The Mail was the worst for passing on any percentage price rise to us retailers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlowie Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Vernon B - 2010-08-14 5:34 PM Oh and if nothing else the Mail does provide an antidote to BBC bias, but then I do have an axe to grind - the newspaper did save my wife's life. V Tell us more Vernon B !!??!! 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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