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[*Raz*]

Quick question though? Is it technically stealing if your going on to private property and taking stuff from their bins?

Why, you thinking of making raz a romantic dinner?

LOL!!

[yorkshirechris]

Haha I watched this too.

"What do you contribute to society?"

"Err, well, God this, errm, God that, <insert religious excuses here which don't answer the question"

Basically they were gypsies!
Their son uses the local school. They use the NHS when they need it. They use the roads! But don't pay anything at all into the system.

A question which arose after the show which I can't answer for myself:

They had a van on the road, how can they pay road tax and petrol money and insurance for it, if they aren't working, and apparently don't claim any benefits?
Do they get all their clothes from ravaging through bins too?

I totally agree with the husband from the other couple - a few people reducing their waste in this country isn't going to help in any way whatsoever the starving people in africa!

[yorkshirechris]

Stealing rubbish is illegal - it's property (even though it's waste) and it's on private property.

Although saying that I wouldn't mind some Freegans coming and emptying my bin of the rubbish we throw away, because when the local council start charging "per Kg" to dispose of my waste it will save me a fortune!

[Jammy]

Haha I watched this too.

"What do you contribute to society?"

"Err, well, God this, errm, God that, <insert religious excuses here which don't answer the question"

Basically they were gypsies!
Their son uses the local school. They use the NHS when they need it. They use the roads! But don't pay anything at all into the system.

A question which arose after the show which I can't answer for myself:

They had a van on the road, how can they pay road tax and petrol money and insurance for it, if they aren't working, and apparently don't claim any benefits?
Do they get all their clothes from ravaging through bins too?

I totally agree with the husband from the other couple - a few people reducing their waste in this country isn't going to help in any way whatsoever the starving people in africa!

I disagree with the statement that they were basically gypsies, and it depends what you mean by gypsies; either those scummy people who drive around in brand new transits stealing metal, or proper traveller gypsies....

And they explained how they afford stuff - donations! If they get food and water for free, its not like there is much else they have to pay for! Tax is going to be a few hundred quid a year, and insurance would probably be less... In fact their expenses probably stretch as far as paying to keep their motorhomes on the road and thats it...

[Juju]

Nope, I didn't see Wife Swap.
I feel my life is richer for it.

[yorkshirechris]

I disagree with the statement that they were basically gypsies, and it depends what you mean by gypsies; either those scummy people who drive around in brand new transits stealing metal, or proper traveller gypsies....

And they explained how they afford stuff - donations! If they get food and water for free, its not like there is much else they have to pay for! Tax is going to be a few hundred quid a year, and insurance would probably be less... In fact their expenses probably stretch as far as paying to keep their motorhomes on the road and thats it...

Mmm yeah they aren't like the theiving sort of gypsies. But still, I disagree with their concept of life. If God provides food why do they have to venture onto someone elses property and steal their waste

I must have missed the bit about donations. That's fair enough, if people want to subsidise their lifestyle that's totally upto them.

Using the local schools and hospitals and doctors and dentists is quite hypocritical though - surely if God wants you to get ill you must respect that and not go get treated, 'specially at the expense of the taxpayer?

[matminicity]

Dont you have to have a permanent 'fixed' address to get insurance???
Please correct me if im wrong!

[schneill]

When i was in halls of residence at uni, people used to go to tesco down the road and get the old food out the bin then bring it back into the common room and share it out. May as well make the most of what isn't going to be sold. We were only students but as tesco quite rightly claim "every little helps".