this has been said before, look you see, and shall be said again. in respect of the latter element of the previous sentence, right now. let me never grow tired, nor cease to be surprised, by exactly which posts and what have you that i place here become quite popular.
of my most recent posts, it has been generally pleasing to see that the one dedicated to the simple pleasures of the shopping trolley has found something of an audience. a figure (significantly) north of 50 is reflected in the stats for that post, which is simply splendid. magnificent, as point of fact.
let me give you more of what you apparently want or wish for, then. well, when i say me, i mostly mean Codename : Magic, for as was the case with the post linked above, my good friend has been central to this post existing, for he sent me some pictures of trolleys. or is that trollies.
i am sure you shall agree that the above is a cracking set of trolleys (trollies) right there. back when they were not coin controlled, or locked into shopping centres by some sort of mechanical, magnetic wizardry, these would have been very welcome at any provincial scrapyard. whereas i am not too clued up in the spot price value of no questions asked metal sales, i have every confidence that, in the golden era of deregulated shopping trolley procurement, any scrap dealer worth their salt would have paid at least enough for one of them massive two litre bottles of cider in order to get their hands on them.
no, sadly, Magic has not provided a video this time. you could always go and watch that other video again, i suppose, here is the link once more, to make it even easier for you to enjoy it. should, of course, enjoy be the right way of describing the experience. i think it is.
yes, though, no this is not all of the work of Magic alone. in trying to support and encourage his great passion for a trolley designed to be used in shopping circumstances (mostly), i myself observed the below. also, i agreed to record an image of it to share here.
there is something of a temptation here to comment on how the sight of a stolen traffic cone reminds me, fondly and most favourably, of my student days. stocking up on as many traffic cones as possible, or as many as various councils, members of the constabulary or provincial municipalities cared to place on the streets, was a great highlight of my working for some degrees. but, older and wiser me says no, because you cannot steal that which you already own, surely.
generally speaking, the only people who can legally place traffic cones anywhere are the two so-called big c's in our society - councils and the constabulary. both are 100% funded off of us, the taxpayer. so, in effect, we have bought these traffic cones with our money, so there can be no fault in us taking them home. should anyone who is not one of them two big c's place a traffic cone down, then they are probably doing so in violation of one bylaw or another, and thus you are doing a great public service by removing it.
one could think of this a bit like BBC broadcasts, so long as you pay for your tv licence each year. if you've got a licence, then you have effectively paid for all that they deem it wise to commission and distribute over the airwaves, be it on television or radio. that means (theoretically) you can go right ahead and video Graham Norton (or similar) off of the tele, then go and sell copies of it down the market. presumably selling it to people who have no licence to do the same.
oh, one of them family trolley things, with a seat or two for the kids. nice find, Magic.
no, i have not tested either in a court of law. mostly this is because i have no real interest in traffic cones at this stage of my life, and even less interest in Graham Norton. i cannot really imagine that any court would waste too much time in dismissing any case brought before it in respect of either, saying that it is a frivolous charge.
well, anyway, i am fairly confident that this has been more than enough shopping trolley and general legal opinion for you for one post or article. should you have extracted any pleasure or useful information from this, well then so much the better,
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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