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How thievable are oscilloscopes?
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tggzzz:

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--- Quote from: bd139 on July 09, 2022, 12:41:29 pm ---Arguably my 20 year old Henry vacuum cleaner is probably more of an insurance risk due to the explosive X2 capacitor in it.

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Well, you could probably be prosecuted under the Firearms Act 1968 for mere possession of a "section 5 prohibited weapon".


--- Quote ---5 Weapons subject to general prohibition.

(1)F14A person commits an offence if, [F15without authority], he has in his possession, or purchases or acquires ...—

...

(b)any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing;

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 :-DD

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Under this description I could be prosecuted for possession of a 9 year old

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Strangely my daughter applies that in reverse.

I'm unrepentant. "Where ere you be / let the wind blow free / For t'was the want of that / that kill'ed me".
rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 09, 2022, 02:00:41 pm ---Example: I was rear-ended in a queue of cars. I pulled forward and stopped, the person behind pulled forward and didn't stop soon enough. The first thing the claims assessor did was to check the depth of tread on my tyres. If insufficient, the car would not have been legal and therefore he wouldn't have needed to look at the damage done to my car, let alone assess it.

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I had a very similar occurrence. Once I was rear ended with the company car and I had to file a police report. In Brazil it is mandatory to have a small (5kg) fire extinguisher on the car, but rarely anyone remembers it even exists, let alone do the proper maintenance on it. When I arrived at the Police station, the first thing the cop asked was to look at the extinguisher - he was trying to do exactly what you mean: catch me on an infraction to get some cash on the side. Fortunately the company maintained the car in tip top shape and the extinguisher was ok.

On a similar note on the insurance side: a friend of mine was involved in an accident where his (big) truck hit another car wrongly taking a left on a crossing (light was green for my friend, and he has a dashcam). Since both cars involved were from the same insurance company, they tried to "double dip" and assume fault to both parties. A fight ensued and my friend was finally vindicated with no fault at all. Ah and that is also why he disables the speedometer on the dash cam as well: if it is 40.5mph on a 40 he would open this door for litigation.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 09, 2022, 05:02:22 pm ---Under this description I could be prosecuted for possession of a 9 year old

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You probably should be. When I remember what I was like as a 9 year then I have to conclude that it's an irresponsible thing to let a 9 year old out onto the streets to create havoc.  >:D
pcprogrammer:
Interesting how this went from getting a scope possibly stolen to farting :-DD
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: tggzzz on July 09, 2022, 09:41:24 am ---They are 82.5% "thievable" in some parts of London, but only 68.2% in others, and 24.9% in the best parts.

The obvious solution is to cart anything valuable (including soldering iron) back to your flat every night. Make sure your landlord doesn't spot them and think you are doing soldering for business purposes.

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 ;D
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