The hunt is on for the scum who stole Britain's largest inflatable planetarium British police are investigating an unusual theft: the UK's largest mobile, inflatable planetarium, a regular feature at schools and music festivals.. Local police issued the alert after the inflatable, run by the University of Hertfordshire, was stolen by suspects allegedly driving a silver Land Rover Discovery on October 21 …
"It's a Disco; it'll likely break down well before it gets home to its native pastures."
I remember once reading some advice regarding travel in the Australian outback: If you want to get as far away from civilisation as possible, drive a Land Rover; if you'd like to get home afterwards, drive a Land Cruiser.
There is a whole universe of them. I worked at a planetarium for a couple of years. It had luggable ones that would fit in an empty classroom. A large duffel bag carried the dome and a trunk carried the star projector and fan to inflate it. I added a shelf to the box to hold a Kodak carousel projector for presentations. If memory serves, the trunk became the star projector support. The star images were crude and the moon and planets did not exist. They were quite a hit with the elementary school crowd as it was like being in the working part of a bounce house and dark.
Hmm. I think that there might be one or two army bases in Herefordshire and that there might be a Landy or two on army bases. To be sure, army Landies would tend to be green and not Discos, but the guys running the motor pool (or whatever it's called now) would probably appreciate having a source of spare parts and/or something to have newbies (try to) fix. (You irritated the RSM? You get to keep the silver Disco running, laddie!)
As you can see in https://www.astronomie.nl/mobiel-planetarium-20 Dutch inflatable planetariums are well defended by the kids. Moreover the van of the NOVA planetarium is clearly marked as such.
In the Netherlands several of these inflatable planetariums are crossing the country. Do not mention Brexit.
As you can see in https://www.astronomie.nl/mobiel-planetarium-20 Dutch inflatable planetariums are well defended by the kids. Moreover the van of the NOVA planetarium is clearly marked as such.
I kinda hate stories like this because they trigger my iWant reaction. Like how much does a star projector cost, and would I have to remove the mirrors* from the ceiling in my bedroom to sleep under the stars? I haven't checked eBay though and rather sad that the display will probably end up getting dumped somewhere. Then again, that might lead to its recovery.
And don't mention travellers..
"was stolen by suspects allegedly driving a silver Land Rover Discovery on October 21."
It was stolen by culprits - or thieves if you prefer the term. If the police don't have any names lined up they don't have any suspects.
Easy rule: it's culprits whodunnit; it's suspects who you suspect dunnit.
Thanksgiving is the celebration of when immigrants betrayed the locals who were hosting them and stole and murdered from them.
The festival has been rewritten since to be somewhat less a celebration of a criminal act, although many of the locals still know the history so don't celebrate it (others are just happy for a celebration).
In England (and I guess other parts of the UK), it is to thank God for the harvest.
When I was young in Scotland, but attending an "English" church, we would have a feast in the church hall after the Sunday service. I think the Scottish (and Irish) churches did something for it, but not the feast in the church hall.
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1) They may not have had the lock on and
2) it looks like a ball-hitch lock which only stops you hitching up using the ball hitch anyway. I've seem dodgy types towing a trailer tied to a bumper with bailer twine ... and another couple of lovely chaps lost the trailer they'd nicked when the attachment rope broke away from their Transit at about 60mph in the middle of a housing estate. The last one I heard about they borrowed a teleporter to unload the 3 tons of feed and move the locked gate blocking it in before they winched it onto their truck to take it away ...
"Is that a big red lock on the hitch?"
The Lock Picking Lawyer has gone through a load of trailer hitch locks and most of them are shite. In the process, he's shown a lot of criminals how to get past them.
I plan on getting a small trailer so I can pick up lumber and other bulky items with my car. I already have an anchor in the ground so I can lock it up with some heavy chain and a good lock in a place that's seen by my CCTV. Nothing's perfect, but there will be lots of video if somebody tries to steal it.
Generic white trailer? Good luck finding that.
This is why groups with serious budget constraints need to approach their local cop shop or magistrate and ask if they known any tagger that is looking to reform. The result is a kid gets to do their hobby of spray painting and the white trailer becomes easily recognizable.
Why don’t police just examine the CCTV?
That’s how British TV detectives solve capers.
Or contact their informant dock worker to see who’s trying to smuggle the planetarium out on a fishing boat.
The frightening underground illicit planetarium market is no match for detectives chalk full of gritty British spunk.
Get in early and witness the expansion of the universe! Block that hole and experience what a supernova explosion feels like.
Anyway, it will never be found. The thieves probably changed the curtains by now. (I'm holding mention of red curtains to myself for the moment).
I would suggest the police bimble round some of locations where habitual caravan-life aficionados dwell.
They are known to have an affinity for things, especially those things currently in the possession of someone else at the time.
However I suspect they are busy kicking in the doors of those who type hurty words on Twitter or FB.
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