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[Illinois Nazi]

Everyone knows the old pair of shoes thrown over the powerlines means your friendly local dealer is in stock and open for business. I've also known places where the signal was the car parked across the lawn instead of in the driveway, and one where the woman out the front sweeping the verandah was the method of putting the word out.

What others have people come across?

 

[footyfreak]

crack whores coming and going at all hours.

My next door neighbour comes and goes at the oddest hours. The roller door is really squeaky so i always here when they leave. 4 am he goes out and half an hour later he is back. Then other times he'll go come back and then go again. Nothing follows any pattern. The thing is, they have a family and they seem respectable so i am guessing he is a doctor on call or something??? His wife picks the kids up at 3:15 every day.

[/Mrs Mangel]

I will spew if he is a dealer coz i could have ben getting sweet deals thrown over the fence for years.!!!

 

[Sunday Red]

If the shoes over the power lines are so obvious, why aren't the cops on to it?

 

[Plugger35]

If the shoes over the power lines are so obvious, why aren't the cops on to it?

That's probably where they get their drugs from too.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Outside light near the front door? If it's on, even during daylight hours means they are open.

Ok, i seen that in a movie. But still, a more subtle attempt than the shoes on the powerline.

 

[footyfreak]

Outside light near the front door? If it's on, even during daylight hours means they are open.

Ok, i seen that in a movie. But still, a more subtle attempt than the shoes on the powerline.

I always leave my light on during the day by mistake. never had anyone come asking

 

[Ed_Gein]

I always leave my light on during the day by mistake. never had anyone come asking

Have you put the word out that you're selling drugs though?

 

[footyfreak]

I thought the illuminated neon crack pipe on my roof would have done the job

 

[Selective Retention]

If the shoes over the power lines are so obvious, why aren't the cops on to it?

Personally I question the practicality of it. What happens if they want to close up for a while

 

[FrankGrimes]

Everyone knows the old pair of shoes thrown over the powerlines means your friendly local dealer is in stock and open for business. I've also known places where the signal was the car parked across the lawn instead of in the driveway, and one where the woman out the front sweeping the verandah was the method of putting the word out.

What others have people come across?

urban myth..

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

I'll call it an urban myth too. When I was a young bloke in the 70s I used to see them everywhere. Shoes, work boots, footy boots, the lot.

Young people having a lark. I used to see them doing it. They would be doing it randomly and I'd bet my leftie none of then were dealers because most of them would have been between 8 and 14 years old.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I have always wondered how they get them down again when supplies run low.

 

[Tormented Tiger]

Personally I question the practicality of it. What happens if they want to close up for a while

They've got trained monkeys for that.



You'd think with telecommunication advancements you'd ring them on a mobile phone.

 

[footyfreak]

Personally I question the practicality of it. What happens if they want to close up for a while

True dealers never close. My mate went and picked up some xmas morning. Dropped off at my house and another mate came around and picked up a bit. As I'm letting him out my front door at 8 am xmas morning, one of my best friends who lives near by and is a fitness fanatic went jogging past, yelled merry xmas and kept jogging.

I had to ring him later to explain why there was dude leaving my house at 8 am on xmas morning LOL

He said he knew exactly what was going on.

 

[Allbetsroff]

True dealers never close. My mate went and picked up some xmas morning. Dropped off at my house and another mate came around and picked up a bit. As I'm letting him out my front door at 8 am xmas morning, one of my best friends who lives near by and is a fitness fanatic went jogging past, yelled merry xmas and kept jogging.

I had to ring him later to explain why there was dude leaving my house at 8 am on xmas morning LOL

He said he knew exactly what was going on.

Thanks for this. Sounds like a laugh.