DIY satellite TV installer shoots wife dead

PeteTheMusicGuy · 27-03-2008, 16:09

Found this on the Reg. Maybe this guy could get a job as a Sky or VM tech.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03...ite_installer/

joglynne · 27-03-2008, 16:56

I've heard of cowboy installers but this is taking the term a little to literally. Either his house wasn't built of brick or he must had a very powerful gun.

papa smurf · 27-03-2008, 17:08

yup you can fix anthing with a gun , god bless America [greatest country in the world etc etc]

PeteTheMusicGuy · 27-03-2008, 17:12

Pity he didnt shoot himself instead of his poor wife. He would have got a darwin award

Mr_love_monkey · 27-03-2008, 17:18

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Originally Posted by joglynne

Either his house wasn't built of brick or he must had a very powerful gun.

or he was a really bad shot, and hit the window instead.

**Rob** · 27-03-2008, 17:29

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Originally Posted by joglynne

I've heard of cowboy installers but this is taking the term a little to literally. Either his house wasn't built of brick or he must had a very powerful gun.

You haven't played COD4. Hiding behind walls is not good for your health with bullets whizzing through all sorts of stuff on a regular basis.

rogermevans · 27-03-2008, 18:30

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Originally Posted by papa smurf

yup you can fix anthing with a gun , god bless America [greatest country in the world etc etc]

about sums it up

i would laugh but just doesn't seem the right thing to do

Dave9946 · 27-03-2008, 18:46

I truely wish us non-Americans were clever enough to think of such clever things to solve our general every-day problems!. I dont suppose the law will allow that American of supreme intellegence to write anything like "The Ultimate Global DIY Rule Book" would they?.

If only so us thick backwards nations could follow in there superior footsteps?!!!.

joglynne · 27-03-2008, 23:09

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Originally Posted by Rob

You haven't played COD4. Hiding behind walls is not good for your health with bullets whizzing through all sorts of stuff on a regular basis.

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You do know that COD4 is only a game, don't you Rob ?.....................:

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Originally Posted by Dave9946

I truely wish us non-Americans were clever enough to think of such clever things to solve our general every-day problems!. I dont suppose the law will allow that American of supreme intellegence to write anything like "The Ultimate Global DIY Rule Book" would they?.

If only so us thick backwards nations could follow in there superior footsteps?!!!.

Out of interest what would you suggest the first rule could be?

Halcyon · 27-03-2008, 23:21

Don't drills exist in the USA?!

**Rob** · 27-03-2008, 23:31

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Originally Posted by joglynne

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You do know that COD4 is only a game, don't you Rob ?.....................:

please tell me that's not true

Xaccers · 28-03-2008, 00:49

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

Don't drills exist in the USA?!

Do you remember that Discovery channel advert?
Young bloke hears an argument from the couple next door and goes to listen at the wall.
Camera pans to next door, and elderly couple are arguing about drilling a hole to put a picture up.
The drill is obviously too long, and distracted, the man suddenly goes all the way through the wall, followed by the sound of a thud from next door.
The woman is left to ask "Hans, what have you done?" with a shocked look on her face.

joglynne · 28-03-2008, 01:00

I seem to remember a thread on here earlier last year where one of the cable installation guys told of a fellow installer who had inadvertently drilled into a pet who was sleeping against the wall.

On second thought maybe my memory is playing trick on me. Off I go to try and find the thread.

OK I've found a couple, but it seems as though my memory combined them a little.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34279585-post4.html

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34107007-post6.html