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A VANCOUVER WOMAN earned widespread notoriety online today for stealing back her bicycle from a thief after seeing it advertised online.
Kayla Smith, 33, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that her $1,000 (€712) bicycle was taken from a rack in Vancouver’s oceanfront Olympic Village — constructed to host athletes during the 2010 Winter Games and now a bustling neighbourhood.
Smith filed a police report.
The next day, she spotted an ad on the classified advertisements website Craigslist for a bike that looked suspiciously like hers, so she contacted the seller and arranged to meet him in a nearby McDonald’s parking lot, posing as a buyer.
She told the CBC she immediately recognised her bike, with personalised stickers on the frame.
“Holy crap this is my bike,” Smith told the public broadcaster. “Like what do I do? And then I was just, like, play dumb.”
The woman asked the seller if she could ride it around the parking lot and took off.
As news of her daring dash spread online, police cautioned against confronting thieves, but her actions continued to draw praise.
“Was it smart? Probably not. Was it badass as all Hell? Damn straight!” said a comment on the reader section of CBC’s website.
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a really good article well done
Interesting, Im going to have to get this book
Long overdue, and well done. Irish soldiers fought all over the world including the Wild Geese, the U.S. Mexico, South America etc etc. If anyone wants to know more visit the superb ‘Soldiers and Chiefs’ exhibition at Collins Barracks in Dublin.
The fusilier’s arch on the green, I remember my grandmother who prayed for the boer’s and for Gandi, alway’s referred to it as traitor’s gate.
An interesting period of Irish history and its integration with Europe Nothing new about the EU ! Also some great music and songs were written about the military adventures of Irishmen abroad during this period of history Nice piece thank you
Excellent article, amazing work by the author. It’s a section of history that is generally skimmed over in universities, which negates away from the importance of the irish brigades ideology! Brilliant stuff!
I never knew that arch had stuff written in it
Fighting Irish- the extraordinary story of the Irish soldier by Tim Newark is definitely worth a read if you find this interesting.
Great piece, another book to hunt down
Make the most of it – the EU and troika has ensured that European history is going to be dull from now on
Sounds like an interesting book. So which British regiment lost it’s colours?
Look forward to reading it
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