"Steal Men" & "Stealers"

[Paul Johnston]

Sure was--from Paisley, Scotland--and they had Gerry Rafferty in them after
he had left the Humblebums (with Billy Connolly).

Paul Johnston
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From: "Wilson Gray" <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: "Steal Men" & "Stealers"


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> Wasn't there once a rock group named "Stealers / Stealer's /  Stealers'
> Wheel"?
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> -Wilson
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> On 5/4/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> > "Steal men" and "stealers"? Are these terms used locally? What about
> > "thieves"?
> > ...
> > ...
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> > (GOOGLE NEWS)
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> > _Operation Biker Boyz Breaks Up Alleged Theft  Ring_
> > (http://www.nysun.com/article/32177)
> > New York  Sun, NY -  <NOBR>13 ho
> > ... "The Biker Boyz were nothing if not brazen," Police  Commissioner
> > Raymond
> > Kelly said. ... The "stealers" would get  about $2,500 for each bike
they
> > stole. ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > 4 May 2006, METRO NY, "NYPD busts 'Biker Boyz,'" pg.  2:
> > Lengel, who also worked at a scaffolding company in Long Island  City,
> > paid
> > 17 alleged "steal men" about $2,500 for each motorcycle--and then
resold
> > them
> > for as much as $16,000, Kelly  said.
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