I hate thieves

[Lindsey 0]

Yesterday we picked up a new dirt bike for my son. It was his 10th birthday present. He hadn't even ridden it 10 minutes before he left to go to his dad's for the weekend. Last night it was stolen from my carport. I'm so pissed. They could've taken the Harley. They could've taken the 4-wheeler or either of the other 2 dirt bikes in there (well, one belongs to a friend, so I'm glad they didn't take that one). But they had to get his brand-spankin' new Yamaha (yeah bozo....he did have a Suzuki, but it just was too big for him...so yesterday we traded it for the Yamaha). He's gonna be heartbroken.

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[Gravitymaster 0]

That sucks. Do you think the thief could be someone connected with the seller?

[Carpediem 0]

Ouch. Sorry to hear that. These are the reasons I have to believe in karma. They'll get what's comming to them

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[Lindsey 0]

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That sucks. Do you think the thief could be someone connected with the seller?

I'm thinking the thief is probably some hoodlum from around here. The seller is a reputable business 45 miles away. I've been roaming the bad parts of town with my eyes peeled, but I'm thinking it's a wasted effort. I have put out a $500 reward. Folks'll give their friends up for money....lol, and it's a small town. I'm gonna make sure that the word gets out to the kids at the junior high and high school next week that I'll pay 'em to turn in their friends. Who knows. Maybe we'll be lucky.

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[jceman 1]

Dang, that sucks!

Here's hoping that it gets recovered intact and soon.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

[Gravitymaster 0]

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That sucks. Do you think the thief could be someone connected with the seller?

I'm thinking the thief is probably some hoodlum from around here. The seller is a reputable business 45 miles away. I've been roaming the bad parts of town with my eyes peeled, but I'm thinking it's a wasted effort. I have put out a $500 reward. Folks'll give their friends up for money....lol, and it's a small town. I'm gonna make sure that the word gets out to the kids at the junior high and high school next week that I'll pay 'em to turn in their friends. Who knows. Maybe we'll be lucky.

Well good luck. I hope you get the bastard. Have you contacted the Police? A lot of times they have a suspicion of who the crook is or know of someone who might know. If it's a local theif, he won't be able to resist the urge to go out and ride it sometime. If you know where the kids ride off track in the area, I'd check there too.

Did you have the bike insured?

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[skydiver30960 0]

Remember that it doesn't need to be someone from the "other side of the tracks." A lot of times it could be somebody from nearby in the neighborhood that saw the bike or heard it was coming.

I used to work at a bike (i.e. bicycle) shop and whenever we did maintenance work on a bike we'd look up the serial number to see if it matched who brought the bike in. Usually, if the numbers didn't match, it was that the bike had been sold to a third party, but we got quite a few stolen bikes back to their owners that way. A lot of times the bike had been stolen from somebody in the same neighborhood as the new "owner".

Elvisio "bad boys bad boys whatcha gonna do" Rodriguez

[Lindsey 0]

Hey Jack!!! How's the weather down there? I could've made several trips to see you for the cost of this one friggin' dirt bike.

It does suck, but since I was getting ready to drive to SD Dallas for the day, maybe I avoided serious injury or death by staying home....lol. As the day's gone on, I've just resigned myself to sucking it up and forking out the cash for a new one....ummm another new one.

And nope...no insurance on it. But the police (Fordyce's Finest) are all over it. I think they really are putting in an effort. I think I'm gonna get the friend's bike to him today. Wouldn't it suck if they came back for another one tonight????

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[BigSky 2]

No it wouldent suck because then you could catch them and beat the living crap out of them!!

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[Gravitymaster 0]

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Hey Jack!!! How's the weather down there? I could've made several trips to see you for the cost of this one friggin' dirt bike.

It does suck, but since I was getting ready to drive to SD Dallas for the day, maybe I avoided serious injury or death by staying home....lol. As the day's gone on, I've just resigned myself to sucking it up and forking out the cash for a new one....ummm another new one.

And nope...no insurance on it. But the police (Fordyce's Finest) are all over it. I think they really are putting in an effort. I think I'm gonna get the friend's bike to him today. Wouldn't it suck if they came back for another one tonight????

I'd head up to the hardware store and get some chain and a lock. Heck, at least make it harder for them to steal again.


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[livendive 8]

Last weekend I went out to where I keep my trailer in the winter to find window & screen busted out and the door wide open. I haven't had time to figure out if there's anything missing, but don't think there was anything real expensive in there anyhow. Still, it's a pain in the ass and gonna cost me at least a couple hundred to fix if I can get a glass company to cut the piece...RV dealership wants over $500 to replace both doors (won't do window only). Anyhow, yeah, thieves suck. I'd like to beat the shit out of whoever thought my belongings and expenditures weren't worth their consideration.

Blues,
Dave

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(drink Mountain Dew)

[Lindsey 0]

I'd like to beat the shit out of whoever thought my belongings and expenditures weren't worth their consideration.

YES!!! It's rare for me to r e a l l y feel that way, but this morning when the cop was at my house, I told him that I'd shoot the fucker if I could....well, if I had a gun and if I knew who the fucker was to begin with....lol. (Of course the cop was my little bro's friend growing up, and he probably spent as much time at my house as he did at his own, which prob'ly made it a little easier to spout off like a tough chick or something) But DAYUM!!! Who the hell raises these people???

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[JSBIRD 1]

It might be worth a call to your insurance agent. There exists a possibility because it wasn't an insurable highway vehicle, that it will be covered by your homeowners insurance.
Worth a shot.

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and forgot about everything"

[D22369 0]

post on many telephone poles in the area large easy to read signs near the stop signs and lights, *stolen*, plus a description and photo if you have one,

it is possible that the thief has it at his parents house and has told them that it belongs to a friend...

Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[ExAFO 0]

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It might be worth a call to your insurance agent. There exists a possibility because it wasn't an insurable highway vehicle, that it will be covered by your homeowners insurance.
Worth a shot.

Very good idea. I had a bicycle stolen from my parents' garage when i was in High School...the insurance replaced it.

Your only concern would be the deductable, and when they start asking q's like "was it locked up?"--a sign they're trying to weasel you down to a percentage thru comparative fault...

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[lilDevil 2]

Thats so bad, have you checked ebay to see if they are trying to sell it on there.

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[Lindsey 0]

Got it back!!!! Well, not back to my house yet. It's sitting at the police station. But I saw it. looks to be in good shape still. So I guess now we'll have two identical Yamaha TT-R 125s at my house.

Just thought I'd share.

:)
linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[jceman 1]

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Got it back!!!! Well, not back to my house yet. It's sitting at the police station. But I saw it. looks to be in good shape still. So I guess now we'll have two identical Yamaha TT-R 125s at my house.

Just thought I'd share.

:)
linz

WOOT!

Glad to hear it, Linz.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them?

[Squeak 17]

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Got it back!!!! Well, not back to my house yet. It's sitting at the police station. But I saw it. looks to be in good shape still. So I guess now we'll have two identical Yamaha TT-R 125s at my house.

Just thought I'd share.

:)
linz

Great news Linz

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
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How's yours doing?

[wmw999 2,584]

Awesome! I hope the punk who took it has a lesson coming to him or her. And whatever parent didn't take action when a strange and expensive toy showed up.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[keka 0]

great news!
I'm glad they were able to find it.

I also hate thieves......
this past weekend, while I was at a boogie, I "lost" my altimeter"...it suddenly created legs and walked away if you know what I mean.

I got so mad that I stopped jumping for the weekend.

It's incredible that people that usually hangs out with skydivers know how hard it is to most of us to get our jumps and everything else together, being such an expensive sport...and even though, they take stuff away...just like that.

since I always leave my gloves and altimeter inside of my helmet, I just realized that I didn't have it on the way to the plane; I have an audible one, but my BF was kind enough to let me borrow his on the way up. sucked. I'm still pissed... oh well... I swear I don't like to wish anyone anything bad... but in this case ... hard not to.

well... I guess I'm luck that I can afford to buy another one soon.

sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread... just needed to vent a bit

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[skymama 37]

Wow, after all that time. That's great!

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because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[JustChuteMeNow 0]

Who doesn't hate thieves? Last week at the DZ someone broke into the cafe and stole the money. Unfortunately, we believe it was another skydiver for a variety of reasons. On the plus side, many people pitched in to help cover the loss.

Think of how stupid the average person is and realize that statistically half of them are stupider than that.