Best thread I've seen in a while. :) Reynolds On Thursday 07 October 2004 02:58 pm, Adam Maloney wrote: > > Reminds me of a story a friend told me. He had an old bicycle he wanted > > to get rid of and decided to give it a way. He leaned it up against a > > telephone pole near his house and put a sign on the pole that said, > > "Free." It sat there for days. He finally took down the sign and wrapped > > a chain around the bike and the pole, but didn't lock it. The bike was > > gone within hours. > > (I live in Frogtown, see > http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/depts/police/prostitution_photos_current.html) > > List of things taken from my property since moving in April/2002 (no > order): > > 2 35-gallon Walters garbage cans* > 1 wooden fence post > 1 wooden fence cross member (same incident) > 1 K-Mart shopping cart** > 5 incidents, my mail > > * Two seperate incidents, 2nd was recovered by Walters 3 blocks away > > ** This arrived in my yard one night and I noticed it as I left for work. > When I got home it was gone. I welcome our robotic K-Mart cart > overlords. > > after the fence post, I decided to do an experiment. I left these items > out, unattended, in parts of my yard with various visibility. > > 1 dead cell phone, affixed with "Fscked" label (correctly spelled) > 1 dead laptop, already gutted, with "Fscked" written outside and across > the LCD (to weed out those that might try to pawn it) > 1 can (sealed) of Dr. Pepper > 1 can (sealed) of baked beans > 1 small baggie filled with corn starch > 1 small baggie filled with corn starch affixed with "COCAINE" label > (clearly moved, but not taken) > 1 small baggie filled with corn starch affixed with fake red "EVIDENCE" > label > 1 3-pack, prophylactics > > I'm thinking I should place one of the "cocaine" baggies to the overhead > power lines, and leave my metal extension ladder nearby. Might help the > crime rate by half a percentage point. > > In reality, of the things that were taken, I can't say for sure that a > neighbor or cop wasn't responsible for taking/moving/tossing at least some > of these items. And there is a bum that I see periodically going through > everyone's trash, so he may have taken the beans... > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list