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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:42:24 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I want to know is how did YOU not notice it 6 blocks from your > home? I take it it was in an area that you rarely travel to? > > At 07:47 PM 2/8/2005, you wrote: > >Well, I finally broke down, sick of the shit-headed transit system in > >this town, and bought a car. Since my last car, a Jeep, was stolen a > >couple of months ago, I bought this totally uncool station wagon with > >hippie stickers on it and an anti-bush bumper sticker. It came with a > >protection mandala, rofl. I figured nobody nobody nobody was gonna > >steal this thing. So, that was Saturday. > > > >Monday the police notified me that they found my Jeep. > > > >Since they took their sweet time notifying me I owed three hundred > >dollars in towing and storage fees, but I have already done that rant > >and got the t-shirt. > > > >What is amusing though is that they recovered it from about six blocks > >from my house. They broke one of the small windows, a sign, I am > >told, that they were interested in it to sell or possibly chop it. > >However, the car was very low on transmission fluid and the > >transmission was sticking when the vehicle took a curve. > > > >So as we reconstruct it, they broke in, got the car started, took the > >curve to the right at the end of my block, took a left at the end of > >the street, the transmission sticking both times, got about six blocks > >away and ran out of gas. At which point they said screw it and left > >the car there. Our vigilant police force got around to noticing it > >four months later. Another rant. The fun part is that after I put gas > >and transmission fluid in it, it ran like a champ and is now back home > >where it belongs. > > > >Moral - poor maintenance sometimes works in your favor :) > > > >Dana > > > >-- > >....they did not stop to think they died instead > >then shall the voice of liberty be mute?" > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146943 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
