Joseph McAllister wrote:
Ditto. I know I don't have all the receipts, but I started keeping a
spreadsheet to track what I have starting a few years ago, that was
actually incomplete when my last gear was stolen. But I still had the
handwritten inventories stretching back over 30 years, plus
John Sessoms wrote:
From: Dario Bonazza
Doug Franklin wrote:
I liked the way they theft-protected the white Lotus in the James Bond
movie The Spy Who Loved Me (I think that's the one, anyway). When a
thief broke the window to get in, the whole car blew sky high, taking
the perp with
Can't believe the seller got away with that but I can see it's already
been discussed here at length. Most of all, glad you have your bike
back but too bad about the extras that are gone =(
Cheers
Ecke
2010/7/10 John Celio n...@neovenator.com:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I
On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:28 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
It can occasionally be a big crime, there was a bike theft case here
in Toronto that made international news. Of course it's not everyday
the cops catch a guy with a few thousand stolen bikes.
There was a case here a year or two ago where one of
On Jul 12, 2010, at 3:55 AM, Bob W wrote:
why do you need 2 locks? I use just one, and rather than have QR skewers on
my wheels I use Pinhead skewers.
http://www.pinheadcomponents.com
My seatpost is safely fused to the seat tube... :o(
I ride a fixed hub so any thief who attempts a quick
The police are there to keep the peace, deturing crime and actually
solving crimes and catching perps is secondary and tertiary functions.
In many cases the tertiary function is entirely forgotten, because
keeping the peace is paramount. Though it there's a high speed chase
involved with a
P. J. Alling wrote:
deturing crime
Does not compute.
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 09:36:03PM +1200, David Mann wrote:
On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:28 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
It can occasionally be a big crime, there was a bike theft case here
in Toronto that made international news. Of course it's not everyday
the cops catch a guy with a few thousand
Good news, John. Though the story you tell is just a little bit
alarming... But then again, that's life. Anyway, it is good that you
have (most of, as I understand) your property back.
Boris
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P. J. Alling wrote:
A really happy ending would have involved a public flogging, and time
spent in the stocks. But I'm a traditionalist.
Another tradition. Mark!
On 7/10/2010 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote:
A
For John? Didn't know he was into that sort of thing.
A really happy ending would have involved a public flogging, and time
spent in the stocks. But I'm a traditionalist.
On 7/10/2010 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com
wrote:
maybe we should revive the pillory for some of those stolen goods
sellers .. so glad your bike is back .
dominique
Le 11/07/10 06:38, P. J. Alling a écrit :
A really happy ending would have involved a public flogging, and time
spent in the stocks. But I'm a traditionalist.
On
I'm glad John got his bike back, and to that respect I consider it a
happy ending, but is he going to be able to recover the accessories
that were stripped off?
Is he going to recover his peace of mind so he can get full use out of
his transportation?
He got his bike back, but the thieves
I'm glad John got his bike back, and to that respect I consider it a
happy ending, but is he going to be able to recover the accessories
that were stripped off?
He mentioned before that he'd paid by Visa, so maybe they can do something.
Otherwise it's the price of not having insurance.
Is
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
nothing is going to stop people nicking bikes. Realistically, the police are
never going to prioritise something like this over everything else
clamouring for their attention and budget. Even when they catch someone it's
not
I'm glad John got his bike back, and to that respect I consider it a
happy ending, but is he going to be able to recover the accessories
that were stripped off?
He mentioned before that he'd paid by Visa, so maybe they can do
something.
Otherwise it's the price of not having insurance.
On 2010-07-11 11:34, John Celio wrote:
Well, I'm going to start using two U-locks rather than my old system of
one U-lock and one cable lock, and I'm not going to leave my bike out
overnight ever again. It's impossible to make something theft-proof, but
I'm going to make it as difficult for
Well, I'm going to start using two U-locks rather than my old system of
one
U-lock and one cable lock, and I'm not going to leave my bike out
overnight
ever again. It's impossible to make something theft-proof, but I'm
going to
make it as difficult for them as I can.
why do you need 2
Well, I'm going to start using two U-locks rather than my old system
of
one U-lock and one cable lock, and I'm not going to leave my bike out
overnight ever again. It's impossible to make something theft-proof,
but
I'm going to make it as difficult for them as I can.
I liked the way
Doug Franklin wrote:
I liked the way they theft-protected the white Lotus in the James Bond
movie The Spy Who Loved Me (I think that's the one, anyway). When a
thief broke the window to get in, the whole car blew sky high, taking
the perp with it.
That was For Your Eyes Only, one of my
From: John Celio
Is he going to recover his peace of mind so he can get full use out of
his transportation?
Well, I'm going to start using two U-locks rather than my old system of one
U-lock and one cable lock, and I'm not going to leave my bike out overnight
ever again. It's impossible
From: Dario Bonazza
Doug Franklin wrote:
I liked the way they theft-protected the white Lotus in the James Bond
movie The Spy Who Loved Me (I think that's the one, anyway). When a
thief broke the window to get in, the whole car blew sky high, taking
the perp with it.
That was For Your
[...]
I think there'd be a market for re-makes of the Bond movies as period
pieces. Film them the way Fleming wrote them, set in 1950s Britain,
without all the techno-gadgetry extravaganza.
I think the stories could stand by themselves.
I agree. I was very pleasantly surprised the first
John Sessoms wrote:
I think there'd be a market for re-makes of the Bond movies as period
pieces. Film them the way Fleming wrote them, set in 1950s Britain,
without all the techno-gadgetry extravaganza.
My one serious claim to fame is that I have never watched a Bond film
all the way
On 7/11/2010 11:43 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
On 2010-07-11 11:34, John Celio wrote:
Well, I'm going to start using two U-locks rather than my old system of
one U-lock and one cable lock, and I'm not going to leave my bike out
overnight ever again. It's impossible to make something theft-proof,
On Jul 10, 2010, at 11:40 , Bob W wrote:
that's terrific news - nice to hear a happy ending.
I have always kept receipts for valuable goods, although I don't
know why -
I was never that well organised when I was younger - but it paid off
big-time with the insurance when my Pentax equipment
On Jul 10, 2010, at 14:59 , Cotty wrote:
On 10/7/10, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:
When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the
seller
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave,
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and
we headed over there. By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot
turn-off and parked in the swap
so glad it ended well john. it sucks that the thieves get away with this.
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John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
[...]
I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then
the
seller might actually be facing criminal charges. Who knows how many
stolen
bikes he's fenced for thieves? I've resolved to keep a record of every
serial number of
Congrats. I'm glad it's been returned.
On Saturday, July 10, 2010, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early
John,
I am happy to hear your happy story.
What bothers me, however, is that the police officer who was clearly
convinced that it was your stolen bik, didn't actually check the
rest of the bikes against the database of the stolen bikes (unless
that was a bluff on his part).
Igor
Sat Jul 10
From: Bruce Dayton
so glad it ended well john. it sucks that the thieves get away with this.
I'm glad he got his bike back, but I'm not surprised the cops didn't
follow up on obvious criminal activity.
Several years ago, I had a checkbook stolen out of the glove box of my
car when someone
That's great news!
-c
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and we
On 10/7/10, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:
When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
Did the police pursue this?
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Subject: OT - Bike Recovered
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and
we headed over there. By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot
When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that!
Did the police pursue this? In the UK that seller would have been
arrested on
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
Yay!
So glad to hear this. So glad you told us.
Thanks.
cheers,
frank
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What Frank said. A classic happy ending!
Paul
On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
Yay!
So glad to hear this. So glad you told us.
Thanks.
cheers,
frank
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A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
Most excellent, John. Very happy for you. cheers, Christine
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A really happy ending would have involved a public flogging, and time
spent in the stocks. But I'm a traditionalist.
On 7/10/2010 10:23 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
Yay!
On Jul 11, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 10/7/10, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed:
When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the
serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller
quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave,
On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:08 AM, John Celio wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and we
headed over there. By mistake we ended up
Great news!
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On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:27 PM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote:
On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:08 AM, John Celio wrote:
A happy ending to my stolen bike saga!
When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out
the local weekly swap meet. This
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