Topic: LITTLE THIEVES (Read 7368 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** July 20, 2018, 06:15:05 AM »

The following year (1972) when my friend and I had just moved from Ohio to LA, we lived on the first floor (which was considerably elevated from street level, given the slope of the land there) at Franklin and Whitley, and the apartment's balcony was right in the front of the building. We hadn't been living in Hollywood more than a month or so when we came home one night to find the turntable, amp & speakers gone from the living room, and the front screen out of whack. We both remember noting that there were a few stacks of quarters and a few bills still sitting on a table nearby, which had somehow been missed in the burglary.

So, living in Hollywood and you didn't know there were people around who would break into easily-break-in-able apartments? Lesson learned.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #31 on:** July 20, 2018, 06:22:31 AM »

This one's a minor incident, but oddly enough I never forgot it, and BK's experience even includes it: Shortly after moving to Chicago in 1985 I took one of my many drives into the Loop (downtown) one Saturday morning and left the car in yer typical huge valet-parking garage for the afternoon. I'd been keeping a soft leather change purse packed with coins for parking meters in the glove compartment. After picking my car up later that day, or maybe even the next day or a subsequent day, I found the change purse completely emptied. Nothing else was disturbed. I was actually a little shook up at this lesson in trusting strangers who have your car in their care. Again, though, I was in a new and different city and this extremely minor incident was something that I "blamed" on downtown Chicago because, after all, this had never happened to me in LA.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** July 20, 2018, 06:38:38 AM »

One more, and then I'll stop. It's the last one, anyway...and I hope it really is the last one for all time.

In 1999 I'd lived in this house for five years, and friend Kristi had been there with me for the last two of those years. I had gotten home from work one afternoon, and had been in my room just doing whatever, when I suddenly noticed that the little "jewelry box" thingy on my dresser wasn't there. In denial, my brain at first tried every conceivable rationalization in an attempt to explain why it wasn't where I expected it to be, but I soon had to accept that it had been taken. When Kristi got home she found her stuff rifled through as well. We had the police come out to file a report, and even THEY were surprised, as we walked through the house, to find all of the electronic equipment in my (closed-door) "music room" untouched.

Placing blame where it's due, we suspected that we'd actually left the house unlocked that day. None of the small (but very sentimental) things taken were ever recovered, of course, and none of it would have had any value whatever to a thief. The cop thought one or two clues indicated the culprit was a young female, and it just happened that Kristi's sister had brought a friend (who we didn't know) over with some other people a few days prior, and that friend also just happened to never come around again. Locks were changed, and that was that, but this one was a surprisingly emotional "violated" feeling for the both of us.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #33 on:** July 20, 2018, 06:39:04 AM »

Okay, enough of me! Those are my four little stories, and that's all there is.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #34 on:** July 20, 2018, 06:43:38 AM »

BUT WAIT!! I forgot about the time I left my bike for a moment at the front door of Pickwick Books!....

(Seriously.) (So there have been five such things in my life.) (Five.) (Count 'em.)

TCB · « **Reply #35 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:10:12 AM »

Morning.

TCB · « **Reply #36 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:10:44 AM »

I have been awake since five, and up since six.

TCB · « **Reply #37 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:13:15 AM »

I woke up suffering from a severe attack of claustrophobia.

TCB · « **Reply #38 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:14:25 AM »

I sat up in bed and tried to calm myself down, but it quickly became a panic attack.

TCB · « **Reply #39 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:15:22 AM »

I stayed propped up in bed for almost an hour before I felt calm enough to get out of bed.

TCB · « **Reply #40 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:16:03 AM »

Nick is very crippled up this morning.

FJL · « **Reply #41 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:16:05 AM »

Feel-better vibes to TCB!

TCB · « **Reply #42 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:16:37 AM »

I gave him his pain medicine as soon as he had eaten his breakfast.

FJL · « **Reply #43 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:16:40 AM »

And vibes to Nicky, too!

TCB · « **Reply #44 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:17:50 AM »

A lot of dead fly soldiers around the dining room this morning, but also a few survivors.

TCB · « **Reply #45 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:19:02 AM »

Quote from: FJL on July 20, 2018, 07:16:05 AM

Feel-better vibes to TCB!

Thanks, FJL

TCB · « **Reply #46 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:19:22 AM »

Quote from: FJL on July 20, 2018, 07:16:40 AM

And vibes to Nicky, too!

Nick says thank you, too.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #47 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:19:54 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 20, 2018, 06:43:38 AM

BUT WAIT!! I forgot about the time I left my bike for a moment at the front door of Pickwick Books!....

(Seriously.) (So there have been five such things in my life.) (Five.) (Count 'em.)

After grad school, I spent a year on the Miami University library staff in Oxford, and I had a nice apartment on High Street in the middle of the Village of Oxford. One of the high school boys in the world's worst production of Bye Bye Birdie sold me his old bike, and I used to bike to and from work. I did this for around eight months until I left the King Library one spring afternoon to find some ass had managed to break into my lock and steal the bike during the day. That was the beginning of a 4-month run of bad luck until I left Oxford in late August.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #48 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:21:29 AM »

Quote from: TCB on July 20, 2018, 07:16:03 AM

Nick is very crippled up this morning.

I am so sorry for both of you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Healthy Vibes to our DR TCB and his Nicky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FJL · « **Reply #49 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:23:59 AM »

The Duck Boat tragedy really made me flash back on when I took the Duck tour in Pittsburgh. The disappointment on the vehicle was very strong when it was clear the condition of the water strongly suggested the on-the-water part of the ride should be skipped that afternoon. For me and my friend, we were enjoying the sights of the city (much nicer than we'd expected), so we didn't mind missing the water part if it was a question - but for so many, the water part was why they chose the Duck Tour over a different sightseeing tour. The business pressure of passenger disappointment could have been a factor in the tragic decision, but that's only from what I felt from having been on a similar ride in another city.

Jane · « **Reply #50 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:46:08 AM »

Quote from: Jrand67 on July 20, 2018, 05:44:27 AM

THE MOUSETRAP last night seemed a bit flat....but the audience enjoyed it and I got some nice responses on my bits and pieces...

TWO MORE TIMES TO DEAL WITH SHE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED.

She was disappointed that she bought tickets for her parents who decided NOT to come. She says that it's too bad because this will be their only time to really see her in a part because once she goes to LA and her career takes off, they won't have the money to travel to see her - although they can buy the DVDs of her movies and tv shows.... And she says this and believes it....

The "agency" that she is PAYING to represent and teach her is telling her anything she wants to hear to keep her money flowing (which she doesn't really have)...but of course she KNOWS everything and will correct anyone and proclaim forth on ANY subject that happens to be discussed by others....

Is she going to receive a lecture from an older, wiser person in the very near future

Interesting bits about her folks who chose not to see her. It might explain why once her career takes off she won't have the money to pay for their travel.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #51 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:52:31 AM »

Quote from: TCB on July 20, 2018, 07:16:03 AM

Nick is very crippled up this morning.

Poor guy! Strong vibes for the both of you!!

Jane · « **Reply #52 on:** July 20, 2018, 07:53:10 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 20, 2018, 07:21:29 AM

Quote from: TCB on July 20, 2018, 07:16:03 AM
Nick is very crippled up this morning.

I am so sorry for both of you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Healthy Vibes to our DR TCB and his Nicky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DITTO

Jane · « **Reply #53 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:02:12 AM »

DR FJL I had to look up Duck boat to see the news.

My disappointment on a tour has never swayed a change of plans due to weather. I have been on 2 boat rides that attempted the excursion but had to turn back, one due to fog the other to smoke. I never felt in any danger.

Rough weather never gets negotiated. This was a sad, stupid mistake.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #54 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:13:53 AM »

DR JANE she is NOT interested in hearing anyone else talk about anything....and she is so hard headed and self important, that words would be wasted and dismissed....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #55 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:14:03 AM »

Vibes for DR TCB and Nicky.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #56 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:14:15 AM »

That is one scary cab story DR CHAS SMITH.

Jane · « **Reply #57 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:16:48 AM »

Quote from: Jrand67 on July 20, 2018, 08:13:53 AM

DR JANE she is NOT interested in hearing anyone else talk about anything....and she is so hard headed and self important, that words would be wasted and dismissed....

I winked.

FJL · « **Reply #58 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:29:36 AM »

Quote from: Jane on July 20, 2018, 08:16:48 AM

Quote from: Jrand67 on July 20, 2018, 08:13:53 AM
DR JANE she is NOT interested in hearing anyone else talk about anything....and she is so hard headed and self important, that words would be wasted and dismissed....

I winked.

I think people develop an ability to "spin" to look like a winner. She'll probably be great at that in ten years or so, and may be practicing now.

Ginny · « **Reply #59 on:** July 20, 2018, 08:46:06 AM »

Friday morning greetings! We're waiting for FedEx to deliver our new bedside tables. Eventually I have to go to the grocery, but will have to time it between thunderstorms.

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