Topic: THE LITTLE THIEVES (Read 5033 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:12:21 AM »

And here's the kicker. Every one of these things was something that Gmail picks up and forwards from my older Comcast address.

I've been using Gmail for years. I never discontinued the older address because so many people have it, and there seemed to be no reason to bother putting through all the necessary changes. But now here's a major glitch that happened, so I think it's time to begin simplifying things.

First, I think it's best to separate the two and bring each set account's mail in separately. This daisy-chaining is even more insane on the Mac, where I have Apple Mail bringing in Gmail which in turn is bringing in the Comcast mail. So I'll separate those two, then gradually put through address changes so I'll eventually get it all down to one. Separating the accounts will make that next step easier because it will be obvious who's using that address.

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:13:02 AM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:21:33 AM »

TOD, Part I

No car break-ins that I recall, but one little theft from a car back in 1985. I had just moved from Redondo Beach to Schaumburg (Chicago suburb) that summer. I drove downtown and parked in a large valet-attended parking garage. Later, I found that the little change purse I always kept full of parking meter quarters had been emptied. That saddened me at the time because it had never happened in L.A., so I had kind of a sour taste in my mouth about workers in Chicago. I later realized how silly that was, because this would happen anywhere and I had just been lucky. I was also happy that they left the change purse, because I loved that little thing simply because it had been so perfect for that kind of thing. I still have it, even though I rarely use it, and I'm still fond of it.

Ginny · « **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:37:53 AM »

Monday morning greetings! Today is Rebecca’s birthday, so we’re having car coffee later.

Ginny · « **Reply #34 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:40:23 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 21, 2020, 04:06:53 AM

DR Ginny, where is Fisher Road?

DR Elmore, it parallels Nelson Road, where Richard’s family moved when you were seniors in high school. I think they call that area Countryside.

Ginny · « **Reply #35 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:43:04 AM »

Sometime back in the 1970s, DR Elmore and I saw a beautiful production of “The Bartered Bride” at Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #36 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:48:24 AM »

TOD, Part II

House and Apartment Break-Ins

1. My friend and I, shortly after moving to L.A. in June 1972, came home one night (this was at Franklin and Whitley) to find the turntable and amp and speakers gone from the living room. I don't remember if that was all, but there had been some cash on the kitchen table and they'd completely missed that. We were as naive as could be back then, because here we were, now living in the big bad city and having taken no precautions such as locking the slider door to the balcony which is how the police showed us they'd entered. This unit was on the first floor, right in front, and climbing up onto those balconies was a pretty simple matter back then before people were installing barriers.

1a. Still naive (and that's putting it nicely) several months later, I parked my Schwinn bicycle in the alcove at the entrance to Pickwick Books, completely unlocked, and found it -- SURPRISE!

-- gone when I came out. DUH.

2. In 1988, just a few months before I'd be moving from West Hollywood (Kings Road) to the east coast, I came home from work one evening to find that one single thing from my audio/video rack had been unplugged and taken away -- the Beta HiFi VCR. They left everything else around it, which is absolutely inexplicable. This was on a weekday and I remember it was still daylight when I got home and discovered it. That evening I had a locksmith install a "long" deadbolt on the front door and a locking mechanism on the slider going out to the balcony. Yes, another slider and another balcony.

3. In 1999, having lived in this house for several years, Kristi and I came home to find the jewelry boxes in our bedrooms (containing sentimental stuff, nothing expensive) ransacked and emptied or missing entirely. The rest of the house seemed to be untouched, including -- again -- all of my audio and video stuff. The police came out and said that by all rights, the room with that stuff should have been emptied, and that I was very lucky. They also said it all looked like the work of kids -- very likely someone we knew, and that they were looking for easy stuff to carry and pawn. Locks changed, and nothing was ever found.

I think -- and hope -- that's the end of my little story.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:52:36 AM »

I am looking forward to Project Three, BK's opera The Little Thieves.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:58:23 AM »

DR Elmore:

I see that that Lost in the Stars CD carries a Music Masters label.

Is that by any chance an offshoot of the long-departed store of that name on (I think) West 43rd St.? That was one fascinating place. The little I actually knew of it was that for a pretty fee they'd send someone around to surreptitiously record live performances. Must have been a gold mine.

Jane · « **Reply #39 on:** December 21, 2020, 06:59:10 AM »

Quote from: Jrand70 on December 21, 2020, 05:04:06 AM

Today is Monday. I am expected in the dentist chair in about an hour.....but since he is only five minutes away.....I don't have to leave my house for 35 minutes or so....my sister is taking me and will pick me up after the excavation.

I do not know if I will be in any shape to post when I get home. Time will tell.

Mega vibes all goes well.

Jane · « **Reply #40 on:** December 21, 2020, 07:01:00 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 05:49:09 AM

TOD:

My home has been burglarized twice. They were looking for a gun both times, which they didn’t find, since I don’t have one. They also emptied my change bucket both times.

Twice

How did you know they were looking for a gun?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #41 on:** December 21, 2020, 07:01:44 AM »

Oh yeah, I meant to ask that!

Ginny · « **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2020, 07:18:46 AM »

Thinking of DR JRand...

Druxy · « **Reply #43 on:** December 21, 2020, 07:29:33 AM »

T.O.D.

Back in the 1980s, when I had my Calabasas condo, somebody broke in while I was gone for about an hour. I don't recall that they took much; just messed the place up.

Druxy · « **Reply #44 on:** December 21, 2020, 07:38:52 AM »

My one-person play, ORSON WELLES, open at the Don Bluth Front Row Theatre in Scottsdale, AZ, on January 28th.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #45 on:** December 21, 2020, 08:28:01 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on December 21, 2020, 06:58:23 AM

DR Elmore:

I see that that Lost in the Stars CD carries a Music Masters label.

Is that by any chance an offshoot of the long-departed store of that name on (I think) West 43rd St.? That was one fascinating place. The little I actually knew of it was that for a pretty fee they'd send someone around to surreptitiously record live performances. Must have been a gold mine.

I don't think so.

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** December 21, 2020, 08:53:51 AM »

Quote from: Jane on December 21, 2020, 07:01:00 AM

Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 05:49:09 AM
TOD:

My home has been burglarized twice. They were looking for a gun both times, which they didn’t find, since I don’t have one. They also emptied my change bucket both times.

Twice

How did you know they were looking for a gun?

It’s what the police said.

John G. · « **Reply #47 on:** December 21, 2020, 08:55:14 AM »

Great news, Druxy.

Jane · « **Reply #48 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:02:07 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 08:53:51 AM

Quote from: Jane on December 21, 2020, 07:01:00 AM
Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 05:49:09 AM
TOD:

My home has been burglarized twice. They were looking for a gun both times, which they didn’t find, since I don’t have one. They also emptied my change bucket both times.

Twice

How did you know they were looking for a gun?

It’s what the police said.

Thanks.

Jane · « **Reply #49 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:02:21 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 08:55:14 AM

Great news, Druxy.

Ditto!

Jane · « **Reply #50 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:03:45 AM »

From DR TCB:

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I believe I talked about my great nephew having to find a home for his kitty, because he and his girlfriend have two dogs that have been harassing the poor cat. I said I would take the cat, but he had to be fixed and had to be tested for feline leukemia before I would take him.

I remember that and since he hadn't done this you got Sasha.

Jane · « **Reply #51 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:10:52 AM »

Tom, I am glad I misunderstood about Sasha. You rarely mention her. Awhile back someone asked how she was and I thought you responded you didn't want to talk about it. In my mind something bad happened and since you didn't want to talk about it, I didn't ask. I am extremely pleased she is good.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #52 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:25:27 AM »

Ha!

The patented HHW vibes are working.

The procedure took only about 20 minutes although I was in the chair waiting for the numbing to take place, etc, for about an hour and fifteen minutes in total.

My sister has gone to pick up my prescription which sounds like some good stuff.... I am still using the gauze.....

Not much pain yet...still some numbness.....and while I couldn't feel anything, it sounded like Dr. Taylor was cracking walnuts in there........but there you are.

It's done. I shall retire to my fainting couch probably for the rest of the day.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #53 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:26:42 AM »

Oh....and I got a $100 deduction from the bill for "paying in full" which was a nice surprise.

Laura · « **Reply #54 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:48:53 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 08:53:51 AM

Quote from: Jane on December 21, 2020, 07:01:00 AM
Quote from: John G. on December 21, 2020, 05:49:09 AM
TOD:

My home has been burglarized twice. They were looking for a gun both times, which they didn’t find, since I don’t have one. They also emptied my change bucket both times.

Twice

How did you know they were looking for a gun?

It’s what the police said.

He lives in Texas.

Laura · « **Reply #55 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:49:46 AM »

Good morning.

Laura · « **Reply #56 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:54:23 AM »

TOD:

1. My husband's car was broken into in the middle of the night. They got his pilot bag, which contained an aviation radio, gps, and his flight log. The flight log was his only record of his flying time, and it was the only thing he really wanted back.

2. I left the gate to the backyard unlocked. In the morning it was propped open, which puzzled me. The only thing we missed was a partial bottle of laundry detergent. And there was an empty place on a shelf, and I never did figure out what was missing.

Laura · « **Reply #57 on:** December 21, 2020, 09:54:45 AM »

I'm glad you are doing well, JRand. Take it easy the rest of the day.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** December 21, 2020, 10:11:24 AM »

DR Laura, I never knew your husband was a pilot! Even for as short a time as I enjoyed being a private pilot, losing that flight log would be heartbreaking. I'm so sorry to hear that.

John G. · « **Reply #59 on:** December 21, 2020, 10:20:54 AM »

I think I need a fainting couch like JRAND’s.

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