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Someone came in the back door of my fly shop today and stole my jacket. In
the pocket was the keys to my car so they stole that too.

The CHP told me that our report number was 1777 which is how many cars that
were reported stolen today. I wonder, was that in Sacramento County or in
California?

Be careful out there..................

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com

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Bill,

So sorry to hear that. Hopefully you will get it back and
still in the same condition. Just curious, is the back door
an alternate entrance or one that you didn't feel you needed
to lock?

A new twist to stealing cars, well, ok, I don't know anything
about stealing cars, but this was a new one on me. A friend at
a pool hall I occasionally go to had left his keys on a counter
by the tables (not at the bar). Not realizing that he had done
this, he wasn't aware they disappeared. As he went to his car
at the end of the evening, he noticed that he didn't have his
keys and next noticed his car was gone. Since most new(er)
cars have the alarm/lock/unlock setup on the keychain, this
person only needed to grab his keys, walk outside and press the
unlock button and the car would announce which one it was.

-JimL

Bill Kiene wrote:
Someone came in the back door of my fly shop today and stole my jacket. In
the pocket was the keys to my car so they stole that too.

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Hi Jim,

We did not lock the back door so the UPS driver could get in easily but that
will all change now.

My wife asked how did they know which car was ours? Well as you said they
all have the alarm/lock push button system so it was very easy.

Lucky I have another car.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA
www.kiene.com


"JimL" wrote in message
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Bill,

So sorry to hear that. Hopefully you will get it back and
still in the same condition. Just curious, is the back door
an alternate entrance or one that you didn't feel you needed
to lock?

A new twist to stealing cars, well, ok, I don't know anything
about stealing cars, but this was a new one on me. A friend at
a pool hall I occasionally go to had left his keys on a counter
by the tables (not at the bar). Not realizing that he had done
this, he wasn't aware they disappeared. As he went to his car
at the end of the evening, he noticed that he didn't have his
keys and next noticed his car was gone. Since most new(er)
cars have the alarm/lock/unlock setup on the keychain, this
person only needed to grab his keys, walk outside and press the
unlock button and the car would announce which one it was.

-JimL

Bill Kiene wrote:
Someone came in the back door of my fly shop today and stole my jacket.
In
the pocket was the keys to my car so they stole that too.

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Sorry to hear that, Bill. I had one stolen in 1967, driven about 2 miles,
and the keys left above the visor. No damage done and I got the vehicle back
in less than 48 hrs. Still, you feel violated and very ****ed. The feeling
wanes but that's when I started leaning to the right.

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Bill, sorry to hear this. If it's not recovered in good condition, I hope your
insurance company treats you right.

A friend had his truck stolen a couple of weeks ago. Car wash attendent stole
his garage door opener out of the truck, copied the address from his
registration, and then got the truck right out of his garage a couple of days
later. It was recovered within a few days, but the thieves had trashed it in
every way possible, short of setting it afire. He had over $20,000 invested in
customization; a beautiful vehicle, destroyed.


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Bill Kiene wrote:

Someone came in the back door of my fly shop today and stole my jacket. In
the pocket was the keys to my car so they stole that too.

The CHP told me that our report number was 1777 which is how many cars that
were reported stolen today. I wonder, was that in Sacramento County or in
California?

Be careful out there..................


How declasse...a worthy thief would have taken a tray of flies...

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"Eric H" wrote in message news:uJ9Ib.94$ZF2.57@fe01...
Sorry to hear that, Bill. I had one stolen in 1967, driven about 2 miles,
and the keys left above the visor. No damage done and I got the vehicle back
in less than 48 hrs. Still, you feel violated and very ****ed. The feeling
wanes but that's when I started leaning to the right.

You know the old saying... Liberals are really just conservatives who
have not been mugged yet?

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In Washington, you have to be caught stealing a car five times before you do
any jail time at all.

I don't know why we are so lenient with car thieves. It's not doing them
(usually young kids) any real good at all. We're sending a message that crime
is an acceptable recreational activity- as long as you don't get caught more
than four times.

I once almost began doing business with
a young woman who had a real scam going. (I found out about the scam and
severed the relationship immediately). She and a couple of friends were
receiving stolen cars and parting them out. They had
a group of young kids, crack addicts all, who did the actual stealing. When the
kids brought in a car, they would get maybe $10 cash and enough crack to get
through one more day until they could steal another car. Too bad, they had some
excellent prices on body and mechanical parts. (When I passed my discovery
along to the cops, they said they already knew about the operation. Not too
many days later, they were busted).

The most ingenious group of boosters we had up this way had a real program!
They would steal Honda Accords, take the cars to a warehouse, strip all the
doors, trunks, hoods, seats, etc and then park the chassis out along a public
street someplace. Of course, 90% of the owners had insurance, and the insurance
companies would pay off the owners and then run the chassis through an
insurance auction. The thieves would go to the auction, buy up the chassis for
next to nothing, *get a legitimate title* to the car in the process, and then
take the car back to the warehouse and reattach the exact same parts that came
off it in the first place. They got away with this almost forever, making some
huge bucks along the way. Finally, somebody asked the obvious question- "Why is
the same group of people buying every single stripped out Honda that goes
through the auction?"

They tracked down a few of the cars and discovered that the body parts matched
the VIN number of the chassis....and the jig was up.

Hope you get your rig back soon, and without damage.

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In article ,
"Bill Kiene" wrote:

Someone came in the back door of my fly shop today and stole my jacket. In
the pocket was the keys to my car so they stole that too.

The CHP told me that our report number was 1777 which is how many cars that
were reported stolen today. I wonder, was that in Sacramento County or in
California?

Be careful out there..................

something else hk and his kind can blame on gwb

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"noah" wrote in message
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I lived in my house for 10 years with NO problems, then I was burglarised
twice
in 2 years. I now keep a loaded 12 gauge to welcome uninvited guests.

The local police told me that, if I shoot them outside, drag them inside.

Noah, combine 12 gauge and "drag them inside" into the same thought, and
it's clear that the word "shark" would be too mild a term to describe the
lawyer you'll need.

Now, maybe if the cops saw the trail of blood leading into the house and
said "Geez...you musta really banged up your elbow shovelling the snow. Take
it easy, will ya? Now...where's that burglar?", you'd be in good shape. If
you have cops like that where you live, I want to move there. :-)