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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / General => Topic started by: motorollin on January 23, 2009, 07:35:46 AM
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Dear thieving c***s,
I am writing with regard to the bike wheel you stole from me last night, you worthless, selfish piece of s**t. I hope the money you make from selling it helps you to buy fags, booze, condoms and mobile phone credit for some of your revolting, obese s**g children. I am a student and cannot afford to replace what you have taken from me, but please think nothing of the inconvenience this will cause, nor of how upset I am that some unemployed, worthless dole scum piece of s**t has come in to my property and stolen from me.
I understand that stealing from people may cause you some inconvenience also, due to the unsociable hours. I may have a solution for you: get a f**king job.
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Sorry to hear about your brother's motorbike. It basically comes down to the fact that people are arseholes. I have been coming to that conclusion for most of my life, and it was confirmed once and for all when someone decided to cave in one of the panels on my car. The excess on my insurance to have it repaired was £300, which caused me significant financial problems. Especially seeing how it happened twice. I had no choice but to repair it as it was a leased vehicle.
As I said before, people are arseholes.
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Ah yes I so much feel your woes. I cursed those f**kheads who stole my bike a while ago 'til the 200th generation of descendants. I searched the whole city centre for that person to rip his backbone out of his body and make him eat his own eyes, and things like that. :madashell:
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My other half is checking our CCTV. Looks like we have caught them on camera. So I'll be on the lookout for them! If I catch them, I'll rip out their backbones and make them eat their own eyes for you Speel - maybe that will make you feel a bit better ;-)
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"And things like that"
Could the eyes be combined with grinded glass and salt water? :lol:
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Btw. next time make sure you've got a very strong chain lock (you know, with solid steel chain links), and chain the bicycle frame (preferably including the front wheel) to an object like a traffic sign or street lantern.
Attaching a second lock isn't a bad idea either.
It dramatically reduces the chance of it being stolen.
When my bicycle was stolen, I didn't have taken these measures and locked the bicycle with a standard lock.
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Things like this really piss me off! I am well aware just how hard it is to get by in this life and make ends meet, so when I see someone trying to do their best... Following the rules and dealing with the crap life throws at them, I feel proud and want to help... Which is why when I see someone cheating, taking the easy way, it drives me mad! Made worse by the fact that they did this to someone I know personally, and who I know and have seen work hard and push themselves! :-x
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As I said before, people are arseholes.
yup!
many of them are.
and some people wonder why I'm so anti-social!
machines never act like this (of course they can't).
all I can do from here is send out good vibs and best wishes.
and if i ever see anyone stealing your stuff i'll beat the living cr0p out of them :lol: :destroy:
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@Lorraine, Eyso, Matt and Cecilia
Your replies are the only thing that have made me smile and saved this day from being miserable. So, thanks for cheering me up. Oh, and we got excellent pictures of the offenders on our CCTV. I plan to print them out as large as possible and laminate them along with a sign saying something like "These people stole my bike wheel. If you know who they are please let me know!". Who knows, it might work. I know that in the grand scheme of things having a bike wheel stolen is not the end of the world. But it will cause me a massive inconvenience, and the worst part is knowing that the offenders came on to our property, our home, to do it. Very upsetting really. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for your house to be broken in to and know that someone was in your house!
@Speel
I have got a practically indestructible bike chain but don't chain up the wheels. It never occurred to me that the wheels alone would be desirable to a thief :roll:
@Bloodline
Speaking of pushing myself, I finished a new song yesterday. That's 5 so far for the album :-)
Cheers again guys!
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motorollin wrote:
@Speel
I have got a practically indestructible bike chain but don't chain up the wheels. It never occurred to me that the wheels alone would be desirable to a thief :roll:
Take one bicycle which is chained only on it's front wheel, and take one bicycle which front wheel isn't chained, and voila! A complete bicycle.
At least considering the huge amount of bicycles (and often parked near each other) here in NL, you have to take this seriously into account.
Cheers again guys!
Ah cheers mate. Good to hear you feel less miserable :-)
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Well, my other half picked me up from the train station today and brought me home. We we pulled up to the house I saw that he had bought me a new cover for my bike. I made a sarcastic comment that was a bit late for that, but he insisted I come and have a look at it. When I got close enough I saw a new wheel poking out from underneath! I pulled back the cover and saw that attached to the new wheel was a whole new bike!!!!! I can't believe it :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) I think I'll keep this one in the garden instead of on the drive way...
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How unfortunate your old bike wheel got... Wie sage ich das jetzt... "stolen"... ;-) :-P
Seriously, that is so sweet, sometimes I do like a happy ending :-)
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Yes, I must now go and tend to that burning pile of twisted metal and rubber in the garden...
clickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclickyclicky (http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm244/motorollin/bike.jpg)
Speel - note the way two chains are used to secure the bike and both wheels ;-) This one will live in the garden, as it wouldn't susprise me if the thieves came back for more, and when they found that the couldn't steal it decided to kick it to pieces instead...
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motorollin wrote:
Speel - note the way two chains are used to secure the bike and both wheels ;-) This one will live in the garden, as it wouldn't susprise me if the thieves came back for more, and when they found that the couldn't steal it decided to kick it to pieces instead...
But you haven't got it chained to something :whack:
They just can pick it up and cut the chains at home, AND which isn't a difficult job because the chains you use are, if you pardon my french, lousy. You really need those with solid chains, like this one:
(http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/chain_lock.jpg)
Very nice bicycle btw. :-)
but I fear thieves will think that too.
Best to have a grey boring bike with certain aspects of which it can be identified with.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
But you haven't got it chained to something :whack:
Yes I have :-) There is a bike hook attached to the wall (which can't be removed while the chain is through it) and the bike is chained to that. You just can't see it because the bike is in the way.
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
They just can pick it up and cut the chains at home, AND which isn't a difficult job because the chains you use are, if you pardon my french, lousy. You really need those with solid chains, like this one:
(http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/chain_lock.jpg)
They are solid chains inside. The plastic coating is just to waterproof them and stop them from rusting.
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Very nice bicycle btw. :-)
Thanks :-)
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
but I fear thieves will think that too.
Maybe, but I think they'll have a hard time getting it off the wall! Those chains are practically impossible to cut through.
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motorollin wrote:
Well, my other half picked me up from the train station today and brought me home. We we pulled up to the house I saw that he had bought me a new cover for my bike. I made a sarcastic comment that was a bit late for that, but he insisted I come and have a look at it. When I got close enough I saw a new wheel poking out from underneath! I pulled back the cover and saw that attached to the new wheel was a whole new bike!!!!! I can't believe it :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) I think I'll keep this one in the garden instead of on the drive way...
aaawwww, how adorable!
this bike stealing thing reminded me of a bike I once saw that had a easily removable front wheel (flip of a switch type of thing). I saw that in manahtten people would remove that front wheel and secure thier chain around both wheels together. if you get my meaning.
these were probably messengers so they were up on the latest stuff.
anyway, I wonder if there's a "lojack" type of system for bikes. here in the US some states have a system where you have a "locator" installed in your car and if it gets stolen the police can find it fast. It actually has a high success rate.
I suppose what with GPS it's possible to hide a chip in a bike and have a similar system.
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cecilia wrote:
I suppose what with GPS it's possible to hide a chip in a bike and have a similar system.
GPS is receive only. It could use it, but only using it together with GPRS (standard mobile phone network).
Normally I'd say it'd be costly, but prices are dropping tremendously.
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http://hackaday.com/2008/07/26/honeybike-bicycle-thief-honeypot/
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I'm sorry for your loss...I can't stand seeing good people have crap like this happen to them.
You should be aware though, in Chicago it's just as common for people to steal the bike seat as well as the wheel.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
I suppose what with GPS it's possible to hide a chip in a bike and have a similar system.
GPS is receive only. It could use it, but only using it together with GPRS (standard mobile phone network).
Normally I'd say it'd be costly, but prices are dropping tremendously.
they have made a system for children where you attach a device to your child (some bracelet thingy) and via your phone you can keep track of where he or she is.
I'm sure a similar thing can be done for bikes
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Well, the police are coming over this morning to have a look at our CCTV footage. Probably seems like a bit of an over-reaction, but I'm not just going to let it go. First it's a bike wheel, then once the b*stards think they can walk all over you they're in your fking house.
I made the mistake of watching the CCTV footage last night. It's very upsetting to see someone just walk on to your property, take your possessions, then walk off as if they have done nothing wrong :cry:
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cecilia wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
cecilia wrote:
I suppose what with GPS it's possible to hide a chip in a bike and have a similar system.
GPS is receive only. It could use it, but only using it together with GPRS (standard mobile phone network).
Normally I'd say it'd be costly, but prices are dropping tremendously.
they have made a system for children where you attach a device to your child (some bracelet thingy) and via your phone you can keep track of where he or she is.
I'm sure a similar thing can be done for bikes
Yes, this uses a kinda similar technique as GPS (though the sattelites are in this case the antennas)
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motorollin wrote:
Well, the police are coming over this morning to have a look at our CCTV footage. Probably seems like a bit of an over-reaction, but I'm not just going to let it go. First it's a bike wheel, then once the b*stards think they can walk all over you they're in your fking house.
Why would it be an over reaction? :-?
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motorollin wrote:
I made the mistake of watching the CCTV footage last night. It's very upsetting to see someone just walk on to your property, take your possessions, then walk off as if they have done nothing wrong :cry:
Keep in mind that they're not anonymous anymore because of it.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
motorollin wrote:
Well, the police are coming over this morning to have a look at our CCTV footage. Probably seems like a bit of an over-reaction, but I'm not just going to let it go. First it's a bike wheel, then once the b*stards think they can walk all over you they're in your fking house.
Why would it be an over reaction? :-?
Dunno, I just assume that the police have more important things to do with their time. However, an officer actually came round today and looked at the footage, and took printouts. She said she will circulate it to her colleagues and if anyone recognises the offenders they will arrest them. Here's hoping.
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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
motorollin wrote:
I made the mistake of watching the CCTV footage last night. It's very upsetting to see someone just walk on to your property, take your possessions, then walk off as if they have done nothing wrong :cry:
Keep in mind that they're not anonymous anymore because of it.
True. I'm also thinking of sending a copy of one of the pics to the local paper. If they print it, there's probably a good chance someone will recognise them ;-)
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motorollin wrote:
Well, the police are coming over this morning to have a look at our CCTV footage. Probably seems like a bit of an over-reaction, but I'm not just going to let it go. First it's a bike wheel, then once the b*stards think they can walk all over you they're in your fking house.
I made the mistake of watching the CCTV footage last night. It's very upsetting to see someone just walk on to your property, take your possessions, then walk off as if they have done nothing wrong :cry:
these people have commited other crimes - i'm sure of it.
this is not "stealing" a loaf of bread because you are hungary type of behavior.
they may have been doing much worse. you did the right thing and this is just what the police are SUPPOSED to be doing. only when citizens give the police the pieces of a puzzle can the police DO thier job and put it all together to remove people who make you feel unsafe and violated.
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cecilia wrote:
this is not "stealing" a loaf of bread because you are hungary type of behavior.
you'll get all the hungarians offended, watch your tongue :lol:
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countzero wrote:
cecilia wrote:
this is not "stealing" a loaf of bread because you are hungary type of behavior.
you'll get all the hungarians offended, watch your tongue :lol:
looks like my spell checker failed :lol: :lol:
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Having gone through similar myself a few years back I know too well the pain of that loss.
I'm glad your other half has helped to create a silver lining for you in this case.
I hope too that the bleasmin are able to catch the scum who did this to you as well. I hear it's police brutality week soon...
Anyway, all the best moto!