A rant (not for those who are offended by strong language)

[cecilia]

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:

[cecilia]

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.

[cecilia]

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

[cecilia]

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.

[cecilia]

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: