Thieves take 1-0 lead over sluggo

January 24, 2006 at 1:06 am · Filed under Just Stuff

Goody, more great news. It appears that my garage door opener opted to open on its own last night. Some nice people decided this meant that my two mountain bikes, cordless drill, drill set, and wrench set were free to to pick up. In some respects I guess I was lucky because they left behind things like: three more bikes, a scooter, tablesaw, sanders, box of garbage, vacuum, deepfreeze and a toy drill.

For now I’ve disabled the garage door opener and fastened some wood blocks just above the garage door such that it cannot be raised with completely wrecking the whole thing. I also bought one of those lock shields for the man door, but it didn’t fit. Tomorrow I will try and get one that fits. I also wanted to get an engraver to mark everything of value that is still in the garage. I went to Home Depot and Canadian Tire and they were both out of stock. By then it was 10pm and too late to go anywhere else.

A Vancouver Police Constable recommended the engraving. He said that once an item is visibly engraved, it becomes very difficult for the thieves to sell it.

I guess the good news from the whole thing is that I took some time tonight to fix the man door such that it opens and closes easier. I’d like to have it working properly when the thieves return tonight to smash it in and steal everything that is left in the garage.

  • Mom

    Oh Doug
    You do have the darnest luck at times. Keep smiling!

    Love Mom

  • mullinator

    Digger,

    Considering the # of thieves in your neighborhood I think you should consider moving to the Okanagan. I have left my garage door open overnight countless times – and nobody has taken anything.

    It might have made a difference if I owned something of value.

  • sluggo

    Perhaps I can become a science teacher at your school? Last time I checked, the OK was not a hotbed of biotech and medical device companies. That’s our mealticket these days, baby.

  • http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2006/03/12/new-bike-pt-1.html New bike, pt. 1 at dryfly.ca

    [...] Either the garage door manufacturer or insurance will pay for this bike, along with another bike I hope to buy very soon. Once I get the second bike, I will also collect an excellent discount from Westpoint for buying two bikes. Previously I’ve bought three other Rocky Mountian mountain bikes from Westpoint: the ‘91 Summit RL in 1992, an ‘01 Element in 2002, and an ‘02 Fusion in 2002. What can I say, I like Rockies and I like Westpoint. There are other bike shops in town I like, but they don’t carry Rocky…. Published March 12th, 2006 in Wet Flies Tags: No Tags. [...]

  • http://www.dryfly.ca/blog/2006/05/16/new-mountain-bike.html New Mountain Bike at dryfly.ca

    [...] I picked up a new mountain bike on the weekend. I had finally heard back from my insurance company with regards to the garage theft, and everything was okayed to get a new bike. [...]

  • sluggo

    Perhaps I can become a science teacher at your school? Last time I checked, the OK was not a hotbed of biotech and medical device companies. That's our mealticket these days, baby.