Have you ever stolen anything? Young or old?
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Comments (33)Double digging in one section of my yard uncovered a tirod, a hub cap, and various jagged car parts. I've also dug my fair share of boulders from the garden beds. We use them for borders and edging. Twice during our ownership of the property we discovered a micro-sinkhole. Both gobbled up their unsuspecting victim like quicksand because of how saturated the areas became. I now landscape to prevent these problems from happening again. Digging up larger, unknown objects can spark a chain of events in the garden's evolution....See MoreIf you have 'stolen' a pet...
Comments (79)This is bizarre!! The dog wasn't 'lost' in his crate. That makes no sense whatsoever. Its obvious someone placed the dog there to be found by a nice PTA family oriented person. Placing the dog by the cars was probably to prevent the dog from crying (and the person leaving it to get caught). School parking lights do have a little lighting. The crate was obviuously seen and not run over. Picture 20 PTA mom's after a meeting discussing what to do. Of course the dog is going to go home with the person who was considering getting a dog anyway. Not everyone can just appear at home with a dog at the end of the night (other pets, spouse not wanting another animal in the house-even briefly). If someone is going to abandon a dog, after dark would be the most likely scenario. This dog was left in a place where it would be discovered. How in the world could it be left there by accident???????!!!!!!! Referring to an unlikely scenario mentioned above (the teenagers stealing it on whim)-the owners would be sure to check the paper, check with the local vets, look for posters-come on!!!!!! As for the woman in the car asking about the dog-would she drive away and forget about it?? I doubt that. She would see where they lived and speak with the parents, and see if it is her dog by the way it reacted to her. If it seemed to be hers she could see if they give it back or contact the police. It wouldn't be unusual for a child to consider it his dog (or wish it was) after a few days. If I found a dog I would put up posters and place an ad in the newspaper-they weren't hiding anything-if the woman was in the neighborhood, she saw the signs with the phone number. I never heard of contacting animal control to report a lost dog. I will have to check that out, however I wouldn;t consider a dog in a crate lost. Lets not forget the OP's parents regularly read the police blotter, didn't seem to be stolen. I would never think to call the police. I can just imagine calling the Orlando police dept to report I found a dog!! They have bigger problems to worry about than that. I can't believe people on this thread are calling them thieves????? Did they steal a dog left sitting in a dark parking lot?? Did they put up posters?? a newspaper ad?? Talk to the local vet, not to mention getting the shots or whatever was required over the years-the vet would have known if someone was looking for it....See MoreLiterary types - have you ever seen anything like this before?
Comments (10)I know this is an old thread, but thought I'd give an update. I went ahead and bought this book through Barnes and Noble, after checking their return policy (which is generous - anything can be returned within 14 days). This book - titled "Penniman" had *THREE* pages on Penniman, Virginia. Yup, three. The rest was on Williamsburg, Yorktown, James City County, etc., and every word - EVERY word - came right off Wikipedia. So, I drove out to Barnes & Noble to return it and they said, "This is a textbook and can not be returned. No exceptions." I spoke with the manager (at length) and she eventually agreed to accept the return. BTW their website said *nothing* about the book not being returnable. NOT ONE WORD. So, it's just a rip-off and I am really disappointed in B&N not disclosing that if you buy this book - you're on your own. And if this really is a "textbook," I feel mighty sorry for the college students shelling out $65 for this junk. Rose Here is a link that might be useful: The reason I bought the book......See MoreHave you ever had any of your plants stolen?
Comments (16)When I lived in San Diego in the 80's, I gardened for a year in the City Heights community garden. There were a lot of great gardeners there, but theft was a major problem. I had my entire sweet corn crop stolen the day before I had planned to pick it... another gardener said they saw someone selling it on a corner a few blocks away. On another day, I found a mother with her young children walking through some neighboring plots, and asked her what she was doing there. Her reply was "This is a community garden, we can take what we want". That was the last year I gardened there. Since then, I've often gardened on other people's land, in exchange for services rendered (such as mowing or keeping trash picked up). Only once did I have someone attempt to steal something - which was carrots. It seems the culprit didn't have anything to dig with, so they just stole what they could pull out. Fortunately for me, they didn't get much; the roots were already deep, so most of the tops broke off. They left a pile of leaves in the parking lot....See Moremoonie_57 (8 NC)
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