Stupid Thief

[BobnBev]

I had 3 squares of astro turf under my hose reel, totally invisible from the street. Looked out and saw my hose reel was moved, and 2 of the squares were gone. I would have given them to him if he had asked. He didn't even have the courtesy to put the hose reel back where he found it. What a dunce. If anybody wants the other piece, it's yours, or it goes out with the trash.PM me.:ohdear: I have a general idea who took it, just not worth the effort to confront him.

[tophcfa]

Stupid Thief, is that not an oxymoron?

[Kenswing]

Stealing from a former LEO isn't exactly a display of higher intelligence either.. lol

[patfla06]

What kind of nut steals turf from someone else?

[DougB]

Stupid Thief, is that not an oxymoron?

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Stupid Thief is not an oxymoron.

[Two Bills]

Why not take the third piece and just leave it outside your suspects front door?
If your suspicions are correct, a subtle message has been left.

[rjn5656]

Love the last recommendation.

[600th Photo Sq]

What kind of nut steals turf from someone else?

Easy a " Turf Thief ".

[Madelaine Amee]

Why not take the third piece and just leave it outside your suspects front door?
If your suspicions are correct, a subtle message has been left.

Great reply! :coolsmiley: I would probably have to have the last word and leave a big note saying "YOU LEFT ONE".

[Velvet]

Stupid is the operating word.

We had one brick taken from the edge of the flower bed. And one bush too.

[chuck90199]

A few weeks after we moved in to the Village of Charlotte in 2012, someone performed a nozzle-ectomy on the garden hose we had outside the garage. So, we attached a new spray nozzle. A few days later the replacement disappeared. After the third one vanished, we decided it wasn't smart to leave the hose and nozzle outdoors, so into the garage it went. We were lucky. A couple of other neighbors lost their complete hose and nozzle. Apparently there was someone in the neighborhood with a rubber hose and spout fetish. Maybe they needed them to finish out their collection. Didn't notice nozzles listed in the classifieds and luckily no more have disappeared since.

[New Englander]

Nothing surprises me any more. Wouldn't you like to catch the scumbag thief in the act? :boxing2:

[ColdNoMore]

Nothing surprises me any more. Wouldn't you like to catch the scumbag thief in the act? :boxing2:

Just out of curiosity, if you did catch someone...what is it that you would do?

[zmarkp]

Just out of curiosity, if you did catch someone...what is it that you would do?

Hose 'em down!

[New Englander]

Just out of curiosity, if you did catch someone...what is it that you would do?

:swear::rant-rave::police:

[Madelaine Amee]

In all seriousness, I am always amazed at someone taking something that does not belong to them. :ohdear:

[patfla06]

In all seriousness, I am always amazed at someone taking something that does not belong to them. :ohdear:

Exactly! :ohdear:

[perrjojo]

Why not take the third piece and just leave it outside your suspects front door?
If your suspicions are correct, a subtle message has been left.
Love this idea.

[BobnBev]

Just out of curiosity, if you did catch someone...what is it that you would do?

Definitely something I can't post here, but thanks for asking.:boxing2::boxing2:

[coffeebean]

In all seriousness, I am always amazed at someone taking something that does not belong to them. :ohdear:

But, but, but.....this is Florida's Friendliest Home Town.

[kcrazorbackfan]

I had 3 squares of astro turf under my hose reel, totally invisible from the street. Looked out and saw my hose reel was moved, and 2 of the squares were gone. I would have given them to him if he had asked. He didn't even have the courtesy to put the hose reel back where he found it. What a dunce. If anybody wants the other piece, it's yours, or it goes out with the trash.PM me.:ohdear: I have a general idea who took it, just not worth the effort to confront him.

Oh, yes it would be.....

[VJBama]

The astro turf thief and nozzle thief has moved on to stealing light post address cross bars. He hit my house. The 6.99 bar bothers me less than the address bar which he took with it. Certainly not enough scrap to steal. You can buy them on Amazon if you really need one.

I got it, people take these when they move as it is easier than removing the personalized address plate. But seven bucks, how do people come it think this way?

[BobnBev]

The astro turf thief and nozzle thief has moved on to stealing light post address cross bars. He hit my house. The 6.99 bar bothers me less than the address bar which he took with it. Certainly not enough scrap to steal. You can buy them on Amazon if you really need one.

I got it, people take these when they move as it is easier than removing the personalized address plate. But seven bucks, how do people come it think this way?

It's all in their upbringing.:ohdear:

[xcaligirl]

Why not take the third piece and just leave it outside your suspects front door?
If your suspicions are correct, a subtle message has been left.
Brilliant! LOL

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

It's all in their upbringing.:ohdear:

Eh - not really. In fact, not at all. If that were true, then there would be no criminals that come from "god-loving god-fearing law-abiding hard-working christian homes."

If that were true, ALL criminals would come from anarchist homes where the parents have no respect for the law and bring their kids up to do whatever they want, with only natural consequences.

And yet - there are criminals from the first, and there are law-abiding kids who grow up to be law-abiding adults from the second.

Upbringing has an impact - but it's not the deciding factor.