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Susie got up this morning to find out that we’d made an unapproved Boxing Day gift to some idiot loser.

The garage door was open, so she went out and looked.  Sure enough, my bike was stolen.

Then she went into the living room and discovered that the roof was leaking.  That’s not acceptable.  That’s downright unacceptable. We called our landlord and reported the roof, but not the garage break-in yet.

Not tht I’ve been doing a lot of bike riding, but it was a wonderful mountain bike, and I really did enjoy it from time to time.  The really crappy thing is, Susie’s bike is still there, and you just know the asshole is going to come back and try to grab it, too.

The only plus side: this situation would have been a lot harder and more upsetting to deal with on Christmas Day.

Overheard

“BBFF (Best Bacon Friends Forever)”

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“I find myself thinking of a checklist Wozniak wrote a few years ago describing how to become a genius. His advice was straightforward yet strangely terrible: You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life.”

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.”

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“Ever have something in your teeth that you cannot stop tonguing?”

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“ . . . the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.”

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Hey Trav!

I'm sorry someone stole your bike. That totally blows. I hope your landlords fixes your roof soon, having a leaky roof isn't very fun, especially when it rains almost every day.

Virginia

 

Posted by Virginia  at  3:41 pm on Dec. 26, 2005

 

 

 

That totally sucks!
You could dip Susie's bike in some type of poison... Or lay out ankle-traps... Or sit up in the rafters in the dark with some type of weapon... Or get a really sturdy bike lock, I suppose.

 

Posted by Jason  at  12:50 pm on Jan. 5, 2006

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