To the A-Hole at Lake Mojave Who Stole My Stuff

That sucks. But it's also not very smart to leave
your valuables unsecured. That's just the way it is.
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Call the chief of police and tell him to have his son return the stuff.

"akheel" <akheelremovethis.TakeThisOut@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:Xns951ECF88EB6AFakheel@64.164.98.51...
 > I had a great time at Lake Mojave this 4th of July weekend, but it ended
on
 > a sour note. We "camp" on the lake during the day and pull the boat each
 > night and stay in a nice air conditioned hotel in nearby Laughlin.
 > Thousands of others do the same. As is the custom, we left our gear at
our
 > site overnight, covered with the tarps from our awnings. We've never had a
 > problem before, and felt relatively safe, since the site is only
accessible
 > by boat.
 >
 > We left about 7pm on the 4th to see the fireworks over the river outside
of
 > the hotel. We got back late the next day at around 1pm. Well, for the
 > first time in 10 years, someone had ripped us off. A few hundred dollars
 > worth, but that's not the point. The kids had looked forward to playing on
 > the floating island we had. We looked forward to sitting on the beach on
 > chairs. The took everything and obviously spent some time. The only thing
 > left were our awnings (thank G-d, at least we had shade) and oddly enough,
 > our barbeque. This was odd, because believe it our not, they took the
 > half-bag of charcoal we had left. They took my daughter's water shoes
(what
 > the hell are they gonna do with that?) and my favorite land anchor with
the
 > built in slide hammer. They took my buddy's jet ski anchor, which is just
a
 > bag full of rocks and a rope.
 >
 > Anyway, when I see boat sales are up 21% I don't necessaryily think that's
 > a good thing. Obviously, based on my experience, any jerk can buy a boat.
 > Just another carefree activity that is less so now. Thanks to whomever.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:22:27 GMT, akheel
<akheelremovethis RemoveThis @pacbell.net> wrote:

 >I had a great time at Lake Mojave this 4th of July weekend, but it ended on
 >a sour note. We "camp" on the lake during the day and pull the boat each
 >night and stay in a nice air conditioned hotel in nearby Laughlin.
 >Thousands of others do the same. As is the custom, we left our gear at our
 >site overnight, covered with the tarps from our awnings. We've never had a
 >problem before, and felt relatively safe, since the site is only accessible
 >by boat.
 >
 >We left about 7pm on the 4th to see the fireworks over the river outside of
 >the hotel. We got back late the next day at around 1pm. Well, for the
 >first time in 10 years, someone had ripped us off. A few hundred dollars
 >worth, but that's not the point. The kids had looked forward to playing on
 >the floating island we had. We looked forward to sitting on the beach on
 >chairs. The took everything and obviously spent some time. The only thing
 >left were our awnings (thank G-d, at least we had shade) and oddly enough,
 >our barbeque. This was odd, because believe it our not, they took the
 >half-bag of charcoal we had left. They took my daughter's water shoes (what
 >the hell are they gonna do with that?) and my favorite land anchor with the
 >built in slide hammer. They took my buddy's jet ski anchor, which is just a
 >bag full of rocks and a rope.
 >
 >Anyway, when I see boat sales are up 21% I don't necessaryily think that's
 >a good thing. Obviously, based on my experience, any jerk can buy a boat.
 >Just another carefree activity that is less so now. Thanks to whomever.

Let's see, you left your stuff out in the open in the middle of the
lake for almost 16 hours on 4th of July weekend and now you're mad it
got stolen. Well, WTF did you think was going to happen? I don't know
of any place in the nation you can leave anything of any value for 16
hours and expect it to still be there when you get back. This ain't
the 70's anymore. Even then you couldn't count on people being honest.
After all, they DID make locks back then for a reason. I worry about
leaving my worn-out and beat-up POS truck at the launch while I'm
fishing, or leaving my lawn service equipment outside the Lowe's
whilst I purchase a bale of pine straw. It only takes a second for
people to steal from you. Chalk this up to a lesson in common sense
and move on. Those who put their trust in the integrity of others are
invariably disappointed.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Ookie Wonderslug <ookie DeleteThis @my-deja.com> wrote in
news:ugiue0dtta8se0bfs98u6e895h2npo30pd@4ax.com:

 > On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 03:22:27 GMT, akheel
 > <akheelremovethis DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote:
 >
  >>I had a great time at Lake Mojave this 4th of July weekend, but it
  >>ended on a sour note. We "camp" on the lake during the day and pull
  >>the boat each night and stay in a nice air conditioned hotel in nearby
  >>Laughlin. Thousands of others do the same. As is the custom, we left
  >>our gear at our site overnight, covered with the tarps from our
  >>awnings. We've never had a problem before, and felt relatively safe,
  >>since the site is only accessible by boat.
  >>
  >>We left about 7pm on the 4th to see the fireworks over the river
  >>outside of the hotel. We got back late the next day at around 1pm.
  >>Well, for the first time in 10 years, someone had ripped us off. A few
  >>hundred dollars worth, but that's not the point. The kids had looked
  >>forward to playing on the floating island we had. We looked forward
  >>to sitting on the beach on chairs. The took everything and obviously
  >>spent some time. The only thing left were our awnings (thank G-d, at
  >>least we had shade) and oddly enough, our barbeque. This was odd,
  >>because believe it our not, they took the half-bag of charcoal we had
  >>left. They took my daughter's water shoes (what the hell are they
  >>gonna do with that?) and my favorite land anchor with the built in
  >>slide hammer. They took my buddy's jet ski anchor, which is just a bag
  >>full of rocks and a rope.
  >>
  >>Anyway, when I see boat sales are up 21% I don't necessaryily think
  >>that's a good thing. Obviously, based on my experience, any jerk can
  >>buy a boat. Just another carefree activity that is less so now.
  >>Thanks to whomever.
 >
 > Let's see, you left your stuff out in the open in the middle of the
 > lake for almost 16 hours on 4th of July weekend and now you're mad it
 > got stolen. Well, WTF did you think was going to happen? I don't know
 > of any place in the nation you can leave anything of any value for 16
 > hours and expect it to still be there when you get back. This ain't
 > the 70's anymore. Even then you couldn't count on people being honest.
 > After all, they DID make locks back then for a reason. I worry about
 > leaving my worn-out and beat-up POS truck at the launch while I'm
 > fishing, or leaving my lawn service equipment outside the Lowe's
 > whilst I purchase a bale of pine straw. It only takes a second for
 > people to steal from you. Chalk this up to a lesson in common sense
 > and move on. Those who put their trust in the integrity of others are
 > invariably disappointed.

First, it doesn't make it right. Second, I live in a big city, have locks
and alarms on everything, have been burglarized, had my car stolen from my
driveway, so I'm fully aware of the perils of modern society. I'm no rube
and have lots of common sense, not withstanding your arrogant,
condescending, didactic post. Nevertheless, it had always been a little
different with the situation at the lake I described. Hundreds, if not
more, do exactly as I described every day, if for no other reason than to
save the spot for the next day, as most people don't want to sleep out in
100+ heat and the hotels are real cheap and full of food and fun. The
social order on that lake anyway sort of depends on an unwritten code of
hands off the other guy's stuff. You can't get to the spot except by a
power boat launched from one of three ramps within a National recreation
area and there are no homes, roads, or any other access. That means you
have to have invested in a tow vehicle and a motor boat. One would think
that would weed out a substantial number of derelicts right there, but
obviously not all. The stuff stolen had no resale value to speak of, even
at a swap meet (wanna buy some used water shoes?) so the thieves must have
been either stupid or wanted the stuff for themselves. I believe the later,
and that's why I posted. Cause even if this incident is a fact of modern
life now, they're still jerks, I can complain if I want to, and who knows,
maybe they read this newsgroup and will realize how pathetic their lives
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:45:44 GMT, akheel
<akheelremovethis RemoveThis @pacbell.net> wrote:

 >First, it doesn't make it right. Second, I live in a big city, have locks
 >and alarms on everything, have been burglarized, had my car stolen from my
 >driveway, so I'm fully aware of the perils of modern society. I'm no rube
 >and have lots of common sense, not withstanding your arrogant,
 >condescending, didactic post. Nevertheless, it had always been a little
 >different with the situation at the lake I described. Hundreds, if not
 >more, do exactly as I described every day, if for no other reason than to
 >save the spot for the next day, as most people don't want to sleep out in
 >100+ heat and the hotels are real cheap and full of food and fun. The
 >social order on that lake anyway sort of depends on an unwritten code of
 >hands off the other guy's stuff. You can't get to the spot except by a
 >power boat launched from one of three ramps within a National recreation
 >area and there are no homes, roads, or any other access. That means you
 >have to have invested in a tow vehicle and a motor boat. One would think
 >that would weed out a substantial number of derelicts right there, but
 >obviously not all. The stuff stolen had no resale value to speak of, even
 >at a swap meet (wanna buy some used water shoes?) so the thieves must have
 >been either stupid or wanted the stuff for themselves. I believe the later,
 >and that's why I posted. Cause even if this incident is a fact of modern
 >life now, they're still jerks, I can complain if I want to, and who knows,
 >maybe they read this newsgroup and will realize how pathetic their lives
 >have become when they stoop to stealing children's toys.

I never wrote that the thieves weren't wrong. In my book there is
little lower than a thief. I work too hard for what I have for people
to think they can go and steal what they want. We both agree that
whoever did the stealing were inconsiderate assholes who need a
serious beating.

But really, in every group of people there will be someone who is sick
enough to steal just to be stealing. Doesn't matter where you are.
One cannot go around believing that any place is safe from those types
anymore. I wish it wasn't so, but it is. It was naive of you to
leave your stuff there. Everyone else who leaves their stuff there
should be willing to come back and find it gone. Not be happy about
it by any means, that would be absurd. However the suprise should be
in returning to find your possesions where you left them. Camping in
a 100 degree desert doesn't sound real smart. I would find a hotel
too. I just wouldn't take anything with me that couldn't fit easily
back on the boat for the night at the hotel. A good spot is nice to
have, but then again, so it your stuff.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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