So, About that Lawn Mower...
Jun. 20th, 2007 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinjiforeI don't think I was alone in thinking that the saga of the lawn mower was over. Yesterday, though, as I was pulling out of my garage, I noticed this:
Or rather, I noticed that I didn't have to be careful about running over the lawn mower because it wasn't there. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, our brand-new lawn mower had been stolen.
Operating on the dual assumption that your average lawn mower thief a) probably couldn't get far and b) isn't likely to be all that smart, Albert made a brief tour of our street that evening and, in fact, spotted our mower sitting in a yard about a mile away. Armed with the serial number from the delivery form and a cell phone, he called the police and filed a report. He gave up on the cops around midnight (understandably, there seemed to be more urgent matters afoot than a stolen lawn mower), but returned to his post and phoned again this morning.
The residents of the house denied all knowledge of the mower, but since the serial numbers matched we were allowed to bring the mower back.
Sadly, though, not undamaged.
On the plus side, Albert saw some people returning to the house with a gas can, and there appears to be at least two or three gallons of gas in the mower. Eight or nine bucks worth of gas is nothing to sneeze at.
On our to-do list for the weekend: Buy a yard shed.
Or rather, I noticed that I didn't have to be careful about running over the lawn mower because it wasn't there. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, our brand-new lawn mower had been stolen.
Operating on the dual assumption that your average lawn mower thief a) probably couldn't get far and b) isn't likely to be all that smart, Albert made a brief tour of our street that evening and, in fact, spotted our mower sitting in a yard about a mile away. Armed with the serial number from the delivery form and a cell phone, he called the police and filed a report. He gave up on the cops around midnight (understandably, there seemed to be more urgent matters afoot than a stolen lawn mower), but returned to his post and phoned again this morning.
The residents of the house denied all knowledge of the mower, but since the serial numbers matched we were allowed to bring the mower back.
Sadly, though, not undamaged.
On the plus side, Albert saw some people returning to the house with a gas can, and there appears to be at least two or three gallons of gas in the mower. Eight or nine bucks worth of gas is nothing to sneeze at.
On our to-do list for the weekend: Buy a yard shed.
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Date: 2007-06-20 07:15 pm (UTC)"Hey look! I need a lawn mower. I don't have one. They have one. I'll just take it! Because asking to borrow it, that would be, y'know, INTELLIGENT."
Sigh.
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Date: 2007-06-21 02:40 am (UTC)Then again, there were, according to Albert, several other mowers sitting in the back yard, so it may be that they were making a collection.
Wow!
Date: 2007-06-20 09:10 pm (UTC)Re: Wow!
Date: 2007-06-21 02:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-20 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-21 01:36 am (UTC)On the bright side, SHED!!!<3 <3 <3!!! (That's right, I have a shed fetish.)
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Date: 2007-06-21 02:41 am (UTC)