This made my whole week!!
My ex-husband (we're good friends) had a truck stolen sometime tuesday night. A smaller older closed-container truck. He lives in a semi-rural location and evidently someone came in the back of the property, along the railroad tracks, through the brambles and stole it. Needless to say, he was upset about it.
I told him not to worry too much yet because he would probably get it back. I told him that cars are generally stolen for three reasons. 1) Kids joyriding (not the case here). 2) Professionals looking for cars to chop up or send overseas (again, not the case here) or 3) someone just needed transportation and it would get dumped. I told him it was probably dumped somewhere that same night and after 2 or 3 days, it would get reported and they'd trace it back to him.
Well, last night our son had his last baseball game of the season. When my ex-husband arrived, I asked if he had heard anything about the truck. He said 'Not yet' and then made a point of reminding me that I said 'three days'. (Of course, at that point I started trying to backpedal a bit, said 'the holiday weekend might make a difference', etc.
and of course his response was 'Nah, nah - you said three days').
Thirty minutes later the police called. Truck had been found!! Hahaha - it was within the three days!! Needless to say, he was happy - but he knows that he's going to be in for some ribbing for the next few days!!
(By the way, truck is just fine. CB radio stolen but that's it.)
My ex-husband (we're good friends) had a truck stolen sometime tuesday night. A smaller older closed-container truck. He lives in a semi-rural location and evidently someone came in the back of the property, along the railroad tracks, through the brambles and stole it. Needless to say, he was upset about it.
I told him not to worry too much yet because he would probably get it back. I told him that cars are generally stolen for three reasons. 1) Kids joyriding (not the case here). 2) Professionals looking for cars to chop up or send overseas (again, not the case here) or 3) someone just needed transportation and it would get dumped. I told him it was probably dumped somewhere that same night and after 2 or 3 days, it would get reported and they'd trace it back to him.
Well, last night our son had his last baseball game of the season. When my ex-husband arrived, I asked if he had heard anything about the truck. He said 'Not yet' and then made a point of reminding me that I said 'three days'. (Of course, at that point I started trying to backpedal a bit, said 'the holiday weekend might make a difference', etc.
and of course his response was 'Nah, nah - you said three days'). Thirty minutes later the police called. Truck had been found!! Hahaha - it was within the three days!! Needless to say, he was happy - but he knows that he's going to be in for some ribbing for the next few days!!
(By the way, truck is just fine. CB radio stolen but that's it.)
