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Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:30:40 -0700, Paul Calman wrote:
>> For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood >> ornaments off my Dodge truck. > Back when it was cool to steal mercedes mascots, They came out with one > where the mechanism that allowed it to flex was incorperated to a switch > for the alarm. I had a customer who lived in a bad part of town and we > wired his to a bank teller's dye pack firing out the grill.. Refilled it > three times in one month, then they left his car alone. I would have used > a claymore. Cool! I would have liked to have seen that! Did you ever catch the 'culprit'? |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Paul Calman wrote:
> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood > > ornaments off my Dodge truck. > Back when it was cool to steal mercedes mascots, They came out with one > where the mechanism that allowed it to flex was incorperated to a switch > for the alarm. I had a customer who lived in a bad part of town and we > wired his to a bank teller's dye pack firing out the grill.. Refilled it > three times in one month, then they left his car alone. I would have > used a claymore. Not bad, not bad. My solution's a little more pragmatic: I found a company that makes a replacement ram's head that has no flex mechanism. It means any pedestrians I hit (right, Judy?) are gonna get a ram's-head-sized chunk torn out of 'em, and it means I can't turn the ram's head around facing rearward the way I like it, but it also means it'll be a great deal more difficult to steal. |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Paul Calman wrote:
> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood > > ornaments off my Dodge truck. > Back when it was cool to steal mercedes mascots, They came out with one > where the mechanism that allowed it to flex was incorperated to a switch > for the alarm. I had a customer who lived in a bad part of town and we > wired his to a bank teller's dye pack firing out the grill.. Refilled it > three times in one month, then they left his car alone. I would have > used a claymore. Not bad, not bad. My solution's a little more pragmatic: I found a company that makes a replacement ram's head that has no flex mechanism. It means any pedestrians I hit (right, Judy?) are gonna get a ram's-head-sized chunk torn out of 'em, and it means I can't turn the ram's head around facing rearward the way I like it, but it also means it'll be a great deal more difficult to steal. |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Paul Calman wrote:
> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood > > ornaments off my Dodge truck. > Back when it was cool to steal mercedes mascots, They came out with one > where the mechanism that allowed it to flex was incorperated to a switch > for the alarm. I had a customer who lived in a bad part of town and we > wired his to a bank teller's dye pack firing out the grill.. Refilled it > three times in one month, then they left his car alone. I would have > used a claymore. Not bad, not bad. My solution's a little more pragmatic: I found a company that makes a replacement ram's head that has no flex mechanism. It means any pedestrians I hit (right, Judy?) are gonna get a ram's-head-sized chunk torn out of 'em, and it means I can't turn the ram's head around facing rearward the way I like it, but it also means it'll be a great deal more difficult to steal. |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Paul Calman wrote:
> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood > > ornaments off my Dodge truck. > Back when it was cool to steal mercedes mascots, They came out with one > where the mechanism that allowed it to flex was incorperated to a switch > for the alarm. I had a customer who lived in a bad part of town and we > wired his to a bank teller's dye pack firing out the grill.. Refilled it > three times in one month, then they left his car alone. I would have > used a claymore. Not bad, not bad. My solution's a little more pragmatic: I found a company that makes a replacement ram's head that has no flex mechanism. It means any pedestrians I hit (right, Judy?) are gonna get a ram's-head-sized chunk torn out of 'em, and it means I can't turn the ram's head around facing rearward the way I like it, but it also means it'll be a great deal more difficult to steal. |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:12:21 -0400, Josh wrote:
> > "J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message > news:Femdne9UQ6qD5HffRVn-3g@ez2.net... >> >> "Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0507291424140.29280@alumni.engi n.umich.edu... >> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Deuteros wrote: >> > >> >> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why >> >> do people steal hubcaps? >> > >> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood >> > ornaments off my Dodge truck. >> > >> > >> What this country needs is a good Death Penalty law ... >> >> "Your Honor, the little bastard was stealing parts off my truck." >> >> "Oh, well then, he needed killing?" >> >> "Yes, your Honor, he needed killing." >> >> "OK, you're good to go." >> >> "Thank you, your Honor." > > Maybe you should move to Iraq. Nah, there they only allow cutting the RIGHT hand at an angle. OK CULTURE TIME! Why the RIGHT hand? |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:12:21 -0400, Josh wrote:
> > "J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message > news:Femdne9UQ6qD5HffRVn-3g@ez2.net... >> >> "Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0507291424140.29280@alumni.engi n.umich.edu... >> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Deuteros wrote: >> > >> >> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why >> >> do people steal hubcaps? >> > >> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood >> > ornaments off my Dodge truck. >> > >> > >> What this country needs is a good Death Penalty law ... >> >> "Your Honor, the little bastard was stealing parts off my truck." >> >> "Oh, well then, he needed killing?" >> >> "Yes, your Honor, he needed killing." >> >> "OK, you're good to go." >> >> "Thank you, your Honor." > > Maybe you should move to Iraq. Nah, there they only allow cutting the RIGHT hand at an angle. OK CULTURE TIME! Why the RIGHT hand? |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:12:21 -0400, Josh wrote:
> > "J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message > news:Femdne9UQ6qD5HffRVn-3g@ez2.net... >> >> "Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0507291424140.29280@alumni.engi n.umich.edu... >> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Deuteros wrote: >> > >> >> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why >> >> do people steal hubcaps? >> > >> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood >> > ornaments off my Dodge truck. >> > >> > >> What this country needs is a good Death Penalty law ... >> >> "Your Honor, the little bastard was stealing parts off my truck." >> >> "Oh, well then, he needed killing?" >> >> "Yes, your Honor, he needed killing." >> >> "OK, you're good to go." >> >> "Thank you, your Honor." > > Maybe you should move to Iraq. Nah, there they only allow cutting the RIGHT hand at an angle. OK CULTURE TIME! Why the RIGHT hand? |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:12:21 -0400, Josh wrote:
> > "J Strickland" <spam@nospam.net> wrote in message > news:Femdne9UQ6qD5HffRVn-3g@ez2.net... >> >> "Daniel J. Stern" <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote in message >> news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0507291424140.29280@alumni.engi n.umich.edu... >> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Deuteros wrote: >> > >> >> I had all four hubcaps stolen off of my Mitsubishi Galant today. Why >> >> do people steal hubcaps? >> > >> > For the same reason some punk has now stolen two (2) ram's-head hood >> > ornaments off my Dodge truck. >> > >> > >> What this country needs is a good Death Penalty law ... >> >> "Your Honor, the little bastard was stealing parts off my truck." >> >> "Oh, well then, he needed killing?" >> >> "Yes, your Honor, he needed killing." >> >> "OK, you're good to go." >> >> "Thank you, your Honor." > > Maybe you should move to Iraq. Nah, there they only allow cutting the RIGHT hand at an angle. OK CULTURE TIME! Why the RIGHT hand? |
Re: Had my hubcaps stolen today
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Josh wrote:
> > "Your Honor, the little bastard was stealing parts off my truck." > > > > "Oh, well then, he needed killing?" > > > > "Yes, your Honor, he needed killing." > > > > "OK, you're good to go." > > > > "Thank you, your Honor." > Maybe you should move to Iraq. Fool, he wasn't describing Iraq. He was describing Texas. |
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