I once had my water bottle stolen on a site. Not an insulated one, just a 1.5 liter bottle from Woolies. In essence, leaving me without water. I put it down, walked around the corner to sort something out, came back and it was Gone. had a Unique lid. I asked the different tradies. Nope, haven't seen it. I friggin went off. Yes, it is Just a bottle of water - BUT - it was MY bottle, MY PROPERTY and NOONE had a  RIGHT to STEAL MY PROPERTY without my permission.

As the trades packed up at the end of the day I found my bottle, cut in half. Seems the block layers had used it as a Water Scoop to keep their mud wet. I'd asked them earlier and they denied seeing it. Not only are they thieves they are also Liars!

Now to the Spark Plug... ok, so imagine for a moment I am a motorcycle thief  BUT I don't know how long you'll be before returning. SO.... I take your plug. YOu now cannot ride anywhere. I hang back and wait until you arrive, see your trouble and then watch as you walk off to the auto store to buy another. NOW I have a good idea how long you'll be and can now take your bike. An alternate reason why someone would remove a spark plug, or steal a helmet left on the bike.

Michael

Nah - it was a pissed of cager.

You see - Seattle isn't really friendly to motorcycles. Our insane mayor spends all our money on bicycle lanes and painting bike symbols on the streets. Cyclists don't even pay taxes for all those bike lanes.

Combine that with virtually NO parking spaces marked for motorcycles. We have to use a full car space. That pisses off the cagers.

Yep - them nasty cagers did it.

Ha! One more thing to add to my spares toolkit! A sparkplug wrench and a plug.

On the latest Canadian Census, in response to question # 4, "Do you have any dependants?", a friend of mine replied "YES":

2.1 million illegal immigrants, 1.1 million crack heads, 4.4 million unemployable people, 901 thousand people in over 85 prisons, and 650 idiots in Parliament.

Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable answer LOL

Quote from: mister on April 17, 2012, 01:23:00 AMit was MY bottle, MY PROPERTY and NOONE had a  RIGHT to STEAL MY PROPERTY without my permission.

I could be mistaken, but it's not stealing if they have your permission.
Anyways, I feel for ya. Seattle's a nice city but the cops are terrible, they just love giving people shaZam!.

Hmm, I might have to start carrying an old spark plug with me in case a crack head tries to rob me. "Hey man, just take the spark plug, there's no need to unleash the crack powers."

Quote from: mister on April 17, 2012, 01:23:00 AM

Now to the Spark Plug... ok, so imagine for a moment I am a motorcycle thief  BUT I don't know how long you'll be before returning. SO.... I take your plug. YOu now cannot ride anywhere. I hang back and wait until you arrive, see your trouble and then watch as you walk off to the auto store to buy another. NOW I have a good idea how long you'll be and can now take your bike. An alternate reason why someone would remove a spark plug, or steal a helmet left on the bike.

That is a scary good point.As far as I know most crackheads don't carry around a ready set of spark plug wrenches. On the other head, I make an effort not to know many crackheads. Note to self: Don't park around Seattle center.

Was doing a throttle body rebuild in front of this rent house I lived at awhile back.  Went inside and came back to find someone took my glass and the base gasket I needed to put it back together.  Nothing else, just that, and noo-oobody in sight.  Had to find a parts store still open on a Sunday evening and get another gasket.  Lame,.....damm crackheads.

Quote from: Twisted on April 17, 2012, 12:52:15 AM
And I think you are being a little bit dramatic over a spark plug.

I bet you wear skinny-jeans, huh?

Quote from: joelmath on April 17, 2012, 10:09:10 AM

Quote from: Twisted on April 17, 2012, 12:52:15 AM
And I think you are being a little bit dramatic over a spark plug.

I bet you wear skinny-jeans, huh?

now now lets be civil

This is a good time to purchase self-destructing spark plugs. Any time they're removed from the motorcycle...BOOM! A little pricey, sure, but well worth giving the fucker who stole it a bloody stump in place of a hand.

Quote from: gsatterw on April 17, 2012, 10:14:27 AM

Quote from: joelmath on April 17, 2012, 10:09:10 AM

Quote from: Twisted on April 17, 2012, 12:52:15 AM
And I think you are being a little bit dramatic over a spark plug.

I bet you wear skinny-jeans, huh?

now now lets be civil

Should I have included a winky face?