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Inge
----- Original Message -----
From: "stephengregory5849" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I made it to Allentown!
> Well, I'm up this morning drinking some coffee before I get ready to go
> get my new, new drivers license. I'm more pissed at myself for leaving my
> wallet sitting on top of the coin change machine than anything else. How
> could have I been so careless! I'm thinking that I should get one of those
> biker wallets that they wear chained to their belts. But I think this
> experience will be enough to teach me not to do what I did ever again.
>
> This is not the first time I've had something stolen from me. I had a
> Yamaha RD400 when I was in Navy stationed at Point Mugu with an exploded
> motor that I rebuilt that was stolen just after I put it back together. I
> loved that little bike. It was a hornet that would smoke most 750cc
> 4-strokes. Then after that happened, my apartment was broken into, again
> while I was stationed at Point Mugu (I lived off-base then), and all that
> was taken was most of my clothes (including my Navy uniforms), a jar that
> had some change in it, and a cheap little stereo system. Then after I got
> out of the Navy, I bought my first brand new motorcycle, a Suzuki Katana.
> It was stolen right from the parking lot at my first civilian job in the
> electronics industry. I hadn't even made my first payment on my new bike!
>
> I just hate when something gets stolen from me. You feel so violated. I
> work hard for what little I have, and it really pisses me off to have it
> taken from me.
>
> I know you're right Inge, most people are just like you and I. If I ever
> spotted a wallet laying by itself, I would be doing what I could to find
> whoever it belonged to, and if that wasn't sucessful, make sure it was
> kept someplace safe until it's owner was found. But there are some people
> that don't think like you and I. I just wish I didn't run across them so
> often...
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Inge" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I made it to Allentown!
>
>> Nothing wrong with you, Steve, but very wrong inside that woman's head.
>> I know how you feel just now. Was in York UK a couple of years ago with
>> family. My daughter had made her own clothes and was very proud of the
>> result. My wife had bought some new stuff too as well as myself. And we
>> had bought some pleasant things for our home. We visited the Viking
>> Museum at the center after having parked the car. When we returned to the
>> parking place, I said to my wife, look at the cars some meters from ours,
>> they have been broken into. And then I saw that one glass was smashed on
>> our car too. Everything was gone. My daughter wept, my wife was sad and
>> myself I was as angry that I was going to explode. A good thing was that
>> we had left no wallets or any credit cards or passports in the car. We
>> contacted the police and then we went to the shops and bought everything
>> we needed for a
>> successful visit in England. We got a new window for the car and we
>> decided to let the incident go, and after a few days, we had left the
>> problem behind us. Steve, remember that of all the 350 million
>> inhabitants in the USA, it's only a few percents that are bad people, and
>> out of them, only a few are evil types, most are unhappy and miserable
>> ones. Don't loose your faith in humans around you, and don't let negative
>> feelings take over. It could been worse: she could have stolen your
>> heart. I end with a advice: never have your driving licence and credit
>> cards in one and the same wallet. I always have two, especially when
>> travelling. Now, bang your fist through the kitchen wall and shout some
>> strong words, and let it end there. You are still surrounded by friends,
>> e.g. 1,000 TechNetters, it ain't bad is it?
>>
>> Inge
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "stephengregory5849" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I made it to Allentown!
>>
>>
>>> Well Kenny, what happened today makes three. I start work on Monday, so
>>> I decided to do all my laundry at a local laundrymat and get that done
>>> so I didn't need to worry about that for a while.
>>> After I did the wash, I needed some more quarters for the dryers. So I
>>> went to the coin changer they had inside and pulled out my wallet for a
>>> bill to change into quarters. I had a five dollar bill that was folded
>>> around the edges, so I sat my wallet down on top of the coin changer and
>>> straightened the bill out so it would go into the machine. I got my
>>> quarters and walked over to the dryers to feed them some quarters and
>>> stupidly left my wallet sitting on top of the changer. As soon as I fed
>>> the dryers, I realized that I didn't have my wallet and went back to the
>>> change machine to get it, it took less than 2-minutes, and my wallet was
>>> gone. CRAP! There wasn't but 5 or 6 of us in the laundry, but one person
>>> had just left. I'm sure she was the one that saw my wallet laying there,
>>> grabbed it, and took off. It had a little over $100 in it, but the cash
>>> wasn't as important as the rest of the stuff that was in it. My new
>>> Pennsylvania drivers license, my social security card that I don't
>>> normally carry, but I had show it to get my new Pennsylvania drivers
>>> license as one form of ID to prove who I am. I don't have any credit
>>> cards, but I did have my bank account debit card, and another debit card
>>> that I got from the state of Oklahoma for the few weeks of unemployment
>>> that I got. Also my health insurance card was there too, I'll be needing
>>> that because I filed for COBRA until my insurance kicks in at my new
>>> job. I wished she would have just taken the money and threw my wallet
>>> out in the parking lot when she left. I hate to pin blame on someone
>>> like that because I didn't actually see her do it, but I was aware of
>>> where everybody else was inside the laundrymat, and she was the only one
>>> who could have taken it. It all happened so quick. It was my own damn
>>> fault for leaving my wallet laying there like that. I hope the money
>>> that was in my wallet will be going to good use like feeding some kids
>>> or something...
>>>
>>> So I've spent most of my evening contacting my bank and cancelling my
>>> debit card and requesting a new one, calling Oklahoma unemployment
>>> cancelling that card and requesting a new one too, calling the police
>>> and filing a report which the Federal Trade Commission says you should
>>> do to when you are exposed to the possibility of identity theft, and
>>> I've filed a fraud alert with the credit reporting agencies in case
>>> someone tries to use my identity. Tomorrow morning I'm going to have to
>>> go and get a replacement drivers license, they're open from 9:00am to
>>> 1:00pm on Saturdays.
>>>
>>> I'll tell you, lately it seems that if I didn't have bad luck, I
>>> wouldn't have any luck at all. The part that bothers me most about what
>>> happened today, is that I've lost a little more faith in my fellow human
>>> being. My uncle used to always say to me; "Steve, don't ever trust
>>> anybody but yourself..." and I used to think that he was too negative,
>>> and a little bitter. Now I realize that he was probably right...and
>>> that's too bad.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ken Bloomquist" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:38 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: I made it to Allentown!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hey Steve,
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to your new home!
>>>>
>>>> Bad traffic,
>>>> Broken toe,
>>>> Two down;
>>>> Only one to go!
>>>>
>>>> After that you should be good for the duration.
>>>>
>>>> I hope the new job works out as planned and life is good.
>>>>
>>>> KennyB
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: stephengregory5849 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 4:48 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [TN] NTC: I made it to Allentown!
>>>>
>>>> Hi All!
>>>>
>>>> It's been a while since I've posted, so I thought I would give an
>>>> update. I
>>>> made the 1,252-mile trek from Tulsa to Allentown, PA for my new job.
>>>> The
>>>> trip was pretty uneventful. I loaded my U-haul truck up and my PT
>>>> Cruiser on
>>>> a trailer, and headed east. The only traffic problem I had to speak of
>>>> was
>>>> when I went through the Indianapolis, Indiana area. They were doing
>>>> construction on a portion of the interstate that had the traffic down
>>>> to one
>>>> lane for about 5-miles and that had things backed-up terribly. It was
>>>> backed-up about 5-miles before the contruction, it took almost 2-hours
>>>> to
>>>> get through that mess. The only other negative thing is that U-haul
>>>> trucks
>>>> are not known for having the best gas milage, especially when towing a
>>>> car
>>>> trailer. I burned through almost $400 in gas on the trip.
>>>>
>>>> I arrived in Allentown and checked into a hotel to rest a day, to
>>>> prepare to
>>>> unload everything into my new apartment. Even that went pretty well. I
>>>> had
>>>> scheduled unload help through U-haul, they contact helpers in your area
>>>> if
>>>> you want them, an you get two people at $50 an hour for both of them. I
>>>> contracted them for two hours and figured that it would be $100 well
>>>> spent
>>>> after driving for 1,200 miles. They showed-up on time and had the truck
>>>> unloaded in about an hour and a half. Now the real work for me was
>>>> ahead,
>>>> getting everything out of boxes and put away, and getting all my stuff
>>>> arranged inside my new nest.
>>>>
>>>> Pretty boring stuff huh?
>>>>
>>>> Well, I'm typing out this email this evening after my return from a
>>>> local
>>>> urgent care clinic. Here's the story. I had my living room my furniture
>>>> arranged where I wanted it, and started to hanging my paintings and
>>>> pictures
>>>> on the wall. I was carrying one of the larger ones to a place where I
>>>> was
>>>> about to hang it (I was in my stocking feet), and managed to hit a
>>>> couch leg
>>>> with my little toe on my right foot. After a couple of expletitives,
>>>> the
>>>> pain subsided and I finished hanging the painting. I put a few more
>>>> pictures
>>>> up, opened some more boxes and put some more stuff away. But I felt
>>>> that
>>>> something wasn't quite right with my little toe. It didn't really hurt
>>>> that
>>>> bad, but it didn't feel quite right. So I sat down and pulled my sock
>>>> off,
>>>> and this is what I saw:
>>>>
>>>> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/broken_little_toe.JPG
>>>>
>>>> I had never broken a toe before, but I've never had one turn that
>>>> purple, so
>>>> I thought I'd better get it checked out. After a couple of x-rays, the
>>>> doctor confirmed it."Yep, your toe is broken" he said, "but there's not
>>>> a
>>>> whole lot we can do for it other than buddy-tape it to the toe next to
>>>> it."
>>>> So he told me how to buddy tape it, gave me some Tylenol #3, and told
>>>> me to
>>>> wear thick soled shoes for the next few weeks to keep it from flexing
>>>> while
>>>> it heals.
>>>>
>>>> Great. Pick-up and move 1,200 miles, get here, and break my friggen'
>>>> toe
>>>> hanging a picture. Moral of the story: Don't be a klutz like me.
>>>> Thankfully,
>>>> it doesn't hurt much at all and I can still get around fairly well.
>>>> Won't be
>>>> running any 100-yard dashes for a while, but I'll be fine.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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