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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