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Re: lv-ab: Theft, Accident

From: Jan Guthrie (no email)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2007 - 09:33:41 EST

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    Actually I suggest a camera ...... without a flash. Get a couple of
    shots on different days ....

    Jan

    Benjamin Dittbrenner wrote:
    > Fred, I second that and also suggest you take an air horn down to your
    > security guy during "nap time" for some rude awakenings. ...just a
    > suggestion.
    >
    > Ben
    >
    >
    > Meanwhile, the 'security' guy was watching tv earlier this evening. Half
    > an
    > > hour ago I walked by the office and he was asleep.
    >
    > On 1/11/07, *Norm of Bandersnatch* <
    > <mailto:>> wrote:
    >
    >
    > Fred, I hope you made the crew get out and push the boat off the
    > hill...
    >
    >
    >
    > Norm
    > S/V Bandersnatch
    > Lying 30 07.715N 081 38.394W
    > Julington Creek Estuary FL
    >
    >
    >
    > > [Original Message]
    > > From: < <mailto:>>
    > > To: <
    > <mailto:>>
    > > Date: 1/10/2007 9:17:56 PM
    > > Subject: lv-ab: Theft, Accident
    > >
    > >
    > > Yesterday afternoon I returned to my boat & saw that my beloved
    > bicycle
    > was
    > > gone. Damn, I really liked that bike. It had been secured to my
    > dock
    > box. My
    > > slip is at the very end of a 400' dock, there are virtually no
    > people
    > > wandering around out here. I'm bummed. 'Security' said they saw
    > someone
    > on a bike
    > > but had no description of the thief. I called the police. After
    > waiting
    > 3 hrs
    > > with no response I called again & told them I'd try again
    > tomorrow. Not
    > that I
    > > think the police will find my bike, I just want the theft on
    > record so
    > if I
    > > ever see my bike and liberate it from the criminal I may (possibly)
    > avoid
    > > having theft/assault charges brought against me.
    > >
    > > Meanwhile, the 'security' guy was watching tv earlier this
    > evening. Half
    > an
    > > hour ago I walked by the office and he was asleep.
    > >
    > > Accidents happen. I was helping bring a sailboat to Baltimore
    > from a
    > creek
    > > in Annapolis. Calm water, sunny day. We had just departed the
    > yard,
    > under
    > > power. I went below, came up into the cockpit. I stood, looking
    > to see
    > where we
    > > were. The helmsman was out of the channel and drove into a hard
    > sandbar.
    > The
    > > boat stopped dead. I don't remember the events but I was thrown
    > forward,
    > > hitting my head on the companionway slider. The impact knocked
    > me out
    > momentarily.
    > > I dropped head-first down into the boat. My first recollection
    > was of my
    > > face painfully pressed against the companionway steps/ladder.
    > Concussion
    > & neck
    > > whiplash. I've been going to Physical Therapy twice a week.
    > >
    > > Oh well, I'm still alive. I will get another bike in the spring.
    > >
    > > Fred
    > >
    > >
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