I guess they tried a "High Speed Getaway"...

and failed.

Congrats.

tim in san jose

On 10/17/05, Hans Achter <hansachter@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all! Good news - my van was recovered unscathed. The police found it
> late yesterday parked
> downtown somewhere. So far all I can see is a couple personal items
> missing like a pair of
> rollerblades. No damage to the van I can see.
> There was a sopping wet sweatshirt left in the van and my long-sleeve
> t-shirt is missing. It was
> raining hard that night so I think a street person found a good home. I
> remembered I had left a key
> inserted in a lock cylinder to save it and it was in the bottom of the
> glove compartment, so they
> found that and took off with the car.
> The extortion racket got me for $192 for towing and "storage" at a yard
> about 10 miles from
> downtown.
> Well, thanks all for your suggestions and your help and have a great day.
> -Hans
>

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Where ever you are, there you be. Unless you're driving my van, in which
case, you ain't got there yet.