First, make him clean out all those empty beer cans and pork rind bags Jeff
left in there. ;-)

--
Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On 6/11/08, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's not wrong to learn from painful experiences and to respond
> accordingly.  It is good to understand why a thief steals and likewise good
> to punish them (which includes restitution), which teaches them and others
> to do the right thing.
>
> I propose the thief be made to wear stripes and wash/wax everyone's
> vanagons
> (content) at the next shindig, beginning with Jeff's!
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM, levi hawkins <b1levi@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > IMHO this is what people generally do, and it results in a colder world.
> > Tighter, tougher, more suspicious.
> > What would be nice is if folks would instead become looser, understand
> and
> > accept.
> >
> > --- On Wed, 6/11/08, John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> > From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
> > Subject: Re: Violated - LVC but Vanagon related
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 10:24 AM
> >
> > Right On!
> >
> > Thieves are like the parasitic worms (that they are) that make the
> > general resistance of the body stronger. When you take a theft hit, you
> > tighten up, strengthen yourself, your resolve, and take more steps that
> > it doesn't happen again.
> >
> > Whatever "improvements" they may force us to take, make, I
> > hate'em anyway!
> >
> > John Rodgers
> > 88 GL Driver
> >
> > Neil2 wrote:
> > > Correctamundo.  Tho' thieves don't do karma or they wouldn't
> > be thieves
> > > would they?  They have their station in life.  Down low.  They fulfill
> > their
> > > purpose.  Refining those above, in the Vanagons (content).
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:47 AM, chris Moyles
> > <chris@fauquierhousing.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Stealing is a bad thing all around, but stealing a custom bike,
> > that's
> > >> just asking for instant karma in the form of a serious wreck....  Same
> > >> thing with climbing and kayaking gear.
> > >> The gods don't take kindly to that stuff.   Then again it might be
> > >> another form of natural selection!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Stephen Grisanti wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> "What a jerk. So much for having a sense of community."
> > >>>
> > >>> I know the feeling.  I was roused by an alarm call from my
> > workplace at
> > >>> oh-dark-thirty one morning and the cops had collared the guy who
> > was one of
> > >>> our customers.  He'd broken in to steal a custom bike on
> > display and the
> > >>> kicker here is that I had stayed after hours on a recent Saturday
> > helping
> > >>> him with parts he "had to have" in order to be ready for
> > some event.  Glad
> > >>> you got off so lightly.
> > >>>
> > >>> Stephen
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Neil2
> > > '82 Diesel Westy (Duckie)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Neil2
> '82 Diesel Westy (Duckie)
>