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iris lilies
5-1-22, 12:17pm
I had to take 20 minutes out from my plant digging work to deal with a stolen purse.
DH saw a young man squeezed between our alley dumpster, going through something. he thought it looked very suspicious. he asked the kid if he was OK and the kid said yes. A few minutes later we drove down the alley, kid was gone, contents of the woman’s purse was spread all over the alley.
I am so DONE with these idiots and their stupidity. I am DONE with the thieves. I am DONE with people from the burbs who come to my neighborhood and leave your car is unlocked. I am DONE with lack of law-enforcement. I’m not even going to call cops on this one. And of course the little shit couldn't even pick up his litter.
So we gathered all the stuff from the purse and I contacted the woman via her workplace and also LinkedIn. It’s fortunate that she had a unique name so easy to find.
Also DH is at this very moment walking inside nearby restaurants holding her purse up, in case she is still around. We theorize as she was brunching in one of our nearby restaurants and her purse was taken from her car.
Looking forward to living in Hermann where the thieving is performed by 4 footed creatures, even though we will be just as unable to deal directly with the thieves because ya can’t shoot ‘em in the city limits, and even then, there is a limit of how many deer you can bag.
first world problems, I know!
No, that's more serious than most first world problems. I've had my wallet and/or pocketbook stolen 3 times--they were recovered 2 of the 3 times. If it had been my purse you found and you contacted me to return it, I'd have kissed you. It is such a pain to have to replace locks, keys, licenses, credit cards, never mind sentimental things like pictures in wallets, etc.
All three times when I got my stuff stolen I was in my early 20s, barely making ends meet, saving up for months for a winter coat. I would get so angry when it happened, and my thought to the thief was, "You bum! What makes you think you deserve my stuff more than I do!! I NEED that stuff!"
Good for you and DH to work to track the woman down. I'm sure she, too, will be very, very grateful.
iris lilies
5-1-22, 1:11pm
No, that's more serious than most first world problems. I've had my wallet and/or pocketbook stolen 3 times--they were recovered 2 of the 3 times. If it had been my purse you found and you contacted me to return it, I'd have kissed you. It is such a pain to have to replace locks, keys, licenses, credit cards, never mind sentimental things like pictures in wallets, etc.
All three times when I got my stuff stolen I was in my early 20s, barely making ends meet, saving up for months for a winter coat. I would get so angry when it happened, and my thought to the thief was, "You bum! What makes you think you deserve my stuff more than I do!! I NEED that stuff!"
Good for you and DH to work to track the woman down. I'm sure she, too, will be very, very grateful.
she is a graduate of ISU in Ames, Iowa. So is DH! I lived in Ames and that is where we met each other. So we are doin’it for a fellow Cyclone.
this is where my mad Internet stalking skillz come in, although honestly any amateur could’ve found this lady.
The last set of keys I returned to the owner was a set keys with a few cards attached including a library card. I called the library and said hey I have this lady‘s keys, could you contact her and tell her I’ve got them please.
The lady called me within 10 minutes to retrieve her keys.
The time before there was a credit card or two that I tracked down but that turned out to be my neighbor’s mother. She had a different name and I had no clue that it was Diviani’s mom or I would’ve just given her the cards. She had already canceled the credit cards anyway so that was no big deal.
oh, and now I’m remembering a gym bag like a dozen years ago that belonged to a tough guy. It had a weapon in it as well as his identifying information. He was on parole. Due to the weapon I had him meet me in an open space in our park to pick up his bag.
It’s amazing that all of these people have had unique enough names that they are easy to find. I’m not gonna waste my time trying to help John Smith or Sally Johnson or etc. find their stuff.
Good for you, IL, taking the time out to look for and return what you find.
When I was walking more often, I would find a lot of things. Musical instruments, cell phones, keys, gas station credit cards, wallets, etc. Anything I can't return directly to the owner, I take to the police station.
I've had stuff stolen from my car several times. The only item of value was a pair of driving glasses, because I don't leave valuables unattended. Friends had their vehicle stolen and trashed in Portland--car theft capitol of the world--last week, from its parking place in front of their house. As I've asserted ad nauseum, I like suburbs because, among other reasons, they're generally safer. I guess I'm a law and order progressive, if that's a thing.
Kudos for gathering up the purse and contents and contacting its owner, who will surely be very thankful you did.
This thread makes me wonder - how do folks safeguard their purses? When out and about, I tend to use a small cross-body bag that holds what I consider to be my essentials or, when I can, I wear cargo pants and put things in the pockets and don't carry a bag at all. My wallet is RFID, so I feel decent about such remote kinds of techno threats.
What do others do?
Edited to add: Moderators, if you feel this should be a different thread, go ahead and move. Thanks in advance if you do!
That sort of crime is rampant here too. Stealing mail, porch pirates, breaking into cars...As a society, we seem to have bred a slew of near sociopaths who don't know how else to live their lives. Meth addicts, ex-cons, vagrants/homeless, unsupervised teenagers. I am grateful to have a garage as cars on the street or driveway are fair game. I am so ready to get out of the big city.
The Crazy Times are upon us.
We've had a huge crime wave here the past year. Many businesses in the village burglarized, home/garage burglaries, car break-ins, tons of fly-by-night "repair/contractor" scam operations, squatters moving into unoccupied homes, drug deals, and so on.
The main (and only) town in the County, our County seat, on the next island over, suffered the worst in April. A big chunk of the historic waterfront town was destroyed by arson. It took all the resources here and responding resources from the mainland that came over by boat to manage to save the town - the whole place was in danger of going up. It was the biggest fire I've ever responded to, and it is a horrible loss to the community:
https://komonews.com/news/local/crews-work-to-put-out-fire-in-downtown-friday-harbor
And then just this weekend, someone went crazy at the ferry landing at the next island over, nearly ran over several ferry deckhands, and almost got shot by a poor sheriff's deputy who was simply trying to commute home. This could have ended very poorly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ozw_N1YO1o
iris lilies
5-1-22, 3:17pm
The Crazy Times are upon us.
We've had a huge crime wave here the past year. Many businesses in the village burglarized, home/garage burglaries, car break-ins, tons of fly-by-night "repair/contractor" scam operations, squatters moving into unoccupied homes, drug deals, and so on.
The main (and only) town in the County, our County seat, on the next island over, suffered the worst in April. A big chunk of the historic waterfront town was destroyed by arson. It took all the resources here and responding resources from the mainland that came over by boat to manage to save the town - the whole place was in danger of going up. It was the biggest fire I've ever responded to, and it is a horrible loss to the community:
https://komonews.com/news/local/crews-work-to-put-out-fire-in-downtown-friday-harbor
And then just this weekend, someone went crazy at the ferry landing at the next island over, nearly ran over several ferry deckhands, and almost got shot by a poor sheriff's deputy who was simply trying to commute home. This could have ended very poorly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ozw_N1YO1o
Arson is shxt. Losing histoirc waterfront buildings…mynheart hurts for that!
We had an arsonist in Hermann and since it’s pretty much Mayberry there, they knew who who he was because the minute got out of jail he started sitting fires again. He burned up a couple of oldish houses but they weren’t super old ones Herman is known for, so that’s Better than it could’ve been. They were vacant.
edited to say: when I say “super old “that is by our Midwestern standards. Hermann was settled in 1840 so nothing older of importance. Daniel Boone was around thereabouts a generation or two before that, but not in Hermann.
I’m saying this for our East Coast folks who regularly encounter houses built in the 1700s.
I respect your super super old historical structures and I recognize we do not have those here.
Teacher Terry
5-1-22, 8:56pm
Reno’s crime has also skyrocketed. You see people posting on Nextdoor about it all the time. I am happy to be in a secure building. Most cars are only in a car port. I have one of the 6 spaces in the back underneath the building so most thieves wouldn’t know about it. Plus you get trapped back there and can’t easily run away.
iris lilies
5-1-22, 9:25pm
Reno’s crime has also skyrocketed. You see people posting on Nextdoor about it all the time. I am happy to be in a secure building. Most cars are only in a car port. I have one of the 6 spaces in the back underneath the building so most thieves wouldn’t know about it. Plus you get trapped back there and can’t easily run away.
speaking of being trapped in dark semi public places, I took Metrolink train home from the Airport because I hate hsving to coordinate DH picking me up whenever the baggae is delivered off the plane, and besides, I theoretically support this mode of public transportation.
but the approach to MetroLink from the Southwest airlines terminal in St. Louis is up three flights, half a block away, of stairs in a secluded area that had it been dark, I would’ve been a little nervous. The fact that the credit card machine didn’t work, the Metrolink website lies about the fare, the elevator didn’t work, and they no longer have any signs on either side of the track to tell you which direction the trains are going made this experience nearly untenable.
I have Experienced this urban crap for too many decades and I’m officially tired of it.
In our downtown historic neighborhood people think crime is up. But in the 70/80s, houses were regularly burned down and drug crime and prostitution were obvious and no one cared. The area just north of our downtown was called Dodge City. We took the bus thru it every day to get to work and were glad to make it thru each day.
It is different crime now much more property oriented. Violent crime has mostly moved with the population that was moved out by gentrification of the city center.
On Next Door, they complain about a mentally ill person stealing a door mat not someone getting robbed at gunpoint.
iris lilies
5-2-22, 9:01am
In our downtown historic neighborhood people think crime is up. But in the 70/80s, houses were regularly burned down and drug crime and prostitution were obvious and no one cared. The area just north of our downtown was called Dodge City. We took the bus thru it every day to get to work and were glad to make it thru each day.
It is different crime now much more property oriented. Violent crime has mostly moved with the population that was moved out by gentrification of the city center.
On Next Door, they complain about a mentally ill person stealing a door mat not someone getting robbed at gunpoint.
I wouldn’t say that crime has increased here. I am just tired of all of it.
There are the occasional armed robberies taking place here, but most crimes reported on Nextdoor are porch pirating, car clouting, thefts of golf carts and cars.
speaking of being trapped in dark semi public places, I took Metrolink train home from the Airport because I hate hsving to coordinate DH picking me up whenever the baggae is delivered off the plane, and besides, I theoretically support this mode of public transportation.
but the approach to MetroLink from the Southwest airlines terminal in St. Louis is up three flights, half a block away, of stairs in a secluded area that had it been dark, I would’ve been a little nervous. The fact that the credit card machine didn’t work, the Metrolink website lies about the fare, the elevator didn’t work, and they no longer have any signs on either side of the track to tell you which direction the trains are going made this experience nearly untenable.
I have Experienced this urban crap for too many decades and I’m officially tired of it.
Wow. That's a shame because airport-to-city trains are so great and economical in many situations.
DH and I were talking about the NYC subways after that last shooting event in Brooklyn. We were saying how we probably wouldn't take a subway again. They are dark, dismal, smelly bellies of the beast. But I would take the subway in many other cities: DC's Metro is beautiful for instance. Why are New Yorkers OK with their subways?
Why are New Yorkers OK with their subways?
Because you literally can get anywhere in the city for less time and money than any other method except bike. The subway has never been particularly safe. Or at least never felt particularly safe. (I have no idea what that actual statistics are regarding crime in the subway). I can remember when I moved to NY in 1990 being given advice like ‘don’t get on a subway car that is empty’ and ‘ride in the conductor’s car’ and for women ‘turn your rings around’.
I have been on dairy farms in August that smelled better than the NYC subway system. But unless you’ve got a fortune to spend, it’s probably the only practical way to get around. Why people would choose to like like that is another question.
When I feel like riding the subway, I go to London.
When I feel like riding the subway, I go to London.
Yes, I've had nothing but good experiences on subway systems in London, Paris and Munich. I'd like to think the New York system is an outlier
iris lilies
5-3-22, 10:43am
I love the London Underground. In fact I just pulled out my touristy Underground pattern tea towel from the year 1970 and I’m now using it as a tea towel Because I only live once.!
Looking back, I am amazed my parents let me run around London taking the tube when I was 15 ir 16. We were tourists, it’s not like we lived there.
Looking back, I am amazed my parents let me run around London taking the tube when I was 15 ir 16. We were tourists, it’s not like we lived there.
They probably knew you were safe enough as long as you remembered to "mind the gap".
ToomuchStuff
5-4-22, 5:19pm
So someone came in today and asked me if x (rather large item) was still down at the house for them. 622 days after Steve's death and more then a year after the house was cleaned out.
His brother, after hearing about a friend of ours, prognosis (6 months to a little over a year, if fights it), tried to loan out something of his late brothers, that he thought would be down at the house, instead of in his shed, where all the stuff resides.
I should have become a storage company.:doh:
Why people would choose to like like that is another question.
Because you literally can get anywhere in the city for less time and money than any other method except bike. The subway has never been particularly safe. Or at least never felt particularly safe.
JP, precisely. Never safe. Always essential for everyday folks.
I grew up in NYC as had my parents before me. Everyone I knew used NYC Transit. How else would you get anywhere living in any of the working class neighborhoods, which were once affordable?
We rode through every borough including Staten Island reachable by public ferry.
Yes, we lived like that, LDAHL. I can remember as a small child envying my older sister who stayed late after school to "do the Stations of the Cross." I thought she was riding the el - the elevated train we used to walk below shopping for groceries. I imagined her getting off at every stations and exploring neighborhoods I hadn't seen.
I had some memorably disagreeable experiences and learned some safety strategies - including riding in the conductor's car into Fort Apache - that just became part of my repertoire for "staying alive." But mostly nothing out of the ordinary happened, and I was seldom afraid.
Given the opportunity, I would happily live there again and ride the trains. I still use public transit when I visit.
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