Me and a buddy parked at Blackies this morning and surfed 32nd street then the Point. When we got back to his van, we found our drivers licences, credit cards, cash and my wedding ring were missing. We left the van at 7 am and the bank said someone started using my debt card at 8am. Home Depot in Costa Mesa got a picture of the guy trying to buy a leaf blower. Van was locked, I think he watched my buddy hide his key. Be carful, scum bags are watching.
Bummer! I take my key with me, but they can still break in. You're right, gotta be careful. Hope you get it all straightened out, and they bust the guys big time. A freakin' leaf blower??!! Give me a break, what a gomer. Sorry to hear it.
Not good . Sorry to hear that.
Back in 2000 I parked my 98’ JEEP GRAND CHEOKEE 4 X 4 in the North Side Parking lot of the HB pier and went surfing with my son. When we returned from surfing the JEEP was gone. I called my cell phone and there were sounds of a car load of chicks going on a joy ride?
4 days latter the police found my Jeep on Beach Blvd near Anaheim all cleaned and waxed even the carpets were shampoed. Two brand new boards I just shaped were still in there board bags? However all my son’s CD’s were gone including my wallet with credit cards and $80 cash. We lost two cell phones and some expensive clothes.
Same thing they saw me hide my key.
I keep it in my wetsuit these days.
Sorry for your ordeal.
Surfding
Thieves…karma will get them.
I use a surflock which I put my keys into and it attaches padlock style onto the towing hook under the car.
Hiding your keys is a gift for the keen eyed thief to take advantage of.
sorry to hear that… I used a Realtor’s lock box… Sometimes i forget it… My excel wetsuit also has a key holder in the sleeve. you can get wetsuit repair shops to sew one in for you.
If you hide your key, you are asking for it. I have seen plenty thefts… cardiff, torrey pines, blacks, etc.
realtor lock box…
There’s a wave down here in the bush where the break ins are so bad everyone leaves their cars open because it’s better than getting a smashed window. It’s kind of weird when you go there and there’s brand new cars left with all the windows down.
I think i know where you mean marsh. Carton of winnie reds on the passenger seat = free pass from what i hear, though i've never been there.
Jeez a whole carton? do you have to feed the whole town now? If I’ve got gear I stash it in the bush before I get there then leave the old Toyota open with a stearing wheel lock, mind you it’s so bloody crowded if there’s going to be any hint of a Nor easter so I normally paddle out in the dark and come in at 7.30am.
Ha ha ha never been there, though its not too far. Not good with crowds. Everyone from sydney bypasses the gong for a surf trip thankfully, so for me most of the time, more than 10 is a big crowd, and i just don't know how to hassle!!. I'd prefer a very close hollow rivermouth beachie, although now that's bloody crowded except early morning midweek. Something to do with a recent housing estate/dodgy council deal hehe
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That. was the first lesson learned on the North Shore, a long time ago. Always take the key with you.
Break ins suck. The only positive thing from them usually is they show us how low we(some of us) won’t go. Even then we weren’t the ones that needed to know.
Trip on this… here in Japan, at least this local break, keys are sitting on top of the tire in plain view and I don’t even worry about it. The other guys don’t either.
I leave a pit bull in the truck when I go surfing. OK, so he’s a little pussy. But, the scum bags don’t know that. Mike
Willie Sutton robbed banks because "that's where the money is".
ergo, don't make your car a bank.
If this is too complicated, don't carry more than you can afford to lose. If you're fortunate and carefree enough (or simply rich and careless) you'll eventually get gone over. Then you'll wish you'd left your stuff at home.
For me, i carry my driver's license (wallet stays home), a grungy towel and a grungy tshirt. The CD player is 15 years old and doesn't work 2/3 of the time. Nothing to lose, car unlocked, no broken windows that I can't afford to replace.
same planet.
the redistribution of wealth
takes it’s natural course
water flows down hill
an object thrown up
slows to a stop
and then falls back to earth.
who would have ever thought
that blackies …
…ambrose…
I cleaned my truck bed today
of accumulated debris
was that a mistake?
I didn’t clean the interior.
the debris cammo hides the
un tallied wealth under
the sunflower seed shells
found rubber slippers
bike tubes rope wood scrap
wood buddha
dashboard melted wax
immobilizing beanie moose
canada goose beanie baby
sun burnt gumby leggo people
rubber turtle elasto X-man
driftwood …
nothing hanging from the mirror
that stuff hanging from the mirror
is a magnet for attention from
them Rippasaruses …
good rip-artists
only take half the money
and leave the cards and other valuables …
lessons learned sometimes you pay
tuition …
pity the fool
that ripped off your car
he hasn’t paid off the debt …
yet.
"lessons learned sometimes you pay
tuition ..."
that's gold
Went to the bank yesterday and set up new accounts. They will give me back any money taken from the accounts. Which is cool.
Went to DMV yesterday and got a new drivers license. Sucks to have to worry about identity theft, but oh well.
They got me for about $150.00 cash. More than I usally carry to go surfing, but that is what I had in my pocket. No big deal. They might have needed it more than me.
The loss of my wedding ring does sting a bit. It wasn't worth alot of money, but I wish they would have left that 1 thing.
The post was just to remind people that this stuff happens. I see people hide their keys every morning. I use a lock box as mentioned in an earlier post. I surfed with a friend in his van on Sunday and he hides his key. I love the idea of leaving a dog in the car. My dog does love the beach.
so after a few hour sleep,
I love the idea of designing a car
that operates like a mouse trap.
pull back the spring put in a big fat wallet
in the pull here place,and go surfing.
From way out in the water
and way down the beach
wait for the big noise.
maybe install a special recording
like the miss america song
''here they are ,
the guys you have been waiting for,
the special folks that
do your shopping
without your list
here they are , identify them clearly
socially place them properly next to the greats
of petty robbery and larcenous rodents
honor them accordingly
with audible lauditory jeers
cheer them as curs and swine
deface their their home and property with
identifying symbols and banners to be worn
cross chest to hip like a dog with a chicken
or a shoe tied round its neck…''Oh
buut to dream…
… ambrose …
what a thought
to post the photo annomously of them buying a leaf blower …
for their neighbors to see,perhaps they could retrieve their stuff
whilst they were at Blackies,working.
some body fishin’on the peir to observe
park the car
hide the key leave the stuff
lock em in the car call the
cops once they are in play.
make sure their lookout isn’t standing next to you.
Nothing of value in my truck ! Leave my wife in there hope some one steals her !! Already got rid of the wedding ring at the paun shop !!! Maybe if I paid some one !!!!!!!!