Our neighborhood has been experiencing a rash of bike thefts. Although, I guess the correct term would be "borrowing" as we have recovered all of them in ditches around the neighborhood. We think it might be kids, but we can't be sure. We are hoping it is and they are just demonstrating some type of stupid teenage behavior. I would hate to think adults were doing it. First bikes, then they move on to something bigger and better in our garages like our cars!
Hubby is the president of the neighborhood association so we are trying to keep on top of the situation. So far about 8 bikes have been discarded, all kids bikes. The bad thing is they are mostly little kids bikes, some with training wheels for pete's sake. We got an email from a neighbor that both his kids bikes were missing since this past Wednesday. We recovered both of them and returned them to their rightful owners. The kids were happy.
These kids have some balls just walking into people's garages in the middle of the night and taking things. It does bring up the issue of leaving your garage door open all night. Yes, we should be able to, but it's not a smart thing to do in today's world. We wouldn't be able to sleep a wink if ours was open, but we have noticed that several people do it. I guess we are just not as trusting as some people. We would like to be, but can't.
We are going to enjoy our last full day with Eva today. She is at the mall with the girls doing some last minute shopping. She had to buy another suitcase to take all of her new stuff home. Ken is cooking us a wonderful dinner. It smells heavenly.
Til' next time.
2 comments:
Stealing little kids bikes? That is just a horrible thing to do. I am glad that the bikes are being recovered - I can imagine how badly a chikd would feel if his/her first ever bike was stolen. What a bad way to think about the world.
I am on my homeowner's association's board as well. We haven't had a problem like this, thank goodness. I hope the holligans are caught soon!
We do too. We live in a nice neighborhood and we don't want stuff like this going on. Some of the teenagers that live here have seen some suspicious looking guys a couple of nights this week when they were coming home from babysitting. They don't live in the neighborhood. We don't know if they are involved or not.
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