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Across the Fence:  STOLEN!!!!  |
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
2313 Posts
lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
2313 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 06:25:22 AM
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Melody- I'm so sorry this happend to you. What a crummy person! I hope you do put a sign in your front yard and I hope the person who stole it feels like poop forever!
xoxo-Lori
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
1054 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 06:46:31 AM
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I am sorry your sink was stolen. When my parents moved into their new house someone stole the wrought iron orb with arrow thru it from their front yard. This was on a metal post buried in the ground, they took the post and all. Now they have a birdhouse on a post in that same spot, but my dad put it in cement. Been there now for 10 years. From the looks of your yard they not only had to get around the fence but not trip over your garden chair or hose - terrible. I know I would be upset.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 06:53:38 AM
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Melody-I'm so sorry that you were the victim of theft. I sure hope they catch the culprits!
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city!
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
1306 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 07:06:09 AM
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That's really a shame, Melody. Well, the thieves had good taste, that was a nice piece. As you've mentioned, I like the idea of putting up a sign and I would definitely get sensor lighting in your yard. Your yard looks very cute and inviting and unfortunately, there are creepy people who will take advantage. Also, I would report it to the police, and if you go into antique shops, keep an eye out for that piece. I'm sorry that happened to you and hopefully, one day, you'll get it back.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 09:21:21 AM
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Wow! What nasty theives with good taste for garden treasures! I think I'd find something really appealing to put in your dry sinks place and somehow booby trap that so if they come back and try to take this next very appealing piece something "traps" them or spills something on them that will stain them for a few days! My mind is wicked today...but it's worth a try or a good laugh!
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 11:26:59 AM
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Melody,
So sorry to hear of the theft. Your yard looks so lovely nd how sad that because you were trying to make the world a prettier place, somone took advantage of you. Go Figure. I hope the louses get a stomach ache every time they look at the dry sink. You should definitely put something in the local paper.
Keep your schin up and don't give up on beautifying your little corner of the world because of a couple of creeps!!
Hugs, Miche;e
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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daylily
True Blue Farmgirl
114 Posts
Chris
Newcastle
CA
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2009 : 12:13:40 PM
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Melody, do you have a bigger or close-up picture of the dry sink? I would like to post it on my blogs and ask my reader's to do the same! Someone just might come across it one day. And if enough people are looking for it, maybe the culprits won't get any pleasure out of displaying it!
Chris
Farmgirl Sister #346
http://refininglife.blogspot.com
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oldfashioned girl
True Blue Farmgirl
2391 Posts
monica
oatman
az
USA
2391 Posts |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 06:00:50 AM
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I am so there, Melody. We had a bench stolen off our front porch, within the 20 minutes we had gone down the street to the nursery to buy plants. It was in broad daylight, with my kids in the house and both my neighbors at home! Oh, talk about a real pet peeve!
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Niamh
True Blue Farmgirl
140 Posts
Idaho
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Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 06:54:03 AM
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Ugh, I am so sorry. What a rotten thing to happen. I second the 'alert the local antique stores' motion. If they kept it for themselves, they'll remember that they stole it every time they look at it. For me, that would be miserable, for some it might bring a sense of pride. But like someone else said, you reap what you sow.
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 08:01:12 AM
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>> People who steal are just the worst!!<<
We lived across the street from a park up in the city, an' you never knew what was going to happen if a big crowd of people started gathering. Little things disappeared from our yard off an' on for a couple years. Police were never called, because it didn't seem like the effort was worth it.
Then somebody started driving Really Fast all over the neighborhood, then stop at the park...then start racing off like a banshie. Finally the president of the civic league got ahold of the media, an' one of the local tv stations interviewed him. The tv crew stopped an' talked to me, an' while I was being filmed, an' explaining how it was starting to get out of control (people were stealing bench seats from picnic tables in the park!) I had a Bad Feeling something was gonna happen.
The following sunday, on my way out the door to go to church, I step on the back door step to the carport...an' discover raw eggs had been thrown all over my car, the back-kitchen door, and all over in the carport. My shock was nearly enuf to make my knees buckle. My one son washed my car off so I could get to church, but I had a gut feeling it wasn't gonna be the end.
The following weekend, Saturday night, actually, somebody threw 2 big 40 Oz. beer bottles in our yard, an' slapped some kinda junk on our white picket fence.
Cute.
Add that up with some other "Small" problems, an' by the time we sold the house to move here, I was More than Ready to Leave!!
Hopefully the police can do something -- maybe you can just tell then what happened, an' they at least can write up a report. If it's people stealing the sink for what it's made out of (copper may be part of the construction of the sink) then the police may need that information to track other thefts of metal materials.
Keepin' you in my thots...I've got an idea of what to do with the people, but it's not suitable for print...lol..
Laurianne |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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NudeFoodFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
433 Posts
Heide
Benton City
WA
433 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 09:21:14 AM
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE you entry in the local paper! How cleaver you are! I hope that if they try to pawn/sell it that the buyer has read the article and will know better. . .
Best,
h
Nude Food Farm
~Grown so good,
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 10:47:24 AM
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Just a thought...make sure you put your security lights up good and high! About 5 years ago, someone broke into my husband's car and stole his radio out of his car right in the driveway. Sick thing is, we heard a noise outside and my husband got out of bed and looked out the window. When he saw the security light wasn't lit he came back to bed. The little devils had unscrewed the bulbs.
Jessie Mae
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peachy
True Blue Farmgirl
593 Posts
Melissa
Fennville
MI
USA
593 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 10:50:17 AM
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Great update Melody, even though you haven't found your dry sink - yet! Maybe that will at least make them miserable enough to give it back or at the very least sneak it back in the same way they snuck it out!!!
Melissa
Farmgirl Sister #360
http://oldethymecountrybarn.blogspot.com/
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BeckySue
True Blue Farmgirl
63 Posts
BeckySue
Arizona
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 10:59:28 AM
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That makes my heart sick! How sad for you!!
I hope more good things will come your way . . . and that "what goes around, comes around!
sorry for your loss. UHG! i hate when people are mean like that.
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
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Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 11:00:23 AM
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I love the newspaper piece!
Could this be a high school prank? My grandparents had a wooden carved totem pole outside in their yard years ago that so many people complimented them on. Then one night it was gone. THey reported it and a few weeks later it was found in a ditch somewhere. Word got around that it was a few high school boys that just wanted to take it because they thought it would be funny when the owners woke up and found it missing. I would report it just in case it shows up somewhere.
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 11:11:32 AM
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Yea, Melody! I wish I had thought of that! I hope those creeps read it, and repent. And I also think calling the antiques stores is a good thing! I just love it when a farm girl stands up for herself!!!!!
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LouisvilleMom
True Blue Farmgirl
246 Posts
Kathryn
Louisville
KY
USA
246 Posts |
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5 acre Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1007 Posts
~~~*Terri*~~~
WA.
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 6:15:07 PM
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Melody....We had the same thing happen last year. Only the whippersnappers stole 23 of my chickens. Our chicken hut is only a stones throw away from our bedroom window..HOW DARE THEY?!!!!!!!!!!
So DH also installed a security light, and talked to those we knew stole from us last year...he told them not to steal from us either,if they are hungry, come to our door, we will feed them but, if they indeed needed to steal, the light was for them to see better.......a certain ethnic group of persons steal every year from us. This gets old........
Farmgirl Sister #368
"It is most common for man to value most what has least worth."
My Farm and Garden blog....
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Michigan Girl in TX
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Kristi
Cottonwood Shores
TX
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 6:29:57 PM
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Oh girl... that is horrible! How could they even enjoy it knowing how they got it!? You enjoyed it because of what you put in to making it special. Karma comes back around.
Hugs~ Kristi |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3324 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3324 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 6:31:43 PM
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Terri....that's awful. JUST AWFULL! I know it's different if someone steals for food. Well. No it's not. Stealing is stealing is stealing. But, anyone who know me knows that if they would have asked for the darn thing I would have given it away....Makes me sad and MAD.
I would really miss my chickens though!
Melody |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2009 : 8:05:50 PM
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Melody, that is great what you put in the paper. I love the last line. Very creative. It just stinks that people will stoop that low. No morals at all. And they probably live down the road from you, too. But good for you for putting that in the paper. Maybe other people will be on the lookout for it now.
Kris
Life is what you make it. Always has been. Always will be. |
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