On Tuesday, one of my coworkers posted on Facebook that her husband’s old, beat up pickup had been stolen from in front of their house. He works in the oil field and leaves for work every morning at 4:00 am. He is always picked up by someone driving a company truck, and a whole group of workers drives up together.
I didn’t see any updates after the initial post. My coworker’s husband has had a rough 6 months, getting jumped at the bowling alley and beat up in October by a couple of guys from Colorado. The pickup is real old and doesn’t have a tailgate. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would steal it.
Yesterday, I was at work and saw my colleague and she told me that for some reason, on Tuesday her husband decided to drive himself to work in his pickup but didn’t tell her. She gets up well after he leaves for work, and the first thing she assumed was that the truck had been stolen. He is out of phone service in the oil field, so she couldn’t contact him. It wasn’t until he got home that she realized she had jumped to conclusions. The police thought the whole incident was pretty amusing, and suggested that her husband communicate better with her. I suggested that perhaps she shouldn’t jump to conclusions. She agreed, but said the one time she didn’t call the police about something like this, it would turn out to be the real thing.
When have you jumped to conclusions? Ever had a vehicle stolen?
Trail Baboon 
I like this one.
Mad Magazine had another with the Conclusion portrayed as a monster being jumped on by humans.
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Wes, you seem to know a video clip for almost ANY topic!
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The other Mad Magazine idioms showed a pathetic looking monster at the mercy of a human.
Hit the Nail on the head.
Bite the Bullet
Spill the Beans (A monster family in a wheelbarrow going over a cliff.)
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Yes, I will often assume something is my fault, and start to take responsibility for it happening until I see that’s not the case. Will think of a specific time later.
No, but my VW bug that my sister eventually owned got taken in an iffy section of downtown San Francisco. Someone had apparently seen her lock her purse in the trunk as she went to some event. She did get the car back, though, and maybe the purse minus the $.
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I don’t think I jump to conclusions other than assuming that whatever comes out of the First Felon’s mouth is a lie or nonsensical drivel, even if he later says the exact opposite. I think my batting average on that is about .998.
No vehicle stolen. I’m one of those “automatically lock the doors” guy and I NEVER leave my keys in the car, even when it’s in the garage and the door is down.
Amazingly, here in “small-town” Owatonna, cars still get stolen occasionally because people leave their keys in the car when it’s parked on the street. I also see more than a few cars idling outside the grocery store in cold weather while their owners are inside. Maybe they have a modern security system so the doors are locked, but I see plenty of older cars doing that too.
There are also lots of folks who don’t bother locking up their houses when they leave for the day. Our neighbors got robbed of some jewelry because they left the house unlocked.
When I was growing up in St. Louis Park, it was common back in the 60s to leave doors unlocked. That changed probably in the early 70s when Mom began a part-time job and the house was empty for longer than a shopping run. First time I started carrying a house key with me was probably Sr. high school.
Chris in Owatonna
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Slow day so I will add a question: When have you had to phone the police?
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I had to phone the police today to report an attempt of identity theft. Two days ago I was bamboozled by very slick scammers who said my name was on the dark web and associated with a money laundering scheme. They bombarded me with a ton of “information” and I did give them some information. Yesterday the more I thought about it the more suspicious I became. I discovered the “security company” was a scam and I took immediate action. Through phone calls and in person visits with my financial planner, banker, credit card company, credit union, Apple support, and filing a report with the Federal Trade Commission I avoided losing even one cent of money. Fortunately I did not give the scammers any user names, passwords, or account numbers. I felt really stupid for falling for this scam but everyone I spoke with said the same thing. The scammers are very slick at creating panic in their targets, leading to poor decision making – a sort of fight-or-flight response. So I should not kick myself for being so gullible. In fact they praised me for coming to my senses quickly before any real damage was done. I sure don’t ever want to go through this again!
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Good that you caught yourself. I had a similar “caught myself” one years ago. Did you have some guidance on contacting all those entities?? Yikes, that sounds like a lot of work.
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I’ve been targeted recently too. I use AAA/Experian for credit monitoring, and a few weeks ago they notified me that someone had applied for a Chase credit card in my name. I contacted them, then Experian, and found out that this has happened twice since last August. My information has been leaked onto the ‘dark web’ twice in the past year. Then, a few days ago, I added 5 credits to my Audible account, which totaled about $49. Suddenly there was a second charge on my debit card for a few hundred dollars. My bank tried calling and texting me, but I ignored it initially because I thought it was a scam. They were persistent, though, and I decided to call my bank (not using the 800 number they told me to use.) My bank said that, yes, they were trying to contact me. They issued me a new debit card and number and I was able to pick it up at a branch two hours later. Yesterday morning I called all three credit reporting agencies and put a freeze on my credit.
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I’ve called 911 a couple of times having to do with people in accidents in front of my house and last summer a guy who looked like he had passed out on the front steps of his house. I was on my way over after I had called 911 when the cops showed up so I managed to stay out of it. Other than that, I’ve never called the police directly that I can recall.
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And I’ve never had a car stolen. I did about 20 years back. Have someone get into my garage that’s a long story, and they got into my car which was not locked, but there wasn’t anything in there except the registration which they stole. I assume it did them some good it never did me any harm. I did call the DMV and say do I need to do anything about this and they said no
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The only time I can remember calling 911 was when Husband had his stroke in 2021.
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Never had a vehicle stolen, but have found one in a field that wasn’t reported stolen yet.
It was November 1st, and the ignition was ripped out of it, tires were gone, radio was gone, and the dealers lock box was on the back seat.
Since it wasn’t reported stolen, yet, it was considered “abandoned” and the owner’s responsibility to get it removed from the field. Turns out he had consigned it to a dealer, who wasn’t yet aware it was gone. Sounds like a scene from ‘Fargo’, doesn’t it? “Well, how do you know [it isn’t stolen]?”
And yeah, called 911 a few times.
Like the naked guy sleeping in the truck in the middle of the road. I think that was a 911 call.
More often I’m calling the non-emergency number for Law Enforcement.
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I had a drunk try to drive through our backyard. He hit the side of the house which woke us up. He came up against a secure clothesline pole and just tried to keep going forward gunning his engine as though he was stuck in snow. The cops came and thought it was a hit and run.
“Nope. He’s back there digging himself a hole.”
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Again – yikes!
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I don’t generally have cars that any thief would be attracted to. Consumer Reports used to run articles about which cars were frequent targets of thieves, and my cars never appeared there. At one time I had a Buick station wagon. When I consulted Consumer Reposrts, they said that basically no one in the history of the world has ever stolen a Buick station wagon.
That hasn’t stopped people from breaking my car windows on occasion. For no good reason – they never took anything valuable. I never left anything of value in my car.
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Anyone know if a stolen car is covered by any insurance policies? I was going to say “If you want to steal a 2008 Prius, have at it!”
I do know folks who have had a catalytic converter stolen from a Prius. : |
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No, I’ve never had a car stolen. I try to be careful, but it probably doesn’t matter. If someone wants something bad enough, I suppose they’ll get it.
Yes, I have had to call 911 for emergencies in the home where I worked. I didn’t work in a home where the clients were violent, but we were trained on how to respond. The emergencies we had to respond to were usually medical crises. Once a pregnant coworker collapsed at work. She was very stressed out due to her work demands (our supervisor was never there, just awol, so much of her daily work fell to this coworker.) She was in tachycardia due to a panic attack.
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