Friggin' thieves at the pool...

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:04:14 GMT

My theft experience was years ago at Lindsay Park, now called the Talisman Center (someone stole the name!). I came back from the weight room to find the contents of my locked locker all over the floor, along with a bunch of other people's stuff. My wallet was gone, but appeared a few days later in the trash of a downtown office building, from which a security guard called me. When I described some possible suspects to an investigating officer over the phone - a group of teenage girls walking around the running track in street shoes and clothes, looking around them at everything - she started giving me a long-winded lecture about not judging by appearance and age. As if I didn't practically live in the place and recognize most of the track club kids. Now I leave my clothes, usually old ones, in an unlocked locker and take anything valuable onto the pool deck with me in my swim bag. It's black, so things like my black nylon wallet just disappear in it. As for sunglasses, I like Ryders. Good quality, and not so expensive that I feel devastated when I leave them behind somewhere, as I'm unfortunately prone to doing.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:37:11 GMT

Darth: Thank goodness the thief did not take your VO2MAX SHAMPOO...that would have been justification for hand removal. So that's what Luke did?

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:35:03 GMT

Darth: Thank goodness the thief did not take your VO2MAX SHAMPOO...that would have been justification for hand removal.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:30:28 GMT

I can't stand it either. "Someone stole my Mojo!"

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:29:30 GMT

Tom Buckley my swim coach as a kid used to tell us, "If you have $2.00 eyes, then wear $2.00 sunglasses." Oakley's rock....but I am old school with my Ray Bans....Heck, I've seen the world ten times over behind a pair of Ray Bans.... If I caught some dirt ball taking my stuff in the locker room, he would most likely get some well earned lessons in falling down and getting up in the parking lot.....The only thing worse then a thief is a cheater.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:24:31 GMT

Not me. Mine broke in half after simply taking them off. Waste of my money. I stick with the cheap sunglasses now and they last longer. Wow. That must have been a passion filled moment for them to break while "taking them off". ;)

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:18:08 GMT

I'm a huge fan of Oakleys. I've had about 5 pairs in the past ten years. They also have a great warranty and will fix/repair/replace any part of the glasses for a year for free. Buy one pair and you are hooked for life, worth every penny. Not me. Mine broke in half after simply taking them off. Waste of my money. I stick with the cheap sunglasses now and they last longer.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:09:51 GMT

I hope karma bit the kid in the butt enough to warrant stitches. People who steal things live with the self-knowledge they are theives, which is inevitably detrimental to their self-esteem. Stealing also reflects an attitude that it is not possible to be successful and prosperous honestly. It reflects and reinforces a feeling that the world is an unfriendly, hostile place that does not provide for us. That's the karma right there--it resides right in the thiefs mind and can't be avoided.

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aquageek — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:36:57 GMT

Not me. Mine broke in half after simply taking them off. Waste of my money. I stick with the cheap sunglasses now and they last longer. FYI - Oakleys come with a full 1 year warranty and will repair or replace for free. After that, they will repair or replace for less than $30. I suggest you call their 800 number and see about getting them fixed.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:56:04 GMT

No, you ride shotgun while Geek mans the wheel (wait that's an oxymoron) in his wifebeater. Very funny there swimmeister! :mooning:

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:47:22 GMT

I don't drive a Jeep or wear tank tops either...for the record. :) No, you ride shotgun while Geek mans the wheel (wait that's an oxymoron) in his wifebeater.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:44:32 GMT

It says your friends have class....:D LOL! Perhaps. Cheesy or not, I still have mine and wear them 365 days a year. I don't drive a Jeep or wear tank tops either...for the record. :)

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:42:38 GMT

It says your friends have class....:D

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:22:26 GMT

You like to hang out with guys who wear cheesy glasses? :dunno:

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:17:51 GMT

Having stuff stolen definitely sucks. However, Oakleys and Ray-Bans have always been kinda cheesy to me. They always remind me of some dude wearing a tank top while driving a jeep without doors with a pit bull in the passenger seat. The same dude who likes to ogle the ladies at the stoplight while playing the radio just a little too loud. That being said, many of my friends wear these kinds of glasses, so I don't know what that says about me.

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:33:47 GMT

LOL!

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:51:18 GMT

As long as we are mentioning theft, I had an old slightly nasty USMS logo t-shirt stolen from the deck at 2003 Nats in Tempe. Size XXXXS

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:49:52 GMT

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:08:08 GMT

Matt, Stinks about your sunglasses being stolen. But, that's great news about them being found!

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Former Member — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:05:42 GMT

Not me. Mine broke in half after simply taking them off. Waste of my money. I stick with the cheap sunglasses now and they last longer. It was - but my husband and I cracked up laughing about it. We were both like, "What a piece of junk." Maybe it was a fluke. Maybe I was to blame. I have been known to break things easily. ;) In all fairness, I did eventually leave the "cheapie"' sunglasses and splurged on RX polarized sunglasses. Now, I can't wear anything else. I highly recommend polarized glasses.

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aquageek — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:21:03 GMT

"Slightly" nasty? Geek, it was REALLY nasty. I only wore it once before I threw it out! :bolt: I'm going to egg your brother's house.

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aquageek — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:48:06 GMT

As long as we are mentioning theft, I had an old slightly nasty USMS logo t-shirt stolen from the deck at 2003 Nats in Tempe.

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swimshark — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:22:57 GMT

A necro-ed thread, but sadly timely: someone walked off with my practice fins last night while I showered. Thankfully they were nothing special, but still, I don't want to shell out cash to replace them. Makes me wish I had a nasty case of athletes' foot. :bitching: Yes, a timely thread. Today I witnessed a shoplifting at Target. They didn't even know they had been ripped off of a Dyson vacuum. The police were tracking down the car, which I had the license plate of, now :) I had my shoes stolen off the pool deck once. They were brand new, Speedo sport type shoes. The coach was standing about 5 feet from them and never saw a thing. It was one of the kids since they were putting ther gear down near my bag/shoes (this was in OR, not the kids I swim with now). It was a cold night walking to my car with no shoes on. Alison

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Former Member — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:52:39 GMT

The One Arme Bandit did not steal the Pert Plus. That was someone else. He was awesome.. I think loosing a hand as punishment for stealing a shampoo PLUS conditioner (with tingling action) is justified.. if it was just shampoo, then maybe just a jamed finger, especially if there was no tingling action...

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Former Member — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:36:23 GMT

Dismemberment might be a bit extreme but I would not be above shoving a broomstick into the spokes of his bicycle as he rides by.