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Posted: 6/29/2015 6:43:56 PM EDT
The little devil on my shoulder that looks like me was saying, "WOO HOO, NEW CHAIN SAW!" But the little angel on my other shoulder that looks like my wife was wagging her finger and saying, "Ill-gotten gains!" So if your chainsaw fell off your truck, it's at the police station. *sigh* |
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So, which lucky officer is going to be felling trees this weekend?
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You did the right thing my friend. When I see people do this it makes me have some hope in humanity.
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That's some really stupid shit OP.
Ill-gotten gains? Your wife needs to stay in her fucking lane. |
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You did good, OP. Some landscaper is probably pulling his hair out, trying to figure out where did he left his chainsaw.
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You just gave the cops a free chainsaw. I highly doubt the owner will call the police.
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I would have gone the Craiglist route. Lost + found. But, good on you to take it to the Popo. |
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Maybe a craigslist posting (Lost and Found) with details vague.
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Lazyass helper threw it on the side of the road so he wouldn't have to work. Landscapers are always criminals dodging the law for one reason or another, so they won't go to the police to recover it. Hell, they probably stole it.
It could have had a good home if your wife hadn't stuck her nose into business she isn't qualified for. Tell her to make you a sammich. |
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Ehhh... all you naysayers doggin the police and locals don't understand that most of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine is a little different from the rest of the country.
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You should turn it in to the police, so THEY can have a new chainsaw.
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Ehhh... all you naysayers doggin the police and locals don't understand that most of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine is a little different from the rest of the country. View Quote Exactly. Small town cops up here are different and may already have heard who lost it. We actually talk to them about these sorts of things happening in town. Rodent was right to listen. Having seen Mrs. Rodent in some of the old Private Rootbeer threads, I wouldn't do anything to upset her. He'd be hard pressed to find another. |
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about 3AM one night, i found a very nicely-stocked toolbox in an access road intersection. everything was still scattered across the roadway, making it obvious that it had just happened.
devil went "free tools and toolbox". damn angel won. sat in the adjacent parking lot for about 10 min smoking. about 90 seconds before "fuck it i'm foing", a guy in a pickup pulls into the intersection, obviously looking for his shit. |
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That's what I figure. That saw probably represents a sizable investment to some treeclimber. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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... Some landscaper is probably pulling his hair out, trying to figure out where did he left his chainsaw. That's what I figure. That saw probably represents a sizable investment to some treeclimber. In NH ? Hell yes. That thing is someones livlihood. That said, if noone claims it in a certain amount of time, it should go to you, op... Good job, good karma. |
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I'd make a Craigslist ad stating you found it and it is at the PD or else no one will think to call or go there.
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post in your local internet classifieds...lost & found.......you may also be able to run the SN through the manufacturer.
sleep well sir. |
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Facebook lost and found forum locally would be a good spot to let locals know. Lots of moody housewives go there to bicker and save the world.
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Integrity is what you do when nobody is looking.
It defines whether or not you are ok with the person you see in the mirror. Good on you OP |
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Lazyass helper threw it on the side of the road so he wouldn't have to work. Landscapers are always criminals dodging the law for one reason or another, so they won't go to the police to recover it. Hell, they probably stole it. It could have had a good home if your wife hadn't stuck her nose into business she isn't qualified for. Tell her to make you a sammich. View Quote / Perfect score |
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Exactly. Small town cops up here are different and may already have heard who lost it. We actually talk to them about these sorts of things happening in town. Rodent was right to listen. Having seen Mrs. Rodent in some of the old Private Rootbeer threads, I wouldn't do anything to upset her. He'd be hard pressed to find another. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Ehhh... all you naysayers doggin the police and locals don't understand that most of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine is a little different from the rest of the country. Exactly. Small town cops up here are different and may already have heard who lost it. We actually talk to them about these sorts of things happening in town. Rodent was right to listen. Having seen Mrs. Rodent in some of the old Private Rootbeer threads, I wouldn't do anything to upset her. He'd be hard pressed to find another. My local cop (PT Constable here and FT LEO in the next big city over the mountain) is the American Legion post commander, and a hell of a nice guy. My town is so small that if there's no one behind me or him, we'll stop in the middle of the main street just to say "Hi" for a moment or 3. He also knows that if the shit hits the fan and they need a volunteer at 3am to help search for a lost hiker that they and the Volly's can call me anytime. |
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You should have put sign on the side on the side of the road saying "Lose your chainsaw?' with your number.
The police are not going to track down the owner of a chainsaw and it is unlikely that the owner think the police would have it. I suppose now you could post a sign and a Craigslist found ad that tells the owner where it is at. |
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What's the chance the owner could even prove it belongs to him?
You just gave the police a chainsaw. While I would try to find the owner I wouldn't turn it over to the police. |
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I was walking down the road cutting the overgrowth back when I needed to take a leak. I put the chainsaw by the road and walked in the woods a ways. When I came back it was gone! |
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Lazyass helper threw it on the side of the road so he wouldn't have to work. Landscapers are always criminals dodging the law for one reason or another, so they won't go to the police to recover it. Hell, they probably stole it. It could have had a good home if your wife hadn't stuck her nose into business she isn't qualified for. Tell her to make you a sammich. View Quote Females are always about doing what "feels" RIGHT, and not breaking social rules or laws. Thats why they thought they could fix alcoholism just by making a law, shortly after being allowed to vote |
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Must be nice to be a cop sometimes. One day a widow brings you their dead husband's gun collection, next day a citizen brings you a nice chainsaw. I can just hear it - DIBS! |
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Lazyass helper threw it on the side of the road so he wouldn't have to work. Landscapers are always criminals dodging the law for one reason or another, so they won't go to the police to recover it. Hell, they probably stole it. It could have had a good home if your wife hadn't stuck her nose into business she isn't qualified for. Tell her to make you a sammich. View Quote Is that YOU Donald? |
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If it makes you fell better, I found a wallet at the grocery store yesterday. It had a shit ton of cash and I turned it into the store manager. Maybe it was the hippie chicks chainsaw.
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The little devil on my shoulder that looks like me was saying, "WOO HOO, NEW CHAIN SAW!" But the little angel on my other shoulder that looks like my wife was wagging her finger and saying, "Ill-gotten gains!" So if your chainsaw fell off your truck, it's at the police station. *sigh* View Quote Sucks, but some mother fucker won't ever get in touch with it because he drove that road and figures it's stolen now |
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I once found a dollar bill on the playground. Took it to the office. Last time I saw it or heard about it. Learned my lesson.
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You should have put sign on the side on the side of the road saying "Lose your chainsaw?' with your number. Excellent idea. Yeah, wish I'd thought of that. you can still put up the sign just say you dropped it off at the police station. |
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You should have put sign on the side on the side of the road saying "Lose your chainsaw?' with your number. Excellent idea. Yeah, wish I'd thought of that. You can still do it. If the likely owner calls, direct them to the police station or retrieve it for them if they are scared of police. |
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I would have done a lost -n- found in the free local paper for two weeks.
Lost Chain Saw. Must know bar length, brand, model, and serial to claim. I did basically the same for a trolling motor I found. After two weeks I sold it to a co-worker. LOL....There must have been a hell of a lot of missing trolling motors around at that time, I must have got a half dozen BS calls by people fishing for a free motor. Piss on giving the po-po anything you don't have to. No good deed goes unpunished. |
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