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Gotta vent

cookinfreak — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:49:57 GMT

I had small trike planter I had on my front step. It had some patina to it and the front wheel had blades in it, so when the wind blew thru it, it looked like it was moving and it had a very small pot that I put pansies in. Got home last night, and someon stole it off my front step. So angry. I loved that thing. GGGGRRRRRR!!!! Thanks for listening

cookin

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dex — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:54:32 GMT

@cookinfreak@Did you check to see if the wind blew it somewhere in your yard?I have had things blown by the wind that I wouldn’t have thought possible.I hope you find your little planter and that some meanie didn’t take it.

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BirkiLady — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:55:45 GMT

Call you Police Dept. They need to know what kind of items have been taken in order to patrol what areas. Sorry someone thought your trike was adorable, too. Hope the PD finds it and returns it to you.

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happycat — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:01:42 GMT

That really stinks. Theives seem to be everywhere these days. I saw yesterday on fb where a neighbor had a some expensive tools stolen when they weren't home. People have no shame.

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Carmie — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:03:39 GMT

I am so sorry that happened to you.

I hope you called the police to report this. I know it might seem like a waste of time, but sometimes whoever stole it might be caught.

Often it is kids who steal from porches and yards. They go through an area and take things just for fun and amass quite a collection. The police find the stuff, but can't return it to it's rightful owner unless they have a report.

Reporting also let's the police know what is going on in the neighborhood and they. Know to be more watchful.

I hope you get your planter back.

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:04:32 GMT

@happycat wrote:
That really stinks. Theives seem to be everywhere these days. I saw yesterday on fb where a neighbor had a some expensive tools stolen when they weren't home. People have no shame.

Probably because they had it posted all over social media that they wouldn't be home or checked into someplace or were with so and so at such and such a place...

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sweetee2 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:11:30 GMT

I'd be angry too. I have double front doors and I would decorate that area every season. I stopped a few years ago not that I had an issue but in case I did. It sad that it has come to that.

I hope you can find it, it sounds really cute.

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cookinfreak — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:13:54 GMT

@dex. Yes, I did check around my yard and didn't see it. I have never had anything taken from my yard before. I was thinking at first maybe a squirrel had knocked it off the steps trying to bury nuts in it. A lot of my pots have peanuts in them from the squirrels.They can be nuisance but do like to watch them.

cookin

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Nataliesgramma — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:17:42 GMT

I feel for you....2 years ago someone stole my 3 ft Garden angel that was my deceased Mom's....

I was so upset....

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Lyttlewyng — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:34:48 GMT

@cookinfreak So sorry that you were taken advantage of. It's a complete violation to your property and your personal space. Some people just have no scruples or regard for

right or wrong anymore. I feel for your disappoinment and frustration that a little piece of joy was taken away from you.

I agree with the others that have suggested notifying your local police department.

There may have been similar thefts in the area and the police are already investigating.

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ValuSkr — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:39:25 GMT

That's a shame. It seems anything you put in front of your house is at risk of theft, especially is it's easily moved and easy to resell. If there are any antique or second-hand shops in the area, it might help to put them om alert for your planter. Besides potted plants, a trellis, and a bird bath, the only things in front of my place are two nice chairs. I suppose they'll be stolen some day.

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SeaMaiden — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:47:53 GMT

@cookinfreak I am so sorry to hear that someone stole something of yours that you enjoyed. I know I would be livid as well if someone stole my yard art. People are so thoughtless at times.

When someone does something like this to me, I try to turn it around and just feel so sorry for them that they are so nasty and rude and live such a miserable life.

. I try to be thankful for all the good in my life and turn my anger into a positive spin for ME. When someone steals from you no matter what it is, they not only take from you... they create a negative space so it is like a two fold whammy.

I hope somehow somewhere this stolen item shows up for you... or that it is replaced by something else that you enjoy even more if that is possible.

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Kitlynn — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:59:35 GMT

I am sorry that happened to you. My Mother had one too and it got stolen out of her front flower bed this Summer. I don't know why people do things like that!

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Cakers3 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:04:58 GMT

@cookinfreakOh that's just stinks. I cannot stand a thief. I would report it because there may be other thefts going on in your neighborhood. I wonder if the person is stupid enough to put it on his/her lawn.

My dad's iron military marker was stolen from his grave. I had his last name on the back in paint. I found it elsewhere in the same cemetary and took it back and left a note to advise the person that these are free from the VFW. Stealing is never the right thing to do.

The marker was never stolen again.

I hope you get your planter back. And I love pansies-one of my favorites.

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Azcowgirl — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:24:08 GMT

That just makes me sick 😡 ...

I’m so sorry !

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AuntG — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:02:43 GMT

How mean. I sometimes wonder what people would do if there were no security / traffic cameras.

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151949 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 17:34:06 GMT

The first summer I was married I spent the entire summer making a skeleton windsock.It was detailed and very difficult.I was proud when I finished it. Come Oct. I hung it in a tree in our front yard and in the morning it was gone! I saw it a few weeks later hanging in a yard in my plan and I went up - irate and banged on the door. The man tried to argue with me that his kids would not steal - but there was a label I put with my name on every thing I sew, so he could not deny it.

He made his kid shovel our driveway and walk for the whole winter for his punishment.

Lesson - if your gonna steal make certain you aren't taking a one of a kind item and then don't be so stupid to put it in your front yard.

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homedecor1 — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:11:34 GMT

@cookinfreak

thats terrible😤😤😤

we don't have that problem although some stuff people have out as "lawn decor" I wish it'd get stolen!!! Ridiculous!!!

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Spurt — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 02:03:19 GMT

Sadly in today's world you cant put anything nice on your front step, porch, or yard because it has a chance of being stolen.....

Christmas decorations, Halloween decorations, even a 4th of July display a couple put in their yard in honor their son who was killed in Afghanistan.....these heartless thieves steal anything

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this is my nic — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 02:12:23 GMT

Drive around and see if it's in someone else's yard. If you have a photo of it on your property, call the police.