I AM TICKED! NO, I AM WAY PASSED TICKED! I AM PISSED! I HAD PLANS FOR TODAY. I GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING AND GOT MY LAUNDRY DONE. GOT THE GROCERY SHOPPING DONE BY 8. WENT OUT IN THE BACK YARD. TODAY WAS THE DAY TO CLEAN ALL THE BRUSH OUT OF THE YARD. CLIP ALL THE OVERHANGING TREE BRANCHES AND THE NEW LITTLE TREES TRYING TO GROW ALONG THE FENCE LINE, AND PICKUP ALL THOSE THAT I HAD LOPED OFF WHEN I BUILT THE LITTLE FENCE. OPENED UP THE TOOL SHED AND MY LOPERS ARE GONE! SO IS MY ELECTRIC CHAIN SAW! THAT MEANS BUYING NEW LOPERS AND SAWING BY HAND. I'M NOT MUCH OF A HANDY MAN, BUT I WAS PROUD OF THAT DOOR I MADE AND PUT UP ON THE SHED. GRANTED, IT WASN'T THE BEST AND I'M SURPRISED IT LASTED AS LONG AS IT DID. I MADE IT OUT OF PARTICLE BOARD THAT I FOUND LEANING AGAINST THE WALL UNDER THE CARPORT. IT WASN'T PAINTED. WHAT DID I EXPECT? THE LOCK HASP HAD COME OFF AND ONE OF THE HINGES HAD BROKEN OFF. THE DOOR WAS BEING HELD SHUT BY A PIECE OF SHEET METAL I'D PUT UP TO KEEP THE SQUIRRELS OUT,(IT DIDN'T.) I GUESS SOMEBODY NEEDED TO TRIM THEIR TREES MORE THAN ME. I WOULD HAVE LOANED THEM THE TOOLS IF THEY'D ASKED, BUT THEY JUST TOOK THEM. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT'D HAPPEN. SOMEONE TOOK MY LAWNMOWER BEFORE I COULD PUT UP THE DOOR WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THIS HOUSE. BUT IT JUST PISSES ME OFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO REGARD FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. YET, I SEE NEIGHBORS LEAVING THEIR LAWNMOWERS IN THEIR BACK YARDS ALL THE TIME. AT LEAST MY STUFF WAS OUT OF SIGHT. BUT, IT'S GONE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL SET ME BACK. THE COST OF THE LOPERS IS NO BIG DEAL. I'LL REPLACE THEM, BUT THE CHAINSAW IS ANOTHER THING. NO, IT'S JUST THAT THIS JUST RUINED MY DAY AND I'LL FUME ABOUT IT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. I KNOW I SHOULDN'T. BUT, THAT'S THE WAY I AM. I HAD BIG PLANS FOR THE BACK YARD THIS YEAR. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET REAL GRASS GROWING BACK THERE THIS YEAR. I'M TIRED OF THE WEEDS. WHEN I RENTED THE HOUSE, THE WEEDS WERE THREE FEET HIGH OUT THERE. IT TOOK TWO MOWINGS TO GET THEM DOWN. SO, I'LL TURN MY DAY OVER TO FUMING. BUY SOME LOPERS TOMORROW AND TRY AGAIN. I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THIS VENT. I NEEDED IT.
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You just go right ahead and vent... i know just how you feel. I have figured out that if you leave something in plain view, 9 out of 10 times the thieves will think it\'s not worth stealing, but as soon as you put it away, suddenly it\'s the greatest treasure in the world and they HAVE TO HAVE IT. I say, put the expensive stuff in plain view, and the crappy stuff you want stolen in the shed and they\'ll clean it out for you. Good luck with your new loppers. Sorry about your chainsaw. Hugs and kisses, Deb :0(
I AM SORRY THAT YOUR TOOLS ARE GONE.SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE NO FEELINGS FOR OTHERS AND THEIR BELONGINGS.HANG IN THERE AND THINGS WILL GET BETTER.
What a violation of your property. I am pissed for you, too. You know, we work hard to earn our money, and when a person buys something like the chain saw, it\'s because it\'s needed and if it\'s in a shed, then it\'s supposed to be a safe place to store stuff like that, with our without a lock. I\'m sorry that happened, Mike.