updates?

happy endings!!
 

It appears this post, this site and mainly its members applied enough pressure in the right direction to start a chain of events that ended this afternoon with an apology and the return of my peddles.

I don't really know what else to say except that its much easier to make mistakes, than to come out and take responsibility for them.

Don't forget to focus your anger in the right direction and email your thoughts to the D'bags on the DFG commission http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ad.php?t=11695


THANKS :you_rock:

glad to hear you got your s*** back! BWE ROCKS!!!:luxhello:
Did they pay you for the extra mirage drive you bought?

You should update your original post....and a few more details please as to how exactly it panned out, you owe the folks here more details!! :D

:svengo: I was still looking for the criminal..:confused:

SWEET! Takes more balls to man up than to run/hide... good for him.

(still agree that a beating would tattoo the lesson in a little better)

Glad to hear you got back the drive. BWE -->:you_rock:

Glad to hear you got your stuff back ! :cheers1:

Stoked you got your peddles back!

Happy Endings
 

Appreciate diverting attention to larger issues, and don't need to know the who/what/when of the evident "fessing up". Would, however, welcome clarification, i.e., did the culprit him/herself come forward in contrition and, if so, did this site/blog alone cause the pressure that brought him/her forward, or was a chat with John Law also influencial?

IMHO, if the person who took your drive had enough integrity to come forward and apologize to you directly, that is quite admirable, as is your effort to tamp down the flames and get on with things. While seemingly rare, "happy endings" of this sort are truly worth celebrating.

WTG!

Avery

Glad to hear you got your stuff back.

Glad to hear you got your Mirage Drive back!

x2...in a world with not that many "happy endings" this one is grand:luxhello::cheers1:

Only happy ending I ever got was in Bali and her hands were sandy nuff said.......

RAD JER stoked you got your gear back bud, like the other guy said I hope he kicked in the dough for the new drive.....

Excellent!

Good Deal......I'll tell you this much if I see that POS sitting on the triangle again eyeballing the kayaks again i'll set him straight. He's still a dirtbag and it took the fear of getting caught to own up.

Probably because all the water from sandiego to sanfrancisco was covered :cheers1:

Glad yo got your property back. But...

Apology? Mistake? A 10-year old might make a mistake by stealing, and later admirably "man up" with an admission and apology--and learn never to do that again. But an adult? Unless he was stealing to feed his family...Go to the cops.

There's an old joke they used to tell when I was a kid:

A guy offers a women he just met 20 grand to sleep with him and she readily agrees, then he offers her 1 dollar and she get's offended saying something like "What do you think I am?" The guy responds "We've already determined exactly what you are, now we're just haggling over price.

In this case the guy has already shown what he is, he's just come forward to haggle over price. By that I mean that now that he was essentually busted, he's just trying mitigate what his actions will cost him by returning the drive. It's completely based in self interest, he's not doing it out of the goodness of his heart.

If I was Scallywag I'd be happy to get my drive back and might even forgive the guy, and it's certainly in his rights to do so, but that doesn't change this guys nature, or make him any less what he is.

Obviously he's a lowlife, a thug, a thief. In fact he's such a lowlife he staked out the launch till he found a easy drive to steal, then talked his girl into doing the dirty work for him ,which suggests he's a user and a coward as well. I'd add that his girlfriend is either incredibly stupid or just as bad as he is. It's not like she was stealing groceries to feed her kids, she had to know the drive was not his. It may be easier to forgive, but don't expect them to change, forget who they really are, or what they are really about.

It's just like these lowlifes who break into, or vandalize vehicles at launch sites. It may be easier to let it slide on the legal side, but you should never forget who these people really are, what they are capable of, that ultimately they are just thugs and that they are never to be trusted.


Jim

Glad you got your drive back, Scallywag. But...
Anybody ever watch "World's Dumbest Criminals"? The situations can be interesting and funny, but I could do without the "so-called celebrities" comments. Anyhow, every once in a while they show a thief who robbed a store, come back and try to return what he stole. The cops end up busting him just the same, hence, he's a dumb criminal for even returning the s#*t.
I agree with Jim, this guy AND gal are not kids who need to learn a lesson, they should clearly know right from wrong, and they deserve the punishment that the law provides.
Maybe next time they won't be identified by camera, and a few hundred kayak fishermen, who are on the look out for them. Without, this website, the webcam images, and all the feedback given, I don't think there is a chance in the world Scallywag gets his drive back. It's through everybody's contribution, he got them back at all, IMHO.
Aaron

How about his little henchman chick? Is SHE getting any consequences and making an apology?

This is good. I liked it.


Let me go find a 20thousand dollar girl. Well first i have to find someone who really thinks i have 20k to spare. LOL

Ya frank cause if you did have 20k i would suggest a new used truck and a brand new HOBIE PA:)

I tend to agree with Jim's assessment, but wouldn't be happy just to get my stuff back. Not that I am vengeful, but that I'd like to keep the guy from doing the same thing to someone else on this board. At least for a few months.

The perp probably got his girlfriend to do the dirty work because he has 2 strikes already, which tells me he's not changeable. He doesn't feel remorse or guilt, but he obviously knows the system and is trying to bargain.

Wow Jim, that just puts the whole situation in a true perspective, it simply couldn't have been said any better.

Scally, I'm glad to hear you got the drive back!