Thieves

[Asher]

Super cool looking out for the upstairs neighbors like that. Kinda reminds me of a movie chase.

I can see you now...running down the busy sidewalk screaming, "Get outta the way! Get outta the way!" And then the burgular bumps into a lady carrying a paper grocery sack...well, you get the idea.

Guess the only thing missing would be the slow-mo of you compeltely stretched out in midair when you dive to tackle the guy.

Yeah, it was totally Hollywood: my student driving by at just the right time, people shouting at windows when I lost him, etc. At one point, he ran across a busy one-way street with me yelling behind him (hoping someone up ahead would slow him down), and the cars stopped long enough for me to keep chasing him across the street. In retrospect, it was pretty surreal. The only things missing were the overturned fruit cart and the garbage truck blocking an alley at exactly the wrong time. :hysterica

 

[bballbaby]

too funny. laughing out loud at this point...garbage truck at exactly the wrong time...fruit cart.

Perfect visualization.

 

[rabbgp]

I don't know how I missed the original story about the fire. Holy crap! And now the looting, and chasing, and running between cars. Double Holy crap!!! Quite a story. Glad everyone is ok, and hope they catch the thieving bastard that tried to steal the TV. Keep us posted!

 

[petroleumengineer]

That's amazing and I Love the effort you made to run the bastard down!

 

[Mitch]

Hope they get the jerk. At least you can be sure your neighborhood is at the bottom of his list of places to visit.

I think you should get a merit badge... Good show!

I hope you let the cops know about the work crew, often a bud or even family member of a contractor is the theif. Sounds like he knew exactly what he wanted.

 

[Wasch_24]

Glad you enjoyed the Padilla! I've smoked all of the cigars you sent me, and enjoyed them all. The Petite Edmundo was particularly delicious.

I'm still hoping the cops catch the guy, but at this point it's kinda funny. I'd been hanging around the house all day, getting ready to head to my office to finish grading final exams when this happened. When I chased after the guy, I was wearing rubber slippers (Crocs) and had wild, unkempt hair. The burglar lost me almost pretty quickly, so it must have been a shock when I hopped out of a car and started chasing him again. Then he thought he got away again and was walking casually down a busy street when I spotted him and resumed chase. It puts a smile on my face to imagine what he must have been thinking when I kept showing up out of nowhere to keep chasing him.

Of course, without the help from my student, I'd never have found him the second time. Do you guys think that's worth some extra credit points on the final exam? :grin:

You sir, are a Ninja! :rofl:

Awesome story!

 

[TBone]

Thats what makes us different I guess. I'd just shoot em'.:wink:

 

[Saully]

Great effort for your friends, sorry you couldn't catch the guy.

Like someone said, "He'll eventually get his." The guy I'm thinking of is doing time for a long time.