Last week we heard from Pat Murakami about a potentially hot lawnmower in Mt. Baker, and we’ve just received an update from Pat confirming her suspicions as well as those of another neighbor who saw a similar scene the day before:
Thursday’s traveling lawnmower was indeed stolen and has been reunited with its owner. Sort of. The police are holding on to it as evidence for awhile. In the meantime nice neighbors are sharing their mowers.
However, on Wednesday another Mt. Baker resident witnessed “the same scenario”. One male and a girl were chatting each other up while they were waiting for the light to change and it was about the same time of day (early afternoon) with a lawnmower heading down McClellan towards MLK.
So Mt. Baker, it’s time to work your magic again. Thursday’s mower was restored to its rightful owner because neighbors were talking to neighbors. The owner wasn’t on either of the Yahoo Groups or part of a block watch.
It’s 5pm…do you know where your mower is?!?
Related:
- Missing a Lawnmower in Mt. Baker? (6/12/09)
Who to know, where to eat & what to do in one of America’s most diverse zip codes!
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I passed Pawn X-Change this morning and saw a big “Sale” sign next to a long row of lawnmowers on the sidewalk. I wonder if the pawn shop manager thinks the teens are liquidating the assets from their major landscaping business, or what.
Thank you for your vigilance, Pat.
Great reporting. Someone should pull these kids aside (the ones stealing) and show them how to build a lawn mower and sell it, via their own business — so they don’t have to steal them to earn money. This is in fact where mentoring from the community comes in handy.
Addition to my previous post… I tried my own advice once, in another country, and the person I mentored was only interested in stealing to get money for drugs, it turned out. So use this as your filter. Require a drug test beforehand.
You know what would be cool:
making these thieving teens work on MY yard, just like Clint Eastwood made that neighbor kid do in “Gran Turino”.
Of course, he had an M1 Garand rifle to help his case….
I want to know why the police can’t oversee the pawn business a bit better. As one person above noted…”does the pawn shop owner think these kids are liquidating a mowing business?” If there wasn’t an easy way to fence mowers (an other things) it would make their theft a lot less lucrative.
Get ready to groan. I obviously have too much time on my hands this afternoon.
# “Earthworm Jim” (1995) {Day of the Fish (#1.4)}
Peter Puppy: Once again, evil is as grasp beneath the mighty lawnmower of justice!
# A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Rod Lane: Hey, up yours with a twirling lawnmower!
# “Charlie’s Angels” (1976) {Hula Angels (#5.6)}
Danny: [coming on stage after the Hula dancers] Whoo! What I wouldn’t give for a lawnmower!
“Why are husbands like lawn movers?”
“They are difficult to get started, and then they don’t work half the time.”
Lawn Mower Trade
A preacher was making his rounds on a bicycle, when he
came upon a little boy trying to sell a lawn mower.
‘How much do you want for the mower?’ asked the preacher.
‘I just want enough money to go out and buy a bicycle,’ said the little boy.
After a moment of consideration, the preacher asked,
Will you take my bike in trade for it?’
The little boy asked if he could try it out first.
After riding it around a little while, said,
‘Mister,you’ve got yourself a deal.’
The preacher took the mower and began to crank it.
He pulled on the rope a few times with no response from the mower.
The preacher called the little boy over and said, ‘I can’t get this mower to start.’
The boy said, ‘That’s because you have to cuss at it to get it started.’
The preacher said, I can’t cuss.
It’s been so long since I became a Christian that I don’t even remember how to cuss.’
The little boy looked at him happily and said,
‘You just keep pulling on that rope.
It’ll come back to ya.
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