Comments on: Petty Theft http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/ "Be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:05:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: ddrucker http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 ddrucker Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:17:36 +0000 http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/#comment-4847 Indeed. Some day it will just be some sort of RFID implant that's injected into one of our thighs. Oh boy. Indeed. Some day it will just be some sort of RFID implant that’s injected into one of our thighs. Oh boy.

]]> By: ain http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4830 ain Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:22:33 +0000 http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/#comment-4830 Makes you think about how dependent you are on a few pieces of plastic... Makes you think about how dependent you are on a few pieces of plastic…

]]> By: ddrucker http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4484 ddrucker Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:32:15 +0000 http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/#comment-4484 Thanks so much to everyone for the sympathy and understanding. It's been a little less than 36 hours since the theft, and I'm pretty much recovered. Pam is still quite upset, but hopefully she'll be better as the week goes on and we get back into our routines. It's easy to forget that we live in a place with a lot of good but some bad. We took one of our evening walks through Vanier park and I shot some photos of the sunset. We saw herons, swifts swarming to eat the bugs, rays of sunlight on the water, and 4 homeless people. It was a reminder that this is reality, that there is still poverty and suffering, despite the nature and the pretty pictures. Yesterday as I went to sleep, I kept thinking of the guy using my Starbucks card, my cash, going through my cards, perhaps even trying to get another card using one of them as ID. Did I plug every hole? Did I keep him from doing more damage? I'm not sure. At any rate, I'm determined not to stop trusting people, but I am going to be a lot more careful in similar situations. I got sloppy, and sometimes you have to get a reminder not to be. I got mine. Thanks so much to everyone for the sympathy and understanding. It’s been a little less than 36 hours since the theft, and I’m pretty much recovered. Pam is still quite upset, but hopefully she’ll be better as the week goes on and we get back into our routines.

It’s easy to forget that we live in a place with a lot of good but some bad. We took one of our evening walks through Vanier park and I shot some photos of the sunset. We saw herons, swifts swarming to eat the bugs, rays of sunlight on the water, and 4 homeless people. It was a reminder that this is reality, that there is still poverty and suffering, despite the nature and the pretty pictures.

Yesterday as I went to sleep, I kept thinking of the guy using my Starbucks card, my cash, going through my cards, perhaps even trying to get another card using one of them as ID. Did I plug every hole? Did I keep him from doing more damage? I’m not sure.

At any rate, I’m determined not to stop trusting people, but I am going to be a lot more careful in similar situations. I got sloppy, and sometimes you have to get a reminder not to be. I got mine.

]]> By: Gene http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4481 Gene Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:23:07 +0000 http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/#comment-4481 That's bad David. You never think anything like this will happen to you and when it does you feel terrible over it. That’s bad David. You never think anything like this will happen to you and when it does you feel terrible over it.

]]> By: Robert Sanzalone http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 Robert Sanzalone Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.loudmurmurs.com/2007/06/09/petty-theft/#comment-4474 It's really too bad David. I was bummed when I read your status from Facebook (through Twitter). Even my wife was bummed about it too. Nope, VanGroovy and Canader is certainly not a nice safe place where people play hockey and live in igloos. It has ugliness just like ANYWHERE else. And it always happens to good people. Damn. It’s really too bad David. I was bummed when I read your status from Facebook (through Twitter). Even my wife was bummed about it too. Nope, VanGroovy and Canader is certainly not a nice safe place where people play hockey and live in igloos. It has ugliness just like ANYWHERE else.

And it always happens to good people. Damn.

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