Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwmcsd1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!uwmcsd1!dave From: dave@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Dave Rasmussen) Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.jokes,net.legal Subject: Typical Monday Morning? Message-ID: <578@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 16:51:00 EST Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.578 Posted: Tue Oct 29 16:51:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:35:42 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Wi-Milwaukee, Computing Services Div Lines: 41 Xref: watmath net.bicycle:1809 net.jokes:14668 net.legal:2510 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR stolen property ** Yesterday, a Monday when everything is supposed to go wrong anyway, I wandered in to work late in the afternoon (hoping it was closer to tuesday when things would get better, fer shur). I'm a commuter and usually park the car and ride a cheap but functional 3-speed bike the rest of the way, which I just haul in the back of my van. The bike is a junker 3-speed that I bought for $15 at a police auction, unclaimed stolen property. This week I had left it locked outside the building, and as I approached it yesterday an attached note said: "If you want your bike back give us a call. UW Police Dept." And I notice that not only is my Master U lock on it, but they have one on it as well. ($15 bike with $50 worth of locks on it). Wondering whether I should just take my lock and forget the bike, I call the cops and 5 minutes later two BIG cops are outside my office with all my co-workers peeking around the office dividers. COPS: "Are you Dave Rasmussen?" Me:(dumbshit): "Yea" COPS: "Where did you buy this bike?" Me:(getting a bit worried): "From the City Police Dept." COPS: (Now thinking I'm some sort of smart ass) "Do you have a receipt?" Me:(thinking about police brutality cases): "I paid $15 cash for it". Well, I guess cops have some sense. Why would a modestly employed student steal a piece of junk bike and park it where everyone could see it. So they escorted me around campus (so everyone could see what a dangerous person I am) and took the bike as evidence. I guess the City cops had some record of where I got it, and gave the bike back to me, cause the owner didn't want the piece of junk. The moral of this story is: Don't buy anything from the cops, and if you do make damn sure you have a record of it, that is if it's a legit purchase. -- AT&T: (414) 963-5133 {The views above may or may} `O_o' ARPA: uwmcsd1!dave@wisc-rsch.ARPA {not reflect the views of any} ( ) UUCP: ..!{ihnp4,uwvax!uwmacc}!uwmcsd1!dave {other person or group at UWM} U Usnail: Dave Rasmussen, UW-Milw CSD, Box413, Milwaukee WI 53201. :-) Ack Phft!