: Hi this is the story of my stolen and recovered generator.

: On the night Of September, 29 2011 I was working on my kayak and
: two guys were waking by and did a double take which most passers
: by do when they see the boat. These two seemed overly interested
: in the project for some one of the area around were I am working
: on it. The reason I say this is I am building it in an empty
: garage of one of my rentals which is not in the best part of
: town. Further more most people around their are more apt to say
: “I would never do that” or “Id never have the time for
: that” then go back to their 40 instead of “man I wish I
: could l could do that”. Also these guys were acting like they
: were tweaking and geeking for their next fix. Well any way while
: I was taking to them my generator went out so I had them hold
: the flash light while I refilled it. Five minutes later the
: lights go out witch I knew something wrong as it is a practical
: new Honda. I go out and these two guys are running down the ally
: with my generator on their shoulder.

: So I take off after them screaming “HELP THEEF HELLP SOTP
: THEEF!!!!!” Finally after chasing them tow blocks and all of
: the contents of my tool belt (block planes, palm skew...) spread
: across the ally they pup my generator down, in a pile of dog
: poop, and moseyed off. On a brighter note by the time I got
: halfway back to the garage I was sounded by about 8 cruisers of
: Columbus's finest.

: Moral of the story make sure you pick a fairly secure and secluded
: work location, lock up everything and be wary of who you let in
: your shop.

: Lastly I am curious how secluded / privet most peoples shops are?
: Does any one else have total strangers just pooping their head
: in as they pass by?

Wow man, that sucks! Disheartening to hear about people like that, but at least you got it back. Nice work to chase them down. Hard telling what a couple space rangers would have done if you caught up to them and dealt out a hay-maker or two, but I like your courage to bring down justice and recover the gen.

I live a mile and a half out of town, know my neighbors real well, and work out of a shop in the back yard; so, fairly secluded and not likely to result from passerbys. If it does happen, it will probably be a break into the shop and start pillaging kind of deal. I have a dog to help deter that sort of thing and he will with his bark. However he's a brittany, not a rottweiler, so all bark no bite. ...thanks for the reminder to keep things locked up!