Should I tell anyone (who?) - need help 9/20 (today) - mods delete on 9/21 pls

Factual Questions
1

OK here is the short version of a long story.

In order to save time and not walk along a busy road I take a shortcut that maybe I shouldn’t. Today while cutting through this shortcut I find a bike in very good condition. I figure someone may have stole it from the train station and put it there to pick it up tonight - but maybe someone has hide it there as they take the same shortcut as they hop onto the train.

I don’t know how say where it is without saying were I was (which I don’t want to do ).

2

Hmm. Sometimes when I reach a destination and realize I’ve forgotten my lock I look for a good place to hide my own bike. . . you could ask the station if they have had any theft reports. Does the bike have a registration tag from the police or anything?

3

It is a good thought, with good intentions, but you don’t have enough information to make a good decision. I would not do anything.

4

There could be several different reasons the bike is there, none of which you know. I’d keep on walking.

5

If it was my neighbourhood, I’d say somebody stole the bike. Take it home, and put up a sign at the station saying "Found-One bike. If it’s yours call me at xxx.xxx.xxxx and describe it. "

If that generates no callers, check with your local paper for lost ads-- and see if they print free ‘found’ ads.

6

Is there a “crime-stoppers” line near you? You can remain anonymous. That way you can say where you were but not WHO you are (call from a pay phone)

Brian

7

Thanks for the help - I left out the part where the bike looked thrown over and embankment - an owner wouldn’t do this unless he really really wanted to make that train - even then it was a little fishy.

I had a really bad feeling about this and just couldn’t just leave it and walk away. and I don’t want theives using this shortcut to stash their loot as this is detrimental to the continued use of my shortcut.

I called the local police and told them where it was - they didn’t ask me where I was and I don’t think they have a good idea of the area over the phone.

I just really hope that someone just didn’t hide their bike there but at least if they did they will eventually find out it was not stolen and hopefully not draw attention to this shortcut in the future.

I did what I had to do.

Mods please delete this on 9-21 as I don’t want an ongoing ‘public’ record of me taking this shortcut (Which I assure you is just to save time and avoid a fast moving narrow winding section of road that I don’t feel safe walking on)- thanks

8

Hmmm… a bike in good condition which looks as though it had been thrown over an embankment near a dangerous section of road?

I hope the original owner is OK.

-David

9

A little paranoid aren’t we? Must be a mother of a shortcut.

10

Than a public message would be an example of a poor place to post such a thing.

We will not be deleting this thread.

11

If you have any suspicion the bike may be stolen the correct thing to do is notify the authorities. Other than that, just leave it alone. It is NOT your bike no matter how you look at it.

12

Same thing happened to me. So far this bike has been sitting in the same place now for about 3 weeks. Im tempted but, hey, even found stuff in this city has to be reported to the cops & they get to keep it for 90 days,

13

sheez you think you know a mod.

Anyhoo I havn’t heard anything about it since I reported it.

14

k2dave, I’m hardly the dullest knife in the drawer, and I can’t figure out:

  1. What this shortcut could be that would get you in so much trouble,

  2. Who you are,

  3. Where you are at, and

  4. Why anyone who would care would stumble across this thread and somehow know items 1-3, and

  5. Why anyone would possibly care under any context.

It may be something vitally serious to you, but you haven’t really “exposed yourself” AFAIK. I wouldn’t worry too much.

15

try decaf.

Nobody can trace you, & I doubt anybody gives a flying whoop-de-do.

16

Hmmmm… a shortcut 'eh? makes notes

17

Heh-heh. I’m imagining k2dave popping a Mentos and shimmying over a wall, tiptoeing through a missle test site, scurrying through a porno theater, tiptoe-ing through someone’s house while they’re asleep and out the backdoor, lifting the loose board in the fence, and stepping through to arrive at his destination. Mentos! The freshmaker!

18

I know all of these.

And I’m telling. :eek:

19

The only thing I think of is when Homer gets into his secret society, and one of the perks is a special shortcut to work ala BatMan with the blocked off road sign automatically falling flat for him to drive through, then uprighting itself.

Ahh that Homer, one whacky dude.

E3
(new member of the 1K post club… even though it took me 3 or 4 years.)

20

That is one rightious commercial ! But ,don’t tell anyone what route your brain took to get there.
I think it’s best if you come up with your commercials on an alternating schedule of 4 different routes in conjunction with an alternating schedule of 12 different start times. this give you 48 different schedules, thereby out witting all others brains.
I also recommend that if you find any commercials laying around in your brain, you should just leave them alone and don’t try to call them your own until a reasonable amount of time has elapsed. I think 30 days ought to do it!