Is it still there? I’ll take it. 5 hours of work on a kitchen-table engine rebuild and a very tidy profit can be realized. Even with the rust, assuming it’s not past the point of no return, it can be sold for a few thousand. The real key is the floorpan with VeeDubs.
My car is a manual. While it is not entirely theft-proof, it’s certainly less likely to be stolen.
You might be surprised. :mad:
Obviously, you don’t live anywhere that has a tradition of bonfires. Where I grew up, bonfire night was a big deal at least into my lifetime (haven’t lived there in decades, and haven’t been there for a visit at that time since leaving), and outhouses were still around into my parents’ childhood.
And from the stories, I suspect Bonfire Night was the biggest reason late adopters finally got indoor toilets.
I don’t think they’re stealing car radios anymore since most are disabled when the power source is removed.
And, as far as books…guilty as charged :o
A couple of years ago, I left my motorcycle, a 1985 Honda Rebel 250, on the street with the key in the ignition. When I came back the bike was… still there.
I think i still have a library book somewhere that i originally borrowed in the 70s.
Apparently atlases are a frequent target for thieves - enough so that libraries now limit access to them. Stealing an entire book is difficult. And there’s not much market for a single page of text. But thieves found that you could ask to look at an old atlas in a library, cut out a few maps, return the atlas to the librarian who wouldn’t realize it was missing some pages, and then sell the antique maps for a good price. Once libraries realized this was happening they began checking their old atlases and found that hundreds of them had been vandalized this way.
Internal organs - despite all the urban legends.
Suicide bomber vests. Although that would be pretty funny.
Fanatic: “Now, die foreign scum!”
*<fanatic clicks detonator>
<explosion in the far distance>*
Fanatic: :dubious: :eek: :smack:
My mother’s were stolen once; they were in her purse.
I’m not so sure about that. Have you priced those things recently? 
there was a weirdo running around manly in sydney near my place who had a panty fetish. never bras.
he raided clothes lines for them, got arrested eventually.
A cello.
I remember reading a story on a musicians forum about a cellist whose instrument was snatched by some random thug while he was walking down the street. He yelled: “Hey! It’s not a guitar!”. The guy stopped, hesitated, dropped the cello and ran away.
That does NOT apply to college textbooks, however. Those things are worth their weight in gold, damn-near literally. If your backpack gets stolen, you can be absolutely positive that your textbooks will be gone when/if it turns up.
Want to bet? I work at a university. Textbook theft is a serious problem and we very strigently advise students never to leave their books unattended in the library. There is a reason the bookstore asks for I.D. at buyback.
Sorry didn’t see Diceman’s post.
Clothes. You see abandoned sweaters and hoodies and such near bus stops, playgrounds, etc. all the time and it seems like nobody ever picks them up and say “Hey! A free sweater!”
I had a yard sale once. When I was all finished with it, I left the stuff outside with a sign that said “FREE”, referring to all the stuff I couldn’t sell. Among the stuff left over was a pair of Greek marionettes, a few stuffed animals, and a huge pile of clothes. I didn’t sell a single article of clothing at that yard sale, nor apparently could I give them away. So I doubt anyone would ever steal them.
I still don’t know if people generally don’t like used yard sale clothes, or if my clothes in particular were so heinous that no one would touch them.
The cat’s litter box. 
Great typo!
Who steal my purse steals trash. But just try and take my reputation.
Typo?
A sack of barber hair
Leftovers.