Bicycle thieves March 15, 2009
Posted by lightourworld in bicycles, Devon Pointe, Goose Creek, lock up your stuff, porches, thieves.add a comment
I have been reminded that you can not trust most folks as far as you can throw them. If you want to hang on to your stuff be sure to lock it up or nail it down. If you do not some thief will come along and take it as if it belongs to them. In all actuality they are the thief and I am the idiot for not locking down the two bicycles on my porch. I live at Devon Pointe townhomes next to Wal-Mart on Hwy 176 in Goose Creek. The bicycles were actually donated to us by a friend of ours several months ago. Living at Devon Pointe is not exactly what I would call cheap. I made the mistake of assuming that most of the folks who live here are hard working honest folks who earn a decent living and do not have a need to steal from their neighbors. Then again, who knows, perhaps it was someone from Devon Forrest who lives right down the street from us. This is also a very nice neighborhood where folks appear to be able to afford their own bicycles. I am assuming that someone from the neighborhood behind our complex walked through here early this morning or while we were at church and just helped them selves to the bike. Either way I guess they must have needed the bike worse than we did since they had to stoop to stealing it. Whomever you are , I hope you enjoy the use of these bicycles. The next bicycles that I purchase for my children will certainly be locked up behind a closed door.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
chiefpropellerhead@comcast.net
Memorial day to remember May 27, 2007
Posted by lightourworld in Credit Scores, Fire, Goose Creek, Mapleridge dr.add a comment
Guess what we did this afternoon? At approximately 3:15 or 3:30 I heard a short siren outside and shouting voices. Come to find out one of our neighbors trailer and shed burned to the ground. The rumor is that the shed caught fire first which was what I saw and then the wind blew the fire into the woods and trailer next to it. There is a couple with a new born baby that did get out in time. The shed and trailer however are gone. My friend Chuck and I had to hook up a couple of water hoses to keep one of the trailers near us from catching on fire. The roof was on fire and the back of it near a propane bottle. We kept the propane bottle soaked and the side of the trailer we could reach. Apparently the only water the fire trucks could use was the water they pumped into their tanks at the end of Mapleridge drive. That means all they had was one truck and one hose to handle three buildings that were on fire. How special is that? The back bedroom to our neighbors house burned up but they saved the rest of the trailer. They disconnected the power cables to both trailers and then cut the power back on just a few moments ago. Yes, believe it or not, I drug out the Digital Video camera and caught 30 minutes of the fiasco on a DVD RAM. The rural fire dept was the one who responded first and then finally Goose Creek Fire Dept was called in. All I can say is I am glad that no one was injured other than maybe some smoke inhalation and it appears that everyone involved will have a place to stay for the interim.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
