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[branwyn]

Oh, lord. How quickly things change.

So, when last we left our intrepid explorer, he had just met with mosslyon and was about to go meet his friend Matt. (Moss, I wish you'd bought the carved lion statue instead of me... as you'll see below

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[kfatone]

yay radio playlist!

*hugs*

sorry about the car. Like, sorry times 50. *more hugs*

Yay vacation! All in all sounds like you got some vacation out of it.

[torrle]

Yikes! :P Sorry to hear about the car! Looks like we've got something else in common again. I was told by the police that when an older car is stolen, it's usually for use to commit some other crime or for joyriding. Typically they're abandoned later, sometimes abused, sometimes not, but they're of too little market value to try to sell. So there's a good chance it'll be found later, but it could take months.

Still really sucks, though. :P

[nevwyn]

Ah I see you saw the new shania twain video, pretty bad ain't it.

[okana]

Pity, that.

For what it's worth, cars stolen from residential neighbourhoods are more frequently joyrides. Actual thief thieves tend to target parking lots, which are by far the best place to steal from. Especially places like movie theatres and malls where the parking lots are usually not monitored, a sea of cars can hide your clandenstine activity, and you can be almost certain the car owner's not going to be back for a couple hours.

Stealing a car from the street is a lot riskier and is frequently done by local kids who can identify the non-regular neighbourhood cars, usually owned by people who don't live nearby.

I mean, there's no way to know for sure now, but having your car stolen from a residential neighbourhood is a decent sign it's probably a joyrider and so you might get it back.

Also, most joyrides are dumped somewhere near where they're stolen. If you happen to be in that area again, keep your eyes open. If you spotted your own recently-stolen car, you certainly wouldn't be the first.

[tkat]

What Okana says: yeah. It doesn't say much for crime rates, but I know two people who have had their cars stolen withen the last couple years. One got his car back when the police found it in the next town up the road, the other got it back when he and his friend drove a simple spiral out from the last location: the car was six blocks away.

That said, are you back in Toronto then? Welcome home! :)