Had to find a ride home today (Hope: school, shop)

[RANGER.101ST]

today i went to bangor to do some shoping.
went down town and got my hair cut.and when i come out my truck was gone.so i did what any one would do .i swore yup thats right and im sorry.
so i calld the police they came and took my statement and asked if i had a ride home.i said ya i did but some one took it.he said no another one. yes i do i said .so while we are deciding where he is going to drop me off so my wife dont have to drive down. my truck drives by.i yeld hay thats my truck.
and i quote the officer (are you sure thats your truck) as im contomplateing what he said.with out even thinking i said no there's 50 trucks driveing through bangor with my trucking co.name on them ofcourse it my truck.
so he jumped in his car and cought the guy at the light.it was a 13 year old kid what in the h@#$ is a kid doing out of school that time of day.
i wanted to beat his lil a@#.they called his parents and they come down.
he asked if i wanted to press charges and i did as he hand cuffed the boy
i rememberd a young kid in a similer sitchuation years ago.
i never stole any thing but i did borow my dads truck and tear up a hay field.
and i had to work for the farmer that owned it all summer he told me there wasnt mutch sence in ruining a boys life over a few ruts in the dirt.
so i asked the officer if he would un cuff the boy. and he looked at me like i was nuts.i said the truck isnt hurt so no harm no foul .but befor you do me and the boy and his dad are going to come to an under standing. i told him he's not off that easy.your going to come up to my place during school vac and paint my barn jail or paint you deside.they picked paint.

[AustinB]

I had my car try to be stolen 21 years ago. They didn't get to the road.
Did you leave your keys in the truck?

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by AustinB

I had my car try to be stolen 21 years ago. They didn't get to the road.
Did you leave your keys in the truck?

yes i was in a hurry and left them in the ignition.

[msina]

I think you just "payed it forward". You did an excellant thing for that kid. It will leave an impact on him for life.

Pay it forward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[juststoppinby]

Ranger, good for you. I am glad you got your truck back without harm. I am glad you decided to teach that boy a lesson. Hopefully it is one he will remember the rest of his life.

[txmom]

Ranger, that reminds me of the time I was running around town with my friend in her truck. She ran into a fence, and the people didn't press charges...they did make us fix the fence. Can you imagine two sixteen-year-old girls trying to get posts back in the ground? We actually did a pretty good job.

I remember the RCMP officer coming to the door to tell us that we would have to fix the fence...or else. Not one of my better memories.

[txmom]

One of my other bad teenage memories involved the mixing of scotch and root beer...not good.

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by RANGER.101ST

today i went to bangor to do some shoping.
went down town and got my hair cut.and when i come out my truck was gone.so i did what any one would do .i swore yup thats right and im sorry.
so i calld the police they came and took my statement and asked if i had a ride home.i said ya i did but some one took it.he said no another one. yes i do i said .so while we are deciding where he is going to drop me off so my wife dont have to drive down. my truck drives by.i yeld hay thats my truck.
and i quote the officer (are you sure thats your truck) as im contomplateing what he said.with out even thinking i said no there's 50 trucks driveing through bangor with my trucking co.name on them ofcourse it my truck.
so he jumped in his car and cought the guy at the light.it was a 13 year old kid what in the h@#$ is a kid doing out of school that time of day.
i wanted to beat his lil a@#.they called his parents and they come down.
he asked if i wanted to press charges and i did as he hand cuffed the boy
i rememberd a young kid in a similer sitchuation years ago.
i never stole any thing but i did borow my dads truck and tear up a hay field.
and i had to work for the farmer that owned it all summer he told me there wasnt mutch sence in ruining a boys life over a few ruts in the dirt.
so i asked the officer if he would un cuff the boy. and he looked at me like i was nuts.i said the truck isnt hurt so no harm no foul .but befor you do me and the boy and his dad are going to come to an under standing. i told him he's not off that easy.your going to come up to my place during school vac and paint my barn jail or paint you deside.they picked paint.

You should be Governor...I like your style. Quick and easy punishment. Nobody needs to get a record ...the kid has the sh** scared out of him and you get to talk a little sense into him while he paints your barn...Excellent! If your truck gets stolen again let me know...my barn needs paint too.

[maine4.us]

My mother had just died when my son, took my truck for a joy ride. He was all upset because he loved his granny so much. My ex-wife had left the keys in the truck, and he knew where they were, and took off. My friend a police officer saw him driving around, and didn't want to scare him, so he didn't turn on the lights and siren, but he followed him around town. When my son finally saw him, he took off and missed a right turn and smacked a stop sign. It scared him so much that he stopped. The police office came up to him and told him to sit in the truck while they came and got me at work. We got there, and I took my son home, and was taking the truck back to where she worked. A busy-body neighbor was griping the whole time about these kids and how they get away with things. The office told him what did he want him to do, take out his gun and shoot the boy? All for running a stop sign... That afternoon my son and I put the stop sign back in the ground. My son volunteered with my urging to wash all the town's vehicles that weekend. The policeman told me that he was a good driver, didn't speed, and used turn signals... better driver than most adults he said.

[RANGER.101ST]

i think if you have a kid that young thrown in jail. your not doing him any good but if you make him work for what he done then your doing something you play you pay.
i was a kid once we all were but things were diffrent back then.
its all to easy to just throw them in jail and forget about them.so now he owes me 3 weeks of hard laber.and i saved the state some money.no record for him its a win win thing.