Yo,
on Wed, 14 Feb 2001 22:32:29 -0500, Stephen Crouch wrote:
>I have no clue as to where it might show up--if ever, but my OM-2S SN
>1057954 was stolen on May 26, 2000 from my home in Portland, OR.
I know how you must feel about it - in Aug 99, on the second-last day of a
2-week motorcycle trip, my tank bag containing besides some other
necessities (shaver, maps, toiletries...) my OM-2n, an XA, 3 lenses, a
winder, flash, several exposed and unexposed films and some smaller
accessories was stolen in Largs, Scotland, during a tank stop.
All I could give the police (after returning home and looking it up) was the
serial number of the 2n, for which I still had the sales receipt. I never
heard from them again.
As a consequence, I have inventoried my photo equipment and recorded all of
it in a spreadsheet with a brief description and the serial number for each
item. I don't know if it would do much good if anything similar should
happen to me again, but at least I guess it might make selling the stuff a
little riskier for the thief.
I've also been playing with the idea of designing some radio controlled
gadget to put into the photo bag or tank bag that would be triggered by a
strong encoded radio impulse and then release the content of a can of CS
gas. Haven't figured out the best way to secure it against accidentally
triggering so far, though, which is why it has not proceeded beyond the
stadium of an idea.
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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