RE: [Rose-list] thief prosecuted

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The answer:  SELF, SELF, SELF, ME, ME ME.

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: julieg1000@uswest.net [j*@uswest.net]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 9:10 PM
> To: rose-list@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: [Rose-list] thief prosecuted
> 
> 
> That is so amazing to me!!  How on earth could someone steal 
> something and
> derive pleasure from it when they were admiring what they had 
> stolen???? It
> makes no sense to me... especially when it is something they 
> know someone else
> truly enjoys......wow!
> Am I making any sense???
> Julie
> 
> jgadney wrote:
> 
> > Greetings all:
> >
> > The reports on thefts of plants reminds me of a case I was 
> involved in.
> >
> > It involved a miserly woman in her 60s who was determined 
> to take all of her
> > belongs to heaven, along with other people's. She was particularly
> > interested in plants.
> >
> > I noticed that a few perennials were missing from my 
> border. I knew I
> > couldn't blame deer, squirrels or rabbits, so assumed it 
> was some kind of
> > human skunk. I kept watch. One evening, just after dark, 
> this senior thief
> > stopped at my garden (it was along a sidewalk in front of 
> the house), looked
> > all directions to see if anyone was looking and started to pull an
> > 8-foot-tall banana tree out of the ground (the tree 
> summered in our Iowa
> > garden). I ran out of the house just as she was pushing the 
> tree into her
> > car. She got in a sped away. Well, I knew her, got the 
> license number and
> > called the police.
> >
> > The Great Banana Tree Caper was solved in short order. I 
> filed theft and
> > property damage charges against her. She pleaded guilty and 
> was fined. After
> > the story broke, other people who were victims of plant 
> thefts came forward
> > and put the blame on her. They couldn't say for sure, so 
> she wasn't charged
> > with any other plant thefts.
> >
> > I'm a railroad fan, and early this spring purchased a 
> weathervane with an
> > old steam locomotive on top (instead of the rooster or 
> whatever). I placed
> > it on a pole in our front yard. It was gone the next 
> morning, as was the
> > pole. I liked that ornament. If I ever find another, it 
> won't go in the
> > front yard.
> >
> > I keep most of my plants in the back yard where it's harder 
> for thieves to
> > enter. Perhaps I could train some of the rabbits to be 
> Attack Bunnies.
> >
> > John G. Adney
> > Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
> >
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