41 responses so far ↓

• 1 poeky // Nov 29, 2009 at 8:30 am

  Will you people ever learn?

  STOP LEAVING CRAP IN YOUR CAR.

  Get it?

  I’ll even take it a step further: Because of people like you creating opportunities for theft with little risk to the thief, you actually attract more of it to our neighborhoods. Please stop.

• 2 givemeabreak // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:07 am

  Really? Are we to the point that we cannot leave a JACKET in the car? Recall the article states not much was missing. Please spread your negative, toxic “she had it coming” sentiments elsewhere.

• 3 Major Sanfu // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:39 am

  The meth heads will steal anything to get their next fix.

• 4 Major Snafu // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:40 am

  Is there a halfway house for druggies north of 85th Street?

• 5 nettieboop // Nov 29, 2009 at 11:02 am

  Yeah thanks for the tip on not leaving stuff in my car, I appreciate the lesson in common sense! I have nothing in my car. My jacket was under the pull screen in the hatch, not visible. I didn’t put it back there to entice any burglars, it was on its way to a repair shop.

• 6 Foo Fritters // Nov 29, 2009 at 11:22 am

  There are break-ins all over the Phinneywood area and it feels like the problem is getting worse. I think the lazy scumbags will break in even if there’s nothing visible. They need dope money.

• 7 poekr // Nov 29, 2009 at 11:28 am

  Toxic? I’m really sorry to burst your pretty little bubble. It would be best if people could get over their outrage and start acting sensibly with respect to property crime prevention. It’s not a job for the police.

  Not Visible? Closing the pull screen is like putting a big sign on your car that says ‘THERE IS SOMETHING IN HERE I DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT STEAL IT’.

  I suppose you could take comfort in the fact that the thief was disappointed with what they found under the screen, if that helps you.

• 8 nettieboop // Nov 29, 2009 at 11:38 am

  Save your comments. You’re a jerk.

• 9 poeky // Nov 29, 2009 at 11:54 am

  better to be a jerk than a fool, i suppose.

• 10 Trix // Nov 29, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  Not really, Poeky.
  My sympathies, nettieboop. Please ignore the heartless jerks.

• 11 MTH // Nov 29, 2009 at 2:59 pm

  Wow, the lady is just saying, if you happen to see the jacket, let her know. Why be so mean? Sometimes people forget stuff in cars, that’s normal. This forum isn’t for attacking peoples’ comments and requests. Go for a run or something.

• 12 david stoesz // Nov 29, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  That really is an swoon-worthy, awesome looking jacket. I hope you get it back.

• 13 heh // Nov 29, 2009 at 5:12 pm

  MTH, didn’t know the forum was to report someone’s $5 jacket, either. The hundreds/thousands of us who visit Phinneywood.com DO NOT want to read a story about someone’s damn jacket that got stolen because it was oh-so-precious.

• 14 allison // Nov 29, 2009 at 6:49 pm

  OK this forum is now going the negative and destructive route of the myballard forum. It just sucks. If the site owners need some help in moderating, I’m willing to lend a hand.

  Nettie, I hope you get your jacket back. Does not matter the dollar amount. It’s a lot easier to replace, say, a lost ipod than a vintage jacket any day of the week.

• 15 Trix // Nov 29, 2009 at 7:58 pm

  This jacket may have been passed down to her too. I have a vintage jacket I got that way. Very sentimental and impossible to replace.
  Either way, it means a lot to her.
  I hope you find your jacket, Nettieboop – maybe check Craig’s List or eBay?

• 16 rofl // Nov 29, 2009 at 8:09 pm

  Allison, I agree with you. Let’s censor those cynical posters that would point out the dark corners of our lost-jacket happyfest. If we cannot do that, let us respond by calling them names. What big Jerks they are!

  Opinions other than the outpouring of sympathy for vintage leather bodywear have no place on this forum.

• 17 heh // Nov 29, 2009 at 8:43 pm

  So what are you going to do about it besides shut us up? Go to every Value Village and Goodwill? Go door-to-door? We can have our own opinions. And mine is that I don’t want nor care to look at someone in their lost jacket every time that I visit. If I lost something, I might consider posting to the FORUM (not asking for its own blog post). If I had something stolen because I left it in the car—why, I’d just feel stupid and SELFISH e-mailing the blog owners to post something about it. If she had posted to the FORUM (not the BLOG) she might not be getting as much heat.

• 18 rofl // Nov 29, 2009 at 8:55 pm

  Seriously, someone makes the point that it’s a bad idea to leave stuff in your car and maybe even implies that this is an issue that should be given proper thought by all. At root, a positive thought. He posted with emphasis, but it wasn’t vitriol by any means.

  The response was argumentum ad hominem.

• 19 Tahomajim // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:07 pm

  heh,
  You have a solid point. However, I feel a bit sorry for nettie for being careless. How many times have I had a load of stuff for the Goodwill and did not get to it that day. I have bags of my used stuff sitting in my car for a extra day or two. Then some “turkey” (it’s November) smashes a window to grab stuff I dont want. It’s a drag….

• 20 Whopper // Nov 29, 2009 at 9:55 pm

  “Because of people like you creating opportunities”

  What’s next, suggesting women who wear revealing clothing had it coming?

  The blame lies with the scumbags, not the victims of crime.

• 21 Tiktok // Nov 29, 2009 at 10:17 pm

  Plus, will you people ever learn?

  STOP LEAVING CRAP IN YOUR HOUSES.

  Get it?

  I’ll even take it a step further: Because of people like you creating opportunities for theft with little risk to the thief, you actually attract more of it to our neighborhoods. Please stop.

• 22 poeky // Nov 30, 2009 at 7:58 am

  This crowd sure is creative when it comes to missing the point. It’s not that I don’t have sympathy. I was honestly trying to get people to think better about this.

  Whopper, if you leave a jar of honey open outside, will flies not land in it? Would you then BLAME the flies for their nature? Or would you blame yourself for leaving the cap off the jar? Just because these thieves are people does not mean you can ignore their current nature. You can treat their condition in other ways, but it is a complex problem.

  Tiktoks’s sarcasm aside, my point does apply to our homes as well, though houses are inherently a much larger risk to the thief. The penalties are stiffer, and they know they could be eating buckshot. A car is a much safer target for them.

  But I would not leave an expensive, easy-to-carry flatscreen TV or xbox visible from a ground-floor single-pane window. I wouldn’t leave town without lights on timers.

  I made a few upgrades to my home as well. Nothing crazy. I replaced my balsawood garage door with a more secure (and energy efficent) steel and foam model. It looks nicer too. Since my front door has a window next to it, I installed a double-key deadbolt so it’s not so easy to tap out the window, reach in and unlock the door.

  Property crime IS rampant in this city and there ARE things you can do to protect yourself. Continue to live in fantasyland and rage against the faceless criminals if you prefer, or take action.

  I am NOT suggesting we live in fear in our fortresses. I am suggesting we use street smarts and remove easy targets.

• 23 Mo // Nov 30, 2009 at 7:59 am

  Heh @13,
  Speak for yourself.
  Blog posts have more exposure than the forum and I really think you are overreacting given that there are only a handful of blog posts each day. If this post is too trivial for you, try scrolling past it until you find something that interests you. It obviously means enough to you to spend time reading and posting comments about it.

• 24 Flikster // Nov 30, 2009 at 8:12 am

  wow…the jerks are out in droves. why all the negativity, people? did you have a bad thanksgiving? and by the way, I LOVE your use of ALLCAPS to get your POINT across…

• 25 Whopper // Nov 30, 2009 at 8:16 am

  “if you leave a jar of honey open outside, will flies not land in it? Would you then BLAME the flies for their nature?”

  No, I’d hire an exterminator and eliminate the problem for good so me and my honey can live in peace and safety.

  May I suggest you not get into rape counseling.

• 26 poeky // Nov 30, 2009 at 8:28 am

  “No, I’d hire an exterminator and eliminate the problem for good”

  Genocide, eh?

  May I suggest you not get into politics.

• 27 heh // Nov 30, 2009 at 9:06 am

  This person on MyBallard totally got it wrong! http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=2149

  I would have loved to see a blog post about that! A forum post was the wrong method there! I bet she would have gotten it back had she asked for a blog post about it!

  Mo – I visit the forum, do you? It has just as much exposure, imo. Except, once I see what a thread is about and know that I am not interested, I do not have to click it again. Here, I must see this person’s mug over and over. There’s a difference.

  So my question is, are they obligated to post about such nonsense? No. Could they maybe realize that the people that go to this site do not want to read about it as a blog post? Could they say “this is more appropriate for the forum, please post there”? Regardless, I’m waiting for NEW stories so this one gets pushed down the page.

• 28 outside the box // Nov 30, 2009 at 9:30 am

  Poeky: ” Since my front door has a window next to it, I installed a double-key deadbolt so it’s not so easy to tap out the window, reach in and unlock the door. ” How could you be so stupid…what if there is an emergency in your home and you need to get out that double key bolted front door QUICKLY (assuming you don’t leave your key in it as that would defeat the purpose!) My point is we ALL occasionally do things that might not be the best, and all the poster was doing was asking for help spotting her jacket. Settle down and live yours.

• 29 nettieboop // Nov 30, 2009 at 9:39 am

  OMG…I had no idea this cause such a ruckus. Seriously. This is a ‘neighborhood’ blog folks, it isn’t the Seattle Times. It’s an informative venue for all who live in
  PHINNEY/GREENWOOD. I didn’t realize that I would be committing such a huge offense by asking my ‘community’ to keep an eye out for something that was stolen and is very dear. Please forgive me. And please remove my post, I can’t take this people bashing anymore – really defeats the purpose of the spirit of this blog.

• 30 Honey Bucket // Nov 30, 2009 at 10:14 am

  The spirit of this blog changes from day to day.

• 31 Dale // Nov 30, 2009 at 10:22 am

  Fellow PhinneyWood readers,

  Let’s be nice. Doree posted this because what was stolen was unusual and pretty easy to spot.

  We’re trying to help someone in the community who lost something of sentimental value. Please take this post in that spirit.

• 32 Flikster // Nov 30, 2009 at 10:31 am

  should change the name of this blog to self-righteous-a-hole-comments.phinneywood.com

  sorry people are such jerks, nettieboop. and sorry for your loss. will keep an eye out for the jacket.

• 33 Chris // Nov 30, 2009 at 10:47 am

  Sorry for the jerks nettie! We will keep an eye out for your jacket. Remember on these blogs it’s usually the a-holes who speak the loudest, please don’t think that the comments on this post reflect the majority of the people who are reading the site.

• 34 dude // Nov 30, 2009 at 10:57 am

  The self-righteous-a-hole jerks would be who exactly?

  Could it be the name-callers themselves?

• 35 kc // Nov 30, 2009 at 11:17 am

  Nettieboop – I like your post and think it belonged here. I would not have read it if it were in the forum.

  If there is a post that I do not like I do not find it difficult to ignore it. This is a ‘neighborhood’ blog and I hope that we can be neighborly toward one another.

  I hope you find your jacket.

• 36 Andrew // Nov 30, 2009 at 11:26 am

  Ordinarily I’d advocate waiting a day before posting a snide/snarky comment to make sure you still want to do it – but as we’re all busy, watch this video of a kitten and then re-evaluate your rancor!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8

• 37 SPG // Nov 30, 2009 at 12:08 pm

  Nettie, Hope you find your jacket. I’ve lost the sentimental stuff too and I sympathize, but over time you’ll find a new bestest sentimental value jacket…

  As to the point about leaving stuff in the car…it’s good advice to leave your car completely empty and even go to the length of making it look emptier than it is. If everyone did it then there would be a lot fewer smashed windows as there would be no reason for it. I had to drive around NYC a lot during the Dinkins years and it became routine to leave the back seats down and the empty glove box open whenever I parked which brings me to my next point…

  The city has to do something about this (currently 19%) increase in crime, especially the property crime. NYC was able to dramatically lower its overall crime rate by getting tough on the nuisance crimes. Offenders could be arrested in the morning, in front of a misdemeanor court judge before lunch, and doing community service that afternoon. They cracked down on car prowls, burglaries, petty thefts, and the end result was that when people knew they would get caught and punished for the little stuff they were a lot less likely to try the bigger crimes.
  I hate to say it since I love this city, but we are rapidly descending into the pre crackdown era that NYC went through. This doesn’t mean we’re at risk to get shot on the street, but it does mean that we’re all going to have our cars broken into while the cops shrug.

• 38 Matt // Nov 30, 2009 at 12:30 pm

  Nettie: try to focus on the tons of nice people on here, rather than the 2 or 3 jerks. I hope you find your jacket.

• 39 DFH // Nov 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm

  Good luck on finding your jacket. I would think this site is a perfect place to put something like this. If nothing else, it reminds us to all be careful because things happen in our own neighborhood, and we especially need to be careful with Christmas shopping season here.

  How is looking out for someone’s well loved jacket (yellow and easy to spot by the way) much different than looking out for someone’s lost pet?

  A car will be broken into by someone who simply wants to, no enticement is necessary. I once had my car broken into and the only thing they could find to steal was a candy bar in my glove compartment.

• 40 GreenLakeDave // Dec 1, 2009 at 10:29 am

  I really hope you get your jacket back Nettie, and Allison is right, this has gotten as bad as MyBallard for agro posts.

• 41 greenwoodmomma // Dec 1, 2009 at 7:40 pm

  winter 2008 someone broke into my car in the middle of the night for what they must have thought was my purse… it was a diaper bag. lol. the alarm on my car was on and they ran off without taking it. i kind of wish they had and then discovered exactly how silly they were.

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