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Quote by RejectReality
LOL Smalltimers.
A combine and log skidder. ( both for the purposes of pulling out stuck trucks, so kind of borrowing rather than stealing, though I doubt the people having to fix them after we hotwired them saw it that way ) More gasoline from gravity tanks than I can possibly enumerate. I could pick locks when I was around 12. Mastered the art of switching price tags back before scanners were a thing in flyover country. $50 Transformers for $5.99. ( Which I sold on Ebay years later for over $100 ) Ungodly amounts of change from vending machines. Nobody seemed to know how to properly operate a coin return lever, and it was like a slot machine every time I pulled one. Tons of fishing tackle and camping equipment. Lots of beer from garage fridges. Giant wrenches from mine cranes ( which we had this girl paint with scenes for a few bucks and sold for a premium as folk art decorations ) Boatloads of antiques from the 3-story abandoned orphanage in town. Unearthly amounts of copper wiring and piping from abandoned houses in the sticks. ( Set the wiring on fire and burn off the insulation before delivering to the scrap yard ) Trees. ( The sawmill paid big bucks for 8 foot sections of hardwood trees without taper and knots )
That's not counting all the scams we were running, and the legitimate ventures like catching snapping turtles when the fish weren't biting and keeping them in buckets of clean water that you changed until all the sludge was out of their system. Folks would pay good money for a turtle in a bucket of clean water.
Probably been more than 30 years since I pinched anything other than a slice of pizza from the supervisor's office, but we were rather enterprising when we were kids.
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You stole TREES!? Like, entire trees!? Tell us more.
Good stories.
I had a roommate once who used go into abandoned/for sale old homes and steal small stained glass windows and old fixtures and stuff. I went with him once, we broke in, smoked a joint and listened to the house settle while I screwed up my nerve. We removed a small octoganal glass window with a crowbar. I have to admit it was really fun. I even wrote a story about it. Wish I still had the window.
Good Will ---|--- You Serious?
I once stole crackers and cream cheese because I was hungry and had no money.
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Comet Q - second place (Quick and Risqué Sex)
Amnesia - third place (Le Noir Erotique)