Okay, wtf is wrong with people these days?

Old 12-31-2008, 12:54 PM
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Default Okay, wtf is wrong with people these days?

I just noticed my valve stem caps on my Moto Metals are all gone...stolen. Nice!

It's really disturbing to know there are such lazy worthless piles of flesh wasting oxygen in this world. I pray for the day I catch someone stealing/vandalizing my belongings.

Get a job and/or life...Preferably both...THOINX!
Old 12-31-2008, 01:22 PM
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Im guessing you have the chrome stems?
I hate when people steal those. Its the most dumb thing you could steal. geezz. good luck and hope you find them
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This one time I left my truck at a muffler shop to get something welded. When I picked it and got home, I noticed my LED license plate light was missing. They even put the bolts back in place and put electrical tape on the 2 wires. I never went back to that place
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Those stem caps look real good on my Huffy.

Just kidding of course.
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We used to steal the chrome valve caps for our bikes. It's nothing I'm proud of but it did happen... a lot.
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Originally Posted by Morbid
We used to steal the chrome valve caps for our bikes. It's nothing I'm proud of but it did happen... a lot.
Who didn't do that???

I quit buying the chrome caps because they always get stolen (Karma)

Buy a few packs for spares when you pick some up, their pretty cheap.
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Originally Posted by Dirty 30
They even put the bolts back in place and put electrical tape on the 2 wires. I never went back to that place

well that sure was thoughtful of them
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Yep, kids steal them for their bicycles. I've done it before as a kid. Had dozens of them stolen from my cars too, so now I just use the ugly metal caps or black plastic ones.
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Metal caps that you can put a wrench on

EDIT: only advisable if you DO NOT over-tighten them, or you have metal valve stems.
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hell somebody stole my wifes black plastic valve stem caps off of her truck.
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I've got about 20 of them in my toolbox for backups
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get some 8ball ones that they sell at advance auto
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They used to get stolen all the time from the showroom when I worked at Super Shops. We would take the valve core out, air the tire up, then screw the cap on real quick. When people took the cap off it would let all the air out with a quickness. The expression the cap thief's face was always funny as hell.
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Lawl, definitely want to try that!


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