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>Hello everyone. I'm new to the list, but thought I would

>share one of my most interesting calls. We had this lady

>call in, she wanted to report theft that occured a few

>months ago. The suspect was her former roommate. The items

>taken was her leather gear (whips, chains, etc). She also

>wanted to report that her roommate was threatening to put

>a nude picture of her on the internet. Needless to say it

>was hard to put this call out with a straight face.

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><<Cin in Ohio's words concerning elderly lady's toys

>was snipped for brevity>>

Hi, Christy & everyone. After a long series of consecutive,

busy shifts as trainer, I'm trying to catch up on my e-mail

tonight, so...

This post caused a chuckle and more questions/comments.

Anyone else have folks show up at the station needing some

'assistance' in removing metal restraints of some sort? We

tend to get several a year, usually between Halloween and

New Years Day. The items are usually of inferior quality

and have to be removed with bolt cutters. Frequently the

metal of the cuffs purchased from 'adult toy' catalogs is

soft enough to be cut with an ordinary 'ring cutter' from

the aid bag, providing superior protection to the citizen's

hide. Once the appropriate public service has been

rendered, we give the citizens involved one of the Galls

catalogs that are always laying around and recommend that

they consider better quality the next time they purchase

adult toys.

Oh, and do you frequently get complaints about 'breach of

contract,' usually a verbal contract between one of the

'escort services' and one (or more) of the citizens we are

sworn to protect? " I gave her three hundred dollars and I

expect to get what I paid for! " And what might that be,

sir? I'm still surprised at the number of times that the

female in a relationship is the caller with her spouse or

significant other wanting to 'forget it' and cut his

losses while the woman who was looking to 'add a little

spice' to things wants 'justice' (as in getting what she

or they paid for...). We even have regulars who complain

about 'fraud' and 'false advertising' by the 'services'

advertised in the telephone directory.

I have to sympathize with the lady whose leather goods were

stolen. High quality leather is costly and may be hard to

find in your area. No such problem here in 'horse country.'

Try 'The Stable Door' in downtown 'Olde Towne' Warrenton for

authentic riding crops and buggy whips as well as collars

for your hounds and Jack terriers, leads, harnesses,

halters, hobbles, bits, and even 'stock leather' to replace

the reins for your buggy rig. Add to that a nice stock of

jodhpurs and Wellingtons which are also popular among the

same folks. They know that most of those items will never

be used on a horse or dog but they rather enjoy the cash

flow since cash is the preferred method of payment when the

purchaser wants annonymity.

'Bell's Saddlery' has been burglarized... but he puts his

signature on everything he does and 'horse people' know his

stuff... so the theives were caught when they tried to sell

the items. He's right here in Catlett and does amazing

custom leatherwork, usually the heavy stuff like saddles and

tack. If you want light leather, 'Bedo's Leather Works' in

Falls Church is your ticket to the best of custom leather

work at a reasonable price.

The 'kink' crowd is a reality here in northern Virginia. In

general, they don't do drugs, drive drunk, or do anything

else that might attract police attention... except for the

couple who decided they might like a little adventure so

husband shackles his nude wife to a light pole, planning to

circle the block and pick her up. Well, citizen sees nude

woman chained to pole, dials 9-1-1, police arrive quickly,

arrest husband for DUI, release nude wife (without summons

for indecent exposure)... Sorry, can't find a link to the

story in the archives of the Manassas Journal Messanger.

Oh, and then there's Bobbit. And... Well, maybe

police in northern Virginia do get involved at times.

Always take good care of yourself and yours,

50's not old if you're... the Tree

R J 'Tree' Greenwood

Falls Church & Fauquier County VA