Okay, so this is a tale in several parts.
FRIDAY …
Margie and I run off for dinner and errands. I bring my Kindle, just ’cause. While doing our final errand, I hid the Kindle in the center console. I better not leave it out on the seat, I thought, because that would be, y’know, asking for trouble.
We had lots of stuff to bring in when we got home, so I forgot to bring the Kindle in.
SATURDAY …
I was cleaning up for our Game Day. I was stashing away my brief case, and noticed my Kindle was not in its pocket. Ah, I thought, it’s in the car. I’d better remember that come Monday. Being without my Kindle would be annoying.
That evening, Margie “burped” the garage, as she is wont to do. By opening up the garage door and letting it air out in the evening, it lowers the temp in there a lot. Since the master bedroom sits on top of the garage, that makes going to sleep a lot better.
Going out at night to grab the mail, I noticed the garage door was still open. I’ll have to mention that to Margie, thought I, because we certainly don’t want to leave the garage open all night. That would be risky.
SUNDAY …
Margie and I are getting ready for church. “We didn’t get the garage door closed last night, did we?” “Um …”
Now, this is not the first time we’ve done this. It’s a little easier to forget, since we’re keeping not just the back door closed but the cat door as well, with the current cat contingent. So it happens once or twice a year. We got a warning from patrolling sheriffs once. But, bottom line, we live in a pretty safe neighborhood, so never any problem.
You can see where this is going …
I look inside the car. It looks undisturbed. Radio’s still there and all that.
Walk around to Margie’s car. Aaaaaand … it’s driver side door is open, too.
And I get in, and the dashboard pocket door is open. And in the console …
Nada. No Kindle.
Nobody to blame but us. And, irksome. And, no, nothing else in the garage was missing, and it was almost certainly some kid walking past to seized a tempting target of opportunity, done quickly enough they didn’t even close the driver-side doors.
And hopefully a (not cheap) lesson learned.
I don’t know if I ever told you, but that’s where I had my iPod stolen. Not from your garage, but parked in front of your house at a party sometime. Same thing — must have left a door open, and someone just opened it, and took the iPod.
But I think it’s safe to say you have a thief in your neighborhood.
Now the big question: if you buy a new Kindle do you get your content back? Because that would be awesome.
What a bummer. Gotta keep an eye on that garage door. I hope you can get your content back without more outlay, but I expect it’s stolen as well.
(Why doesn’t anyone sneak into my house and steal my books? I could do with a few hundred fewer…)
@george/karen – Yes, all the content comes back. I deregistered my old Kindle (so they couldn’t access my Amazon account with it), bought a new one (sigh), and hooked up to Amazon with it, hey-presto, all my old books are there.
Non-Amazon books were still on my PC and were easily uploaded (via Calibre).
So that part’s good, if irksome (since the organization is lost, and the record of progress on non-Amazon books is not synced).
I lost a book once. Only cost a few pounds to replace. I’ve dropped a fair few over the years. No damage. I read in the bath – steam doesn’t seem to fry them.
You don’t lock your car when it’s in your garage? “You’re far too trusting.”
Maybe you could set up an infrared tracking camera on a tempting target and expose the thief. If you’re prepared for it to be your neighbor’s teenaged kid, that is.