Ever made a dumb mistake?

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:35 am

This girl sure did. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/042005 ... iolin.html

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:08 am

That's not dumb,it's criminally insane.
If I had the loan of such an instrument I would handcuff the case to my right wrist and keep a loaded gun in the other hand,then if somebody got the fiddle off me I could shoot myself.

Slan,
D.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 4:51 am

It's unclear from the article whether she had left the violin case visible on, say, the back seat, and it was an opportunist snatch, or if she had it locked in the boot out of sight, and someone knew she had it and targeted it.

Either way she was very stupid and careless to leave such a valuable instrument in such an insecure place, especially as it was uninsured and irreplaceable.

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:08 am

Yes, but she's still very cute, and if I had a fiddle and bow worth $850k I'd consider loaning them to her

So would Amar.

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 6:01 am

It is probably in a pawn shop where the thief got $20 for the fiddle. Someone may have a real find one of these days.

Ron

OutOfBreath · Post by **OutOfBreath** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:28 am

Martin Milner wrote:It's unclear from the article whether she had left the violin case visible on, say, the back seat, and it was an opportunist snatch, or if she had it locked in the boot out of sight, and someone knew she had it and targeted it.

Either way she was very stupid and careless to leave such a valuable instrument in such an insecure place, especially as it was uninsured and irreplaceable.

Forget security - she was criminally stupid to leave an instrument like that in an unattended car where heat and humidity could ravage it. Shoot, you don't leave a good acoustic guitar, worth maybe a couple of thousand, in a car if you have half a brain and any respect at all for the instrument!

Note also that the instrument was insured, just not for theft from a vehicle. The owner probably allowed that clause to save a considerable sum of money and because he felt secure in the knowledge that no one would ever leave a valuable wood instrument in an unattended vehicle!

Moral of the story - if you own an $850,000 instrument don't lend it to a twenty year old blond.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:35 am

Speaking of Dumb....
Some years ago back in Dublin,I put my fiddle case onto the roof of a car while I was helping a friend to get her wheelchair into the back of the vehicle.
She was driving and as we went off on our journey people were beeping horns and waving at us.
Now the funny thing is that the week before I had done some TV work with a well known Irish Folkie so She sez to me "I never knew you were so well known"
"Neither did I " sez I.
Shortly after there was a loud bang from behind and I turned around only to see the fiddle case bouncing along behind. She slammed on,I jumped out and managed to get to the fiddle before a huge double decker bus.
The fiddle was still in tune!!

The moral of this tale is that a good case is worth its weight in gold.

Slan,
D.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:37 am

I can't relate to this thread. I have never done anything dumb in my life

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:39 am

izzarina wrote:I can't relate to this thread. I have never done anything dumb in my life

You're young...plenty of time yet

Slan,
D.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:40 am

I did read an article somewhere that said scientists are thinking that parts of the human may not finish developing until the late teens, maybe early twenties. These are the parts that affect judgement. It could explain why some quite young people take weird risks in cars, with alcohol, etc.
They may not have reached the age of reason yet.

I would have thought, though, that if she were accomplished enough to play a violin of this sort that she would know not to leave it out of sight anywhere and that a car is a poor place to store a sensitive instrument.

I'm glad I'm not in her shoes!

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:41 am

dubhlinn wrote:
izzarina wrote:I can't relate to this thread. I have never done anything dumb in my life

You're young...plenty of time yet

Slan,
D.

Shhhh....you're ruining my moment!!!

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:42 am

Cynth wrote:I'm glad I'm not in her shoes!

Me too. Those heels are killers.

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:44 am

jsluder wrote:
Cynth wrote:I'm glad I'm not in her shoes!
Me too. Those heels are killers.

But you have to admit that they're really CUTE! Ad would agree with me too......I really miss ad

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:53 am

You see her shoes?

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 8:01 am

Cynth wrote:You see her shoes?

Nah. It was an assumption on my part for the sake of weak humor.