"Bunch of savages in this town"

Okay so I have a posting hiatus and then have a fun weekend and post three times to share it...apparently 3 times the charm...and now I have to invoke a quote from Clerks.

We've had a theft in the family.

Joe called me today from REI where he was buying a new tube for his bike on his way home from work; he needed a ride....and not due to a flat tire. "bunch of savages in this town." The employees at REI say there's a guy that does this a lot. He clips the cable (yes yes we know...we've already heard the lament of the cable bike lock, don't rub it in) and leaves the bike he rode at the scene of the crime Joe's K2 was traded for a battered red Raleigh (Nesquick Chocolate milk bottle included in the water bottle receptacle).

Ugh. Blast and Damn. And Blast again.