Friday the 13th (Aug 2010)

 


My Friday the 13th event has cost a few hundred bucks. Here is what happened.

It was a 13 km ride to todays ride start, and when I got there and looked behind me, my saddle bag was missing.

It goes without saying that the contents of the bag were also missing. The contents included;

• Two mobile phones


• Tools, tools and more tools


• Lunch, including a mustard covered silverside sandwich

So I backtracked all the way home, but no joy. Rang my mobile, but it was off air, maybe run over by a truck. Rang Voda, over half an hour on hold, but rapid service after that.

Then off to the police, didn't tell them about the sandwiches, then over to Vodafone and got a new el cheapo, like $29 phone. Then up to Telstra and got a new sim, think about a phone later.

Then home, what a waste of a day. I was really looking forward to that sandwich.

In the grand scheme of things, todays loss is trivial, it is just real annoying and have to now assemble another collection of tools and spare parts.

Now I feel better.