Double Blind

Today I went to Superstore, intent on picking up a whole bunch of groceries. I did my purchasing and upon loading a bunch of stuff into the storage area of my vehicle, I did leave a tray of figs (12 figs to be exact) on top of my roof. I did this before loading the groceries, and when shutting the hatch-back, I failed to put the figs into the back of my car. Normally I get a chuckle out of people that do this sort of thing, but today it was my turn – definitely suffering from “baby brain”.

So I was happily driving along Vedder Road when I stopped at an intersection. Somebody was beeping me and I was looking in my rear view mirror. It then dawned on me that I forgot to put the figs back into my car – it had been driving on my roof the whole time!

Amazingly enough the figs managed to stay on the roof the entire time. I slowly pulled off the street (into Fraser Valley Meats which was ironically my next destination) and recovered the figs which were still on the roof. I’m amazed they managed to stay on. It was a good thing considering they were very sweet.

I would like to thank the fellow that beeped me on the road – I did manage to open the window and wave my hand out to say “thanks” as he passed by, but I would have liked to have the opportunity to better express my thanks in person. He was driving a pick-up truck with a wagon in the back. If by some miracle he gets this message – I owe him a breakfast at Cookies Grill.

(News Story)

On the heels of a 1,680 pound silver theft in Chilliwack earlier this year, we have news of a person that was driving from the Lower Mainland and stopped off at Hope to have something to eat. He had purchased $30,000 of silver and had put it in his backpack. Apparently he left his door unlocked since when he returned five minutes later it was stolen.

At the existing market rate, this is approximately 50 pounds of silver. If he had just bought gold instead, this would have been one pound.

I guess the lesson of the day here is that if you buy $30,000 of silver and want to take it back home, don’t stick it in a backpack on your front seat and don’t leave your door unlocked. Also, if you get hungry along the way you may wish to use the drive-through.