My next-door neighbor came by to console me with some valium last night... and shared her husband's story of the Richmond police calling at 3:30am, after finding their van parked at the Richmond Bart station.

Their words: "We'll be here for :45 minutes waiting for you to come recover your stolen vehicle. After that, it'll be towed." We're in Potrero Hill, and they're antique-dealers who can't really afford a $200 cab-ride. Somehow though, it did work out for them.

The captain of the Bayshore station came over to my house upon my call to file a complaint with regards to the non-chalant behavior of the cops earlier that day. The captain and accompanying parter were so nice, though fascinating- in that my roomie and I were both perplexed by the captain's gender. Truely, could-not discern- man or woman. A woman's handshake, palm-breadth, face, and shoulder span... and a gruff man's voice and presence. Bulletproof vest on, too... so a chest-topography analysis was moot.

A very positive experience, and hopefully my filed complaint will get at least an astro-turf red-carpet of sorts rolled out for me if/when the truck is recovered.

Truck's description, below. All in the shipyard areas and Richmond, please look out for... TIA!!!!! Thanks too, for the Ducutty props. She's in my livingroom now... and boy, there will be hell to pay if somehow she ends-up stolen, too!!!

• 2002 Ranger 4x4 XLT, auto tranny
• OEM Dark blue/purple, depending on light
• black-plastic honeycomb grill
• chrome bumpers... front one has deer-whistle mounts and fog-lights, rear one was impacted on driver-side
• 2002 hood has 2" progressing up-to about 8" ridge in the middle
• alloy wheels
• OEM tires
• Plastic wheel-well flare-things, with matching beefy bed-rails
• Black OEM bedliner.
• tow-package and off-road package (skid-plates underneath, Blisten 'off-road' shocks, an extra leaf in the springs, and maybe some other small-penis details. My 450lb streetbike really liked it's suspension).
• Whale-tail plates, start with 2Z. I don't feel like getting up to get the number in the livingroom, figuring the plates were likely chucked
by now, anyway.
• Rear tinted windows with middle sliding window
• Lotsa stickers, on rear windows:
- AFM die-cut sticker (really ugly, white sheild with black outline), passenger side corner
- Switch bindings logo die-cut sticker
- 3"x4" cyan-rectangle sticker with UN crest, driver side corner
- BMX sticker on sliding middle window that spells "girls are evil" in red lettering
On bumper:
- SF "X" neighborhood parking permit (yellow)
- "I-heart-rotating-machinery" SRL bumper sticker- white vynil with black lettering
• grey fabric interior
• front bucket seats, rear fold-up jumper seats for tiny adults or kids.

sorry about your truck..snd yes..the ducutty rocks. Odd because Barbabot's truck/car got stolen as well recently...