Ronnie,
Ha! Do I have a plan?! Do I have a plan?!...Well, yes and no, not exactly....His wife assures me that he NEVER goes back behind the shed in the winter time. Between us guys and the internet, I think that's BS because even if he isn't going back there to check on the tractor under the tarps (groan - we have to find a better solution for housing the refurbed Project X) I don't know a man who doesn't occasionally take a leak in his backyard. He will definitely go back there at least once...
The "reveal" is planned for July, so the question(s) are 1. When to steal it? I don't plan to heist it until all parts and logistics (at least those I can plan on) for the rework have been lined up. 2. Should I cover up the theft? I am thinking that I could possibly fill the tarps with boxes to make it look like the tractor is still there. That might buy me 2 winter months, probably Feb and March, to keep the tractor in my garage. An alternative approach is whether or not I should cover up the theft at all - maybe I leave an empty tarp and wait for him to discover it. Personally, I prefer the cover-up approach and then
I don't have to worry about him trying to go out and buy a new tractor (which his wife has assured me she will forbid) or somehow figuring out the conspiracy. I'm a freak about security but I can't say the same about his wife...the longer we hide the theft from him, the less time available for someone to spill the beans. It's my experience that most surprises are ruined at the last moment - like when I walked into a restaurant for my 50th birthday party and there was a friend and his wife standing there with a present in their hand. The party was upstairs - they were late. My wife was slightly pissed at them for that - all her planning out the window....I like the security maxim that says something to the effect of "...the number of people who could possibly know a secret is the square of the people who know the secret" - so I've told 3 people about this caper (aside from this board which I'm hoping has no chance of intersection with my buddy) and so there could be 3 squared = 9 people who already potentially know about the caper.
Anyways - I'm working on the plan. All inputs welcome. Especially those that are clever and will mess with my friends head - like possibly making it look like the tractor caught fire and burned to a pile of melted junk...or leaving behind crack-head paraphernalia evidence to throw him off the trail, etc etc etc. :-)
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Originally Posted by ambrola
Mike,
You better have a good plan of keeping him from noticing it missing. I would know within a day if I were missing a Cubby.   |