Re: Umtanum Redeemed!!!

[Roger]

As one who spent one of my careers putting in 25 years with a major  American automobile manufacturer, I can tell you this is not an uncommon occurence with older cars and trucks.  There are only so many ways a key could be ground, and some key combinations are so close that keys may work in another vehicle, but not vice-versa. I can't recall the number of key combinations, but it was only in the hundreds. I personally have opened other cars by mistake twice in my life. That is why with the newer vehicles they have incorporated circuits into the key fobs which must match up in order to work the ignition. You may be able to get the door to open, but there are literally millions of combinations which can be built into the circuits. Glad it turned out ok. Hope there are no crooks who read this list who start getting ideas.   Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Egge To: waflyfishers@waflyfishers.com Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:34 PM Subject: Umtanum Redeemed!!! Here is the story.   A client comes in on Sunday, to a guide service for the Yakima River (not sure absolutely which one �. so I won�t use names), and pays for a shuttle.  He has a red Ford Truck, and wants it taken from Umtanum to Rosa.  He gives them a spare key and drives down and launches at Umtanum and starts his drift down to Rosa.  A kid who does the shuttle for the guide service, goes down to Umtanum, sees a red Ford truck, puts the key in the lock, unlocks the door, jumps in and turns on the ignition, starts the truck up and drives the truck and trailer down to Rosa.  He locks the key in the truck as instructed and his job is done.  Later the client who paid for the shuttle gets off the water quite late at Rosa.  He is unable to find his truck in the parking lot anywhere.  He makes his way back to Umptanum (I believe he walked), and finds his truck right where he left it.  He uses his other key and takes his truck backed down to Rosa, loads up his gear and goes home.  Today he calls the guide service and is furious with them, complaining that his truck was never shuttled.  They insist they did shuttle a red Ford Truck to Rosa.  I�m not sure how they put it together, maybe they went to Rosa and saw the truck still there.  They called the Sheriff and told them what happened, the sheriff informed them the truck was reported stolen.  The Sheriff then called my friend who reported the truck stolen and right now is on his way to Rosa to get his truck and bring it home.   A great ending to the saga � in that he gets his truck and trailer back � intact � no damage done and nothing taken out of the truck, trailer still there and all.  (Assuming it hasn�t been tampered with during its stay in the Rosa Lot).  The sheriff did by a couple of times to check on it today after the discovery of what happened to check on the truck and said it looked in good shape.  Nice of him to keep an eye on it.   What are the odds that someone else�s red ford truck key would fit the only other red ford truck in the parking lot? Obviously license plates were not checked and procedures were a little loose. I�m sure my friend will have a few words with the shuttle service.  He lost at least a night�s sleep, a day on the phone with the insurance company and all that is involved in that, and had a few notches on his blood pressure jacked up, not to mention the inconvenience to quite a few people.  Some day it will make a good story.  Right now there is a lot of relief and a few upset nerves endings.  Perhaps little bit of faith in mankind (and his ability to make mistakes) has been restored.  I�m feeling fortunate to get my stuff that was in his truck back, and more fortunate in that a mutual friend is performing half of the shuttle service tonight, I�m hitting the sheets early, as I didn�t sleep at all well last night.   Steve Egge No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005

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