Victum of our times!

[JolyStNicholas]

As everyone knows I'm at Grand Father Mountain for the games. Friday after enjoying the games and meeting up with Matt and all the other XMarkers that gathered there, taking a full days pictures and having a grand time. I headed
back towards my parked vehicle on one of the provided shuttle buses, making a fatal error of leaving my camera on the seat next to me.

At first it was no problem the young driver turned it into to the lost and found operated by the local fire dept. Saturday we started the search for the camera
and to everyone's suprise no one could find it. The search went on all day, the driver was questioned and so was the person who checked it in, but still no camera, come Saturday afternoon still no camera. By now I'm getting a little up set but keeping my cool,all my Friday pictures are now gone along with a $600.00 Sony Digital camera.

Finally I have a meeting with the Fire Chief who is in control of all the transportation people and he agrees that they are responsible for the camera,
his people having had the last possession of it and they finally agree to pay for it.according to Mr. Jack Wiseman,Chief of Crossnore County Fire Dept.
they will verify the cost of the camera and forward me a check for that amount. I ask him why didn't he just track down who removed it from where they had kept such items, and his responce was that there had been to many people granted access to the area to be able to find out just who would of done such a thing.