Leroy's Bike

Hello,

Leroy has just now started the process for getting some insurance money to cover the cost of his stolen bike. One of the first questions that the insurance agent asked was, “When was it stolen?”

Neither Leroy nor I knew, but we could narrow it down a little. Leroy knew the time, but not the date. The agent looked through his records and could not find it. Luckily we have good police records in this town. A phone call resulted in an answer in a short time.

Leroy also had the receipts for the bike and many of the extras such as the rack on the bike as they wanted to know about the cost of those items as well. It will not be a big check when it comes as the deductable will be most of it, but it will contribute to the cost of a new bike.

Insurance claims are new territory for me. Oh wait, I just remembered that we did claim it when Leroy slid on the ice and damaged the car. We have been fortunate. Guess all those payments are now coming back to us a little.

I learned from what Leroy told the agent that someone in the building next door had seen the perpetrator walk up, take out a cutter, and get away with the bike. That person called the church right away, but of course the slippery thief was already gone before anyone could react any more. That person who called knew that Leroy (owner of the bike) was going into the church all the time. Probably the robber was also aware of the habit. Leroy tells me that he had told me someone had seen the robbery happen, but I do not remember.

Today I saw a squirrel jump from the tree to the peak of the garage roof where it slid about on the snow before gaining its balance. Daring squirrels!

Paula