It might be a good idea to keep your eyes open on craigslist in the music section. I wouldn't be too suprised to see it end up there.

When and if the catch the punks that stole your stuff I hope they hang them by their testicles........One of the things that makes Tehachapi such a great place to live is all the events put on by local businesses like Art Center........Good luck in finding your stuff.

Uh-oh Gube-is that like an upside-down lynching?PD's going to get upset again!

Peace-the pawn shop will probably be a good place to check soon too.

lol good catch ginger...........after all we should have compassion for the thief's kid's,  family member's...........

Didn't something very similar to this happen last year?   

Dayum,  That's a lot of money to have to come up with to replace all the equipment.  I hope they catch em with the stuff. 

I wouldn't hold my breath though.

Fundraiser time people.

Yeah - here I am - the bleeding heart, all ready to protest against testicle-hanging.  As you might suspect, one thing that I love about Tehachapi is that (up till now) I haven't seen any one hanging from their testicles.  Maybe that will change, and Tehachapi will (due to the wide influence of these blogs) become friendlier to torture advocates like gube and jim, and maybe Ginger.

Another thing I like about Tehachapi is how easy it is to qualify as a bleeding heart.  The bar is low enough to shuffle over.

PD I have noticed they are repairing the gazebo at city park.........Or are maybe their outfitting it for a testicle hanging device? hmmm

PD-I have to protest my inclusion on the list of "torture advocates".To the best of my knowledge,I have never online advocated torture and happen to hate the term "bleeding heart".I do agree that that is a rather easy bar to hit in our county.I am all for hanging testicles,but I suspect that testicle-hanging would be a rather inefficient form of torture-intense pain,but ultimately short term.

Gube-things to do at Mountain Festival!They could call the booth "The Ball Drop"!That's a great fundraising idea-maybe for Planned Parenthood or a similar group!

PD... don't be so sensitive...  slap,slap... Snap out of it. 

I don't know how that felt for you, but it gave me goosebumps.  (grin)

NO I am not into torture...   I just like a little S&M every now and again.   lol   

Ginger....  If someone does set up a booth at the festival to display ball dropping will it be rated R, or will the ball droppers be fully clothed?

Sparks-Oops-I hadn't thought of that!That's a scary mental picture and could be a problem.They'd have to curtain-off the gazebo.Wouldn't want kids watching that.Though maybe just the thought of it would keep some of those older kids a little better behaved.Perhaps you could "warm up" the "participants" with a little slap or two!

The ''Ball Drop'' should be rated FF for Family Fun. Just like the old day when families would travel for miles and bring picnic lunches to watch the hangings.........Just thinking about it makes me happy. First of all we will enter the thief in the Mountain Festival parade and we'll parade him for all of Tehachapi to see. He'll be shackled at both the hands and the feet and will be led down the parade route by Sparks who will be  dressed from head to toe  in leather. Oh ya sparks will be coaching the thief along with a paddle and a rope tethered to his testicles. Once we reach the gazebo the real fun starts........

So Gube-I think that the video of that could be sold to people with certain tastes and the money used to reimburse TAC for their losses."Old days"-oh-do you mean when people were "punished" for crimes?like a deterrent?Not rewarded at no cost to themselves with three squares,medical care,TV,gym,and free time to hang with other like-minded individuals?I've heard of those days.

Yes Ginger those old days..........

You know, I think it would be better to hang them by one testicle.  That way they would swing a little when the wind blew instead of just spinning around.

Or, Mountain Festival could have a dunk tank but instead of aiming for a target that would drop them into the tank, it could  be aimed at a critical area.

But I do like the idea of cuffing him and putting him in the parade!  People could throw eggs and rotten tomatoes at him.....hope it was a guy!! I guess we asssume it is.