Jacked Up

Sometimes when you're walking along the pavement, you may see a glove or a baby's hat on a fence or wall.

Someone has lost it and some other kind soul has put it somewhere safe and visible for when whoever lost it goes back to retrace their steps.

Today I saw this:

I can only assume that somebody had a puncture, swapped the wheel at the roadside then completely forgot about their jack.

And whoever found it and put it out of the way of being a trip-hazard is a diamond.

A Jack of Diamonds.

Fob Off or Jack Off

Here's a fob with a Union Jack on it.

Yes, I know that is technically a Union Flag but that doesn't work with the Post title.

Actually, we are talking Car Key-fobs and axle-jacks.

Two consecutive Car+Driver stories caught my eye today.

A railway worker has been stealing the second keys from brand new cars being transported through the rail yard where he worked.  He took about 2000 and sold them on e-Bay for over $60,000.

The story is here.  The investigation started when Ford, FCA, and GM began to make claims to a rail vehicle transporter that vehicles were missing key fobs when they arrived at dealers.  This was back in Feb 2018 - they had noticed them going missing since the end of the previous year.  He was traced through his friend's e-Bay account after his own was suspended for selling fake headphones.

Meanwhile, the jack story has the potential to be serious.

Basically, a US company  is  recalling the three-ton jack stands that were replacements for their three-ton jack stands recalled in May.

They are offering replacements, refunds or a credit note.

If you don't trust the replacement make sure you aren't fobbed off with a credit note.