On Jun 14, 10:40*am, "Tony Romal" wrote:
We have some cedar furniture in need of repair. Don't know the technical
term, but it's like tongue & groove. The seat slats are the tongue, and go
into a groove of a board, which the board is then fastened to the legs.
These were always loose, I'm guessing so they can expand/contract.

Wondering if I could kind of screw some new "slats" or boards across the
top?

Came home from vacation, and was missing our entire patio furniture. Called
the police, and while an officer was here, a neighbor a couple houses down
came by to see what the commotion was about. Come to find out, he
"borrowed" our patio furniture while we were gone for his daughter's
graduation party. They totally destroyed one of the lounge chairs, broke my
grill, and these chairs need repaired. Really don't know these people, but
he said he would purchase any lumber to fix them.

Thanks.

So some guy that you "don't really know" borrows your stuff and then
comes over when the police are there to admit that he borrowed it
without your permission?

Does the term nut-case come to mind?

How did that conversation go? How did he get involved with you and the
police at that "meeting".

If I get nosy and go over to a house that the cops have been called
to, I don't usually get directly involved with the owner and the cops.
I keep a respectable distance and hope to catch some juicy tidbits.

How did you "come to find out" that this guy borrowed your stuff?