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Heads up guys!!!!!!!! If anyone here's someone raving about finding a back bonnet for a MILLS FUTURITY painted blue it is stolen from one of the dealers outside Friday afternoon at Chicagoland, damn near right in front of him. He just turned his back to the guy for a minute. PM me and I will forward the info.

Another theft at the Chicagoland show. About $800.00 was stolen from the Nun that sold the bakery goods. She has a stand between the two show rooms. The thief snatched a cash box from her. She is part of a religious order from France. They feed the homeless on the north side of Chicago. Pheasant Run made an announcement regarding the theft. Over $1,000.00 was contributed by the public. There's always some rotten people looking for the chance to rip someone off.

Actually ....it was 2000.00 given to the nuns and it was by the dealers at the show who ran a collection for them from what the promotors told me. The nuns were very impressed by the generosity of the dealers at the show.

Billyzap wrote:Actually ....it was 2000.00 given to the nuns and it was by the dealers at the show who ran a collection for them from what the promotors told me. The nuns were very impressed by the generosity of the dealers at the show.

That's great. Last winter or the year before the Nuns had no heat in the convent or church. Several of the Chicago area heating contractors put a new heating system in for free. The contractors wanted no publicity for their services. The Nuns sell at the local Chicagoland farmers market to afford supplies for their soup kitchen.

I was at the show all day Friday, but I hadn't heard about the thefts. The world is filling more and more with scumbags these days.

The nuns that work the show also sell at many many other area events through the year. They are wonderful people, and I always make it a point to buy something from them. I know when they put out the call regarding the "no-heat" situation this past winter, folks stepped up big time and donated tens of thousands of dollars. Then the contractors donated on top of that and they were able to do a lot of good with the money. We got a personal thank-you email from one of the sisters, as they said they were contacting each contributor personally. I'm not sure of how they are affiliated, but the church does not support them. They operate entirely on donations.

Let's hope these guys get what's coming to them.............

French nuns working in the States? Interesting- Are they from an order the originated in Amiens? Cause this is where the young Charlie Fey had some sort of liason with a nun which ultimately led him to find his way to the States via the United Kingdom. It is fitting that their descendants are helped out by present day coin machine aficionados !

Nic Costa, author Automatic Pleasures

Not taking the theft from the Nuns here, which should have been the title of the thread, perhaps, but what is so special about a bonnet for a futurity?
I thought they the same as a mills bonus or maybe any hi top.
Is this the case?
I ask as I nearly bought a futurity recently but the fact it been broken into and the back bonnet had been damaged by the jemmy put me off as I wasn't sure how easy it would be to get a replacement back bonnet?

[quote="clubconsoles"]Not taking the theft from the Nuns here, which should have been the title of the thread, perhaps, but what is so special about a bonnet for a futurity?
I thought they the same as a mills bonus or maybe any hi top.


The Futurity precedes the High Tops by several years and has a different style bonnet.
The Horsehead Bonus, which was contemporary to the Futurity, may use the same style bonnet as the Futurity.
I would think the Futurity or Horsehead bonnets are harder to come by just based on relative numbers produced.

Which could explain the reason some BUTTHEAD swiped it.
Dave F

It's really sad when someone is so hard up to get a part they have to rip it off a complete machine from another fellow enthusiast. As for the Nuns, the person responsible should return the money even if it is anonymously. I was in the annex when the theft happened and again it happened when her back was turned as with the dealer that had the back bonnet ripped off. May be the same person? We all contributed in the annex and the main bldg, because were all family and we stick together.