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So, after another fun day of working and participating in the BBO Forums, I was on my way home when I got a phone call from my girlfriend, who got home (same house) before I did, and was calling to let me know that our house had been broken into. Could have been worse, but they did get a few things that are particularly annoying.
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Burgled! Grrrrrrrr
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Posted 2008-November-14, 10:50
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:07
You do this stuff while at work? 
Time to get a monitored alarm system. We did after two break-ins. No trouble since.
Time to get a monitored alarm system. We did after two break-ins. No trouble since.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:09
So it was the monitoring company that had done the break-ins?
(It works for the anti-virus crowd....)
(It works for the anti-virus crowd....)
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:15
Sorry Dan to hear about this.
Its usually the violation of privacy that hurts more than the stuff missing.
Its usually the violation of privacy that hurts more than the stuff missing.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:30
gah.
hope they get the bastards.
hope they get the bastards.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 11:48
Sorry to hear about it...
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Posted 2008-November-14, 12:17
Thanks, all. I appreciate the opportunity to vent.
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IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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Posted 2008-November-14, 12:32
Wah that hurts.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 14:15
JoAnneM, on Nov 14 2008, 12:07 PM, said:
You do this stuff while at work? Time to get a monitored alarm system. We did after two break-ins. No trouble since.
Time to get a monitored alarm system. We did after two break-ins. No trouble since.yes you need one when you live in the methamphetamine capitol of northern california
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Posted 2008-November-14, 14:18
Argh! I know how terrible that is!
My home was burgled twice when I was a young man. The first time the thief set fires while inside, and I was not not able to move back in for several weeks.
Curiously, I was playing in a local regional at the time, and a director called me aside between rounds and told me that my house "had burned down." (That message distracted me, and I did not play well for the rest of the afternoon. When I got home between sessions, I saw that the damage was repairable and felt a lot better -- had a good evening round.)
My wife, who had gotten off work, decided to take a room in a nice hotel, but she had no luggage and a local address, so the suspicious clerk would not rent her a room. She thought that was hilarious.
After that burglary, I put in unbreakable windows everywhere as a defensive measure. Then, a couple of years later on Labor Day someone smashed through the back doors with a heavy maul and stole more stuff. Since then, I've never had a problem, even when we moved to another city where we were the only white family living in a black neighborhood.
Anyway, I feel your pain!
My home was burgled twice when I was a young man. The first time the thief set fires while inside, and I was not not able to move back in for several weeks.
Curiously, I was playing in a local regional at the time, and a director called me aside between rounds and told me that my house "had burned down." (That message distracted me, and I did not play well for the rest of the afternoon. When I got home between sessions, I saw that the damage was repairable and felt a lot better -- had a good evening round.)
My wife, who had gotten off work, decided to take a room in a nice hotel, but she had no luggage and a local address, so the suspicious clerk would not rent her a room. She thought that was hilarious.
After that burglary, I put in unbreakable windows everywhere as a defensive measure. Then, a couple of years later on Labor Day someone smashed through the back doors with a heavy maul and stole more stuff. Since then, I've never had a problem, even when we moved to another city where we were the only white family living in a black neighborhood.
Anyway, I feel your pain!
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Posted 2008-November-14, 14:30
I am very sorry for not just the property loss, but for feeling so vulnerable and exposed. It's a horrible feeling.
And I thought my car accident last night was bad (nice dent, in my 4 month old car, left driver rear door...).....
And I thought my car accident last night was bad (nice dent, in my 4 month old car, left driver rear door...).....
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Posted 2008-November-14, 14:58
I don't know the exact feeling, but I've been mugged before, and it isn't my most favoured memory. Very sorry to hear about this 
I hope you get back at least part of the stuff they took away.
I hope you get back at least part of the stuff they took away.
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2008-November-14, 17:15
Bummer.
Thanks for posting this. It's time I looked into some sensible precautions for my place.
I have foiled 2 burglaries in progress in my neighborhood. Both times the cops caught the crooks red-handed. Been lucky so far myself.
Thanks for posting this. It's time I looked into some sensible precautions for my place.
I have foiled 2 burglaries in progress in my neighborhood. Both times the cops caught the crooks red-handed. Been lucky so far myself.
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again -- Richard Ford in The Sportswriter
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Posted 2008-November-14, 17:18
y66, on Nov 14 2008, 06:15 PM, said:
I have foiled 2 burglaries in progress in my neighborhood. Both times the cops caught the crooks red-handed.
Feel free to buy a house in my neighborhood!
1. LSAT tutor for rent.
Call me Desdinova...Eternal Light
C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
Call me Desdinova...Eternal Light
C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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