Dan Abel writes:

Even if they were *thinking* about stealing a beer out
of your fridge. Or maybe they were just trying to read your gas meter,
and moved the rock so they wouldn't trip.

Look, I know the guy could have been stealing rocks one at a time for
a landscaping project. Maybe he was walking, saw the exact rock he
needed for his lawn, and took it. But he was in nasty, dirty clothes --
not exercise clothes like you'd expect for someone on a walking trail --
and he doesn't live in this neighborhood. We're in a cul de sac of
about 8 houses, a dead end street, and the ONLY way he could have gotten
to the rocks was to climb down off the trail.
At the very least he was trespassing. And he did steal a rock, for
whatever reason, which is strange and rude if not illegal.
I'm not real fond of you playing this down and acting like he was no
big deal. There's no other reason for him to have approached the glass
doors with a huge rock except to have bashed it in. Was it just
coincidence that he walked away when he saw me inside? Just coincidence
he was in my yard during work hours when people aren't home?
Maybe you said what you did because of the gun argument -- and I'm not
even going to go there because I'm not on RFC to talk about guns -- but
don't be a condescending jerk.

Stacia

Denise~* writes:

Glitter Ninja wrote:

I opened the huge dining room curtain so that the sun
could shine in the sliding glass doors and help get rid of some of the
smell.

I'm glad you scared away a potential terror, but I'm still confused as
to how "sunshine" takes away smell? somebody explain this please.

I can't explain it. All I know is my mother used to open curtains
after having fish or some other strong dinner, and combined with a
little Lysol, the smell would go away pretty quickly.
I've tried using just Lysol and not opening curtains, but it doesn't
work.

Stacia

sf wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:19:31 -0600, ms_peacock wrote:

Thank gawd for chicken stock!! I'm glad he just walked off and you
didn't have to deal with him.

Thank goodness most buglers aren't into home invasion type robberies.

Home invasions are all too common in Memphis. These days these punks don't
seem to care if you're a home or not. It's scary which is one reason why
every time I move I go further from the city.

Jill

Stacia wrote:
Denise~* writes:

Glitter Ninja wrote:

I opened the huge dining room curtain so that the sun
could shine in the sliding glass doors and help get rid of some of
the smell.

I'm glad you scared away a potential terror, but I'm still confused
as to how "sunshine" takes away smell? somebody explain this
please.

I can't explain it. All I know is my mother used to open curtains
after having fish or some other strong dinner, and combined with a
little Lysol, the smell would go away pretty quickly.
I've tried using just Lysol and not opening curtains, but it doesn't
work.

Stacia

You're lucky you didn't have the sliding doors open; he wouldn't have needed
a hunk of limestone. I have a baby gate across my sliding glass doors
between the screen door and the glass, but that's to keep my cat, Persia,
from busting the screen door off its tracks when she spots another cat (she
hates other cats!). The noise would certainly alert me and I'd be running
out the front door with my portable phone in my hand dialing 911 and
knocking on a neighbors door.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

You're lucky you didn't have the sliding doors open; he wouldn't have needed
a hunk of limestone. I have a baby gate across my sliding glass doors
between the screen door and the glass, but that's to keep my cat, Persia,
from busting the screen door off its tracks when she spots another cat (she
hates other cats!). The noise would certainly alert me and I'd be running
out the front door with my portable phone in my hand dialing 911 and
knocking on a neighbors door.

I have two large dogs. The truth of the matter is that they are both furry
enough that they appear to be a lot bigger than they are. One is a Belgium
Shepherd, about 82 lb. and a 95 lb. Bouvier - Shepherd cross who looks more like
a Bouvier - Irish Wolfhound. Both are very vocal whenever anyone goes by the
house. I have them outside in the yard with me a lot and if there are strange
people walking by (we live in the country) I make an appearance outside with
them.

I were burgled about 15 years ago. It turned out to be kids that went to my
son's school. They knew that we were going to be away skiing for a few days.
Luckily, one of the gang had been busted a few days earlier and told the police
that our place was targeted. They had extra patrols in the area. In the
afternoon a patrol car noted a broken basement window at the side of the house.
Their MO was to break in through the basement and check the place out and then
come back at night and clean the place out. The cops checked with our
neighbours. There were two cops in our house and two more at the neighbours
beside us and across the street (whose son is a cop) and two extra patrol cars
in the area. The kids came back around 8 pm that evening. The cops closed in
from neighbours houses and patrol and the cops inside popped out of their hiding
place. Two of them went for the car. The kid at the wheel locked the doors. The
cops smashed the window and reached in to grab him. He tried to take off with a
cop hanging out each side of the car.

We made out okay with insurance. The funny part is that when the kid came in the
afternoon he took a bunch of CDs and an electric guitar. I had just bought a
much more expensive guitar and was trying to sell that one to pay for it. I had
been hoping to get $250 for it. Insurance was for replacement but because I said
I had already bought the new one and had hoped to sell it, they gave me
replacement value minus depreciation. I had to go to the music store for an
estimate. SInce I had bought 5 guitars there over the past 10 years or so, and
explained the situation, they gave me really high estimate, so after they
deducted the depreciation I got $925. That went a long way toward paying for the
new Martin.

One time on Usenet, "jmcquown" said:
sf wrote:
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:19:31 -0600, ms_peacock wrote:

Thank gawd for chicken stock!! I'm glad he just walked off and you
didn't have to deal with him.

Thank goodness most buglers aren't into home invasion type robberies.

I wouldn't think so -- you could hear most buglers coming a mile
away. ;-)

Home invasions are all too common in Memphis. These days these punks don't
seem to care if you're a home or not. It's scary which is one reason why
every time I move I go further from the city.

I don't blame you, Jill. I'm glad I live out in the boonies...

--
jj - rfc (Jani) in WA
~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~

In article ,
(Stacia) wrote:

Dan Abel writes:

Even if they were *thinking* about stealing a beer out
of your fridge. Or maybe they were just trying to read your gas meter,
and moved the rock so they wouldn't trip.


Maybe you said what you did because of the gun argument -- and I'm not
even going to go there because I'm not on RFC to talk about guns -- but
don't be a condescending jerk.


Yeah, that was it exactly. I'm sorry that you thought I was responding
to you, but I wasn't. I don't blame you for being scared.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

Dan Abel writes:
(Stacia) wrote:

Maybe you said what you did because of the gun argument -- and I'm not
even going to go there because I'm not on RFC to talk about guns -- but
don't be a condescending jerk.

Yeah, that was it exactly. I'm sorry that you thought I was responding
to you, but I wasn't. I don't blame you for being scared.

Ah, okay. I get it. I thought the comment about moving the rock was
directed towards me. Sorry for jumping down your throat.

Stacia

"Dave Smith" wrote

estimate. SInce I had bought 5 guitars there over the past 10 years or
so, and
explained the situation, they gave me really high estimate, so after they
deducted the depreciation I got $925. That went a long way toward paying
for the
new Martin.

So ... someone tried to rip you off, so you ripped off the insurance
company? Just wondering.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:

estimate. SInce I had bought 5 guitars there over the past 10 years or
so, and
explained the situation, they gave me really high estimate, so after they
deducted the depreciation I got $925. That went a long way toward paying
for the
new Martin.

So ... someone tried to rip you off, so you ripped off the insurance
company? Just wondering.

Don't expect me to feel guilty. They boosted my rates after that, so whatever
they paid out on that claim they have since made up in spades. The adjuster
told me they would go after the kids for restitution. I asked them about that
after my premiums were raised and he said that you can't get blood out of a
stone. Then I confronted him with the fact that there was no one from the
insurance company in court. I was was there as a witness and the judge said
that he was surprised that there was no one present from the insurance company
and that since they had be caught red handed in the house that he would
certainly have ordered restitution. He ordered a restitution for my deductible,
which I got.

"Dave Smith" wrote

Nancy Young wrote:

So ... someone tried to rip you off, so you ripped off the insurance
company? Just wondering.

Don't expect me to feel guilty.

Guilty? Eh. Just pointing out the irony. Break window, steal,
bad. Inflate value, get extra money back, good.

I am sorry that happened to you, nonetheless. Would
really **** me off. I've been pretty lucky so far, only loss was
a car radio once.

nancy

In article ,
(Stacia) wrote:

Dan Abel writes:
(Stacia) wrote:

Maybe you said what you did because of the gun argument -- and I'm not
even going to go there because I'm not on RFC to talk about guns -- but
don't be a condescending jerk.

Yeah, that was it exactly. I'm sorry that you thought I was responding
to you, but I wasn't. I don't blame you for being scared.

Ah, okay. I get it. I thought the comment about moving the rock was
directed towards me. Sorry for jumping down your throat.


Yeah, I have something else to stuff down your throat. Please see my
thread about the almond roca. It was really good.


If you want, send me your address and I'll send you a sample. Won't be
soon, though, since it was gone in four days. We want more, though, so
probably in the next few weeks we'll make more.

--
Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA

Nancy Young wrote:



So ... someone tried to rip you off, so you ripped off the insurance
company? Just wondering.

Don't expect me to feel guilty.

Guilty? Eh. Just pointing out the irony. Break window, steal,
bad. Inflate value, get extra money back, good.

I didn't inflate the value. I explained the situation to the owner of the
store. He provided a written estimate.

I am sorry that happened to you, nonetheless. Would
really **** me off. I've been pretty lucky so far, only loss was
a car radio once.

I wish they would start locking people up for that for a long time. It is
a big problem. There aren't many people to do the stealing. It is a small
group who do it a lot.

I was lucky. These guys had been breaking into a lot of houses. The cops
were on to them and caught one. He ratted out his friends. They acted on
the information they got from him and it just happened to be my place where
they caught up with them. It was good police work.

It was the court that let everyone down. The kid who was charged for
dangerous driving (with cops hanging out the window) got 2 years.......
probation. They were all young offenders. The driver was from a welfare
family, 17 years old and owns his own car, which he uses to supplement his
income in the burglary business. Another one of the kids was on "student
welfare". He was out on his own recognizance and got busted at a jewellery
store three days later. It was funny. He went into the store and asked to
see some rings. The clerk got a tray of rings out of the display case and
set them on top. The kid grabbed the tray and took off running for about 20
paces before pulling a Charlie horse and went down like a ton of bricks.
He was still cramped up when the security guards grabbed him. I would have
paid to have seen that.

jj - rfc wrote:

Thank goodness most buglers aren't into home invasion type robberies.


I wouldn't think so -- you could hear most buglers coming a mile
away. ;-)

Except for the two men who did it to my mom 2 weeks before Christmas.
Knocked on the door & asked for an ambiguous person. She told them to
go away, and they ended up kicking down the door while my mom was
talking to 911. They first took her purse money & wouldn't leave. My
mom took a opportune chance & bolted out the door to the neighbors house
across the street (where a large black man resides). They followed, but
ran off when the neighbor opened his door. Then my mom almost passed
out. She hasn't heard anything from the police since.

Home invasions are all too common in Memphis. These days these punks don't
seem to care if you're a home or not. It's scary which is one reason why
every time I move I go further from the city.

I don't blame you, Jill. I'm glad I live out in the boonies...


We live in the boonies too, but there was a rash of burglaries lately,
they caught them. It was something like 4 or 5 Teenagers &
early-20-somethings.

Dan Abel writes:
(Stacia) wrote:

directed towards me. Sorry for jumping down your throat.

Yeah, I have something else to stuff down your throat. Please see my
thread about the almond roca. It was really good.

Sounds good. You're brave for making candy. I've never made candy
myself, not even fudge.

Stacia