Robbed!!!!

“Went home for lunch, sat down in front of the tv and the cable wouldn't come on...just static. So i fiddle with the cable box..and notice the cable wire is unattached. This is because my dvd/x-box is no longer under my TV. My dvd's and games are also gone. In a panic...I run upstairs....yup. My new 2,000$ computer is gone. Monitor, tower, keyboard, mouse, and 1 set of speakers. They disconnected my cable modem and left it on the desk (how nice of them)They left the 2nd set of computer speakers and sub-woofer. They stole a half pack of cigs, but left the 50$ silver letter opener that was on top of it. They left all the computer games and music cds and 2 prepaid phone cards that were in plain site(600-100 minutes).

I left for work at 7:15..my landlord started cutting the grass from 9am-12(when i showed up). They forced the back door open, and must have been inside when my landlord was cutting the back area grass and left through the front door(found unlocked).

the kicker....since i'm just starting out...i didn't have renters insurance yet. So i'm burned. Most of my neighbors are still at work, so the police expect more calls later this afternoon...mine was the 4th one reported in the area this morning.

thank god they left all my hiking gear, and brand new scuba gear.

I miss my computer though...and if nude photos show up on the net of me....that's not me!..*half-hearted laugh*

what makes me sick..i just called and took out a renters policy...it's only 300 a year. Talk about locking the barn door after the horse is gone.”

“Opie, sorry to hear! That really sucks. Not only is your stuff gone, but its creepy to think strangers were in your house going through your stuff. Sounds like they new exactly what they were after, though.”

“I would rather break bread with an axe murderer than have to speak with a thief.”

“so sorry to hear about this!
i just went throgh this and it really sucks!!
i got my stuff stolen and then the next day i got the credit card bill ouch!!”

“Professionals always do know what to go for and where it is stashed. Renters insurance is the best idea. I get mine at a discount through the same agent who handles my auto insurance.”

“That sucks dude. I know what you're going through.”

“be glad you didnt walk in on them..”

“Tough luck Opie.”

“Huge Bummer Opie! So sorry to hear it.”

“Any ideas on possible suspects?

We found out a guy was involved in my grandparents robbery because they'd noticed him (strange face in the neighborhood) lingering around there house...”

“The sad part of it is, it's probably just one or two druggies getting money for their habit. We had a case around here where they caught the guy and sent him off to play volleyball for a couple of years and the burglary rate dropped to nearly nothing. When he got out of the slammer, it zoomed back up. He finally OD'd and the rate dropped back down. A one-man crime spree.”

“I've had my power tools stolen twice. The anger you feel is powerful, and there is no one to direct it towards, usually.
When my daughter's apartment was burglarized last summer, they caught the thief, but he was a drugged out waste-oid who hawked her possessions for 1/100th of their value. What did he care? He only wanted to score that night. We did recover most of what was stolen, (the advantage of living in a small town), but it still cost us a lot of money.
Sorry to hear this, Opie.”

“That really sucks Opie. Sorry to hear about that.”

“Don't use your toothbrush before you check your video camera!

thievery is low! I fully support tying up thieves and allowing their victims to kick them in the jewels to their hearts content!”

“well the police figure since these guys hit at least 4 places in such a small amount of time and area that they may get a wiff of something when someone tries to unload 15 dvd players. Also they have recovered a few useable fingerprints and will follow up on that. But besides that everyone is at work..the place is like a ghost town during the day..single person dwellings, so everyone is off working, and the night shifters are asleep. I just happened to go home for lunch...which i totally didn't eat cause i felt like puking...another 5 bucks they robbed me of!!!”

“oh no!! i'm sorry, that is some major suckage.”

“I know of a guy (BIG GUY) who was at his usual barber. He had his vehicle parked outside with his many work tools in it. After receiving a haircut he made his way to his vehicle to find two individuals unloading his tools into their vehicle. They both
had their hands occupied with his tools...so he walked up to them and landed one punch right in the one guys face which knocked him to the ground. He then ordered them to put all the tools back or receive an asswhoop'n. They did and he told them to get lost.
Don't think they will try that again.”

“heh...my big nice set of craftmen tools were laying open next to the couch...they didn't touch them.”

“Thankyou for that one, Adventurist. Don't you wish you could catch them in the act?”

“As I told Wildflower when she got ripped off, when my car was broken into I visualized baiting it and waiting up in the woods with my Enfield, waiting for the jerk to show up and get out his ballbat to break the window and letting fly with a .303 round right next to his ear.

That mere image eventually assuaged me desire to get back at him. But the feeling of being victimized is powerful, especially with the feeling of being defenseless and helpless.

It will pass in time and you will be stronger and wiser. In the meantime, keep visualizing how the jerks would react when that bullet wings past their ear.”

“Glad they found some prints!! Most criminals are stupid--Thank God!! Hope things get better!”

“i dont have a big dog to lend you but ive got a couple of rodents your can have to help track them down...


good part is if they do find them you can watch while they eat them!

yummy robbers.....”

“geobeet...my visualizations are of a high velocity .347 round impacting them right below their ear. I'm going to go get a concealed pistol permit for the state of alabama. And not keep it in the house...it will be on me or under my car seat. My dad has just offered me a nice Browning 9mm with a 12 round clip. Sad..real sad”

“Ugh! Please accept my condolences.

The material stuff is always temporary, but the loss of trust in community seems permanent.

Here’s hoping they find the b@stards.”

“Our house got robbed while we were all at work (I lived with my parents after college). My dad came home for lunch, to a house that had been completely ransacked. They came in the window of my bedroom, and dumped out every drawer in every dresser and desk in the house. I didn't wear any jewlery to work that day since I was going to be out in the field (sampling contaminated groundwater wells - dirty work so new jewlery to get messed up) and they dumped out my jewlery box. And my mom's. It wasn't as much that we lost all that stuff, but that they went through all our drawers. Very creepy. I didn't sleep in my bedroom for several days after that.”

“That is good news about fingerprints, Opie. Hope they nab the F-er's.

I feel lucky, I have an apartment in a two family home, and the guy that lives above me is an FBI agent. I know I could still have my place broken into if somebody really wanted to, but I feel pretty safe having that dude live above me!”

“If you find out who did it, lemme know, I'll come over there and help you kick the crap out of them.

Sorry about your loss bro.”

“My first job I worked with an Airborne Ranger who had been among the first group into Greneda. NOW WAIT . . .stop laughing. His squad took a lot of heat and he ended up getting fragged by a grenade rolled out of a doorway.

Anyhoo . . . he was a slender guy but strong . . .a badass of sorts.

Anyhoo . . .he and another ex-ranger bud came out of a movie with their dates into an underground parking garage and found 4 guys messing with his shiny yellow IROC.

Anyhoo . . .he and his bud told them to step away from the car . . .the four guys laughed at them . . .

They put all four in the hospital. Just what you all fantazie about. Broken bones . . arms, ribs, legs. They absolutely trashed them.

Both my co-worker and his friend were arrested. Both had civil suits lodged against them.

Happy to say that charges were dropped and the suit was found to be without merit and thrown out.”

“Someone tried to break into our house through the screen in the window where our computer is but our dog scared them away.
I remember our old computer that we bought in '97 I think was a compaq and if anyone ever stole it we would report is somewhere and then there is an id or something so if they use the internet it locates the coputer. If they had that in '97 maybe it has that now. Sad to here that you got robbed.”

“Bummer Opie: I hope the bastuhds get caught before they move your stuff.”

“Now there's an idea...setting up a crappy bait computer loaded with nothing but viral trouble. Hmm.”

“i'm almost sure there is no way to track my computer if it gets reconnected to the net. Unless they are dumb enough to use my instant messengers. ARGHHH i just thought of the characters i'm gonna lose in diablo II, and the Gigs of movies and porn...arghhhhhhhhhh!!!”

“Sorry to hear about that Opie. I hope they catch the guys before they unload it.”

“I'm most sorry to hear about your porn loss Opie! (I'm was just trying to kid you and make you laugh a little. Sorry. It is all around a huge bummer.)”

“crazy mike made a mention about some new montanapalooza porn that would soon be released *winks@newgirl*....so i guess i'll survive...as long as he's not in it!”

“He would just be a big blur anyway...”

“dude, i couldn't even imagine it. i do have renters insurance but mine is only like 90 bucks a year. and most of that is cause i have a dog. you must have a lot more stuff than me which i thought was impossible. my storage space at my apartment is completely full along with half of my neighbors and every closet in the house.
at least they didn't take that nasty worthless stinky backpacking equipment, though, huh?

just a thought, you could have got the ins. today and reported everything in a few days? too late now i guess.

i feel totally bad for you and your wife, dude. so sorry”

“ya..i thought about that..but i wanted it reported to the cops ASAP. and it's kinda unethical (whodathunkit, that i had morals) to report a claim like that.
good thing i don't have a wife...it'd suck to replace all her stuff too”

“yeah, nothing like a little bit of insurance fraud on your record to really f*ck your life up.


speaking of which...

"the kicker....since i'm just starting out...i didn't have renters insurance yet."


weren't you the one who came on this board talking about making 50 grand a year, right out of college, in a management job? i would take that to mean that you have a little dough, and a bit more responsibility. it takes about 10 minutes to pick up some contents coverage. it's a bit hard to feel to sorry for ya, in that aspect.”

“Sorry Opie, renters insurance is a investment.

A full year coverage for only... like... 3 ounces of pot. What a bargain.”

“oops”

“It is such a lucky thing that you didn't walk in on them. You can replace things but you can't replace blah, blah blah, you know the rest. It really sucks about the insurance and geting burned on the replacement, but it really could have turned out much worse. I'm sure Miss Opie is quite glad it didn't.”

“Whoa. Hold on everybody. How is OPIE replying to this thread if his computer was filched? UNLESS...UNLESS the robber is writing this story! Acckkkkkkkk. Call the coppers!”

“*tons of hugz for my baby*

I absolutely hate theives! I may not be very big, but as mad and upset as I am for my baby.. I think I could do some major @$$ kicking if they ever find those creeps. I just keep hoping since they had so many break-ins it shouldn't be hard to find these guys.”

“Pantscandy.. he was replying from work. However if you see any more post from him tonight... CALL THE COPS!”

“Skullcap, you don't know how thankful I am that he is ok. If anything ever happened to him I dont know what I would do. But it still kills me to know that some stupid jerk had to come and steal all of his most valuable possessions. I also hate that I'm still in Tuscaloosa, 2 hours away from him, and can't actually be there with him right now. I'm moving in a week, I can't wait to be closer to my sweetie.”

“Oh I'm sure I know exactly how I would feel if something like that had happened to G00SE. I can vouch for that closer being better thing. Long distance relationships suck!”

“Gosh Opie..I sympathize...but I now realize I dont' have renters insurance...but I do have a big dog...a VERY big dog.”

“Sorry that happened to ya, Opie. Ba$turd thieves broke my truck windows to get in and help themselves to everything personal and work related while I was working. Even though insurance covered some of the loss (yeah, Rad, your company), there was info & stuff that's irreplaceable. Plus I didn't even want to get into the truck and drive it after that. If I'd found the violators there, they'd be dead. Yeah, I'm still mad.”

“Damn, OPIE, tres bummer! I'm really sorry to hear about that. I hope the bastards get ebola or something. BTW, I'm really sorry about that (ahem) 'other' thing too. I was way out of line.”