Wow, That stuff would be gone in 5 minutes flat around here. Of course on the street around here means free for the taking. I live in a safe area but as they say “Trust in God but lock your car” for a reason.
I would not steal because when I got caught as a kid it was awful. I was hanging around with a girl my parents didn’t like and she was putting things in my handbag from behind me. I had a big floppy bag. The store detective caught us and we were brought to a room where they called our parents. My Dad showed up and I just lost it. I felt so bad for him. I cried the whole way home because I let my Dad down and that was worse then my own feelings of shame.
I have never had the urge to steal since. I also don’t like the feeling of being stolen from. People always steal something that means a lot to me. The swiss watch my Dad gave me, A rabbit fur jacket from my Dad, My tenner, a one of a kind, My first bike, My violin.
I guess they must have needed it more then I did.
Desert Nomad, Your lucky to live in such a safe place!
That is kind of cool, actually. I am not so paranoid that I need a snatch-proof purse but I will work on crafting some sort of thingy like it has listed to make my zipper more difficult to open. It can’t be too hard and I think I already have a piece at home that will work.
That’s just it - the little assholes around here don’t need it at all - they just steal, vandalize, and break things because they have nothing better to do.
The area is basically a large (75 feet wide or so) sidewalk along the waterfront (like big canal). It is about a mile long on a main road. It is a public space and accessible 24 hours a day. There may be a few police around, but it is unguarded and thousands of boxes of goods are left there at all hours.
Most people here don’t give any thought to theft, pickpocketing or similar issues. Locals have to be told that when they go abroad they actually need to lock their doors.
I had the same thing happen only with an MP3 player. Only it was taken from the glove box which means someone was looking for unlocked cars and rifling through them. I’ve since replaced it and if I do leave it in the car, I put it in the glove box, lock that, and then make sure the car itself is locked as well. Or I just bring it in with me.
My solace comes form the fact that it was not an iPod but a Sansa e280. So at least it probably wasn’t worth much to whatever pawn shop it wound up at. Also, it has proprietary equipment for charging it or attaching it to your computer – except the jack looks just like an iPod jack. Trying to plug it into an iPod charger is a great way to fry it though. So I hope whoever wound up with it managed to fuck it up.
Story on Detroit TV. The thieves apparently have tired of robbing the same homes. They have skipped the ones with dogs ,because they want your stuff not a confrontation. So, they are throwing hot dogs soaked in antifreeze to kill dogs. Then they come in after it is dead. Even little dogs will help keep a house safe.
We did this with our last tags, after they were stolen the first time. I think the thief just got pissed off that they weren’t coming off whole, so they scraped them off out of spite.
Our new tags came pre-scored, which was nice - then we covered them in super-glue. A year later, we still have them.
I figure that the external mesh would make it plain that getting the bag off my chair is going to be a challenge. One would have to turf a 300 lb person sitting in a 35 lb chair to get it. Not something that one could zip past and grab.
Anything small and fingerable would be in the small pacsafe city purse that I have had for a while =) and slung over my shoulder and sitting in my lap.
Many years ago my husband bought a used sports car as a fix-it-up. He spent eons replacing stuff. Finally, the big day and he turns the key, and, YEAH! It starts! Hooray! One minute later it stops. Lather, rinse, repeat ad infinitum. Much cursing ensues. He finally tracked down one little extra wire, barely noticable in the tight confines of the engine compartment, that was not on the wiring diagrams. It lead to a toggle switch in the back of the glove compartment. If this toggle was not “on,” some vital thing, I want to say it was the fuel pump but am not sure, would not work. So any thief would get about 20 feet or so and be stuck! We kept the feature, but AFAIK nobody ever actually attempted to steal it.
All the big stuff in my shed is cabled together - mowers, tiller, etc…
It could be stolen, but it will take more time and effort than your typical burglar wants to spend. Make any noise doing it, and two of thesewill end you.
I have Gunvaults in my vehicles so no smash and grab punks will ever get my handguns.
Closet shotgun? Not going anywhere, but readily available…
Our house is alarmed, camera-ed and monitored.
I’m always in Condition Yellow/Orange, so I think I’ve done all I can.
