# You gotta love my neighborhood

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-my-neighborhood/576348>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-my-neighborhood/576348 "2011-03-29T04:24:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-my-neighborhood/576348/21 "2011-03-31T22:47:19Z")

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> [@Hennessy](#):
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> They **had to of** brought tools for this job. I live on a corner house also so wtf…?

I’m sorry. I’ve kept my mouth shut for hundreds of these from various people over the last few months but this one was just so bad I can’t leave it.

Had to HAVE. Not had to OF. OF makes no grammatical sense whatsoever. ::smashie::

That said, I’m glad the theft wasn’t too big a loss for you.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-my-neighborhood/576348/22 "2011-03-31T22:50:38Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> My nephew was looking at houses. He and his wife and the realtor were checking out a vacant house when they realized there were people in the basement ripping out the copper pipes. They left the house quietly and called the police, who responded and arrested the thieves.
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> My nephew and his wife ended up buying the house.

Did they get a discount?

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