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12-13-2018, 07:30 AM | #21 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
Bummer
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12-13-2018, 03:00 PM | #22 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
In certain areas, the prevailing social spectrum defends the criminals, not the victims.
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12-13-2018, 03:24 PM | #23 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
Electric Fence!
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12-13-2018, 03:37 PM | #24 |
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I've bought a couple cars from a real good guy about 60 miles from me. Has 80 or 100 rough cars out in the woods behind his house, and he's been trying to sell them all. People come and look, especially after he did a couple craigslist ads.
Then, varmints sneak back in and steal small stuff. Tail lights, etc. Or he'll see that somebody has snagged all the medallions off something like a 58 Impala. Constantly. He thought about booby traps, but that's just get HIM in trouble. I hate thieves. |
12-13-2018, 03:55 PM | #25 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
Holy shit, Murre, that's terrible! That many radiators must be worth a pile, seeing what the price of copper and brass is. What's chances that insurance will cover any of it?
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12-13-2018, 03:57 PM | #26 | |
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12-14-2018, 08:19 AM | #27 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
Very sorry to hear this happened to you Sir!
I know it can happen anywhere, but I moved way out into the country about 15 years ago & keep all my stuff in the shop most of the time. As a Transporter, I am gone quite a bit, so I always make things look the same whether I am here or not ( all vehicles inside, etc) I also like guns & can shoot out here anytime I want (that might be a deterent as well) I have dogs & my parents built a place next door several years back, so they come over to take care of the dogs & cat. The other good thing is it would be very hard to "sneak up" on my place because of the wooded, steep hill & almost a mile through the woods back to the next road to park. Everyone has to be vigilant, but I refuse to let the concern take over my life. God Bless & Merry Christmas Bill https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...closed.614419/
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12-14-2018, 02:37 PM | #28 |
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This REALLY sucks. I have had a few similar experiences and the feeling of being violated is almost overwhelming.
One suggestion is dogs. During the past many years I have had some noisy dogs and have not had any problem when I had several dogs overseeing the area. I have only one dog at present so your terrible story might motivate me to get back to full strength. |
12-14-2018, 03:51 PM | #29 | |
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12-14-2018, 05:32 PM | #30 |
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Needs to put out more bear bait..............
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12-14-2018, 06:05 PM | #31 |
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We actually have a couple of wolves around here...sadly they prefer the neighbours sheep over the foreign junkfood thieves...
I bought some more cameras that are wireless and logs 30 days in the cloud...hopefully they are as good as the seller says... |
12-14-2018, 11:24 PM | #32 |
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Re: Some days i just want to dig a moat
Maybe you need to get some goats or sheep too.
Best of luck! F*ck thieves. |
12-15-2018, 10:21 AM | #33 |
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Around here we had a serious flood 10 years back. People were evacuated and not allowed to take belongings. When they were they came back to houses destroyed by thieves knocking down walls to rip the plumbing and wiring out. How can people go so low to kick someone who has lost everything, makes me sick. I wish I was a Judge.
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01-17-2019, 02:39 PM | #34 |
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Digging this thread up as I have an update..
My top appeared on facebook for sale. I went and looked at it today and got it back. I don't believe the guy that had it had stolen it, he says it was in the back of a van he bought to break or export. I had a couple of mates with me in case the situation turned bad. Long story short, I got my top back and gave him a small sum of money for looking after it for me. I was just pleased to find it again. He was hoping for big bucks for it. Mart. |
01-17-2019, 03:23 PM | #35 |
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Good for you, Mart!....
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01-17-2019, 03:55 PM | #36 |
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Mart, I just shuffled back to see what top you had lost... I wonder if those tops were exclusive to theUK? I've never seen a '57 without portholes Stateside.
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01-17-2019, 04:34 PM | #37 | |
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01-17-2019, 04:37 PM | #38 |
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Lucky you Mart! Excellent. And you were gentlemanly enough to pay him for storage?!!
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01-17-2019, 04:42 PM | #39 |
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Sadly
It's not just auto parts.....We had an employee steel what ended up being 3 tons of Stainless Steel, Silicone Bronze. brass and monel fasteners and scrapping it all for what amounted to less than ten percent of the inventory value. The local prosecutor asked me "does any of it have serial numbers, or how can I prove its ours??? Long and the short, since he stole it over several months and by the time we found out what was happening.......there was "only" about $300 worth of our stock that he got caught with which was a misdemeanor and he walked scott free!!!! |
01-17-2019, 05:19 PM | #40 |
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There once was a brickyard employee who was stopped at the gate every day to inspect his wheelbarrow load of broken bricks, and was always approved to pass. He made a substantial income selling wheelbarrows on the side.
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