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Belly35

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Apr 5, 2011 10:54 AM
Belly is on a door fetish this week.

Again the women of the Belly family do this.

They lock the doors to the car, van and truck in our driveway and in the garage.

It does not matter what time of the day, the temperature outside or the season, up with the windows and lock the doors. If I want to get something out of the vehicles I have to go inside and get the keys ..

Our driveway is 170 feet long from the road and is a circler drive also. The house is off the main road and only 6 homes are on our street, little to no traffic, a very safe neighborhood. Hell! We don’t even get Trick r Treater and the Jehovah Witness People never show up, what the chance of a car thief, mofo get tired walking to the car.

I understand if you park on the street or in apartment lots that reasonable. For you home owner or house renter this question is for you.

Do you lock your vehicle doors during the day in your driveway or garage?
Apr 5, 2011 10:54am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 10:57 AM
Belly35;733218 wrote:...

Do you lock your vehicle doors during the day in your driveway or garage?
Nope. I don't know how would would get the keys if we did. We store them in the ignition. That's where they belong at home.

Last summer when we went on vacation we left the door to our home unlocked also. That enabled the neighbor to be able to put our mail inside each day.

If I had to lock my car at my own home or lock the doors to my house I would tear down the structure and build another where I wouldn't have to.
Apr 5, 2011 10:57am
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Bigred1995

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Apr 5, 2011 11:08 AM
For the longest time I did not, until some conveniently opened the door took my GPS and all of my change in the ashtray! No I lock the door whenever I get out of it!
Apr 5, 2011 11:08am
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Raw Dawgin' it

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Apr 5, 2011 11:09 AM
Con_Alma;733219 wrote:Nope. I don't know how would would get the keys if we did. We store them in the ignition. That's where they belong at home.

Last summer when we went on vacation we left the door to our home unlocked also. That enabled the neighbor to be able to put our mail inside each day.

If I had to lock my car at my own home or lock the doors to my house I would tear down the structure and build another where I wouldn't have to.
I hope this post is sarcastic.
Apr 5, 2011 11:09am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:10 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;733234 wrote:I hope this post is sarcastic.
Nope. Can't be more genuine.
Apr 5, 2011 11:10am
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O-Trap

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Apr 5, 2011 11:10 AM
I've had my vehicle broken into twice. After speaking with an insurance agent about it, they said that it can be much more difficult to file a claim if your doors are unlocked. Since then, I lock them everywhere.

Plus, I don't live in the most wholesome of neighborhoods anyway, so it makes sense.
Apr 5, 2011 11:10am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:10 AM
I do lock my car. I think it's a habit that I started when I lived on campus.
Apr 5, 2011 11:10am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:10 AM
You two are very trusting. I understand there is safer parts of the world, but thieves don't discriminate, they target. However, I don't lock my car in the garage.

Con Alma- i think that is crazy that you left your house unlocked when you went on vacation. Couldn't you have just gave your neighbor a spare key so they could have access to your house?
Apr 5, 2011 11:10am
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O-Trap

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Apr 5, 2011 11:11 AM
Con_Alma;733219 wrote:Nope. I don't know how would would get the keys if we did. We store them in the ignition. That's where they belong at home.

Last summer when we went on vacation we left the door to our home unlocked also. That enabled the neighbor to be able to put our mail inside each day.

If I had to lock my car at my own home or lock the doors to my house I would tear down the structure and build another where I wouldn't have to.
If I ever turn to a life of crime, I know whose house I'm going to visit. :D
Apr 5, 2011 11:11am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:13 AM
dwccrew;733239 wrote:You two are very trusting. I understand there is safer parts of the world, but thieves don't discriminate, they target. However, I don't lock my car in the garage.
Actually, criminals DO discriminate. Most of the thieves in the neighborhood around me will leave the neighborhood for Hudson or some of the other nice neighborhoods to steal. It makes sense, really. If you want to steal things of value, you go to where there are a lot of things of value.
Apr 5, 2011 11:13am
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thavoice

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Apr 5, 2011 11:13 AM
Unlocked at home. Locked when go to work. Unlocked if I stop at grocery or restaurant in our town.

Dont know what womens fetish about locking doors though. Females do that in my house too. It gets SO AGGRAVATING!.

Even the house doors...do thye really need locked when we are home? Case in point.......house has a storm door, regular door, then like a 5-6 foot enclosed porch thing and another door.

Some reason the women think ALL THREE need locked to my dismay. And our town is small...very low crime.

I dont understand it...especially the third door. they said for extra protection and I am like....if they wanna break in the front two doors.....that must be done from OUTSIDE THE HOUSE...ya reeally think that the bad guy would break in those fron tdoors.....and see the one inside the house and just give up when no one will see ya kicking that one in?
Apr 5, 2011 11:13am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:13 AM
Con_Alma;733236 wrote:Nope. Can't be more genuine.

Let me know next time you buy a new tv and when you're going on vacation...I'll drop off your mail.
Apr 5, 2011 11:13am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:15 AM
dwccrew;733239 wrote:... Couldn't you have just gave your neighbor a spare key so they could have access to your house?
What for? It was unlocked.
Apr 5, 2011 11:15am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:15 AM
O-Trap;733244 wrote:Actually, criminals DO discriminate. Most of the thieves in the neighborhood around me will leave the neighborhood for Hudson or some of the other nice neighborhoods to steal. It makes sense, really. If you want to steal things of value, you go to where there are a lot of things of value.

I suppose it is targeting discriminately.
Apr 5, 2011 11:15am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:16 AM
I live within the city limits of Cincinnati and only have street parking in front of our house. Yes, we lock our doors.
Apr 5, 2011 11:16am
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Raw Dawgin' it

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Apr 5, 2011 11:16 AM
This is definitely a mid west trusting mentality.
Apr 5, 2011 11:16am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:17 AM
Con_Alma;733252 wrote:What for? It was unlocked.

i think my question was pretty obvious. It was an alternative to leaving it unlocked, as if that was the only way for your neighbor to have access. To each their own, I hope you never have to lock your doors for the fear that someone will break in. I'm glad you live in such an area that no criminal activity ever takes place.
Apr 5, 2011 11:17am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:17 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;733247 wrote:Let me know next time you buy a new tv and when you're going on vacation...I'll drop off your mail.
Leaving Good Friday. Say hello to my neighbors for me. They'll be waiting for you ;)

As far as TVs are concerned I bet you wouldn't like ours very much. They are standard definition.
Apr 5, 2011 11:17am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:18 AM
We never lock our doors and havent since the day I was born. the keys are always left in the car and always done it. We do lock our garage cause its a few hundred feet away from our house it got broke into a few years ago. Not sure why we dont lock the doors on the house but we never do. Although there is always a dog here but he would prolly lick a burglar to death lol. All the valuables are kept in the hidden room that you would have to own the house to know about it. Its been in the family now for three generations so its pretty cool that we have a whole room that is secret to us only.
Apr 5, 2011 11:18am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:18 AM
dwccrew;733260 wrote:i think my question was pretty obvious. It was an alternative to leaving it unlocked, ....
...kind of thought my response was pretty obvious as in why would I want an alternative when the manner I have chosen works for us.
Apr 5, 2011 11:18am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:19 AM
mcburg93;733264 wrote:... Its been in the family now for three generations...
That's fantastic!
Apr 5, 2011 11:19am
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O-Trap

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Apr 5, 2011 11:22 AM
thavoice;733245 wrote:Unlocked if I stop at grocery or restaurant in our town.
If you're not in the city, this is probably okay, but it takes VERY little time to steal a car once you're inside the vehicle. I think I heard the average time was something like 12 seconds, but don't quote me.

In any case, at least if they have to do something suspicious to get INTO the vehicle, that can alert people around. And you should talk to your insurance agent, because I believe there are many providers that will not cover anything lost or stolen from your car (or your car itself) if you leave the doors unlocked.
Raw Dawgin' it;733247 wrote:Let me know next time you buy a new tv and when you're going on vacation...I'll drop off your mail.
Not if I beat you to it.
Con_Alma;733252 wrote:What for? It was unlocked.
If I was your neighbor, I'd be looking to move and not tell you. :D
dwccrew;733253 wrote:I suppose it is targeting discriminately.
Yep, and it's the norm, not the exception.
Apr 5, 2011 11:22am
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O-Trap

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Apr 5, 2011 11:25 AM
Con_Alma;733261 wrote:Leaving Good Friday. Say hello to my neighbors for me. They'll be waiting for you ;)

As far as TVs are concerned I bet you wouldn't like ours very much. They are standard definition.
That's okay. Copper pipe is copper pipe.
mcburg93;733264 wrote:All the valuables are kept in the hidden room that you would have to own the house to know about it. Its been in the family now for three generations so its pretty cool that we have a whole room that is secret to us only.
Coolest house ever.
Apr 5, 2011 11:25am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:25 AM
O-Trap;733271 wrote:...

If I was your neighbor, I'd be looking to move and not tell you. :D


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If you were my neighbor I'd lock the door!!! ;)
Apr 5, 2011 11:25am
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Gblock

Apr 5, 2011 11:25 AM
somebody rifled through my car last week at night out front of my house...i had the doors unlocked...still inside in the morning were my ss card, a blank check, my original birth certificate, and all of my change.....i have since took those items in the house.
Apr 5, 2011 11:25am