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Apr 5, 2011 11:27 AM
Con_Alma;733276 wrote:If you were my neighbor I'd lock the door!!! ;)
But how would you know? Maybe I AM your neighbor!
Apr 5, 2011 11:27am
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Con_Alma

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Apr 5, 2011 11:29 AM
O-Trap;733279 wrote:But how would you know? Maybe I AM your neighbor!
Lol. You're just a tad too young to be.
Apr 5, 2011 11:29am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:29 AM
Con_Alma;733266 wrote:...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.

Because perhaps alternatives can work better? I'm not saying that my suggestion would, but it is a possibility. I hope you never have to worry about your home getting broke into, I really do. I just think it is naive to believe one is immune from a home invasion just because of where they live. I have seen people in small communities have a string of break-ins because they too didn't lock their doors believing they lived in a small, safe community. Turns out there was a "team" of guys driving 20 miles from the city and breaking into houses. Pretty easy to "break in" when all you have to do is walk in.

Again, I am not trying to be combatitive, I really hope you never have any problems.
Apr 5, 2011 11:29am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:30 AM
Gblock;733278 wrote: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.

Why would you have and leave all those items in an unlocked car?
Apr 5, 2011 11:30am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:32 AM
thavoice;733245 wrote: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?

I'm with you on this.. My wife will lock the doors to the house when I'm outside working in the yard. I tell her I'm working in the yard please don't lock the doors , I'm working with power tools and if I cut off my hand I will not be able to ring the door bell or call you on the cell phone because my fingers will be on the ground. She hate me..
One day I was cleaning out the gutters and I hear her lock the door to the back room. So just when she started to walk away I screamed I'm falling and throw my jacket off the side of the roof. She screamed and scrambled to open the door she had just lock .. Oh was she pissed..
She was so pissed she pushed the latter over and told me to jump. That did help for a short time but she went back to old habits.
Apr 5, 2011 11:32am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:33 AM
dwccrew;733283 wrote:Because perhaps alternatives can work better?....
Better than what? ...better than the steps we have been, or have not been, taking that have provided the most ideal living scenario for multiple decades? If I ever need a "better alternative" I'm certain locking the door would be my first go to.

I didn't receive your posts as combative at all. No worries.
Apr 5, 2011 11:33am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:34 AM
dwccrew;733285 wrote:Why would you have and leave all those items in an unlocked car?

i had renewed my Drivers license in December and forgot to take them in the house...i live in a pretty nice neighborhood and although i usually lock my doors, i was dog sitting for my gf and while unloading the dog and his things i must have forgot to lock the door
Apr 5, 2011 11:34am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:35 AM
Belly35;733287 wrote:... Oh was she pissed..
She was so pissed she pushed the latter over and took me to jump. ....
Yikes!!!!!!
Apr 5, 2011 11:35am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:35 AM
Yes, everywhere I go, I lock up.
Apr 5, 2011 11:35am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:36 AM
my parents live near new concord oh and i dont even think they have keys for the house to lock it if they wanted!
Apr 5, 2011 11:36am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:37 AM
Con_Alma;733295 wrote:Yikes!!!!!!

... Oh was she pissed..
She was so pissed she pushed the latter over and told me to jump. ....
Apr 5, 2011 11:37am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:38 AM
After reading many of these posts I don't know whether I am cautious or paranoid. I keep things like SS card, birth certificate, etc in a safety deposit box at the bank and lock my doors almost everywhere. Don't live in a bad community, occasional break-ins do happen as we are only 20 mins from the city.
Apr 5, 2011 11:38am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:46 AM
Con_Alma;733282 wrote:Lol. You're just a tad too young to be.
Hey, I've got parents and grandparents. I've got friends of all ages.

Just need to find the low-hanging fruit you call home. :D
dwccrew;733303 wrote:After reading many of these posts I don't know whether I am cautious or paranoid. I keep things like SS card, birth certificate, etc in a safety deposit box at the bank and lock my doors almost everywhere. Don't live in a bad community, occasional break-ins do happen as we are only 20 mins from the city.
Cautious, though I could never put my SS card in a safe. I need it too often as an unincorporated business. I do keep it in a combo-locked firesafe in a hidden ceiling panel in the back of an unused closet, though.
Apr 5, 2011 11:46am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:48 AM
Mine are mostly unlocked, even house sometimes. Of course Jazz (my 100lb GSD) loves strangers so I think I have little to worry about. If they get through her then they have bigger balls then I would if i saw her as a stranger.
Apr 5, 2011 11:48am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:49 AM
O-Trap;733310 wrote:Hey, I've got parents and grandparents. I've got friends of all ages.

Just need to find the low-hanging fruit you call home. :D

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What the heck. You live with your parents and grandparents. Geeze. Why didn't ya say so!!! Come on over tonight. I'll pour ya a scotch. If you get there before I get home from work just make yourself at home. The door's unlocked. ;)
Apr 5, 2011 11:49am
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Apr 5, 2011 11:57 AM
Con_Alma;733314 wrote:What the heck. You live with your parents and grandparents. Geeze. Why didn't ya say so!!! Come on over tonight. I'll pour ya a scotch. If you get there before I get home from work just make yourself at home. The door's unlocked. ;)
Nah, I wouldn't live with 'em. It'd make me too easy to catch! I visit from time to time, though. ;)

And I'll take you up on the Scotch! What's your address? :D
Apr 5, 2011 11:57am
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Apr 5, 2011 12:00 PM
Just drive the shore of Lake Erie. You'll know it when you get there. The front door will be swinging in the breeze!

I'd enjoy the visit with you. Our conversation topics would be endless.
Apr 5, 2011 12:00pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:09 PM
it would be if i didnt have to put freaking 20k to fix the damn thing up.
Apr 5, 2011 12:09pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:14 PM
tsst_fballfan;733312 wrote:Mine are mostly unlocked, even house sometimes. Of course Jazz (my 100lb GSD) loves strangers so I think I have little to worry about. If they get through her then they have bigger balls then I would if i saw her as a stranger.

Hell, I've got a 110-lb. Great Dane Bull, but I still lock the doors. The dog's big, loud, and scary, but he's not bulletproof. The deadbolt is.
Apr 5, 2011 12:14pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:16 PM
O-Trap;733338 wrote:Hell, I've got a 110-lb. Great Dane Bull, but I still lock the doors. The dog's big, loud, and scary, but he's not bulletproof. The deadbolt is.
I bet my 10 ga will take out any home deadbolt! :D
Apr 5, 2011 12:16pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:24 PM
tsst_fballfan;733341 wrote:I bet my 10 ga will take out any home deadbolt! :D

10??? I know my 12 ga. won't take mine out. At least not with the buckshot in it. That thing must hurt. I've shot an 8 ga. and a 12 ga., but the 8 ga. was supposed to be on a bipod (didn't know until after the first shot ... obliterated my shoulder).

Anyway, the beauty is, even if the intruder finds that my door and dog are not bullet-proof, I'll have time to find out if the INTRUDER is bullet-proof. :D
Apr 5, 2011 12:24pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:26 PM
I always lock up. If I know my wife is coming home, I try to leave the door unlocked for her.

I trust people when I am around them. But I have a hard time trusting people to leave things be when I am away from them for hours upon hours.

I don't really lock my car when I am at my parents' house. They live in the middle of nowhere. No one goes out there. It's pretty safe. There's a couple of dogs that would make sure we knew if there were someone outside. Then there's a whole arsenal of guns that could come out of the house if someone were doing something they shouldn't be.
Apr 5, 2011 12:26pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:31 PM
Honestly, the only time in the last 6 months that my car doors were left unlocked overnight (on accident by my wife), the center consol was looted for about $7.00 worth of change. Luckily, my GPS had been taken in the house two days earlier (I typically leave it in the glovebox). They also rummaged through the glovebox. If they had hit my trunk release, they would have also made off with a tool box.

I don't live in the worst of neighborhoods, but I always lock my car.
Apr 5, 2011 12:31pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:41 PM
O-Trap;733352 wrote:10??? I know my 12 ga. won't take mine out. At least not with the buckshot in it. That thing must hurt. I've shot an 8 ga. and a 12 ga., but the 8 ga. was supposed to be on a bipod (didn't know until after the first shot ... obliterated my shoulder). ...
Really I would think my 12ga would also. It's a 3 1/2 super magnum though.
O-Trap;733352 wrote:Anyway, the beauty is, even if the intruder finds that my door and dog are not bullet-proof, I'll have time to find out if the INTRUDER is bullet-proof. :D
I am with you there. I am sure some would consider me an over enthusiastic gun owner. :D
Apr 5, 2011 12:41pm
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Apr 5, 2011 12:44 PM
tsst_fballfan;733375 wrote:Really I would think my 12ga would also. It's a 3 1/2 super magnum though.


I am with you there. I am sure some would consider me an over enthusiastic gun owner. :D
Technically, I'm a gun owner only because I feel I should be in order to protect my household (yes, even the dogs). Otherwise, I wouldn't own one.

Still, I make sure I know how to use it.
Apr 5, 2011 12:44pm