Thieves

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justincredible
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Jul 1, 2013 1:15pm
Fuck. Them.

My wife just called me to let me know someone stole the furniture off of our front porch. Two nice chairs with a small table. Her grandma got the set for us as a housewarming gift 5 years ago. Still in perfect condition. And now we'll need to spend hundreds of dollars to replace them just to worry about the fuckstains coming back and taking the new set as well.

/venting
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gorocks99
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Jul 1, 2013 1:17pm
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Sorry, that sucks.
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End of Line
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Jul 1, 2013 1:19pm
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Sorry to hear man.
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hasbeen
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Jul 1, 2013 1:21pm
build a moat around your house.
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Fly4Fun
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Jul 1, 2013 1:21pm
Stealing out door furniture is really lame. Next time, somehow figure to send an electric current through your furniture overnight or when not in use to shock any potential thieves, that'll show em.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:22pm
PIITB
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Jul 1, 2013 1:28pm
...that sucks dude but at least your stuff went to a good home. Now Mike Berlon has some decent living room furniture for when company comes over to visit after he bombs at his next comedy appearance.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:28pm
We had someone steal a dummy made out of a $3 mask, thrift store clothes and leaves off of our front porch around Halloween last year.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:36pm
LJ;1466452 wrote:We had someone steal a dummy made out of a $3 mask, thrift store clothes and leaves off of our front porch around Halloween last year.
I have to imagine that would just be teenagers being typical idiot teenagers.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:37pm
Fly4Fun;1466444 wrote:Stealing out door furniture is really lame. Next time, somehow figure to send an electric current through your furniture overnight or when not in use to shock any potential thieves, that'll show em.
Run a wire thru a light switch to the furniture and turn it on at night.

Figured out.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:40pm
My garage was broke into a few months ago. Fucking bastards took everything and I am still trying to replace it all.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:42pm
My packages would get stolen occasionally on my front steps. So, my mom was kind enough to buy me a fake security camera, with a fake security sign that informed the house was under surveillance. Haven't had a package stolen since.
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justincredible
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Jul 1, 2013 1:44pm
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1466461 wrote:Run a wire thru a light switch to the furniture and turn it on at night.

Figured out.
It's a shame that I'd need to "booby trap" my front porch furniture, but yeah, not a bad idea.
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thavoice
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Jul 1, 2013 1:47pm
justincredible;1466469 wrote:It's a shame that I'd need to "booby trap" my front porch furniture, but yeah, not a bad idea.
uh huh. uh huh. uh huh...you said booby
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ZWICK 4 PREZ
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Jul 1, 2013 1:47pm
justincredible;1466469 wrote:It's a shame that I'd need to "booby trap" my front porch furniture, but yeah, not a bad idea.
Well its not technically that easy.. I was being facetious.

You'd need to put rubber isolaters on the bottom of your furniture then set the furniture on a metal plate and run a ground wire to that plate, otherwise a hot wire going to the furniture is uselesss since you're not completing a circuit.
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justincredible
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Jul 1, 2013 1:50pm
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1466476 wrote:Well its not technically that easy.. I was being facetious.

You'd need to put rubber isolaters on the bottom of your furniture then set the furniture on a metal plate and run a ground wire to that plate, otherwise a hot wire going to the furniture is uselesss since you're not completing a circuit.
I wasn't saying your exact idea was good, just that rigging it somehow to alert us if someone is trying to take it in the middle of the night isn't a bad idea.
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Raw Dawgin' it
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Jul 1, 2013 1:51pm
Is it covered by insurance or is it less than your deductible? I had someone smash my drivers side window and both mirrors before. They didn't steal anything but it was a couple hundred bucks I had to drop just because someone decided to be an asshole.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:53pm
Raw Dawgin' it;1466481 wrote:Is it covered by insurance or is it less than your deductible? I had someone smash my drivers side window and both mirrors before. They didn't steal anything but it was a couple hundred bucks I had to drop just because someone decided to be an asshole.
It would be less than our deductible. I think ours is $750.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:55pm
justincredible;1466480 wrote:I wasn't saying your exact idea was good, just that rigging it somehow to alert us if someone is trying to take it in the middle of the night isn't a bad idea.
What you should actually do is cut your furniture in half, isolate each side, run hot to one side and nuetral to other. That way they have to touch both sides of the chair or table to pick it up. The currents path is then thru their heart and good chance it kills them.. which seems pretty just to me.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:58pm
ZWICK 4 PREZ;1466485 wrote:What you should actually do is cut your furniture in half, isolate each side, run hot to one side and nuetral to other. That way they have to touch both sides of the chair or table to pick it up. The currents path is then thru their heart and good chance it kills them.. which seems pretty just to me.
This specifically is a good idea.
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Jul 1, 2013 1:59pm
Boooo. I hate thieves.
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Jul 1, 2013 2:02pm
Don't live in the ghetto!! Hope this helps! :)
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Jul 1, 2013 2:08pm
vdubb96;1466490 wrote:Don't live in the ghetto!! Hope this helps! :)
I live in a nice area. Unfortunately it's a magnet for theft. People from the ghetto come and steal our shit.
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Jul 1, 2013 2:09pm
like_that;1466466 wrote:My packages would get stolen occasionally on my front steps. So, my mom was kind enough to buy me a fake security camera, with a fake security sign that informed the house was under surveillance. Haven't had a package stolen since.
this is a great idea.
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Jul 1, 2013 2:13pm
justincredible;1466492 wrote:I live in a nice area. Unfortunately it's a magnet for theft. People from the ghetto come and steal our ****.
You must live in a nice area close to the ghetto. Put a sign up that says "NO THEIVERY"!!!! That should work