Fellows and gals, I am so tired that I can hardly type this, but here goes. Sometime between 12:10 a.m. this morning and 4:50 a.m. two nice guys broke in our home on the end where my "Mancave" is located (converted attached garage), and stole my Nikon Coolpix camera, my wallet and all I.D. and credit cards, all my guns, and then had the audacity to go through the house down the hall right past both my bedroom and my wife's, with the door open in both, into my lit up office, and stole my cellphone and charger, and then came back down the hall, and took my wife's handbag, and brought it back into my "Mancave", dumped everything in it into my recliner and stole her wallet and I.D. and all credit cards and her check book, and naturally all money in both wallets. When she got up at 4:50 to go fix coffee, she saw the back door open and thought maybe I was up and had gone out to my shop to get some tools, wood, etc., which I do pretty regularly, so she opened the door into my mancave, and saw that the venetian blind on the window they came in was up at an angle, and the front door was standing open. She knew something was bad wrong then, so she came back down the hall to get me up, but I was just coming down that way anyway.
Last night was the first night in over 3 weeks that I slept over 3 hours, and there was no way they could be sure my schedule if you could call it that. To think they were brazen enough to come through the house knowing that the craziest possum to ever carry was in there blows my mind. The Browning Abolt silent stalker with the 4 x 16 x 50 Bushnell Elite has been responsible for over 600 coyotes out of my total kill over 17 years, and the other two were never hunted with, the T/C Encore Pro Hunter 204 and the Stoeger Model 2000 12 guage. I hope the police at least get that 243 back as it was recovered once before after a break in.
I wish the Good Lord would just let me catch the sorry bastards . I'll be on trial if I do. :argh: :argh: I burglar proofed all the windows today and the man is coming tomorrow to install a security system, and I am installing a deadbolt into the door leading into the kitchen.
Sorry to hear this Al. Unfortunatley I believe this is just the beginning. Scumbags gotta get their fix money from somewhere & who better to target than the working man.
BTW-- Get a gun safe.
sorry man. hope you find your goods.
Sorry Al. Hope they catch the sorry bastards.
Pat
:rolleye: :rolleye: :rolleye: I sure am sorry to hear that, hope they're caught.
Sorry to here about this Al. I hope they retrieve your stuff. The thought that they came in to your house while you lay a sleep is unnerving. My dogs would have been sounding the alarm had they approached my driveway.
John
Lowest scum on the :argh: :argh: planet !! Al Im sorry to hear this happened to you bud. I hope the thieves will get caught soon and you get everything back. I got broke into years ago while at work, lost my first gun plus alot of others not counting new tv, exwifes jewerly ect.
Jeb
Sorry for your loss, Al. :argh: Sounds like drug addicts. Professional burglars usually don't target occupied houses. At least the sorry bastards didn't harm you or your wife while you lay a sleep. The stuff you lost is really just stuff and can be replaced. I know there is some sentimental value and that can not be replaced. What is important is that you and your lady were not harmed.
I have a good idea who did it because of certain details I won't divulge here or anywhere while the investigation is under way. It took some definite knowledge to come in exactly the way they did and that's all I can say at this point. There was no way they could have known I wouldn't be laying there half asleep with my piece cocked and ready. I agree with the drug connection as a lot of those kinds of breakins have happened in our subdivision for the whole 14 years we have lived here. This was a targeted deal for particular goods.
Our little Shihtzu is nearly 15 and I doubt she ever woke up. She sleeps on her pallet in the living room with one lamp on, as she won't sleep in a dark room, never would. First dog I ever heard of that was afraid of dark. I sure wish I had not been more or less forced into getting rid of my yellow black mouth curs, as they would have raised enough hell to wake the dead .
Sorry to hear about the break in Al :sad:. In both our country's we need a little rearanging of the justice systems so they work. :readthis:
Sorry to hear of this Al ! It's scary when they get that "bold"
to do what they did with you in the house. Glad nobody got
hurt ! Hope ya nail the suckers, and get your stuff back.
Scott
Damn Al, I'm sorry to hear this. Hope they catch the SOB's and swift and harsh justice is handed out.
Ya know, this is friggin' rediculous!!!!!!! :argh: :argh: My first gun was recently stolen as you may recall. Watch out Al, the bandits came back to my house!! Unfortunately the mrs removed the other weapons from the house after the first incident and i was forced to engage them with a fire poker. hopefully (God willing, they will have screwed up enough to get caught) SORRY MAN :rolleye:l
dammit Al, I hope you get the scumbags !!!! :argh:
Like the others here, I hope that those responsible are caught and your firearms returned.
Jerry
:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:
To bad you didn't catch 'em in the house! :innocentwhistle:
However, on the other hand I thank God that you & the Missus weren't bodily harmed. :whew:
Sure will be praying for ya in this. :wink:
Rest easy, fellows, but I am awfully thankful for your good wishes and concerns. There are things I won't even print here at this point, with the investigation ongoing, but let's just say I was broken into about ten years ago, and I put the police on the right perps, and I was spot on correct and they caught the bastard. I got all my guns back except one pistol that time and the cash and jewelry he stole. That was a day time job, done by someone with a record and a m.o. of only breaking into people's houses he was familiar with.
I have it narrowed down to one of two scenarios, and the police know what I think. There were only two people in this world that knew I had sold my Ruger 357 carry piece, and it therefore wouldn't be in the bedroom with me as per usual. One was my grandson, and I will eliminate him quickly as a suspect, but the other sorry bastard either did it or was part of it. I am either blessed or cursed by total recall of how things are arranged in my world, especially in my "Mancave" and this same person was familiar with certain elements. I would venture an educated guess that he did the actual burglary and his accomplice rushed the stuff out the front door into their vehicle and gone. More later, get your popcorn and cold drink of choice.
Catch em & fry the bastards!!
I hate a thief. :argh:
Hope the police catch the scumbag(s) and recover your property.
Quote from: HaMeR on September 30, 2009, 09:34:42 AM
Catch em & fry the bastards!!
Got any instructions on how I can fry 'em with a load of 12 guage magnum duplex shells, made by Remington, part 4 shot and part 6 shot? Can I fry'em in a deep fry cooker after cutting them up with my tablesaw? :roflmao: :roflmao: I'm too old and fragile to actually fight them, but I can still pull a trigger or swing a piece of lead pipe or a ball bat. Hell, when mad as a marsupial can ever be, I might be able to get two of the sorry pieces of dog shit with one blast. :roflmao: :roflmao:
I hope they find the basturds and maybe get some of your stuff back. But the sad part is, they'll probably only get a slap on the wrist. Seems like home invasions just don't get too far with the law anymore.
Just glad you and your wife weren't hurt by them.
Al I am sorry for your loss and like the rest of our little family here I hope you get the bastiges and nail em to a wall for good one thing I hate more than Yotes is a darn theif. One the up side I am glad you and your wife were both left unhurt as to the way things are going in the world now with all the murders and all going on all over. I will be praying for you all and that the cops will find and nail these scumbags .
Charlie
Just pull the trigger til you hear "click" instead of "BOOM"!! :yoyo: :yoyo:
Quote from: possumal on September 30, 2009, 08:16:56 AM
More later, get your popcorn and cold drink of choice.
:corn:
Possumal... just read this and very sorry it happened. Hope they catch the thiefs and can recover your stuff.
As in the earlier case about ten years ago, the sorry bastards better hope the police do catch them. If I catch them and know for a fact it was them, I am not the least bit inhibited by silly laws that protect the criminals. Hell, everybody knows I'm certifiably crazy as hell, don't you? Big Ed knows I am for sure. He didn't get his "Weedwalker" handle slipping under the briaras and broom sage! :laf: :eyebrownod: :nono: I've got the detectives in my corner and the chief of detectives is the same one who solved the earlier case when he was a lieutenant. I have completed making the windows burglar proof other than breaking the glass, have the door going into the kitchen out of my den with a deadbolt, and the man is coming tomorrow to set up the security. Now if I can just figure a way to rig my future guns and eqpt to where they will self destruct and everybody within 20 feet of them about 50 yds from my house, all will be peachy keen and just dandy! I realize that setting booby traps is illegal, but how are they going to tell anybody about it? :rolleye: :rolleye:
Wow , well glad you n the missus are ok......rotten bastards....I hope they get theirs somewhere along the way...Ive been stolen from and it is something that stays with you a long time...I caught a guy rifling through my jeep one night and hauled him out and beat him to a pulp...I went to court as HE pressed assault charges against ME!?...showed up for court..saw the guy he had enough thread in his face to spool a marlin reel :)...the detective told me we lost your paperwork Ill call you when we find it...15 years and no call haha...BUT 5 years ago I had my gym bag stolen with all my keys ID credit cards, etc, never caught em...still pisses me off to this day GRRRRRR...theres alot of stuff online pretty cheap you can put on your doors to alarm them yourself...might be worth looking into.
Quote from: possumal on September 30, 2009, 08:12:36 PM
I realize that setting booby traps is illegal, but how are they going to tell anybody about it? :rolleye: :rolleye:
Yes they definitely are. :innocentwhistle:
Sorry to hear about the violation of your home and privacy, possumal. I hope the thiefs are caught and get what's coming to them!!
All the rest of us should take note and tighten up our own security a little in these tough times!
Jim
Quote from: Semp on October 01, 2009, 05:52:14 AM
Quote from: possumal on September 30, 2009, 08:12:36 PM
I realize that setting booby traps is illegal, but how are they going to tell anybody about it? :rolleye: :rolleye:
Yes they definitely are. :innocentwhistle:
Course if you happened to be doing some home maintenance and accidentally left a square of plywood with nails sticking up through it in front of the mancave door, youd just be a sloppy handyman, not a booby trapper :innocentwhistle: :wink:
Nastyman, you are a man of my type thinking. By the same token what if I should have the cable for the dog to go out and pee on arranged in such a way that any sneaky assholes coming through the dark would trip and hit their face on either a concrete patio, the end of a steel Brinkman grill, or the corner of a brick wall, with enough tin cans tied to it to raise the dead when they bang together on concrete in the wee hours of the morning, maybe even trigger a series of giant firecracker type explosions. Ah, it would be dandy. That would give me ample time to kick on the floodlights, and give them a hair cut, ass end first, with some 12 guage medicine for their addiction to criminal activity. :laf: :eyebrownod: :nono: It is getting better all the time. Might even have it trigger Cal Taylor's siren on my Fury with it hooked up to a SP-108 speaker. Talking about wet and mushy scivvies!! :argh: :argh:
Just glad you guys weren't hurt. Stuff can be replaced, lives cannot. :wink:
"give them a hair cut, ass end first" :roflmao:
Bopeye, you are of course 100% right in that statement. But it is their lives that I don't want replaced. I have heard people say they just couldn't hurt another human being. That is awfully kind hearted of them and admirable to some extent, but I don't consider them people when they throw away all respect for human beings and the law that the rest of us live by. I have one neighbor who is literally scared to death by the burglary activity on a more minor scale and just breaks out in a sweat if you mention defending your home and family. When it comes to us or them, I pick us. We were lucky that the bastards didn't shoot us in our sleep because I am absolutely sure they know that I know them. Too many signs point directly at them. Go detectives, go!