Weird thievery

[da]

Last night, somebody went into our car, which we forgot to lock, and traded the change in our ashtray for... an umbrella. Huh?

This is starkly in contrast with the two other times when somebody broke into the car for the change, and made off with the ashtray as well, causing a fair bit of inconvenience, since the replacements cost $80 or so. This guy left our 3 CDs, dan's library book, our dog's spare leash, the car's registration and insurance papers, and a bag of pretzels. I would've expected him to at least take the pretzels, but I guess he was in a hurry.

This could've been worse, if we'd managed to forget to lock the inside door to the garage. He also opened up the garage using the clicker in the car. And was presented with an entirely empty garage. I expect he took off then, since the door isn't silent. We still didn't hear it from upstairs.

In any case, I'm counting my blessings, today.

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d. just called to say that he and our two houseguests are on their way back from Niagara Falls. And that "eight year olds are exhausting." I've finished straightening up in preparation, so I started organizing my closet, to give them a little closet-space. I think I'll try for a nap.

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[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

We live two doors down from a residence for wayward youth and the only thing we've had stolen from our property in the past 16 months is gr1's boyfriend's bicycle, which was at the side of the house not locked up one day this summer (might have been Canada Day) when nobody was at home for hours. It was a crappy bike, but it was easy to make off with. It may be the regular presence of police in the area and our tendency to actually greet people on the street give us a measure of protection.

Now I'm wondering if replacing our squeaky, hard to open garage door next spring is a good idea. I suppose we could replace it with something just as noisy.

[mynatt.livejournal.com]

I hope you were meaning to buy an umbrella anyways :)

Glad nothing serious was taken...