I hate thieves.

Tom · January 19, 2004, 08:44:48 PM

The police have just left the house after investigating a buglary here. I saw tire prints on the hardtop when I came home so they must've been here within an hour of my arriving. The front door was jymied open and the house ransacked. A couple of rifles and a good bit of my wife's jewilry and pocket change was taken. So much wasn't. We don't understand. My cameras, TV's, electronics and things that I would have expected to be taken haven't been.

First blush looks like a couple of thousand dollars worth.

I sure hate to go to work tomorrow. >:(

etat · January 19, 2004, 08:54:33 PM

Sounds like druggies working fast, need a quick buck for a fix or something like that. Or maybe dumb kids. I hope they get caught, get what they deserve, and you get your stuff back. . Take precautions, now that they know what's in your house they may come back.

Paul_H · January 19, 2004, 08:57:13 PM

Sorry to hear about that Tom.You work hard for your money.

chet · January 19, 2004, 08:59:32 PM

A thief ranks right in there with that class of critters you find when you turn over rocks. That's one reason I like living where I do, not too much of that sort of thing.

Flurida_BlackCreek · January 19, 2004, 09:01:27 PM

Sorry to hear that Tom. I hate thieves too. Hope they catch the pith ant(s) that ripped you off.

whitepe · January 19, 2004, 09:03:07 PM

Tom,
That's terrible and leaves you with an empty feeling
in the pit of your stomach. Local law enforcement usually have a good idea about who is usually behind things
like that especially if you don't live in a highly populated
area. Hang in there and be thankful that no one
got hurt in the robbery.
Perry

Corley5 · January 19, 2004, 09:20:47 PM

That sucks!!!! It'd make me wish I was home with my
.40 S&W when they jimmied their way in. Hope they catch the sonsa*#$^!$* and hopefully the guns and jewelry didn't have too much sentimental value. Like Chet we don't have much of that kinda stuff go on around here. If it were to happen chances are I'd find out who it was anyway and then.....

DanG · January 19, 2004, 09:23:52 PM

Jeepers, Tom, that just makes my blood boil! >:( I'd like to have just five minutes with the dispicable worms that would break into someone's home and steal their belongings. I've been lucky, so far, with most of my stuff out where it is vulnerable, and I think I owe my luck to my six dogs. They bark and growl at the slightest disturbance. They wouldn't hurt a flea, but they would surely eat a burglar for breakfast. ;D
If I ever catch a thief in the act around here, they will wish the dogs had gotten them, and they'll be mighty glad to see the cops.

Tom · January 19, 2004, 09:33:05 PM

Some of what was taken was good stuff. The majority was costume jewelry. One of the rifles was an old 22. A fairly non-descript bolt action single shot. The other was an automatic Remington that was given to my wife by her father when she was a young teenager. Her father passed away in the 70's and she is really upset about losing it.

I don't know what I would do if I caught them. I know what I would like to do if I found them right now. If they were to come back and I found them, they had best bend over and kiss their ()*& goodbye.

DanG · January 19, 2004, 09:41:56 PM

Now, now, Tom. I know that, being the kind and benevolent gentleman that you are, you wouldn't actually "off" these dudes. But I bet you could sure make them think you were gonna! ;D ;D :D :D

Tom · January 19, 2004, 09:47:08 PM

what comes to mind is

!: they didn't tell anybody they were going to my house

2: I still have weapons

3: I live way back in a swamp

4: I have a Backhoe.

5: I may not be at work.

DanG · January 19, 2004, 09:54:32 PM

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were P.O.'d.

I hope they catch the little @#%$##s!

Kirk_Allen · January 19, 2004, 10:37:05 PM

Tom,
So sorry to hear the bad news.

We will keep you and your family in our prayers!

pasbuild · January 19, 2004, 10:48:28 PM

I don't look kindly at anybody that isn't willing to pull up there pants and take care of themselves >:( and thieves are at the bottom of that list.

Stephen_Wiley · January 19, 2004, 11:48:57 PM

Unfortunately, have had the same experience, although it was 23 years ago.

Remember, at the time the feeling as I could best describe it as being raped. The fact that they had been in every private aspect of our home and saw my wife's and my picture.

We lived on a cul-de-sac at the time, they simply plugged in a skillsaw to outside outlet and sawed a hole in the door. Neighbors homes which faced this door saw nothing, even though it occurred in broad daylight.

Police told us they had a pretty good idea of potentials but in reality only resolved apx. 4% of burglary's.

Hope the police do better where your at Tom.

I have often wondered what tradgedy's befall the thiefs as the Lord says: "Revengence is mine "

Swede · January 20, 2004, 12:28:22 AM

This gives me bad feelings :( but .......Here they comes at night when people are asleep. Usaly to old couples or single living men. They even kill them or at least hurt them badly.
I usaly dont lock my doors when I leave for some hours but leave the lights on. And most burglars dont want to hear a radio while they are working. When I go to bed I lock the doors, so even if I´m sleeping like a rock I can hear them. And nobody knews if I have any alarm or a rifle under my quilt........ ;D

I´m always glad when nobody get hurt or killed but it´s even bad to hear this story. I remember how my fathers home looked last year.

Swede.

Fla._Deadheader · January 20, 2004, 02:41:05 AM

Y'all KNOW how I feel about this, and I Don'T NEED no stinkin backhoe >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

shopteacher · January 20, 2004, 03:12:09 AM

Really sorry to hear about your troubles Tom. I do know how you feel though. I just got the insurance check this week for the tools that were taken from my place. The money don't replace the sense of security that I use to have or the violated feeling that is left in my mind. Good luck and hope they can recover some of the personal belongings, especially the keepsakes. Would comment on what would happen if I caught, but don't want to give anybody any clues as where to look. If'n you see Old Butch wearing a new collar with a shriveled sack with two little round protrusions you'll know we caught up to them.

Duane_Moore · January 20, 2004, 03:44:37 AM

:( :( Darn. got the same thing back in Nov. still feel so Violated., lost 23 Guns, 300 pocket knives, and all jewlery, ect..trashed the house, broke the door down,only took 4 hrs for them, police never found a thing, am still upset over it, Tom my thoughts are with ya, Ole boy, whats it coming to? Cowboy's and Thiefs. Duane

Norm · January 20, 2004, 03:59:03 AM

I'm sure sorry Tom. Dang it, it makes my blood boil to hear about a friend being ripped off. I hope they catch them or at least you folks get your memorables back.

I sleep with the 45 next to my head since we had our house burglarized some 17 years ago. We live in the boonies too but I make it known that if I catch anybody out here they better hope the cops catch em and not me. Mine goes down 20' they'll make good fertilizer.

Haytrader · January 20, 2004, 04:08:18 AM

Tom,

Ya got or get an idea who was responsible, then call yer friends here and that would be a good time to have yer "roast".

;) ;) ;)

OneWithWood · January 20, 2004, 04:49:26 AM

Tom,
I am very sorry to hear you have been victimized again. It sounds like young people to me who do not know the worth of things or the difference between costume jewelry and the real McCoy. A close friend of mine had this happen to him in the middle of the night while he was home in bed. He always kept a gun close at hand but he said they were in and out so fast he could not react fast enough. Now he leaves the TV on all the time he is away. That is a cheap deterant.
Remeber the thread about the camera hooked to the computer? Might be worth looking into. I hope your life returns to normal soon.

Patty · January 20, 2004, 05:06:20 AM

Dear Tom,

I am sorry for you and your wife. You feel violated and that feeling never goes away, just sits there and smolders, waiting for the chance to get revenge. As Norm mentioned we sleep with a loaded gun at the head of our bed, and that is truely a sad statement for these times we live in. We were robbed many years ago while Norm & I were asleep, I still thank God our kids were away at Gramma's for the night. All the what if's still are haunting. We left the city and never looked back after that.
I hope you recover all that was taken, and even more I hope you catch the slugs that took it. >:(

Patty

Tom · January 20, 2004, 05:38:56 AM

I hope I catch them and not somebody that won't do anything. My cameras show nothing but the barn and some trees that have grown up between the barn and the house. If they had gone into the barn, I would have had a portrait. I guess that I'll have to be lucky. There is a problem with the old technology of my cameras in that they get images burned into them. It's difficult, I've found, to determine what is going on in the new images because they are just a ghost of the burned in image that the camera has been looking at for years.

I do feel violated but feel more sorry for my wife who has lost a memorable piece of her life which can't be replaced. We are both quite sad.

Frank_Pender · January 20, 2004, 06:03:19 AM

Man, does this thread ever curdle up memeories. My thoughts are with you and your wife, Tom.
We had a theft here about 23 years ago ourselves. The county boys and we know who did it and what all they took from around the outside of the house, the time of day they took it, and the vehicle they used, where they took and sold the merchandise and how much money they got, $52.20. The Dang deputy screwed the case up and before I got done with him he was nothing but a key keeper in the county jail until his retirement. ;D
So, I put the word out on the street and said, "If I catch anyone up here that is not suppose to be here, they would not leave, but would provide growing material for the forest." Not had another problem.