This was supposed to be pic #2

(sigh)

Jesus meep. You seem to be dealing with it well. I think I'd be looking for somebody to shoot. Did they get anything of value or just trash the place?

I guess its time to give the flame sword a field trial?

What I notice is that they took nothing that they couldn't carry, which seems to indicate no car(kids)...that says to me that you need to look at the pack of animals across the street or one of your critter's schoolmates. Hate to think that way, but she FaceBooks and all...

Total loss;
1 crappy Kodak Insta-Share camera
4 surveilance cameras and reciever unit (in the original box)
@$1000 in dollar coins (After I reminded the girl again and again to put them in her chest and not just leave them in a drawer)
4 gold necklaces
Various rings and assorted jewelry
1 toy pistol
2 pairs of brand-new jeans

I've put the coins that WERE in the chests into a savings account, rekeyed all the doors, called my credit card in stolen and ordered a new account(just in case) and I'm busy repairing my french doors and adding a hasp for the moment.

You really shouldn't have kept your surveilance gear in its box. It works much better bolted up under the eaves.

Ah, so it does.
Silly me.

Sorry for your problems... I think Beachgoat gets the top Columbo award, because his lead seems solid. TIme to make the kids do some sleuthing.

I was thinking along the BG lines. Who knew your kids were in the Hills? Sounds like an inside job.

California was the only place I've been burgled,too!
It's a giant suck that it happened to you.

Thanks for the moral support guys. :)
Yeah, it was probably kids.
The whole neighborhood has been getting ransacked.
I'm past the disbelief, anger and bargaining stages and am nearly finished with the repairs.

It's the cleaning up and discovering just how much meep is missing that's making me sick ATM.

Its nauseating. I'm sorry,man. You're one of the good ones who doesn't deserve that bullmeep.

Catch. Kill. Repeat.

Did you at least have the foresight to place a curse on the coins damning the culprits to a living meep of eternal torment until they return them all to a pile and spill their blood on it?

Sorry about your loss.

Today I woke up and found a bunch of tags all over my fence and along the sidewalk.
The entire neighborhood got their mailboxes, sidewalks and garage doors tagged.
I cleaned up about a four-square-block area before calling it a day.
I'm thinking the daughter's coins paid for that paint.
The truck decided to quit on me this afternoon too.
Totally died.
Probably the battery again.(I hope)

This week just doesn't seem to want to stop kicking me in the meep.
I kinda miss Wotak now.
He'd be right there in line to do a piruette on 'em.

Was/is your car/truck parked outside? Sugar in gas tank trick? Not trying to alarm, but just try to help you t-shoot the unexpected issue with your wheels.

Was/is your car/truck parked outside? Sugar in gas tank trick? Not trying to alarm, but just try to help you t-shoot the unexpected issue with your wheels.

Nope.
Just pulled in from work, cleaned some tags off the sidewalk in full view of the truck and it just refused to start again.

They're getting ballsier. I'd contact the police about the legality of sniping them from your front porch, and spending a bit of time sitting outside. Organize with your neighbors for a stakeout. If it's illegal to shoot them on your property, see if you can't get a couple of cops to play nice with you and roll through the neighborhood for the next few days.

That seriously sucks. Does your homeowners insurance cover break ins?

1. Have kids post on facebook, new xbox/mw3 on 55" looks sweet.
   
2. Have kids post that they're leaving for the weekend with the family.
   
3. Buy various snacks, beverages, bear traps, a shotgun and ammo.
   
4. Lay those meepers strategically around the house and spend the weekend sitting on your couch snacking in the dark.
   

@rabidwire
I already talked to a detective about the tags.
He SAYS they'll get the patrols to cover the area a little better since the entire neighborhood's been burgled and tagged.
(Yeah, right.)

@dameep
GET OUT OF MY HEAD
Your mind reading abilities frighten me.

Oh yeah,
My homeowner's deductable is $5000.
Allstate is awesome right up until the moment you need them to pay up.

Not perfect,
But a damned good deterrent for the casual thief.

Putting it up TODAY.

Could you rig your lawn sprinklers to make fire?

Probably.

Can you make one of these? Because that would be really cool.

(Sigh)
I would be sooo goddamned good at building booby-traps.
But...
This is the downside of living in the city:
I have to pass that federal background check every few years to keep my job(such as it is) and I'm getting a little old to be having Maury Povich moments with the neighbors and cops.

Plus, lately the stupid level around here's been getting to the point where I'd either catch one of my own kids in it or stumble into it myself.

F#ck getting all moral and stable.

There was a guy in TX who had rigged his sprinkler system to a motion sensor,.....

I'm finding it safer now to just protect the kids and myself and not go out of my way to meep off the ever-increasing number of little meepbags with long memories for slights.

Is it me, or does it seem like it's taking a whole lot longer now for kids to start being upright and responsible?

I'm liking this new system. :)
Motion detection, night vision and remote alerts FTW.
I have the Revo App on my droid for checking on the house while away.
DVR's all armored up and hidden away and two more cameras(on order) will be eliminating any potential blind spots.

your ceiling fan looks depressed.

Ah, yes.
It had high hopes of lighting posh outdoor parties, cosy romantic dinners and family fun.
As the years drifted by and no such events occured under its fading light, it began to droop from the realization that it would forever hang there without purpose.

-or it was a cheap-meep Wal-Mart fan with MDF blades that don't handle moisture worth a sh#t.
I forget.

If I had a garage/shop containing a lifetimes collection of tools I think I'd devote at least one of those cameras to it.

Also, if it was not so bright local kids that hit you, you might check with any neighborhood stores to see if they've been getting an unusual number of Susan B. Anthony's, and from whom.

Cam #4

@godevillivedog

If I had a garage/shop containing a lifetimes collection of tools I think I'd devote at least one of those cameras to it.

Well well well...
What do we have here..?

Completely unknown kid comes over at 1:30 on a school day.
Knocks on the door.
My kids(who got home early due to teacher's conferences) answer the door.
Him: "Uhhh...does the girl who rides the green bike live here?"

My son goes and gets my daughter.

Her: "Who the f#ck are you?"
Him: "Uh, my mom isn't home. Can I come in for a while?"
Her: "Uh...NO."

Shuts door.

This is how I deal with it:


Thoughts?

I'm thinking of adding "Cash reward for info leading to arrest and conviction"

Do it.

He takes a good picture....

I've got two fliers up.
Hopefully he'll see that the cameras are very real and won't be back.
If he's smart, that'll be the end of it.

He's dumb. He'll be back to try and steal the camera. Or he will try to sue you for putting his pic all over the 'hood.