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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 12:42 PM Original message |
Some people tried to get into my house at about 3am last night. *still scared* |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. get a shotgun |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The odds that my kids would get in the line of fire is pretty high. The two bedrooms are at opposite |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. one way in at each side? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah, one door at each side and the kids room is in the line of fire if hubby shoots from |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Outlawing drugs has created an entire criminal class of dealers who are |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I have no idea what prompted this. Could be unrelated to the home invasion and just stupid drunk |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. it's really scary how desperate people seem to be - the economy isn't helping |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks! I am going to the school bus stop in a minute to wait for |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. dog |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Not allowed in the trailer park, and our attack cats were clearly no help. The marshmallows. |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You have a lot of 20 year old kids living in the trailer park? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's about half and half local vs. students. And usually the worst |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I live in a trailer park and just recently they outlawed dogs. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. We used to have dogs here as well, and the early ones were grandfathered in. But the insurance |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. How scary! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. This door opens outward so they had to pull instead of push, but yeah I worry that |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You might check out a slide bolt and see if that would work. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep. We're going to Lowe's and look into everything they have. There's got to be something |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Unfortunately, I found that these doors in my trailer that also open |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Dang! I hadn't thought of that. Actually, the windows have always worried me most. We've |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Your situation is so common and it is so frustrating. One kid gets snatched |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Stupidest thing I ever did was watch a bunch of those true crime shows that |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. that's so frightening |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah. I think I won't be able to sleep well tonight, though. I'll be up peering through |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. keep in mind that everyone needs to be able to exit quickly too |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The motion light at the back door was off, but the one on the front door was on and that |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The more I think about this, the more I think you can relax. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Well, that was our thought at first. Which was why we didn't call the police until they |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That clinches it in my mind. Probably drunk and/or stupid, |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Police took the report over the phone and that was he end of it. And yes, the |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Glad you're ok |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Thanks. We will do that. *hugs* |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. you don't have cops there? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Teeny tiny town, so no. Hasn't been a cop here in oh, 20, 25 years or so I have been told. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. If your door opwns outward.. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I'll check into that. I wouldn't have thought to check anything other than home door locks. |
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