I've seen two instances of petty crime (theft) in the last 48 hours

[slackmaster]

After going for years without either being a crime victim or a witness to a crime (other than victimless ones), I had my vehicle broken into and $65 worth of food and clothing stolen on Sunday evening while I was eating dinner. This morning I found a young man's wallet in my driveway, with ID, an ATM card, etc. but no cash in it. I turned that in to the police on the way to work.

I'm not saying it's a trend or anything, but it may be a sign of the times.

Nobody has messed with my political signs.

[Divine Discontent]

1. I had a Wii sitting in my car covered by a towel and was going to just lock my car

until I sold it on ebay, and realized, that wouldn't be too smart. bad economy = more theft.


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[Liberal_in_LA]

3. Towel or sweater coving items in car.. the all purpose theft prevention method

:-)

[slackmaster]

4. In my old pickup truck, I had a blinking red LED in the instrument panel

I constructed the circuit and installed it myself, with a hidden switch to activate it.

All the thing did was blink continuously. Nobody ever broke in after that was installed.

[Tunkamerica]

6. I have a magic rock that protects me from bears

never been attacked.

[ColbertWatcher]

18. I have one that protects me from tigers!

Stephen Colbert protects me from bears.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Towels these days have a lot of technology.

I've got an anti-theft towel that incorporates the latest anti-monster blanket weaving.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. lol.

[slackmaster]

16. You wanna get high?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. It's a sign of the tough economic times. There was an article on one of the news sites this week

about how property crimes increase as money gets tight.

[greguganus]

7. I bought "The Club" for my car.

It's an old rotten club sandwich with moldy bread. I put it on the seat and when someone breaks in, he eats the sandwich and gets food poisoning.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. Probably works just as well as the 'sweater" technique

[dysfunctional press]

10. the wallet may not have been stolen.

there's plenty of times that mine has no cash in it.

[slackmaster]

14. That did occur to me very briefly

But I couldn't think of a reason the individual would have been in my driveway, unless maybe he was drunk off his ass and passed out under my boat.

The police will deal with it.

[Horse with no Name]

11. I still live in an area that if I forget and leave my keys in the car or my backdoor unlocked

nothing happens. Invest in nosy, busybody neighbors. It's the latest in technology!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. lol! The young man's wallet might not have been stolen. My son just walks

around with just his license in his wallet. Whatever money he has, he keeps in his pocket.

[TommyO]

13. I do the same thing

I rarely have cash in my wallet, it's generally stuffed into my pocket, though sometimes I take the effort to face it and place it in denomination order.

[slackmaster]

15. The guy lives in Coronado

My house in San Diego is miles from his address.

[lpbk2713]

17. There never was much crime in my neighborhood to speak of

but recently the house two doors down was broken in to and a window unit
A/C was taken from a vacant house two doors down in the other direction.