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Post by ricardoguitars on May 5, 2015 12:27:28 GMT -5
Chainsaw, impact driver, TV, multimeter and braker circuit box are gone, I see boring evenings, BBQ dinner and cold showers in my future  |
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 5, 2015 12:47:15 GMT -5
I managed to get some power for my laptop, phone and a torch for the night, with a little help from my Land Rover   |
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Post by dmartin95 on May 5, 2015 13:51:03 GMT -5
Man, that is crappy... I hope your stuff is recovered.
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Post by SylvreKat on May 6, 2015 6:38:20 GMT -5
 Someone ripped out the circuit breaker box for your house? What the heck can they do with that?! Is there really a black market for stolen breaker boxes? And why would they have bothered with all that effort? Why not grab your laptop instead? I don't understand bad people anyways, but this one (these ones?) seem extra stupid and bad. That really sux, man. I'm sorry for you, ricardo. Hopefully your insurance comes through fast so you can replace everything and get off the Land Rover battery. >'Kat
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 6, 2015 14:18:23 GMT -5
Someone ripped out the circuit breaker box for your house? What the heck can they do with that?! Is there really a black market for stolen breaker boxes? And why would they have bothered with all that effort? Why not grab your laptop instead? I don't understand bad people anyways, but this one (these ones?) seem extra stupid and bad. That really sux, man. I'm sorry for you, ricardo. Hopefully your insurance comes through fast so you can replace everything and get off the Land Rover battery. >'Kat My laptop is a work laptop, I have to take it with me to work, but I have stuff that is worth more than the circuit box the was not stolen, and the burglar is apparently an AA member, he didn't steal my beer and a fine bottle of 12 years old rum that was on sight on the mini bar  There's a good black market for stolen construction supplies, those circuit boxes are worth a few pennies; and copper as scrap metal as well, the 220V lines for the kitchen and dryer are made of a thick copper wire, drug addicts can get enough money for a fix selling a few ounces of copper or a second hand circuit box. I had the power restored yesterday, is good to have hot showers and not having to light a fire for a hot dinner, but I have to admit that I enjoyed the BBQ pork chops and tenderloin  |
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Post by geh3333 on May 8, 2015 1:58:50 GMT -5
Someone ripped out the circuit breaker box for your house? What the heck can they do with that?! Is there really a black market for stolen breaker boxes? And why would they have bothered with all that effort? Why not grab your laptop instead? I don't understand bad people anyways, but this one (these ones?) seem extra stupid and bad. That really sux, man. I'm sorry for you, ricardo. Hopefully your insurance comes through fast so you can replace everything and get off the Land Rover battery. >'Kat My laptop is a work laptop, I have to take it with me to work, but I have stuff that is worth more than the circuit box the was not stolen, and the burglar is apparently an AA member, he didn't steal my beer and a fine bottle of 12 years old rum that was on sight on the mini bar There's a good black market for stolen construction supplies, those circuit boxes are worth a few pennies; and copper as scrap metal as well, the 220V lines for the kitchen and dryer are made of a thick copper wire, drug addicts can get enough money for a fix selling a few ounces of copper or a second hand circuit box. I had the power restored yesterday, is good to have hot showers and not having to light a fire for a hot dinner, but I have to admit that I enjoyed the BBQ pork chops and tenderloin |
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Post by geh3333 on May 8, 2015 2:04:05 GMT -5
Chainsaw, impact driver, TV, multimeter and braker circuit box are gone, I see boring evenings, BBQ dinner and cold showers in my future Rcq tried to sell me a breaker box the other day ! He told me not to mention it here . actually in the BBQ doesn't sound too bad. But the rest sucks. |
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Post by onewheeldrive on May 8, 2015 2:19:06 GMT -5
I can't stand thieves, and they're usually liars right along with it.
I'd be keeping a close eye on your scoot, too.
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 8, 2015 7:32:29 GMT -5
I can't stand thieves, and they're usually liars right along with it. I'd be keeping a close eye on your scoot, too. When I'm away of my house, so is my scoot, at nights it stays chained to my Land Rover's axels :thumbup: |
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Post by SylvreKat on May 8, 2015 7:48:35 GMT -5
Still makes me wonder. Stealing a circuit box can NOT be all that easy. Ditto copper from a/c's etc etc. GO GET A REAL JOB PEOPLE!!!!!! I mean, seriously. Can't be that much more work and effort that ripping out a circuit box. Pay is probably better, or at the very very least as good as the "few pennies" that box nets you. And you go home feeling good about an honest day's labour. (geh, weren't you just telling me about that "new" chainsaw you picked up...? ) >'Kat |
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 8, 2015 9:57:57 GMT -5
Still makes me wonder. Stealing a circuit box can NOT be all that easy. Ditto copper from a/c's etc etc. GO GET A REAL JOB PEOPLE!!!!!! I mean, seriously. Can't be that much more work and effort that ripping out a circuit box. Pay is probably better, or at the very very least as good as the "few pennies" that box nets you. And you go home feeling good about an honest day's labour. (geh, weren't you just telling me about that "new" chainsaw you picked up...? ) >'Kat I don't know if it was done by a "pro" or a crack head, a "pro" would've stolen someone else's house with more valuable stuff, and a crack head would've taken my liquor; but yet he takes the braker box and leaves behind my guitars |
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 8, 2015 12:32:55 GMT -5
UPDATE: I got a call from the police investigating the case, some of the fingerprints collected are good for identification, now I just have to wait and see if they show up on the database, if not, wait until the burglar gets caught for another crime and then gets charged for this one as well  |
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Post by scooter on May 8, 2015 15:25:32 GMT -5
Still makes me wonder. Stealing a circuit box can NOT be all that easy. Ditto copper from a/c's etc etc. GO GET A REAL JOB PEOPLE!!!!!! I mean, seriously. Can't be that much more work and effort that ripping out a circuit box. Pay is probably better, or at the very very least as good as the "few pennies" that box nets you. And you go home feeling good about an honest day's labour. (geh, weren't you just telling me about that "new" chainsaw you picked up...? ) >'Kat I don't know if it was done by a "pro" or a crack head, a "pro" would've stolen someone else's house with more valuable stuff, and a crack head would've taken my liquor; but yet he takes the braker box and leaves behind my guitars Maybe he's a contractor.  |
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Post by ricardoguitars on May 8, 2015 15:27:05 GMT -5
I don't know if it was done by a "pro" or a crack head, a "pro" would've stolen someone else's house with more valuable stuff, and a crack head would've taken my liquor; but yet he takes the braker box and leaves behind my guitars Maybe he's a contractor. Makes sense, aside from the TV, he took mostly tools and the breaker box  |
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Post by bandito2 on May 8, 2015 18:37:56 GMT -5
I heard a story or 2 of people in Detroit trying to steal electricity from power poles. That involves fooling around with the high voltage lines and hooking it up to presumably stolen meters. Every once in a while they end up electrocuting themselves.... what a horrible way to die.
Yeah probably somebody trying to make a peso or 2 selling stuff that they know about to people that know how to use it. Probably too suspicious for them to try and sell stuff that they really might not know how to unload without too much risk. Apparently not all thieves are utterly stupid. (or drinkers either)
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