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Of Course, Now The Robbers Will Just Start Cruising the Kid's Room
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Wednesday, February 7, 2007
10:50:00 AM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Via Boing Boing, a discussion with a former burglar about how to hide your money and valuables in your home so they don't get stolen. The advice boils down to two things: Leave some basic amount of buglarable stuff so a burglar will not tear up your house, and hide your real valuables in your kid's room, preferably in a stuffed animal. Look, I'm just telling you what the guy said. I'm not making this up.
Personally, I find that having a large, mean-looking dog also helps, as well as actually working from home and really going anywhere, so there's no convenient time for the burglars to strike. But I understand not everyone has these options.
Of course, the best place to hide your money and valuables: In the bank. Heck, even the burglar says that.
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10:50:00 AM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment
Of Course, Now The Robbers Will Just Start Cruising the Kid's Room
Via Boing Boing, a discussion with a former burglar about how to hide your money and valuables in your home so they don't get stolen. The advice boils down to two things: Leave some basic amount of buglarable stuff so a burglar will not tear up your house, and hide your real valuables in your kid's room, preferably in a stuffed animal. Look, I'm just telling you what the guy said. I'm not making this up.
Personally, I find that having a large, mean-looking dog also helps, as well as actually working from home and really going anywhere, so there's no convenient time for the burglars to strike. But I understand not everyone has these options.
Of course, the best place to hide your money and valuables: In the bank. Heck, even the burglar says that.
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Robbing your house, John, would be like taking candy from a ninja. I figure you'd talk the burglar into a trance before your wife whacks him with a baseball bat, and your daughter slays the pesky intruder with her mind.
Plus, you know, that sign in your driveway that says "We are the people on the hill. We can and will eat your soul" probably keeps people at a safe distance.
-Dan
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2/7/07 11:58 AM
One of my neighbors is a pretty intimidating drug dealer, and I like to send a cake over now and then, just to make sure he's on my side and knows it. That way, if some guy tries to lure Gabrielle into his van in 2009 or so, I know that there's a pretty good chance that the matter will be handled outside of the law, by a hulking black with a stolen .38.
He's also better connected than I to the town's underworld, and could most likely get my necklaces back for a $100 crack rock that I'd gladly pay him TRIPLE for in reward money. Win/win.
You can always call the cops when you need them, of course... but I like to have Option B on the table.