Date:         Wed, 4 May 2011 20:30:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into
              my van
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Your state is about the size of Lichtenstein.  How about comparing it to,
oh,,I  dont know.....Maui? :-0
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'



On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:42 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 07:41 AM 5/4/2011, Joy Hecht wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what I can conclude from this random data on break-ins.
>>  Sounds
>> like they aren't too frequent.  Of course that doesn't mean reasonable
>>
>
> Here's some more random data.  Best of my knowledge there have been
> three car thefts in my neighborhood (quiet, detached houses set
> closely together, city neighborhood) in the last twenty-some
> years.  One was from the driveway across the street from me, years
> before we came in '93.  The other two were in '07 or so, my driveway,
> two weeks apart, same vehicle ('91 Camry), different thieves.  The
> second theft happened to be eight hours after I got the car back from
> impound from the first one.  The first one, in broad daylight, was
> watched by the neighbor who had her car stolen before; she noticed
> nothing wrong.  The second, I heard the engine start and watched it
> drive around the corner.
>
> FWIW '91-'95 Camrys are particularly easy to steal with a worn-out
> Toyota key.  But I found the whole thing interesting all the same.
>
> Aside from that someone (we strongly suspect a certain neighbor kid)
> went through the garage in the night at one point and took a MIG
> welder and some other items.  Went through the vehicles as
> well.  Vehicle alarms would have certainly awakened us and the
> neighbor.  Infrared-triggered lights might have made a difference as
> well.  We have the lights now.
>
> Yrs,
> David
>