Easter Takings (Literally)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
How's your Easter been? Had good takings on the loot? Well, even if you didn't, someone else did...they took my loot! I got home last night after visiting my family for Easter, and spending some time with my Grand dad, to find I'd been burgled. Sigh.
So now I'm minus laptop and minus some other misc stuff. Looks like they were interrupted because they packed my LCD screen into my satchel, then left it. All the doors were locked, and they've left the back door open. So if they'd closed the back door, it would have been really weird!
I have to say, thanks for trying to take my laptop though. It has a perspex protector screen, and it leaves wonderful print marks :)
One thing that bugs me though - I brought some comp equipment home and I was dissembling it...I needed some pliers. No problem, my comp tools are pretty organized, so I go to my shelf in my room and....my multigrip is gone. They took my multigrip! That's just rude. I mean it's not worth anything. I should make a sign: "Thieves: BYO MULTIGRIP!" ;)
More irony - I've been meaning to clear more space on the server to backup all my photos that were on my laptop for about 3 months. And I never did it. So now I've lost all my 2008 photos. Sigh. I so can't be bothered swapping the HDD out. Actually I can't be bothered opening the case even ;)
I think it would be really nice and courteous, if the thieves dropped the HDD on the laptop on to DVD for me and sent it to me. I mean, the insurance will probably cover the laptop, and it's just stuff. Who really cares? But the data would be nice to have back.
So why am I posting now and not last night? Well I got woken up by a knock at the door, so I answered bleary eyed, blinked a couple of times, and there was a police chick in front of me. Interesting way to wake up I have to say ;)
Seriously though, she took the prints from the LCD so we'll see what happens. I find it interesting though the way it works with ID: If they can ID the print they call me. Otherwise they don't. It would make a lot more sense to call no matter what to at least let us know. I swear, Government cost cutting is way worse than private sector cost cutting. The private sector is just more up front about it so they come off looking bad... :)
So now I'm minus laptop and minus some other misc stuff. Looks like they were interrupted because they packed my LCD screen into my satchel, then left it. All the doors were locked, and they've left the back door open. So if they'd closed the back door, it would have been really weird!
I have to say, thanks for trying to take my laptop though. It has a perspex protector screen, and it leaves wonderful print marks :)
One thing that bugs me though - I brought some comp equipment home and I was dissembling it...I needed some pliers. No problem, my comp tools are pretty organized, so I go to my shelf in my room and....my multigrip is gone. They took my multigrip! That's just rude. I mean it's not worth anything. I should make a sign: "Thieves: BYO MULTIGRIP!" ;)
More irony - I've been meaning to clear more space on the server to backup all my photos that were on my laptop for about 3 months. And I never did it. So now I've lost all my 2008 photos. Sigh. I so can't be bothered swapping the HDD out. Actually I can't be bothered opening the case even ;)
I think it would be really nice and courteous, if the thieves dropped the HDD on the laptop on to DVD for me and sent it to me. I mean, the insurance will probably cover the laptop, and it's just stuff. Who really cares? But the data would be nice to have back.
So why am I posting now and not last night? Well I got woken up by a knock at the door, so I answered bleary eyed, blinked a couple of times, and there was a police chick in front of me. Interesting way to wake up I have to say ;)
Seriously though, she took the prints from the LCD so we'll see what happens. I find it interesting though the way it works with ID: If they can ID the print they call me. Otherwise they don't. It would make a lot more sense to call no matter what to at least let us know. I swear, Government cost cutting is way worse than private sector cost cutting. The private sector is just more up front about it so they come off looking bad... :)
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