21 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You

G. Morgan · 2009-09-07T04:47:48+00:00

13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets,painting your shutters, or delivering your new refrigerator.2. Hey, thanks for letting me use the bathroom when I was working in your yardlast week. While I was in there, I unlatched the back window to make my returna little easier.3. Love those flowers. That tells me you have taste ? and taste means thereare nice things inside. Those yard toys your kids leave out always make mewonder what type of gaming system they have.4. Yes, I really do look for newspapers piled up on the driveway. And I mightleave a pizza flyer in your front door to see how long it takes you to removeit.5. If it snows while you?re out of town, get a neighbor to create car and foottracks into the house. Virgin drifts in the driveway are a dead giveaway.6. If decorative glass is part of your front entrance, don?t let your alarmcompany install the control pad where I can see if it?s set. That makes it tooeasy.7. A good security company alarms the window over the sink. And the windows onthe second floor, which often access the master bedroom?and your jewelry. It?snot a bad idea to put motion detectors up there too.8. It?s raining, you?re fumbling with your umbrella, and you forget to lockyour door?understandable. But understand this: I don?t take a day off becauseof bad weather.9. I always knock first. If you answer, I?ll ask for directions somewhere oroffer to clean your gutters. (Don?t take me up on it.)10. Do you really think I won?t look in your sock drawer? I always checkdresser drawers, the bedside table, and the medicine cabinet.11. Here?s a helpful hint: I almost never go into kids? rooms.12. You?re right: I won?t have enough time to break into that safe where youkeep your valuables. But if it?s not bolted down, I?ll take it with me.13. A loud TV or radio can be a better deterrent than the best alarm system.If you?re reluctant to leave your TV on while you?re out of town, you can...

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Robert L Bass 17 years ago

Granted, but it seems there was no domestic terrorism charge.

I don't know who you are so that's no proof.

Doug's participation in a thread usually signals a decline in the discussion. I looked it up, too, and found that while the story was based on fact, the "domestic terrorism" part was not. I assume that was how you heard it -- no implication was intended that you misled us. I hope it didn't seem as though I thought that.

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