tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post111941700262073642..comments2023-09-19T19:45:50.854+12:00Comments on Spanblather: in the neighbourhoodSpanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post-1119560687552366732005-06-24T09:04:00.000+12:002005-06-24T09:04:00.000+12:00well we are just off a reasonably notorious street...well we are just off a reasonably notorious street - our street is not too bad, but the other road is pretty terrible. <BR/><BR/>our current neighbours (we have the church on one side, these guys on the other) used to own the dairy just up the road (on the other street) and they were robbed several times, once at gunpoint, another time the robbers took the two guys (father and son) out the back and beat the crap out of them. we only found this out after we were burgled ourselves, of course.<BR/><BR/>i don't think our area would qualify as high crime compared to somewhere like otahuhu, but it seems pretty high to me with my white bread upbringing! we are lucky that all the doors are solid wood, which means once there are deadlocks on them it is hard for anyone to get in or out them. <BR/><BR/>there's not much you can do about windows, someone can always break one and climb in, but if we remember to turn the alarm on and make it hard for them to get stuff out of the house (ie through the doors) fingers crossed we will be ok. <BR/><BR/>it was a pretty professional job and i guess this is why we have insurance!Spanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post-1119528470696673802005-06-24T00:07:00.000+12:002005-06-24T00:07:00.000+12:00Do you live in a high crime part of town or was th...Do you live in a high crime part of town or was the burglary rare in your area?<BR/><BR/>If you live in a high crime area you will no doubt be burgled again, and may need to move. When living in otahuhu a few years back i was burgled 3 times in a year. It seems after they'd had luck once it gave them confidence to keep coming back, they seemed to know how to circumvent locks and alarms. <BR/><BR/>The personal invasion is highly unsettling, especially if they have rifled through personal papers or clothing.<BR/><BR/>I will never live in otahu again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post-1119514252981542982005-06-23T20:10:00.000+12:002005-06-23T20:10:00.000+12:00well it turns out it probably wasn't a burglary - ...well it turns out it probably wasn't a burglary - what i've blogged is about all i know, except that the young guy must have got in again through the front door, which suggests he was legit, because he then yelled incoherently out the window at me several times. i've heard nothing from the cops and they never knocked on my door at all.<BR/><BR/>i know they are busy people but here's an idea for a better way to deal with this:<BR/><BR/>the cops should have brought the guy over to my house and explained what the situation was, then i could have said "sorry mate, we got burgled last week and i'm a bit paranoid right now, hope you're ok" and then he could have seen how embarassed i was and would have accepted my apology rather than now hating my guts and not knowing the context from my point of view. i actually feel scared in the house now for the first time since we were burgled, because i'm worried this kid thinks i did it out of malice towards him and will thus retaliate.<BR/><BR/>although i have to say, to anyone out there who is unsure, dragging a wheelie bin around to the back of a building, putting it under a window, climbing on top of it, opening the window, climbing through it, looks dodgy to anyone. it really does. doesn't it?Spanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896745511007816190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380804.post-1119440443910040232005-06-22T23:40:00.000+12:002005-06-22T23:40:00.000+12:00cool a leftie live blogging a crime in progresscool a leftie live blogging a crime in progresssagenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744450094262287770noreply@blogger.com