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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 11:53 PM
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Last summer someone stole my 120amp welder, my roommates pressure washer, and a used snap-on impact wrench I just bought that I havent even got to use yet from my carport and shed behind my house. The only way to see these things is to have walked up and stood 3 feet from them. A few weeks later, someone stole my bike that was chained on a bike rack in a very public area.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I had since bought a new, pretty expensive, mountain bike that I kept in the bed of my truck with my bed cover over it. Some ****** helped himself to that too in the middle of the day while my truck was in the middle of the parking lot. This meant he had to let down my tailgate, roll back the cover, take the bike out, put the cover back, and put the tailgate back up because the cover and tailgate were closed when I discovered it missing.

Two nights ago, while my girlfriend and I were inside watching tv, some jackass stole my 26gallon air compressor out of my carport that was parked directly in front of my white truck. They disconnected the air hose that was attached, left the hose and all the air tools that were right beside it, took my work light off from the top of it, and took the compressor. This whole thing happened at probably 9pm while me and my gf were 30 feet away inside with 3 cars in the driveway. I filed a police report the next morning but he basically said dont count on ever seeing it again.

I ******* hate thieves and its a terrible feeling when someone walks in and helps themselves to the stuff you worked hard for. I am so sick of having my stuff stolen I cant wait to get out of this town and get a house with a damn garage.

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Old Jun 9, 2012 | 11:58 PM
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Maybe you just have a problem misplacing large, awkward items? lol

That blows man...I can't imagine how I might handle a situation if I caught someone doing that to me.
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:00 AM
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time to invest in motion spotlights
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:03 AM
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...or bear traps.
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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And maybe a camera or 2. But man that blows sry to hear that
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:05 AM
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What about a game camera? You probably know the person stealing the stuff.
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:07 AM
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I have 2.1 dogs that bark at anything that they see or hear. Was pretty nice when we were on a secuded 5 acres, but now we live in a duplex on one acre, with really close neighbors. They go off all the time now......

But good luck sneaking up on my house.

Sorry to hear about your streak of theft. I hate thieves too, seems like the law doesn't really give 2 ***** about anybody's stuff being stolen. Unless it's their stuff.
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:19 AM
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Sorry to hear that.

Ditto on the dogs. I don't need them to protect me or my stuff just give me an early warning.

The law...yeah right.
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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...or bear traps.
i second this haha
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Old Jun 10, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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Yeah that sucks man. It's probably the same person stealing most of your **** too. Try to get some type of camera, a hunters motion camera would be the cheapest. Or you can get a wired/wireless camera kit that saves the footage directly to a computers Harddrive in your home or wireless footage directly to a spare tv.
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