it was stupidity on my part for not locking my car...like almost everyone in this neighborhood, I felt comfortable and thought that nothing like this would happen. I know better now. I do have an alarm on the house though. Got it a few years ago, because me and the kids are home alone half the night.
Thanks for the kind words everyone! I just pray they find out who did this!!
What a wild day!!
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Well MS I am glad you and yours are safe.
My car in SA got broken into so many times I gave up on insurance and actually left the door unlocked because at least then they didnt smash windows and break the door-locks. And yes the funny thing is, no one ever sees or hears ANYTHING. Although I have phoned the cops on a few occasions (only to wait 2 hours, by then well, the crooks have gone) My hubby and I made a "crook trap" We took a plank the size of the car's driver seat, and opened up about 48 treble fish hooks and glued them onto the board, left the contraption on the chair covered by one of those cheap seat covers. Well it sat outside a few nights and lo and behold on a saturday night if we dont hear a heck of a howl coming from outside at 3am. It has to have been one of the funniest sights ever, here is this guy with a board of fish-hooks stuck in his butt, and he can't pull them out cause they just stick in further....He could not move from the drivers seat every time he moved he hollered louder. We phoned the police and the guy had to sit in the car for about an hour. The officer who came was laughing so much there were tears coming out of his eyes. I do not feel the least bit sorry for this man, he had been arrested at least a dozen times for auto theft, breaking and enterering and attempted murder (he had shot an old lady at a trafic light to jack her car)
I can tell you soooo many stories in fact nearly every person I know in SA has had some kind of experience with a burglar (I have lost a few friends to violent crime too) I've been shot at, I've shot a man in the knee cap, my hubby has popped off a few rounds through the bedroom door at armed men on the other side. Moral of the story.....In SA you sleep with the 45 under your pillow! Dog's are no deterant, they feed them sleeping pills in meat, or worse they just shoot them. I kept my puppy inside cause 2 of the neighbours dog's had been killed, and the next night his whole house was wiped out..... JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN all the time, I must say I am very "crook" aware. NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE SEAT!!!!! Even money in the ashtray is tempting!
My car in SA got broken into so many times I gave up on insurance and actually left the door unlocked because at least then they didnt smash windows and break the door-locks. And yes the funny thing is, no one ever sees or hears ANYTHING. Although I have phoned the cops on a few occasions (only to wait 2 hours, by then well, the crooks have gone) My hubby and I made a "crook trap" We took a plank the size of the car's driver seat, and opened up about 48 treble fish hooks and glued them onto the board, left the contraption on the chair covered by one of those cheap seat covers. Well it sat outside a few nights and lo and behold on a saturday night if we dont hear a heck of a howl coming from outside at 3am. It has to have been one of the funniest sights ever, here is this guy with a board of fish-hooks stuck in his butt, and he can't pull them out cause they just stick in further....He could not move from the drivers seat every time he moved he hollered louder. We phoned the police and the guy had to sit in the car for about an hour. The officer who came was laughing so much there were tears coming out of his eyes. I do not feel the least bit sorry for this man, he had been arrested at least a dozen times for auto theft, breaking and enterering and attempted murder (he had shot an old lady at a trafic light to jack her car)
I can tell you soooo many stories in fact nearly every person I know in SA has had some kind of experience with a burglar (I have lost a few friends to violent crime too) I've been shot at, I've shot a man in the knee cap, my hubby has popped off a few rounds through the bedroom door at armed men on the other side. Moral of the story.....In SA you sleep with the 45 under your pillow! Dog's are no deterant, they feed them sleeping pills in meat, or worse they just shoot them. I kept my puppy inside cause 2 of the neighbours dog's had been killed, and the next night his whole house was wiped out..... JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN all the time, I must say I am very "crook" aware. NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING ON THE SEAT!!!!! Even money in the ashtray is tempting!
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WOW Amanzi...I couldn't even imagine what that must have been like. It's a shame that those people (who I have a few select names that I chose to call them but I wont in here) want to take the things that people work hard for and they don't think twice about doing it. I don't know how they live with themselves. If I have mean thoughts about someone I feel guilty...nevermind ever doing anything to them.
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It is very sad MS, but that is the effect of poverty I am afraid...In South Africa you have to have an eat or be eaten attitude because of lawlessness (there are more corrupt police than straight) I do not feel bad about my actions (believe you me it is not easy to take a gun and shoot someone in the knee-cap) Those actions saved my life and my families lives. It is pure instinct, while I don't wish harm on anyone, I will not think twice about protecting my life and those I love. I still walk around here with a "beady-eye" it took me a very long time to just relax at night in this country...This country brought a whole new meaning to the word freedom for me!!!!!!
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I totally agree with you. If someone were threatening my family, I wouldn't think twice about pulling the trigger. If they had the nerve to do something as tragic as that, then they deserve it. I'm aware that poverty has a lot to do with the reasoning behind people commiting crimes...it's a truly sad situation for someone to be in, but believe me....I have no sympathy for those who harm or even kill others.
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