tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post8279517607727319551..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Ambulance, Police, Burglar...Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-14911938600100128512012-12-13T01:42:52.518+00:002012-12-13T01:42:52.518+00:00Sorry to hear about your mother. I hope you have a...Sorry to hear about your mother. I hope you have a good Christmas with her.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-4276592598344920682012-12-06T12:51:45.469+00:002012-12-06T12:51:45.469+00:00The world is full of complete and utter cocks.The world is full of complete and utter cocks.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817258352819620647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-44193788744834711692012-12-05T17:46:22.690+00:002012-12-05T17:46:22.690+00:00wow. nice cops, who knew?wow. nice cops, who knew?vaudeviewgalor raandisisraisinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045187732283895410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-89551884136553023252012-12-04T15:27:31.366+00:002012-12-04T15:27:31.366+00:00"The police like blood"
If it's lea..."The police like blood"<br /><br />If it's leaking in large quantities from a scumbag burglar, so do I.Northern Fophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663744996024949654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-54753081995162469402012-12-04T13:59:47.816+00:002012-12-04T13:59:47.816+00:00Hi Neal,
So sorry to hear about your mother’s ord...Hi Neal,<br /><br />So sorry to hear about your mother’s ordeals.<br /><br />There has been a, perhaps inevitable (how else are the former bankers and property developers going to finance their cocaine habits in these recessionary times?), rise in this type of crime here in Ireland as well. Criminals are targeting the elderly in particular. They find out who lives alone, they monitor their movements, and they strike as soon as an opportunity presents itself. In this country it seems to be a nationwide epidemic affecting both urban and rural areas, and both affluent and less well-off addresses.<br /><br />My own parents are both quite elderly and, following a spate of recent burglaries in their locality, I have been trying to gently change their behaviour without unduly frightening them. The biggest struggle that I have had so far was when trying to convince them to keep their doors and windows locked while they were in the house themselves, but eventually I managed to convince them of the merits of this course of action, and I have also coaxed them into keeping only minimal amounts of cash in the house, keeping the keys out of locks etc.<br /><br />I would recommend that you consider a well-signposted monitored alarm with CCTV cameras rather than a DIY effort. Most of the scum carrying out these crimes are “path of least resistance” types that will probably preferentially target houses with no alarms first, but that will also strike houses with un-monitored alarms if they believe there is a large enough payback to reward the risk, and ironically enough the presence of an un-monitored alarm can lead them to speculate that there may be something worth stealing on the premises. However, the combination of a real-time monitored alarm and CCTV cameras would probably be sufficient to put off all but the most determined and foolhardy of thieves, and then it will be the speed and quality of the response to the alarm that you will be depending on.<br /><br />Also, if you can manage to do 90% of what-their-jobs-should-be for them (by providing them with clear footage of the criminals and their vehicles), the police can be quite accommodating when it comes to doing what-unfortunately-has-become-90%-of-their-jobs-in-reality: pushing through the necessary paperwork to convict the fuckers that carry out these despicable attacks on vulnerable people! <br /><br />Anyway, hope your Mum is not too badly shaken-up by the whole nightmare.<br /><br />Duracell.Duracellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600380097666044704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-450268985074115142012-12-04T10:50:34.523+00:002012-12-04T10:50:34.523+00:00Hope your mother feels better and recovers from th...Hope your mother feels better and recovers from this soon. As a policeman said to me recently (after my neighbours bikes were stolen) "We *will* catch these guys eventually but not necessarily for this specific crime."<br /><br />My take-away from this is that public services in the UK can work very well if you are lucky enough to get the right people at the right time. These people deserve good pay and pensions. Unfortunately there is also an overhead of people who should be fired but just aren't/can't/won't.robannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928193244559930423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-47182665609045911592012-12-04T10:12:06.469+00:002012-12-04T10:12:06.469+00:00Ack!
Sorry to hear that, Neal, especially about yo...Ack!<br />Sorry to hear that, Neal, especially about your Mum. Yep, fit a good burglar alarm it will be a deterrent and a comfort. My mother is about the same age and is prone to leaving her front-door open during the summer. Her excuse? I have nothing worth stealing. Yep, but the drugged-out-of-his-mind-yob doesn't know that. Mothers eh?Bob Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03141837277102776901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-10281747896386505352012-12-04T08:39:00.522+00:002012-12-04T08:39:00.522+00:00Glad to hear you Mum got sorted out and is more se...Glad to hear you Mum got sorted out and is more settled, I've been there before with ageing parents and it's very stressful for all parties.<br />We've also been burgled, the twat cut himself when he broke the window so he got lifted not long after that as he was already know to Police.<br />I did look at a DIY alarm but went for a local company to install instead, it might not be as expensive as you may think. You can even put a false box outside it's enough deter most scumbags.Phil Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992017267449727399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-21789909230158760672012-12-04T08:32:20.249+00:002012-12-04T08:32:20.249+00:00Sorry to hear of your mother's problems. I hop...Sorry to hear of your mother's problems. I hope the break in doesn't unsettle her too much.<br /><br />My house was burgled once over a decade ago. I found that unnerving enough and I was only thirty at that point. The drug addict only got a DVD player and a moneybox (full of just 1p and 2p coins unluckily for him). Also unlucky for him, he did cut himself breaking in and they did catch him.<br /><br />You can never stop someone who wants to get in, but make it hard enough and firstly they might not try, and secondly they are more likely to leave evidence behind.Alberonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245608403275391613noreply@blogger.com