30 Jun
2012
30 Jun
'12
6:34 p.m.
On 06/30/2012 04:25 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Got a bit of a scare this week. I have most of my
equipment stored and I received a call indicating
that the lock on one of my units was missing. The management put a "temporary"
lock on the unit
until I could get down and survey what was going on (and put a new lock on it).
I went down this morning and there in front of the door to my unit was my lock that had
been cut off
(I suspect with bolt cutters). Fortunately, there doesn't appear to be any mischief
(other than having
to replace the lock). I suspect that someone was confused (and probably lost the key to
their lock)
and opened my unit. When they saw what was in it they moved on. The reason that I
suspect this
was that nothing was disturbed and there are several obvious items near the front that
would've probably
gone missing if theft was the motivation.
I put a new high security lock in place of the old padlock and will probably replace my
other padlocks
with high security locks to prevent this sort of thing in the future.
I'm sorry that happened to you, Guy. This is terrible. At least
nothing was missing! You got lucky there.
It's strangely coincidental, but a coincidence is really all it can
be. As you've no doubt heard, I've moved from FL to PA. I'm actually
still in the process of moving; eight trucks and counting. There's not
much left in my old house, mostly my collection of antique scientific
instruments. About sixty pieces, mostly 100+ years old. Also the last
ten or so racks, and my VAX-11/730.
Anyway, that house was broken into two nights ago. My mother, who
lives a few miles away, has been driving by to check on the house. She
was kind enough to deal with the detectives, etc in my absence. The
friggin' dirtbags stole some stuff and just wantonly destroyed a bunch
of other things. And, in true dirtbag fashion, left cigarette butts
everywhere.
When they were all done, many hours later, my mother returned home to
find that HER house had been broken into in her absence!
We think it was the same person, a day-laborer who she and I have both
hired on occasion to move things, etc.
I am angry beyond words.
The world is going to hell in a handbasket. There are scumbags
everywhere and they are reproducing like crazy.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA