Hmmm......... So now it appears that thugs are looking for ladders (...this is the second mention of (potential) ladder theft.
I keep both mine INside the house. If I were a thief a couple of ladders would serve me very well I think ! GET YOUR LADDERS INSIDE FOLK ! On Nov 28, 1:33 pm, pcb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend asked me to post a notice of attempted theft of an aluminium > extension ladder from her property in Crown Street around 4.30 pm > yesterday, Thursday. The ladder was stored upright in a narrow space > on the side of her house. This space is contained on two sides by her > house, by high railings, within her garden, about 3m from the street > side, and by a low vibracrete wall separating her from her neighbour. > The vibracrete wall has spikes along the top that are obscured by a > creeper. The ladder was resting against the vibracrete wall. > > What alerted her, apart from her dogs barking, was a rattling noise. > It appears that the perp/s were trying to hoist the ladder over the > wall and one of the rungs caught on the invisible spikes. Trying to > drag it free ensnared the ladder completely and he/she/they was/were > forced to retreat empty handed. Gone in a flash without any trace. > > Except for a tell-tale hook discovered later in the neighbour's > garden. > > The same friend also had a large black rubber mat stolen from under > the tarp on the back of her bakkie that same morning; nothing else > missing. > > Needless to say, the ladder has been moved to a safer spot. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
