Even though my front windows have burglar bars and are behind gates, I have covered the opening sections with that white, plastic coated (garden?) mesh. This was initially done to keep stray cats from peeing in the house but it does also prevent any "fishing" and the windows can remain open for ventilation.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Marlin Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I was woken up by something at about 6:45AM this morning, I got up to have > a look and my jeans were half way out the window. > > Coincidentally there was a couple outside in a car coming to see my > neighbours, and the guy came to my window asking me if I knew someone was > there. He said that when they pulled up and I got up to look out the > window, there was a guy crouched below it. When they pulled up, he bolted > down the road. They first thought I was talking to the guy. > > I went outside and found the usual long thin stick used for fishing out > belongings from people's houses. > > I asked the visitor to describe the intruder to me. Vague but the defining > characteristics might trigger something: black guy, big (not just tall, but > big) with scars all over his face. It seemed from his description that they > lines along his cheeks. Unfortunately that's all he could make out, it > happened very quickly. > > I'm not expecting anyone to be caught with such a vague description, but > keep your valuables FAR away from open windows. Don't think that daylight > is safer, either. > > Regards, > Marlin Forbes > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
