On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Dave Fitch wrote: > > and even then you're still not safe. > A car I once had was broken into in the car park of our units. > I was about to sell the car so there was absolutely nothing > in the car (at all!). They still got in, checked it out then > left it. Luckily no damage, the only nuisance was they left > the door ajar so the interior light was on and the battery > was too flat to start it the next morning. > My record was 6 breakins in 6 weeks. All bar one at home, between the hours of 12:45am and 2:50am Fridays - where they (he) smashed the rear quarterglass, opened the back door, removed *ALL* of the light bulbs and then proceeded to go through the car. The bugger even got my mobile on the second breakin (and called his mum - wasn't that nice ;), now if only the police would do something. My guess is the car phone arial suggested there may be a mobile phone in the car. Given this person didn't want to be noticed (popping the least noisy window && removing the light bulbs) the installation of the car alarm put an end to the breakins. That it was the same person 5 weeks running is beyond doubt (and yes - I know who and where he lives, but that isn't enough for our legal system). BTW - several people have been broken into when at SLUG, so don't leave anything you actually want to keep in your cars. And if it happens too often, MIDAS will in fact give you an account. Jason. --- Jason Ball Electronic Commerce Specialist Corporate Express Australia Ltd Phone: +61 2 9335 0374 Fax: +61 2 9335 0753 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
