On 28/12/2003, at 11:03 AM, Phillip McGree wrote:
I've been wondering all day if these kids will ever come back now that
they have seen the masses of Mac stuff that I have in this house. But
then again... I'm 6 foot tall, 118kg... big ugly fat bastard,
particularly unattractive when running across the front yard at 3:30am
in nothing but old underpants. Being chased by this huge pissed off
pale bloke who's bare skin hasn't seen sunshine in many years must
have had them at least a tad concerned.
Would have been a classic for Funniest Home Videos... if I had the
whole iSight thing set up I would still have lost my camera, but could
have won a new replacement one with the video.
Phil
So it's a Merry Christmas to you from your unexpected visitors Phil,
and from all your friends up here in sunny Geraldton.
I'm glad they didn't take your PowerBook, especially considering your
previous PowerBook robbery! I read some time ago of a lady in the USA
who used Timbuctoo remote software to track down an iMac thief. She
waited until the robbers went on line, then somehow set it to wipe the
hard drive when they next started it up. In the meantime her ISP
company helped trace the login phone call and the iMac was retrieved.
The police couldn't charge them with theft as they claimed they had
bought it from someone, so they were charged with receiving stolen
property and received a slap on the wrist.
Several years ago, a week before Christmas, Elaine and I were woken
with a torch being shone through our bedroom window. It wasn't the kids
and wasn't the police so the next morning we rang up the security
screen company and had full security screens and triple lock doors
fitted. It's a bit like living in a cage now but at least we can open
the doors and windows and let the Geraldton sea breeze blow through,
without it blowing in any strangers. We do need to remember to lock the
doors though.
Maybe you could set up a Mac with an iSight and monitor the house. Hey,
you could set it up with iChat and we could all watch for weckless
wobbers - just think, the WAMUG Virtual Security Service - "You sleep,
we peep".
