Poll: My house was broken into this afternoon.

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Locutus of Board

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Sorry Yakko.

My house was broken into only a few weeks ago. They only hit the bedroom.

Took thousands in jewelry. (Mostly my wifes.)

Yep, they busted open the safe.

(Don't buy your safe at Kmart.)
 

Soybomb

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Anytime someone takes your stuff it makes you damn mad..... I hope you get some $ at least from insurance to help you buy a new one. Begin the egay hunt ;)
 

yakko

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AndrewR,

It is my mom's house and she does have insurance but I think it has a $500 deductable. I have the receipt for the bike but I am not sure if I still have the receipt for the upgrades I did a couple of years ago. If I can find all the receipts I can probably get about $600.
 

billumillamerika

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Feb 14, 2001
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let's do like some nations/religions do:

a man steals something, they cut of that person's hand/s
a man commits adultery, they cut off........well you know what!

just trying to bring a smile to your face, sorry about your loss!
 

jonnyGURU

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If I remember correctly, the receipt says it's only $695, right?

Alan's Bicycle Center in Vero Beach? ;) Wonder who you bought that from. :p

I wish you could even find a replacement, but where would one find a hard tail with an Easton E9 front triangle thermally bonded to a 4130 Cromoly rear end.

The perfect formula for destruction on the trails. That's why I still have mine.

We'll find him and drill 1/32 holes in his toe nails and insert lit matches. :|

 

Pyxis

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Man that sucks:(. I know exactly how you must feel, when I used to live in Detroit my house got broken into seven times in 5 years.
 

yakko

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jonnyGURU,

The reciept says $872 total. The handlebar, wheels, headset and brake upgrade I did is about another $300.
 

AMDJunkie

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Aw, gee man, that blows goat balls. My brother's bike got stolen. Twice actually. The first was this nice BMX Dyno. The idiot kept leaving it outside the door instead of putting it away, and we'd all say put it away in the garage, but it was stolen before he learned. The next was a black GT Bullet that he got as a hand-me-down from me. After about two years he made some malarky up about it being broken, and instead of asking Dad to take it to the shop, he left it outside, saying that no one would take a broken bike (this is around the time I'm discussing with my dad about getting the bike I have now, so you could figure out he was trying to get his own instead of a hand-me). It stayed there for several months before someone took it. The moron's plan backfired too, now the spoiled brat will never get a new bike from my parents. Weeeeeeeeeeeeellll, to get to the point, since I have a new kickass bike, the old Trek 820 I have for regular commuting is still here and in fairly good shape. If you want it, maybe I could arrange something.
 

minus1972

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how can the AOL one not be winning???

I'm confused.

ps: sorry to hear about your bike, theifs is suck.
 

DesignDawg

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I had a mountain bike for a couple years, starting when I lived on campus. When I moved off-campus, I mostly drove, so the bike didn't get much use. I had it locked up, and finally convinced a frined to take it off my hands. He took it, and THE NIGHT HE TOOK IT HOME, someone stole it from him. Easy come, easy go, I guess. The funny part is, a few months later, I noticed that ANOTHER friend of mine had just bought himself a new bike at a pawn shop here in town....MINE. :) It's actually funny as hell. I know he bought it at that pawn shop, but I always rag him about riding &quot;my hot bike.&quot; :)

Sorry about this though, man. Sucks.

Ricky
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Muerto

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Dec 26, 1999
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Damn that sucks. :( A friend of mine had his house robbed a while ago too. He lost a ton of stuff, TV, VCR, bike, computer, money...

I hope the fuscker gets what he deserves. :|:|
 

hzl eyed grl

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Dec 28, 1999
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yakko, will a hug and a kiss from me help at all? If not, I guess I can come down and team up with GF and kick some butt. ;)
 

yakko

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hzl-eyed-grl,

Yes a hug and a kiss will help.:) You can also team up with GirlFriday and kick butt. Thanks for all the sympathy guys I really needed it.
 

hzl eyed grl

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*KISSES &amp; HUGS for yakko* MUUUUUAAAAAA I hope the person that took your bike gets caught. Oh, I'll be on the next plane out there. ;)
 

yakko

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WOOHOO!!!! That almost makes it worth the bike getting stolen.

Another thing that really sucks is that I had planned on cleaning my room this weekend but because they broke the window in my moms room and she is out of town for the weekend(boy is she going to be suprised when she gets back) I had to clean her room.:|:|
 

hzl eyed grl

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Well, while GF and I are there we can also put on our little French maid outfits and clean your room for you since you went through such a horrible ordeal. ;)

EDIT: Seriously though, please keep us updated as to whether or not you get your bike back or the thief gets caught.