So.. just found out the house got broken into..

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Mermaidman

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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
This is bullshit. I bet it was the natives indians, I could provide statistics, but they're too numerous, I just remember when they beat the kid my age across the block until he had brain damage, and when they stole my 4 bikes as a kid.
You sure it wasn't the chinks, niggerz, wetbacks, or spics? :roll:

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
Start leaving firewater on the counter.
You're the only other person apparently who noticed :) Not to be PC, and I understand the OP's anger, but proof?
 

JulesMaximus

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Jul 3, 2003
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Originally posted by: RyanSengara
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Meh, that's what insurance is for. Probably someone who knew your parents would be out of town for a while. One of your "friends" perhaps?

Thats what my dad said, there was no shortage of people that knew we were out of town, I wouldn't put it past my neighbour exgirlfriend to break into my house either.

:laugh: Dad and I think alike I guess.
 

dethman

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what about the $500 decals on the car? who puts $500 decals on their car...THREE TIMES?
 

yowolabi

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Originally posted by: dethman
what about the $500 decals on the car? who puts $500 decals on their car...THREE TIMES?

People who leave the door wide open in a high crime neighborhood while they LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
 

Slew Foot

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Sep 22, 2005
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Ask PAB about the best way to get your insurance to pay for it. And a new roof to boot.

 

DrPizza

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www.slatebrookfarm.com
Maybe it's just a cultural issue...
OP, generally in the USA, when we're posting an amount of money that includes the cents portion, we put a decimal between the dollars and the cents. Thus, your $15000 would be written $150.00 ;) btw, $150 is a smoking good deal for those windows; usually something like that would run at least $400 to $800 each!

For what it's worth, generally, the cost of windows is calculated by "united inches" - simply the length plus width added together. While your windows are somewhat tall (I've seen much longer), they're not that wide. Using object in the picture to estimate the size (I'm guessing the seat of the chair is roughly 16 to 18 inches), I'm taking a shot at 18x65. There's no way on earth that one, or even all of them, are worth $15000. Windows under (high 90's) united inches aren't *that* special. (However, having had some high-pressure window salesmen come to my house to give me estimates, I discovered that there are many companies more than willing to charge four or 5 times the actual value of windows; they'll even finance them for you.) After 2 high-pressure salesmen, I checked a local lumber company; I could order them myself or have a local contractor do it for a small percentage of what the "factory direct" company was quoting.

edit: and I just shopped around for prices; while I couldn't find an exact price, I did find that the price is indeed per united inch at several places, and if you go over 99 united inches at one place (and 101 at the other), it's an additional $5 charge per united inch. Your windows haven't even hit that threshold where they're considered "special."
 

meltdown75

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Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
This is bullshit. I bet it was the natives indians, I could provide statistics, but they're too numerous, I just remember when they beat the kid my age across the block until he had brain damage, and when they stole my 4 bikes as a kid.
You sure it wasn't the chinks, niggerz, wetbacks, or spics? :roll:
I doubt the OP meant to sound racist there, even though it might have came off that way. In Canada if you live near a Native Canadian reserve, there could be a higher rate of crime (especially property-related crime) compared to other areas.

Or maybe he did mean to sound racist... but I doubt it.
 

Sphexi

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What kind of glass costs 15K for a pane, and why would someone waste that kind of cash putting it in a sliding door, where the chances are it'll be broken eventually?
 

Darthvoy

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Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
This is bullshit. I bet it was the natives indians, I could provide statistics, but they're too numerous, I just remember when they beat the kid my age across the block until he had brain damage, and when they stole my 4 bikes as a kid.
You sure it wasn't the chinks, niggerz, wetbacks, or spics? :roll:
I doubt the OP meant to sound racist there, even though it might have came off that way. In Canada if you live near a Native Canadian reserve, there could be a higher rate of crime (especially property-related crime) compared to other areas.

Or maybe he did mean to sound racist... but I doubt it.

you must have missed his other thread on Americans and Mexicans
 

Bryophyte

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Originally posted by: Darthvoy
Originally posted by: meltdown75
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: RyanSengara
This is bullshit. I bet it was the natives indians, I could provide statistics, but they're too numerous, I just remember when they beat the kid my age across the block until he had brain damage, and when they stole my 4 bikes as a kid.
You sure it wasn't the chinks, niggerz, wetbacks, or spics? :roll:
I doubt the OP meant to sound racist there, even though it might have came off that way. In Canada if you live near a Native Canadian reserve, there could be a higher rate of crime (especially property-related crime) compared to other areas.

Or maybe he did mean to sound racist... but I doubt it.

you must have missed his other thread on Americans and Mexicans

You mean the South American Mexicans. :laugh:

 

oogabooga

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Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: isekii
It was probably 15 K Canadian dollars.

That's what, twelve bucks American? ;):laugh:

hehe yea....

In Reality

15000Canadian Dollars ExRate...0.8530 $12,794.26 US
Still damn expensive windows....