Re: OT: I swear I'm going to run away to a deserted island

The police have been helpful- and I expect will continue to be as the 
new neighbor to my dad's house is a county sheriff.  I doubt they'll 
recover anything, but i'd just be happy to have them go to jail.

Theresa

Pam Evans wrote:

>Theresa I am so sorry. Like Zem, I have been there and it does make you feel
>violated and vulnerable. Hideous. But the people who would do this to you
>after the loss you have suffered are despicable beyond belief. The only
>small comfort I can offer is what goes around comes around. And these people
>have a whole pile of bad karma fixin' to slap them upside their heads. You
>may never see it, but rest assured, it WILL happen. Have the police been any
>help or they like the useless brain-dead puppets we have here?
>
>
> On 9/4/05, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
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>>How awful for you, Theresa! I know from personal experience just how
>>violated one feels after a burglary, but I have no idea how bad it must be
>>to experience the results of theft following the death of a loved one. I
>>am
>>so sorry this has happened to you.
>>zem
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
>>To: "GardenChat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:58 PM
>>Subject: [CHAT] OT: I swear I'm going to run away to a deserted island
>>
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>>>So- this will be a rant, so anyone who doesn't have time or energy,
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>>press
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>>>delete now.
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>>>My husband and I drove up to clear out more of my deceased father's
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>>house,
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>>>pack more things, etc. Got there and after about a hour I realized stuff
>>>was missing. Like the grandfather clock he build by hand...other clock
>>>movements/parts, sleeping bag, who knows how many tools from the garage
>>>are also missing. I was so upset, I was just in shock. How horrible of a
>>>person do you have to be to steal stuff from a dead person's home, while
>>>the ashes ("cremains") are still there in the house! Just the yuckiest
>>>sort of feeling for us in the house, felt so bad about the entire thing
>>>and freaked out. Worse, I think it may have been a friend of the woman
>>>who is renting the "in-law" suite and has been since February. Called
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>>the
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>>>police, they came out and took a statement and description of some of
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>>the
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>>>missing items (which I'm sure are long gone and I won't see again), as
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>>the
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>>>day progressed realized more and more stuff was missing, realized the
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>>the
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>>>renter's friend Bill's story was conflictory. Clearly they had plenty of
>>>time, as things were hand-picked and unusual choice of stuff not to
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>>steal
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>>>(like they left the tv's, stereo and computer). Got madder and madder- I
>>>think I've used all the adenaline up in my body. The creeps had stashed
>>>some of the tools in the garage into the trash can and trunk, clearly to
>>>come back and get more loot later. Also, we looked into an an old
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>>storage
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>>>shed need the street, and found more stuff they had moved up there and
>>>stored to get later too. We moved everything back into the garage- that
>>>should at least frustrate someone. (I guess I will extract what little
>>>vengence I can at this time). We replaced locks on everything in the
>>>house and garage, barred the windows, unplugged the garage door opener
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>>and
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>>>then slid the garage door lock over and put a heavy-duty lock on it too.
>>>I'm going to make it as annoying as possible for whomever to come back
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>>for
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>>>more.
>>>Now I'm just really tired and feel really sad.
>>>
>>>Theresa
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>Pam Evans
>Kemp TX
>zone 8A
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