Stupid reality check

[Nellisir]

Someone stole four 36' rolls of R-25, unfaced, 23" insulation out of my driveway. I had 10 rolls delivered, plus some strapping, so I could insulate some of my basement ceiling. I didn't even think about leaving it in the driveway for a night or two -- I mean, who's stupid enough to steal out of my driveway in a densely populated neighborhood in the middle of the day? And it's certainly not the most expensive stuff sitting around in the driveway (that'd be the tablesaw & compressor under the tarp).

It's one of my neighbors. I'll guarantee it. No one with a car is going to pull up and take 4 rolls and leave 6. And now I've got to hassle with making sure my tools and my workshop are always locked.

Stupid reality.

 

[Crothian]

Stuff like that always sucks.

 

[WayneLigon]

Make caltrops.

 

[Umbran]

Three words - motion sensitive camera. Sure, you'll get a few shots of the local cats and squirrels, but the satisfaction of putting up posters, "Have you seen this man?" aroudn the neighborhood should be priceless

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

A friend of mine was doing a cobblestone driveway (small town in South Dakota)... they left the stones in their front yard and they were stolen. *shakes head* People are ridiculous.

 

[Nellisir]

Make caltrops.

Don't need to. Got roofing nails. My tenant frowns on me scattering them around her parking space, though.

 

[Nellisir]

A friend of mine was doing a cobblestone driveway (small town in South Dakota)... they left the stones in their front yard and they were stolen. *shakes head* People are ridiculous.

Ah, South Dakota, that hotbed of crime and malfeasance!

Good point, though -- it was probably a dastardly ring of insulation thieves from down south (and by down south, I mean everything more than 100 feet south of my house)!

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Stupid reality.

Kill it and take its stuff.

 

[sniffles]

We used to have a problem with people stealing our recycling bin. It's free. It was provided by the garbage company. I wonder how much money that company wastes in replacing peoples' bins when they're stolen by neighbors.

 

[was]

People steal the dumbest things. I've had people steal my beat-up laundry baskets at the laundromat. They're like $2.00 at the local Wal-Mart.