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In todays climate its always best to put on the Safety Chain just in case.

we are having spates of burglarys at the moment on out estate its awful to think of someone coming in and taking things we work so hard for, scumbags,

im so pleased they were caught and you OH is ok

Theiving scumbags.... Well done Mrs OH :-D

Morning Budgie., Hope all is now peaceful in your household. Have done the Baileys shopping so all is right with the world :-D Funny you should mention carol singing, we went out 'guerilla' carol singing yesterday and it was a great success. I think I hit a few high notes! :-D <3

BC XX

Hey there babe, xxx <3 <3 <3
hope you have a nice Christmas, don't have too much of the old falling down water...on second thoughts.. go for it gal, paint the town Red, or in your case PINK. :-D :-D :-D

Hiya Gawgusss sorry to read this hope your OH is ok and setttled herself, she certainly is a tough nut !! you take care of you and yours , good job she didn't have her rolling pin in her hand and her pinny on :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

Joking aside.....mwahhhhh to you both <3 <3 <3

Sorry BC, didn`t recognise your "Merry Christmas" board name at first .xx <3
Have you been out Carol singing yet, or are you still doing rehearsals? :-D

Btw, have you done your "Baileys" shopping for Christmas yet? :-D :-D

Hi Gins sweetie, Yep! `her indoors` is fine thanks.
She's been through far worse than this incident over the last 3years
She`s also had me to put up with for the last 45yrs, and that's no mean feat in itself. ha,ha, bless her.

xx

Still Waters ........

I hope your 'OH' is OK

x

Gins,
More of a shock to the intruder I think, good job for him that she wasn`t in one of her nasty mood. he,he . :-D

BR.....how could you leave her alone after a shock like that!

MaureeninNY
Sorry to ask...but where were you when her indoors left the building

Maureen

Her indoors was sat settled in her armchair looking out of the window awaiting the arrival of the police. So I went upstairs to log off and get a shower, that's when she decided to nip out and keep an eye out for these guys along the road ( pretty long fairly busy main road we live on), she didn`t think to inform me, she just went.

Just had a phone call police coming to take a statement within 15 minutes.

We have a 'beep Boo' on our door, it's linked to the alarm system

We never lock our doors, well we do when going out/to bed

I have heard of this a few times before and I applaud you OH for doing what she did!

An opportunist sees coats and bags slung over the bottom stair newel, ( or posh coat stand) and takes their chances.
A few years back a neighbour was entertaining friends who all left their belongings in the hall.
All pockets were rifled and every handbag was taken.... they needed only to take one step inside the house grab it all.

It was only a few months ago, that I was up late at night with one of my daughters.
My front door opened and 2 young men stepped inside.
As soon as we came into the hall, they started stuttering and stammering, claiming that they were looking for a friend? We didn't believe them.

We now keep our doors locked ( most of the time)

We always lock our doord day and night as there are so many walk in burglaries in most areas these days. If things are stolen and your door is not locked you invalidate your insurance.

Sorry to ask this too, but had you got anything nickable in your jacket pocket, Budgie darling? <3

Sorry to ask...but where were you when her indoors left the building???? ;-)

Maureen

We have safety chain Merlin, only used at night though. Ann, he just opened the door and walked in he couldn`t have knocked first or I would have heard it.
We only lock doors when we are out, or at night when no visitors are expected .
we can very easily see anyone coming down the front path no problem even whilst watching telly.
I`m surprised this guy got to the door without being spotted most unusual.
The next door neighbour (both our front doors only a few inches apart and front garden paths are parallel to each other) saw him but thought he was our window cleaner collecting his money.
Ahhh well .. Do we "have" to go around suspecting every person coming to the door is an opportunist thief? What a sorry world we live in aint it?

Edit:.. I should really know better I suppose, I do live amidst 4 large sink estates and it is coming up to Christmas.. (Nod wisely now after the fact) :-(

Thank goodness she wasn't hurt and that she managed to push him back through the door.I hope both of the criminals will be dealt with severely ,but sadly I doubt it.
It is a terrible shock finding someone in your home .My daughter had the same and woke one morning to see 2 men coming up her stairs.He partner chased them back down and then discovered lots of their belongings outside on the patio.They were never caught ,but had been doing the rounds on that estate through the night .
One of the main things they seemed to be after was car keys to nick cars from drives :-S

How did he get in? did she open the door to him? Anyway, well done her, how dare these people think they can enter people's property.