Sure theft happens but it most likely happened by someone local who knew what was there and when the house would be empty.
Refusing to be paranoid,
Brian
This is indeed a sad event. I will be sure to keep a sharp eye out (as always) for so called "hot" deals and anything else that just doesn't seem right.
I agree, however, that it has all the trademarks of being an inside job, or at least somebody familiar with the victim. A similar racket is happening in hot rod clubs where a member will spend thousands on a car and then it gets stolen on the night it's finished.
It's a shame we can't even play with our trains without fear of them being stolen. I for one will not live in fear as my gun and knife collection is much larger than my trains. Plenty ammo also, signs posted and OEF/OIF PTSD alibi.
The Dixie D Short Line "Lux Lucet In Tenebris Nihil Igitur Mors Est Ad Nos 2001"
Unfortunately you can't use those things when you are not there. (I have a nice armoury as well). I would not have put out my railroad if it wasn't for my privacy fence that gives a little camouflage.....and the several sets of large teeth that I let roam in my backyard! But no protection system is perfect if someone is intent on stealing you property...but you can make it as hard as heck.
It is a shame that we can't share our creations with our neighbors without the fear of vandalism or theft. What has America come to?
Locks are only for honest people! When somebody can electronically get into your bank account armed with nothing other than the account number taken off a check (while you have to show your drivers license to cash your own check at the same bank), and nobody is or can be held responsible, something is very wrong!
No matter what you do, you are vulnerable; so other than taking reasonable precautions I refuse to get too wound up about my trains.
I do have Paws and Jaws mobile alarm system.
What's really weird is reading the old magazines....."Charles Brombaugh, 3710 Westmoreland Drive, Pawtucket, Rhode Island" with a postal code (not ZIP).
I am surprised that in the old days we didn't have more of that.
I've had stuff taken, while we were operating, no less, and the cops say it's someone who we probably know.
Curmudgeon wrote: , and the cops say it's someone who we probably know.
, and the cops say it's someone who we probably know.
About a year later, a good bit of my things started to show up on the bay, I notified the vendor and he did confirm that the items came from a family member of the late heart attack victim, he said, had he known, he would never have purchased them.
Greed comes in many packages......
Byron
Well, I put in a car alarm system in for my friend, just made to scare the carp out of them and wake him up.
I tested the system after checking it all out, 5 weeks later @ 3:00am I did a full test and whole place lit up and bells a ringing!
Nice to know your not loved at 3:00am by all in the hood!
Toad
Well, I put in a car alarm system in for my friend, just made to scare the carp out of them and wake him up.I tested the system after checking it all out, 5 weeks later @ 3:00am I did a full test and whole place lit up and bells a ringing! Nice to know your not loved at 3:00am by all in the hood! Toad
I like fish too!
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