i hate it when unknown people mess with yr stuff

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this happened at sunday while I was at work, I guess - came back & all these uncut cds my mum had gotten free from work ages ago that were in this box by my bookcase were up in the shoebox on top of my stereo (& I seriously can't tell if CDs that were in the shoebox have been taken so the uncut cds could fit in), a pile of CDs on top of my stereo is in different order (& again, some might be missing); & a box of books was all messesd up, too. can't tell if anything was taken, & none of my flatmates claim to have seen anybody around that day (not that they were, y'know, in).

i feel stupidly paranoid & violated & really wanna get a lock for my door.

― etc, Monday, 8 December 2003 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yuck, I don't blame you for being paranoid. I think you should definitely invest in a lock for yr door, they're probably pretty cheap at Mitre 10 or something. You need to be extra careful when you live in a flat in town. Good luck!

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Monday, 8 December 2003 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

three of my flatmates are pretty dodgy (well duh), y'know, trying to get me to sell stolen dvds @ cash converters for them coz they were worried they'd be recognised!
+ y'know some of em are ON DRUGS & have no money.

yeah, i was thinking about getting a lock, but don't you need power tools & stuff to install them? + probably the permission of the leaseholder, & um so on. i can't afford a locksmith, anyway.

― etc, Monday, 8 December 2003 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Nah you'd be fine w/a screwdriver! And you wouldn't need permission in that place, I'm sure.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 8 December 2003 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

when I lived by saint kevin's arc I nailed a swing lock thinging on (the one metal bit on hinges goes over the other bit on the door or doorframe/wall and then you put a padlock through - sorry for crap explanation). People could bash it down if they were really really desperate maybe but it's okay and easier (/possible)to install - just need a hammer at least (plus screwdriver is better) though a drill would be best to really get screws in but I only ever used a hammer + screwdriver and it worked pretty well (except if you lose the keys for the padlock! I had a combination lock). Our landlord was a slumlord and I never saw him, but if it's just hammering a lock on should be okay.

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

ooh, padlock + swing lock - didn't think of that. a trip to the hardware equivalent of surplustronics may be in order tomorrow.

― etc, Monday, 8 December 2003 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooo is Surplustronics still there? I miss that place

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

If you wanna borrow a screwdriver etc feel free to ask me. I think there's a drill around too.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Monday, 8 December 2003 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

K, putting a lock on your door is just a superficial solution to something that's clearly a deep and multilayered problem. What you really need is to get yourself a posse and clean up those scumbag-ridden streets. Vigilante justice is what's called for here! That, and a really cool crime-fighting pseudonym. "The Scarlet Squid" or something.

― Minty (Minty), Monday, 8 December 2003 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Re: petty theft centred around the K road area
I still lament the loss of my Altern8 tape, Portishead CD, Madonna "Erotica" album (okay nah I don't give a shit about that one) and MOST OF ALL my beloved perfect fit old black duran duran "rio" t-shirt.

― cuspidorian (cuspidorian), Monday, 8 December 2003 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

haha I was in RG just before it closed & found some of my CDs, wtf? going in to see matt at 9am. apparently one flatmate saw the flatmate-couple in my room the other day.
hmmmmn.

hey elisabeth could I borrow a hammer & use some nails?

― skarlet skwid, Monday, 8 December 2003 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

IT WUZ MY FLATMATE WHUT DUN IT.

uh haha so wtf? RG want me to go to the police.
there'll be tears before bedtime, etc.

― etc, Monday, 8 December 2003 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

there'll be tears before bedtime

Is that gonna be your catchphrase? "There'll be tears before bedtime for you scumbags!" Bam! Pow! Wammo!

― Minty (Minty), Monday, 8 December 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

hey do you remember the letters column in VIZ? handy tip : "to protect our house from burglary, before going on holiday my husband always smashes everything in the house with a sledgehammer"

― duane, Monday, 8 December 2003 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Mince! Gronk! Spleen!

― Minty (Minty), Monday, 8 December 2003 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

You touch my stuff, you fuckin' die.

― Black Francis (Damian), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Go piss on their bed

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Whizz! Splash! Soak!

― Minty (Minty), Tuesday, 9 December 2003 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Matt says you kicked them out, good one

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 11 December 2003 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

hey when did you see matt? he hasn't got his printer back. think we'll be stuck w/about $100 of their bills, too.

― etc, Thursday, 11 December 2003 05:14 (twenty-one years ago)

At RG yesterday. Did you get yr lock yet?

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 11 December 2003 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

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