Burglars

At 5:50am the missus dug me in the ribs "there's someone out there!".

"Wha?" says I (I'm at my witty best just before dawn).

"There's someone outside!"

Then I heard it - someone was sliding tiles around on either my roof or the neighbour's roof. I got up and went into the bathroom. I carefully opened the sliding window and looked out, but couldn't see anything. So, not wanting to get dressed and go out in 2 degrees, I did what I thought of on the spur of the moment - I slammed the window - BANG!

Well, there was a frightened curse, a slide and a thump, then the sound of someone limping away. Unfortunately I couldn't see them. What I did see though was their lookout across the road take off at a trot down the road after them. I spoke to the police who are checking the video cameras of the club across the road from me.

Next time I'll just call 000 and try to get a photo. Pity I didn't scare him into the other neighbours yard, the rotties would have enjoyed the snack.

Thieves, I hate 'em :((:((:((

:D:2tsup: Greg out looking for a wounded wally

Lets hope they do not return

What my camera does not catch, the dog does.:2tsup:

Thieving mongrels http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...d/ranting2.gif, good thing the missus heard them before they got too far, ohh and where was Sally while all this was going on?

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Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

... ohh and where was Sally while all this was going on?

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My Sally is a labrador, as you know. So long as they don't go near the fridge, pantry or the dog dish they're safe :doh:

:cold Tough burglars round your way. Bloody cold last night. What was he doing on the roof? The b(^$@%&*.:((

Gee Groggy,

That was lucky. :oo::oo:

Could have been a very different experience, like waking up to a claw bar on your noggin'. Very scary.

Hope the cops get some leads from the video.

Also got woken up one night by some vermin in the back yard trying to pry open the back door. They scarpered over the easy escape corner fence. Then I planted a climbing rose to cover the whole fence, one with big thorns. Now I can't get near the fence. :D

Cheers,
Pops

Bit of a close call, Greg, good thing the missus heard 'em.


Cheers....................Sean

I was only after a few roof tiles ....

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Originally Posted by tea lady

What was he doing on the roof? The b(^$@%&*.:((

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They push the tiles out the way and get into the roof space, then tear a huge hole in the ceiling and drop to the interior. Rob the place then exit via a door. :(

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Originally Posted by Rossluck

I was only after a few roof tiles ....

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I hope that groan was you being knackered by the fence when you fell off then :p

I don't know which is better; disturbing the cretins, or catching them in the act. Anyway, I'm glad your Missus is a light sleeper.

A - ahem - friend, back in the UK, caught a sneaky little git in one of his sheds late one Sunday night and belted him one, knocking him to the ground. He pulled a bag over the git's head and bound him well and truly and tied him to the back of a tractor. He set out across the fields, towing the git behind him and stopped beside a well-worn path in the woods. He tossed the git into a pile of briars and went back home.

Four walkers found him the following Saturday and suggested they help him to the nearest house (the one he'd attempted to burgle), but he declined and took off in another direction. My - ahem - friend was very disturbed to hear the walkers' tale.

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Originally Posted by Woodwould

A - ahem - friend, back in the UK, caught a sneaky little git ......

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Tell your, ah, friend, there needs to be more of him.

:brava: :brava

Made sure I put a sensor in the roof cavity , its on the at home section , only problem was one morning shmbo wanted a bag out of the roof , we have a built in ladder , so up I go to be greeted buy the alarm , have done that twice now :doh:

Say in a loud, clear voice - 'Reba, get the keys to the gun safe and ammo box'. This works better if you actually have a gun......

Some residents of Cabramatta (Sydney druggie area for furriners) got sick of druggies jumping over or running along their fences when getting away from the Police, so they painted a good thick layer of automotive grease along the top cap of the fences - seems they have less trouble these days & there are fewer tired Police.

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Originally Posted by Groggy

They push the tiles out the way and get into the roof space, then tear a huge hole in the ceiling and drop to the interior. Rob the place then exit via a door. :(

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Wouldn't you just love to be waiting below with a baseball bat? People generally come down feet first, a sound belting across the side of the knee joint would make for an interesting time for them while you waited for the police to arrive, I doubt they would be able to continue their way down into the house or exit off the roof via the way they came up:D

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Originally Posted by Burnsy

Wouldn't you just love to be waiting below with a baseball bat? People generally come down feet first, a sound belting across the side of the knee joint would make for an interesting time for them while you waited for the police to arrive, I doubt they would be able to continue their way down into the house or exit off the roof via the way they came up:D

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Never a baseball bat thats a weapon , now a 5 "D" cell mag light thats a torch and you were defending yourself as he rushed at you , and never forget the 2 main things
1 I was in fear for my life thats why I defended myself as I did
2 Lie through your teeth cause the baddies will and there is no honour in going to jail besause you told the truth and some ba$tard that was trying to rob , hurt , kill you didn't :no:

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Originally Posted by Groggy

They push the tiles out the way and get into the roof space, then tear a huge hole in the ceiling and drop to the interior. Rob the place then exit via a door. :(

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Bad luck Greg. Glad you made them scarper.

Now then, getting into a house through the roof seems like awfully hard yakka, so there must be something about Ozzie roofs (rooves? :D ) that I don't understand. :?

Some Oz houses have tile roof, lift up the tiles and make room enough for a body to get into. Its easy to do, handy thing to have if you lock yourself out of the house, except crim's know this trick too.

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Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Bad luck Greg. Glad you made them scarper.

Now then, getting into a house through the roof seems like awfully hard yakka, so there must be something about Ozzie roofs (rooves? :D ) that I don't understand. :?

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Bit like the language :roflmao:
The standerd roof tile clips under the one above it and the one on the left , so lifting the bottom right corner and a bit of jiggling and its free the next one is easier so removing 4 or 6 tiles and theres bugger all to stop you getting into the roof cavity , from there find the man hole and your in
The tile system is good if you want to replace damaged tiles but an easy entry point for baddies.:o

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Originally Posted by Dingo Dog

Some Oz houses have tile roof, lift up the tiles and make room enough for a body to get into. Its easy to do, handy thing to have if you lock yourself out of the house, except crim's know this trick too.

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Now this I have a funny story about. While working in Merredin for the Ag Department in my younger more foolish years, we stumbled back to a mates GEHA house after a few hours at the local, all somewhat worse for wear. Get to the front door and said mate realises he has lost his keys, no worries I will get in through the roof says he.

Me and another mate were standing on the front porch waiting as we hear him moving tiles around and shuffling around in the roof. Then we hear this thumping on the ceiling. This goes on just long enough for one of us to say allowed "why doesn't he just use the manhole" before he smashes through the ceiling right in front of us, still outside the house on the front porch:roflmao2:

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Originally Posted by Burnsy

.... he smashes through the ceiling right in front of us, still outside the house on the front porch

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:rofl:

:roflmao: :laughing1:

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Originally Posted by Honorary Bloke

Bad luck Greg. Glad you made them scarper.

Now then, getting into a house through the roof seems like awfully hard yakka, so there must be something about Ozzie roofs (rooves? :D ) that I don't understand. :?

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Think of the Spanish terracotta style tiles, or the Mexican roofs. You can slide one tile under the other to gain access - the tiles are larger than the Spanish style, see below:

http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/images/48f.jpg

EDIT: typically only every second row is nailed down.

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Originally Posted by Groggy

Think of the Spanish terracotta style tiles, or the Mexican roofs. You can slide one tile under the other to gain access - the tiles are larger than the Spanish style, see below:

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Thanks. Basic construction differences then. A tile roof here (any roof, really) would have a 19mm plywood underlayment solid across the entire span of the roof. Can't get in without a circular saw and a lot of work. :)

The rest of you Galahs are very funny. :p:p

good to hear you scared the burglars off greg:2tsup:

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Originally Posted by Ashore

Never a baseball bat thats a weapon , now a 5 "D" cell mag light thats a torch and you were defending yourself as he rushed at you , and never forget the 2 main things
1 I was in fear for my life thats why I defended myself as I did
2 Lie through your teeth cause the baddies will and there is no honour in going to jail besause you told the truth and some ba that was trying to rob , hurt , kill you didn't :no:

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i knew there was a reason i bought that torch:cool:

Still laughing at that:rotfl:

The company I work for does a lot of work for the Department Of Housing, you would be surprised how often we get called around to put roof tiles back in their place for someone who has locked themselves out or on the other hand has been broken in to. The best thing to do is put some pad bolts on the underside of your man hole!!:-

Hmm - think I might fill my roof cavity with a lot of rat traps...... big ones.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Hmm - think I might fill my roof cavity with a lot of rat traps...... big ones.

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try a python , keeps the rats down as well :doh:

or a few king browns

Just a little of track.

Noticed Stirlos note

Silver in Africa Congratulations:2tsup:

thanx jim.

We have a street light right in front of house. Intruders in the yard are well illuminated, and yet, over the years, one or two have tried.

A few years back, I heard a noise and looked out onto the yard. A jerk was over near the car so I yelled, "Get on the ground or I'll shoot".

:oo:

I can still smell his sneakers burning rubber!!!
No, I do not have a gun or any weapons at all.

We aslo once had a siamese tom cat that also acted as watch dog, and would wake us to let us know about intruders loitering outside. He used to gently jab our faces, and when we woke, he would get into the window and look out.

Many years ago I had a large black dog. It was jet black with large white teeth. One night I forgot to lock the back door before I went to bed. The dog opened the back door, came inside, down the hall and went to sleep outside my room. So the house is down a long drive way. It is pitch black and the back door is wide open.

Late that night someone came down the drive way, around the back of the house, up the stairs, in the open door and was just comming down the hall way when.... the dog woke up! :oo: It was so dark all they would have seen would be the teeth! Let me tell you a large dog in a confined hall way makes a sh*t load of noise.

By the time I got out of bed I could hear someone running up the drive way. The dog was still going nuts.

I found out later they robbed another house that night.

That one night the dog earned it's whole life time of food, vet bills, etc. many times over.

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Originally Posted by GekoMan

That one night the dog earned it's whole life time of food, vet bills, etc. many times over.

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:oo: He must'a had ESP. !!!!! Critters are funny aren't they. :2tsup:

She didn't need ESP. She knew how to open the back door. If it wasn't locked at night or any time she was on her own, she would open it and come inside. When she got old I just let her sleep inside.