On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 21:48:46 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"T i m" wrote in message
.. .

Have they had a personal bad experience?

Not that I know of?

So why the nervousness?

Not all folk have to experience something first hand to be cautious /
wary of it?

I answer the door to anyone ...

As do I .. but then I'm a big ugly bloke and often have one hand near
some sporting equipment that may have been left in the hall ....

But, seriously, have you ever needed it?

No, but that *could* be down to the fact that we don't answer the door
to *everyone* ?

I suppose that's just because we're too laid
back, our attitude is that no-one's gong to want to attack us and we've
nothing to steal which anyone would want.

There's loads of dead folk who thought that Mary .. ;-(

Not as many as those dead folks who die on the road.

Tangent argument. In any case most of us wear our safety belts, drive
safely etc etc. We don't *not* do these things because 'it may never
happen to me' ?

You don't drive, I take it ... ?

Often (see above)

My car was broken into because they 'assumed' there must be a radio
hidden away somewhere, I mean, what car doesn't have a radio these
days .. well mine ... (as they found out)?

We've been known to leave our car keys in the car door (in those days of
door locks) and in the ignition.

My car randomly unlocks (and more embarrassingly, immobilizes)
itself.*Luckily* it isn't a car most folk would want to steal ..
doesn't stop me trying to minimize the risk though?

And this in a high crime area ...

As is this (Nth London)

If there was it wouldn't matter
anyway ... people are more important than things.

Until you try to replace those 'things' and the insurance company says
you hadn't provided sufficient security?

No insurance. We've paid out thousands over the years, we decided that it
wasn't worth it.

I take it you don't drive then? no buildings or contents insurance?

Ours is the only house in
the street without a burglar alarm. Perhaps we're wrong.

Perhaps you have been lucky?

Or perhaps we don't have the things which people want.

People don't always know that you haven't got anything worth stealing
... and don't know that you would be friendly to them if you met them
face to face in your house at night?


'His' valuables .. and they needn't be 'valuable' in the commercial
sense?

Who would want 'uncommercial' valuables?

Who would want to key a car?


I can hear the doorbell when I leave the key on the inside of our
front door and 'she' wants to get in. But with our multipoint locking
you have to lock the door to stop someone just walking in anytime?

But who's going to do that?

*I* don't know their names but the Police have a list of those who
regularly do and a bigger list of those they want to find out about?


Well, I'm not going to change. If I had a bad experience I might. But you
say that your ladies haven't ...well, that you know of.

I wouldn't want them to take the chance?

So out of interest, are the Neighborhood watch, Security companies,
the Police, Locksmiths, banks, CCTV system suppliers etc all wasting
their time?

I wonder, surely you WOULD know?

Like I said *I'm* obliged to maintain a reasonable level of security
...

All the best ..

T i m