On Sat, 01 May 2010 09:40:19 -0500, the infamous Douglas Johnson
scrawled the following:

Larry Jaques wrote:

The sliding glass door was shattered with a 30 pound rock in the
middle of the day, in broad daylight in a close neighborhood. None of
the retired neighbors (as close as 40' away) heard a thing. Amazing.

The rule I've heard is that you can get away with a single loud noise. People
might say "What's that?" but usually won't investigate. That slider breaking
will probably just be a sharp crack sound that could be anything. -- Doug

Haven't you ever heard a large window breaking? It goes on for
several seconds with loud tinkling sounds. It's damned noisy.
Kicking a door in is one loud, low thud and it's over. No way to
triangulate noise, but the window should have lasted long enough to
locate, if anyone was in earshot. shrug

Gloria never did get her $12,000 diamond ring back.

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Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
-- Raymond Lindquist