lock your car

[Redsoxticket]

Thieves can be as close as friends or acquaintances of an household member such as teenager. This is not directed at you, just saying.
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[OLD GOAT]

Pro M. I worry a little more now.

In my younger days before giving up Demon Alcohol I would crawl out of the cellar after reloading a few shotgun reloads [big loads] and not wanting the gun to blow up in a duck blind I would open the front door and touch off a few shots before going to bed.

I worry a little more now even though we have retired police officers on both sides of us. They ruined the midnight shotgun testing. Darn

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by Redsoxticket

Thieves can be as close as friends or acquaintances of an household member such as teenager. This is not directed at you, just saying.
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Exactly right. Many home ,car , etc robberies go unsolved but of all the theivery I have been the victom of personally or where close friends or relatives were robbed , its 100% that they knew the person who eventually was found to have done it. Neighbors , friends or friends of friends and even relatives.

Now I think getting your car broken into while fishing the ends of the earth on a dark night is probably some thieves with a system who has discovered some easy targets. He likely does not know who's vehicle he's breaking into. He just knows there will be X number of cars parked out in the middle of no where with nobody attending them and valuable/easily fenceable stuff inside.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by Mike P

You don't live here. I do. If you think that the local cops are going to stake out Canal lots to catch smash and grab thieves, you're mistaken. A few years back, a couple of clowns with sawzalls were stealing catalytic converters in broad daylight from the Park and Ride in Sagamore. They only got caught because a Statie happened to be coming off the bridge and saw them in the act. One guy split, and the guy under the car working the sawzall couldn't get out from underneath in time. Not too long ago, it was so bad that a certain Statie took it upon himself to cruise the Canal lots, and even the service road, checking things out and warning fishermen about the rash of car break-ins. Locking your doors only slows them down. Takes 2 seconds to wrap a rock in an old sock and smash a window.

Greg, after too many insurance claims, some companies will drop your full glass coverage. And driving home sitting on shards of broken glass sucks. I've done it.

Now they use spring loaded center punches.. quiet and fast...locks are only for honest people to keep them honest... thieves will find a way if they really want to break in

[Saltheart]

Going back about 40 years it has always been the case that guys who are on the shore several nights a week carry everything with them and leave the doors to their empty vehicles unlocked. Don't know how that evolved as what was considered the "best way" to handle the problem but I can remember very clearly several old timers telling me that was the way to do it even 4 decades ago.

Now it does have its draw backs. I once came back and found a guy sleeping in my car. I also came back one time to find someone had puked in my car. Yeah , that's nasty!

[maddog2020]

I grew up in Boston, Paul. We lock everything 5X's, LOL. Even living out in the suburbs now for over 20 + yrs, we still lock everything even if we are near the doors. Cars are always locked period. Motion detector w/ auto light on scares off the other animals at night as well !

Glass is covered by my car insurance. Plenty of other nicer unlocked cars to break into than mine, LOL. :P

[whiplash]

Been a lot of car and home break ins recently in Mattapoisett,Marion and Rochester. It's a sign of the times. Whatever happened to all those jobs that were supposed to be developed when the fat cats ot their tax breaks?

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by whiplash

Been a lot of car and home break ins recently in Mattapoisett,Marion and Rochester. It's a sign of the times. Whatever happened to all those jobs that were supposed to be developed when the fat cats ot their tax breaks?

They went to their brother, their cousin, their cousin's uncle, a friend of a friend, etc...so that when it "trickled" down to the average citizen there were no jobs left.

That's the way this state is run!

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by whiplash

Been a lot of car and home break ins recently in Mattapoisett,Marion and Rochester. It's a sign of the times. Whatever happened to all those jobs that were supposed to be developed when the fat cats ot their tax breaks?

Once the new drapes were hung in Deval's office, they go laid off.

[vineyardblues]

did you follow the foot prints ?

That crazy guy who lives in Falmouth ??

[N.ShoreFisher]

I've been lucky so far(knock on wood). I'm usually never more than 20-30 feet from my car when I fish. Keeping my filet knife on my hip when I fish at night also seems to do a good job keeping the drunk "kids" from screwing with me. lol