West Roxbury, Roslindale car owners need to remember they live in a city
By adamg - Thu, 05/01/2008 - 9:53am.
Boston Police report that of 20 car break-ins reported in District E-5 (West Roxbury and Roslindale) since April 24, 18 involved cars that were unlocked. Also: Leaving MP3 players, gym bags, GPS systems and wallets (wallets? sheesh) in plain view in your car is really asking for trouble.
On the plus side, police say they arrested a guy yesterday they think was involved in several of the above incidents.
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yeah, with a slimjim
If you find the vehicle or house unlocked afterwards, that means it wasn't locked before? Does it occur to these rocket scientists that there are a lot of ways to unlock a car leaving no trace? There's a famous soccer player in the UK who had THREE cars stolen in rapid succession because thieves used software and a laptop to unlock the doors and start the engine.
Insurance companies don't care either way because they specifically exclude all non-OEM electronics...but forget making any claims regarding damage done inside the car if the cops think you left the car unlocked.
Reminds me of the whole problem with thieves "bumping" locks. It doesn't leave any sign on the locks, so the cops think you just left your house unlocked and as a result your homeowners policy doesn't pay out a dime.
But people DO leave their doors unlocked around here
Houses, too. It's kind of cool in a gosh-Beav 1950s sort of way, but ...
My favorite example was from a bad winter three or four year ago when there was a spate of morning car robberies: People would start their cars to warm up, go inside to get some coffee, then come out to find the car was missing - stolen by some kid who decided he'd rather drive partway to school than walk all the way. One guy went out to find his car stolen like that, started his wife's car so he could get to work, went inside to call police, then came out to find his wife's car stolen as well.
And for those who don't,
And for those who don't, make sure to throw a brick through your back window if you do come home and find all your stuff stolen, but no visible sign of forced entry.
Insurance companies can go frak themselves with policies like these.
frak is not a real word
and since there are no 1960's film/tv censors around, you can say "fuck."
Maybe
He was just trying to be polite?
-Cosmo
http://boston.redfin.com/blog/author/cosmo.catalano
No, just being hip
I guess you don't watch "Battlestar Galactica." Frak is more fun.
I do, actually...
...and I see a lot of techie types using a non-word that was invented to get around censors.
Saw the same thing happen with Farscape fans, same thing with Firefly fans...
Define "word"
What makes a word a word? People are using it. It has meaning, etc. That makes a word.
How do you differentiate a word from a non-word? It has phonemes, it is imbued with meanings both literal and cultural.
Do you speak olde English at home?
Is 'irregardless' a word?
Technically yes
... but the dictionary refers to it as being "nonstandard".
Yes
Of course using "irregardless" when "regardless" will do is probably a poor choice of words.
Now explain why inflammable and flammable mean the same thing? Why does one retire when one is tired?
Retire's etymology is from
Retire's etymology is from the french word "retirer" whereas "tire" is based on the middle english word "tiren".
Inflammable is derived from the word inflame which is derived from the latin word "flammare" with the intensive prefix "in-" which in this context means "in, with". Flammable is also based on the latin word "flammare" but sans the intensive prefix.
Though I know you already knew this and as such I'm responding for the benefit of those who don't already know.