Touch-wood...we dont have hassles...but then it is well known that I have a pickaxe handle behind the front door and would use it...
and if that dont sort it,
I also have...

and if Roma dont sort it...
I would set Sally on em (but that is in controvention of the Geneva convention I thinks

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No point phoning the fuzz here...nearest police station is 15 mins away so you need to "resolve" things yourself...
Like the lad who burnt out a car on the beach...after we spent a month of weekends clearing it up getting rid of years of neglect so it was a nice place...
Length of chain, couple of shackles, my FJ60 landcruiser.... and hey presto the smouldering wreck is upside down in the middle of his dads front lawn...I felt gulity about his fence but over it remarkably quickly...
Never had a car dumped or burnt out on the beach in the 5yrs since...
Sadly, I think, the biggest problem isnt the thieves

....its the fact that we have become a nation that looks the other way, doesnt care about their neighbours/others and are scared or cant be bothered to get involved...
The thieves just take advantage of that situation, knowing that they rob what they like, often in broad day light, and even if seen no-one will report or challenge or try to stop them...people will just look the other way and pretend they havent seen anything, safe in the reassurance that it wasnt them this time...
Then people will willingly buy the stolen goods cheapycheap in the full knowledge that some poor sod has had them stolen, but they just dont care as it wasnt them that had it nicked and they really dont give a damn about anyone outside of their 4 walls...
Its a sad sad situation...and it isnt gonna get better...thieving is one of few trades that is reccesion proof and that actually benifits from a vat increase.
Whats the answer....everyone blames the police, but without the assistance of the public the police dont stand a chance really...
A start might be for everyone to care about their neighbours and be vigilant...not by just sticking a token gesture "neighbourhood watch sticker" in the window, but actually caring and looking out for other peoples stuff as if it was their own and challenging anyone that is acting suspiciously...
Bad luck for having your hub nicked mate...but the thing that is worse, is that probably someone very near you saw it happen yet looked the other way and did nothing...
