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| Comments on Tuesday 26 March 2002: |
| This is one of those few times where the phrase "Fucking hell!" is appropriate. A person who doesn't belong here just walked into the living room, saw me in the adjacent room, jumped, turned, walked away quickly hoping to avoid my noticing him. "Hello?" I called, then, more aggressively, "Hello?" I got up, cut him off at the kitchen, bearing in mind the locations of objects which would function as weaponry in case I should need it. "Er, do you want any work done?" he asked. "No," I said, looking at him carefully, noting lack of weapons and, also important, lack of carrying anything that belongs to the household. And he fucked off. Through the basement. Some connection, perhaps, to my finding the basement door open the night before, when I went down to turn off lights that had been left on. Lights that seem to be left on more than one would expect, actually. I wonder if that door has been regularly seeing more use than we think. Regardless, I locked it and also chained it, and I'll be suggesting Mr House Owner stick a proper deadbolt on there. And that he stop leaving doors open, at least 'til we move, since I don't particularly want to be killed by someone effortlessly wandering in off the street. Nor, really, by someone who's made an effort, but at least that would be less annoying. Ah, the heady combination of adrenaline and indignation. [13:27] |
| Damask |
| You're nicer than me. Had that been me I would have reacted far more aggressively. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" [stomp towards him] "Get OUT of my house. NOW!" If you scare the hell out of them, they won't come back. And, of course, fix the door. |
| Eperdu |
| Much nicer than I. I'd have refused to let him leave til I found who and why he was there, with perhaps a trespassing related call soon to follow. I suggest weapons near the bed. |
| RavenBlack |
| I might have been more aggressive if he didn't look like a frightened rabbit. |
| Harry |
| I agree with Eperdu. I sleep with a scattergun beside the bed. Loaded. |
| Digi |
| Is it possible that yoru being stalked? This would be far more dangerous and woudl make for tremendous blogging in the next few months. Seriously tho, is it maybe time to not have your address on the web site? |
| RavenBlack |
| No, it's nothing to do with the website, it's to do with living in a crackhead neighbourhood. What reason would anyone have to break into my house based on my website? Do they want to steal a few hundred copies of my book? Maybe my three-years-out-of-date laptop? |
| Digi |
| Not because of the website. But the web site could have been an aid. AS you seem to think otherwise I doubt it. But I was thinking it was at least possible, I was remembering Kent and you discussing taking the address down after the spell of trouble from a certain individual. |
| Nalixor |
| I have had a similar incident happen to me once. A little while back. I return from school to find someone prowling around on the back porch. Bear in mind it had been a bad day, so I proceeded to call the police, and go threaten him with a nice aluminium baseball bat I have stored for just such an occasion, which maybe wasnt the smartest thing to do, but it had been a bad day. I am not slight of frame, and after a discussion, with many an colourful phrase uttered, he agreed to stick around until the police came and picked him up, mainly by my not letting him leave, and being armed with a weapon capable of serious damage. |
| Goinstadi |
| Didn't take anything and got the piss scared out of him, live and let live. |
| O Z Z Y M E I S T E R |
| You are a better person than me because that motherfucker woul have been dead... |