Sijun Forums :: View topic - an open letter to the jerk who broke into my car last night

balistic · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:47 am

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

- balistic

watmough · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:54 am

that sucks.....you still got your car,though?

balistic · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:20 am

Yeah. They broke a $230 window and took all of $10 worth of loose change.

Oh crackheads, what won't you do?
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gLitterbug · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:43 am

Did you get a new window or is your car now one with those stylish plastic foil windows?

balistic · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:58 am

I managed to find a glass place that had one in stock. Subarus aren't that common out here, so I guess I lucked out . . . the guy who installed it was mesmerized by the USB flash drive I had on my keychain.

"What the hell kind of key is that?"

Then he asked me how fax machines worked. I told him I didn't know.
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Sukhoi · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:28 pm

No serously, how DO they work??

stacy · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:56 pm

It's just a scanner/printer that makes,
sends, then prints a low resolution, black
and white(1bit) PCX file.

If you have a graphics application of some sort
it must handle .PCX files. ...well, that's all a fax
is... only at 200 dpi.

I'm pretty sure the new ones still send PCX format.
There are too many old fax machines out there
that wouldn't work if they didn't. Although some of
the newer ones can send/receive at higher resolutions
and some in color.

Gort · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:28 pm

Damn dude - that was your car? Sorry!

Seriously tho' . . . I am very sorry to hear about it. Let me guess: You work at Macquarium and was parked down there near midtown when a chumpass street turd scored $10 off your $250 window.

Let me take you to the Highland Tap; first round is on me; hopefully that'll ease your pain.

Hang tough,

tc
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balistic · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:49 pm

Actually it happened at my apartment complex up by Clairmont and Briarcliff.

The lack of shock expressed by the property manager when I told her about it suggests to me that I ought to find someplace else to live when my lease is up.

Sending you a PM . . .
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Drew · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:38 pm

MadSamoan · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:57 am

Sorry to hear about that. I know how you feel.

Last February, I walk out to my car to go to work and for some reason, my car seems low to the ground. Odd. Then I realize, that's because IT HAS NO WHEELS and the car's frame is resting on some spare donut tires that were stolen out of my apartment neighbors' cars. My rims weren't custom or anything, but they were aluminum, so some racers probably decided they wanted an extra set of rims that they could thrash. My car's a VW Golf, but they also hit several of my neighbors cars, all Honda Accords. They'd swipe a taililight here, a sidedoor mirror there, etc.. It is sickening ridciulous how much a replacement set of factory rims and tires are too.

Gort · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:57 am

Ah the Highland Tap . . . located at the intersection of North Highland and Virginia Ave, NE. The dinner menu is stellar but not for the light wallet ($18 - $28 per entree); however, the weekend brunch (served till 3:30) is reasonably priced ($4 to $8 per), well stacked and delicious.

The "Tap", as it's commonly referred to, is famous for Martini Thursdays, and there's plenty of beer both in draught and bottle. My wife and I lived one block away during the school years and spent our Sundays in the bar studying while sipping beer (me) and mimosas (her).

Ah good times . . . good times indeed.
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gLitterbug · Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:13 am

Highfive · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:29 pm

That sucks, man. I had my car broken into and they pinched my bag from it. There wasn't anything valuable in it, just a CD case with the only copies of my personal works, digital photos of several important social occasions and all my 5 years of uni design work. Never turned up since Sad

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Gort · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:04 pm

Novacaptain · Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:26 pm

fax machines have heat-sensitive paper Smile

If you dampen a sheet of it (that you tore off the roll) and stick it in a microwave oven you can make a map of your "hot spots". This also shows you WHY food won't cook evenly in those things.
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Highfive · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:49 pm

Not a bad idea, jimmy. DVD backups make things a lot easier, too. You could back up a two months worth of everything you ever drew, photographed, saved or downloaded onto one DVD and keep it in one of those boxes.

The bag was left on the front passenger seat which made it an easy target. If it was tucked away in shadows under the dash, I'm pretty sure it would've been left alone.
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