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The Mrs has managed to lose her brand new NextG Nokia mobile phone. It happened between getting out of the car at the dog beach, walking the dog and getting back in to the car. The moment she got home she dialled it and surprise surprise straight to voicemail. Some toerag must have picked it up and chucked the SIM within an hour or so of it having gone missing.

Last year the Mrs lost her purse in the school car park at Ocean Reef Primary School - did that ever get handed in? did it f**k.

I can't believe what a dishonest, thieving bunch of bastards the people of this city are.

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Its all the immigrants I say.

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Quite possibly.

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Have you got the box ? It might have the IMEI number on the side. If you can quote that to the phone company they can possibly block the phone from working anywhere in Australia at the very least no matter what sim is in it. It won't get it back but it will stop the b*****d from getting the benefit of a new handset.

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Thanks for that - I do have that info. I'm about to ring Telstra to moan about something else and I'll mention this to them.

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This surprises you? We've been burgled twice in the 6 months we've lived here. Both times while we were home. Not only a bunch of theiving bastards, but bold theiving bastards,

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Sorry for the loss - it is very annoying indeed. I lost mine in Singapore airport a couple of months back and was nearly crippled without it for my business trip Lucky they did not run up bill was all I could think.

On the reverse side. Here in Sydney I managed to lose my phone - brand new flip on the train. Phone call within an hour telling me the phone was handed in and waiting for me at lost property. Purse a while back - same thing, got it back every card still intact! Money was gone but that was a minor thing!

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While you were in bed?:eek:

I would booby trap the bloody windows with grease so the little bastards slip and break their necks and end up in a wheelchair where I could kick them hard afterwards - no sympathy, no understanding and I wish the most painful punishment for them Im afraid.

God that's unlucky Dorothy, even my Dad and friends havent been done over that much.

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Yes, and guess who out of you and the burglar would end up going to jail?

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That reminds me of when my brother was getting robbed, he was living with a chef at the time and they saw this leg coming down through the curtains of one of the windows. The chef grabbed ones of his knives and started attacking the leg big time, it was amazing how quick the leg retreated.

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No, not really. It just pisses me of, considering all the lost wallets, moblies, or whatever I have handed in/back to the owners in the last 35 years.

I don't generally lose stuff, it's usually always the Mrs. but all I ask is once, just once in my life for something that my wife has lost to be handed in and not stolen.

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Well yes you have a point but grease can be spilled anywhere in the home and my PMT really can be very bad sometimes.

It would be worth it, I would tie beef strips to his balls and set the bloody dingos on him.

The only good burglar is an injured one.

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Yes, both times when we were in bed. First time we slept through it but the second time - less than a week later - I woke up and made enough noise that they buggered off. We've now got a security system...every window and door is hooked up to the main system and I sleep with a 3 wood beside my bed.

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When we lived in Devon, we were in a ground floor flat and our window only opened a few inches as it had a safety block to stop it opening further.

We had this big black cat called Bruno who used to sleep on the window at night.

One night he was hissing away and getting really angry. Mr PP went to the window and saw through the frosty glass that there was a guy right outside our window trying to open it.

Bruno went mental - hissing, spitting the lot.

Mr PP demanded to know what he was doing there and if he didnt move his arse from outside our room then he would do him some damage.

The guy said 'sorry mate, didnt know where I was' and ran like hell down the road.

Thank God my cat spotted him though.

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It still amazes me how little respect anyone has here for others property, we have had the shop broken into twice (broad daylight) in two years. My son has been mugged, daughter has had her purse stolen (with mobile).
Graffiti everywhere.... especially newly painted buildings... and engraving into glass windows of pretty much every shop.
Police are absolutely useless at anything other than handing out speeding tickets, they would not even interview two witnesses to one of my robberies.

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Oh good another perth is crap thread...we haven't had one for a few days....this might help


http://www.track-your-partner.com/

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I dropped my tickets to see the Police after leaving Cockburn shopping mall a couple of months back, after retracing my steps and not finding a thing I went back into the post office to see if (by some remote chance) someone had handed them in as they were in a registered post envelope. Turns out someone did hand them in, glad we moved SOR................far less thieving poms down here ;o))

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Hello, sorry you have had some pain in the ass steal your stuff. This make my blood boil

A couple of months before I got here, my purse was stolen. It was by the taxi driver in the European city I lived in and I knew it was him. My parents were visiting and I took them to the city centre.(I dont drive)
I got out of taxi and as he drove off realised my purse was missing. Thinking back he was too helpful getting us out of taxi (had a baby with me) Not sure how he did it but he did.

Rang taxi firm imediatly they were useless, he had suddenly finished work spending my bloody money. Nobody wanted to know and I spent the day cancelling my cards etc.

This was the first time in my life Ive ever had my purse stolen. Im normally very careful but if its an expert you have no chance.

I think opportunist theives are all over the world not just Perth. However have to admit I felt safer and less likely to be pick pocketed in Perth than other cities/countries Ive lived in.

GEMS

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We had our car stolen from outside the house. When we rang the police a few weeks after it was stolen to see if they had found it, they said they weren't looking for it and unless a member of the public happen to come across it, hard luck. Ahh the good old Perth police. :curse:

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I think you will find that is the case the world over, the cops don't have time to look for every stolen car.

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Sorry about that. I had the same experience but in Malaysia. Holiday Warning! in my case it took them less than 3 minutues to remove the SIMcard. I left it on the train and I dialled from the station! less than 3 minutes!!!!

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I did'nt want them to look for every stolen car, just mine. :p:rofl:

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"Perth full of thieves"....Err Hello..AUSTRALIA!!!!!!

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I've heard that house breaking is a big problem in Australia and in Perth in particular. Any ideas on why that is?

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[QUOTE=I_Will_Freckle;5629497]I've heard that house breaking is a big problem in Australia and in Perth in particular. Any ideas on why that is?


All the police are out catching speeding motorists.

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Jeez!! LOL!!!!

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Drugs.

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I think you would be a very very lucky person to get anything back that you lost, anywhere!!! i'd say dishonesty in people is far greater than the honest one's.

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We had a different experience, the Mrs was here a couple of years ago and dropped her purse full of money, cards, license etc as she was getting out of a taxi. A month or so later after she was in the UK the local plods sent a letter saying the purse had been handed in and could she come and collect it!! After pointing out we were in the UK they sent it to her, and despite having been run over everything including the cash was still in it. Not everyone is a toerag

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We had a car stolen in the UK... It isn't the police's job to actively look for stolen cars. If they saw it driving past and had the rego, then yes, they'd stop it, but they don't hunt for them. They have more important things to do, surprisingly.

Ironically, it turns out the car hadn't been stolen at all and it was just lost.

Imagine the call to the police.

But that's another story. :lol:

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So, there I was just taking the dog for a walk.... and I found this phone...Nearly as sweet as the time I found a purse in the school yard.

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I work in an office of about 30 people at UWA and every week between $10 and $20 goes missing from the Coke/chocolate "honesty" box.

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It's not a big problem at all, house breaking here is easy as, most people leave their doors open and lock the fly screens only takes a few mins to empty the place, no problem:thumbup: It's only a problem if there's a dog at home

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Hopefully our Great Dane will put off the burglars. He's only 6 months old and already 30Kg with a really big bark.

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You'll have no worries mate, mind the dog may cause more damage than being burgled, It'll be like having a small child again:ohmy:

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He's not too bad, apart from he's got the runs really bad at the moment, there's shit everywhere in the yard.

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Changed his food, or is he sick? Puppies can go downhill real quick...

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Not changed his food recently, anyway' he's off to the vets this morning to get the stitches removed from his nutsack after his castration, poor bugger.

I wanted to get those "neuticles" http://www.neuticles.com/ inserted, for his self esteem, only I wanted to slip a third one in there.

Wouldn't that be the ultimate dog, a 70 kilo male great dane with 3 nuts?

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If your colleagues are pinching your money every week why do you bother?

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Exactly, it's the social club's money - I'm neither a member of the club not buy the coke or eat the choccies so I don't really care that much.