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10 Hiding Spots Burglars Always Look First
Readers Digest ^ | no date given | Marissa Laliberte

Posted on 12/04/2018 6:58:30 AM PST by Leaning Right

You might think your hiding spot is safe, but burglars know your tricks.

(Excerpt) Read more at rd.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: burglars; hidingplaces; hidingspots
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To: wally_bert

Hard punishment for thieves and the like I’m all for.
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Remove their dominant thumb......easy to spot too


61 posted on 12/04/2018 9:22:04 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (Had ENOUGH Yet ? ........................ Enforce the Bill of Rights .........It is the LAW...)
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To: Kickass Conservative

I have to admit having a soft spot in my heart for Readers Digest. My grandmother had a million back issues that I hovered while visiting her (for lack of anything else to do) and my mom had tons of the Condensed Books. I looked it up just now and was surprised to see that they still have domestic subscriptions of 2.6
Million, and 10.5 overseas. Unfortunately, they’re not profitable and have been through bankruptcy twice


62 posted on 12/04/2018 9:32:16 AM PST by j.havenfarm ( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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To: antidemoncrat
I was hiding my stuff in the toilet but it keeps disappearing.

Same here. Just about every day, I'll leave a perfect likeness of Obama. Somehow, they're gone in no time.

63 posted on 12/04/2018 9:37:41 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Leaning Right

Medicine cabinet in the bathroom should not be used for most medications


64 posted on 12/04/2018 9:42:12 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: Leaning Right

What a timely article! Why, just this morning, I discovered that someone had gotten into our house overnight, and unloaded and reloaded our dishwasher! In 16 years of marriage, that has happened to us about 3 times! My husband wanted to accuse the dog, but without opposable thumbs, I highly doubt that! (Besides, he would have just licked the dishes clean, and left them in the sink).


65 posted on 12/04/2018 9:52:21 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: CondorFlight

Except now they know.


66 posted on 12/04/2018 10:18:35 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: TheTimeOfMan
How about we give 50 lashes for a first offense and death for a second burglary offense instead of coddling thieves?

Winner.

67 posted on 12/04/2018 10:19:46 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Raycpa

Amen to that.


68 posted on 12/04/2018 10:20:46 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Leaning Right

Guaranteed there’s a treasure trove in their swimming pool she filled in.


69 posted on 12/04/2018 10:22:33 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Crusher138

When I think of a dog and burglars, I remember the scene in Ferris Bueller where Mr. Rooney sticks his head into the dog door and is face to face with the growling, drooling Rottweiler.


70 posted on 12/04/2018 10:25:13 AM PST by fredhead (Duty, Honor, Country.....Honor, Courage, Commitment)
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To: IamConservative
Sealed container in the toilet tank.

That's the first place the cops look when searching criminals' homes.

71 posted on 12/04/2018 10:25:51 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: kalee

Same here. Still wonder what we missed.


72 posted on 12/04/2018 10:27:55 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Leaning Right

Remove any bottom dresser drawer and hide things on the floor under the dresser and put the drawer back. Easy access and lots of space.


73 posted on 12/04/2018 10:34:05 AM PST by Rad_J
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To: Leaning Right

A hollowed out copy of Hillary’s book would be perfect.
No one would expect anything of value to be inside


74 posted on 12/04/2018 10:40:23 AM PST by HereInTheHeartland (I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
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To: Leaning Right

I used to buy a lot of old furniture to refinish. Although it never happened to me I talked with guys who found envelopes of money taped under drawers and old metal cabinets and the like. Folks used to have the door jamb and fence post safe.


75 posted on 12/04/2018 10:44:55 AM PST by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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To: Leaning Right

An old VCR gutted out, looks like it’s functional but, not anything anyone would try to pawn.


76 posted on 12/04/2018 10:46:09 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: 4yearlurker

A bank safe deposit box...


77 posted on 12/04/2018 10:57:08 AM PST by GOPJ (The enemy of the United States pays for drum circles at 'protests'. Watch for them.)
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To: AppyPappy

Did her books get donated to a library?

We used to sort donated books and send on to the prison system. They would again check the books before going into the prison library.

One of the prisons contacted us because one of the donated books had $100 bill in it. They wanted to return it to the person who donated the book.


78 posted on 12/04/2018 10:57:08 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: IamConservative

My Dad decided to take $25K cash out of his bank account and bring it home. He hates banks with a passion. I asked him where are you going to hide this? He ended up stuffing it in a shoe box and sticking it behind the big HVAC intake vent in his hallway. He unscrewed it and slid it right in there and screwed everything back in place. He kept it there for years and I finally asked him what happens if the house catches fire and it gets burned up?

He then bought a big fire resistant gun safe and bolted it to the floor in one of his bedroom closets he uses for storage.


79 posted on 12/04/2018 12:54:56 PM PST by sarge83
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To: Leaning Right

My Mom told us kids if something happens to her to look in every envelope we encounter, and especially behind photos on the wall. She hides them in the frames. She had $200 worth of gift certificates a couple of years ago in an envelope in her purse and forgot herself and tossed it cleaning out her purse.


80 posted on 12/04/2018 12:57:20 PM PST by sarge83
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