I leave mine open for the same reason - my cat must be able to get in and out. This is only the second time in 3-4 years that someone has tried to steal anything through the window, so I guess I've got off lightly. I'll follow your suggestion and add some mesh, with a small enough hole for my cat to walk through. This *might* make the open window less attractive to thieves. Thanks for the suggestion!
On Saturday, 14 February 2015 07:45:13 UTC+2, Rose007 wrote: > > Even though my front windows have burglar bars and are behind gates, I > have covered the opening sections with that white, plastic coated (garden?) > mesh. This was initially done to keep stray cats from peeing in the house > but it does also prevent any "fishing" and the windows can remain open for > ventilation. > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 7:03 AM, Marlin Forbes <mar...@datashaman.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I was woken up by something at about 6:45AM this morning, I got up to >> have a look and my jeans were half way out the window. >> >> Coincidentally there was a couple outside in a car coming to see my >> neighbours, and the guy came to my window asking me if I knew someone was >> there. He said that when they pulled up and I got up to look out the >> window, there was a guy crouched below it. When they pulled up, he bolted >> down the road. They first thought I was talking to the guy. >> >> I went outside and found the usual long thin stick used for fishing out >> belongings from people's houses. >> >> I asked the visitor to describe the intruder to me. Vague but the >> defining characteristics might trigger something: black guy, big (not just >> tall, but big) with scars all over his face. It seemed from his description >> that they lines along his cheeks. Unfortunately that's all he could make >> out, it happened very quickly. >> >> I'm not expecting anyone to be caught with such a vague description, but >> keep your valuables FAR away from open windows. Don't think that daylight >> is safer, either. >> >> Regards, >> Marlin Forbes >> >> -- >> OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room >> ---------------------------------------------- >> 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 >> >> For all emergencies please dial 10111 >> >> ---------------------------------------------- >> ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za <javascript:> >> WEB: www.obswatch.org.za >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send >> email to ob...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. To unsubscribe from this >> group, send email to obsnw+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. For >> more options, visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to obsnw+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: o...@obz.org.za WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to obsnw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
