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Then, Sunday night at the new house, while we were all asleep, around
2AM, three masked guys with shotguns kicked in the doors. They were
wearing SWAT caps and jackets with "Police" on them. They brought us
all out to the living room and made us lie down facing the floor. At
first they said they were the cops and they suspected us of terrorist
activities, then they started yelling that they wanted the drugs and the
money and the guns. They took about 300 bucks from my dad's pants
pocket, the small tv from our roommate's room, and my 6 year old iMac.

Jesus Christ, what an ordeal!! I'm glad you and your father (and
roommate?) weren't physically hurt. I imagine the trauma will take some
time to abate, though!

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Saffire
205/144/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

In article ,
says...
Then, Sunday night at the new house, while we were all asleep, around
2AM, three masked guys with shotguns kicked in the doors. They were
wearing SWAT caps and jackets with "Police" on them. They brought us
all out to the living room and made us lie down facing the floor. At
first they said they were the cops and they suspected us of terrorist
activities, then they started yelling that they wanted the drugs and the
money and the guns. They took about 300 bucks from my dad's pants
pocket, the small tv from our roommate's room, and my 6 year old iMac.

Jesus Christ, what an ordeal!! I'm glad you and your father (and
roommate?) weren't physically hurt. I imagine the trauma will take some
time to abate, though!

--
Saffire
205/144/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

luna wrote:
Then, Sunday night at the new house, while we were all asleep, around
2AM, three masked guys with shotguns kicked in the doors. They were
wearing SWAT caps and jackets with "Police" on them. They brought us
all out to the living room and made us lie down facing the floor. At
first they said they were the cops and they suspected us of terrorist
activities, then they started yelling that they wanted the drugs and the
money and the guns. They took about 300 bucks from my dad's pants
pocket, the small tv from our roommate's room, and my 6 year old iMac.


Wow, Luna, that sucks! I hope they get the ****ers who did that and
string them up!

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote in message
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Yeah, but if they thought we had stuff, then other people might too.

people anywhere can think that, though. moving won't change that.

I believe she said they moved to a condo in a gated community. Not that that
is inherently safer, but if they feel safer that's a plus.

HG

"marengo" wrote in message
news:J4VQd.43179$Vg3.19325@lakeread05...

I firmly believe that there's a reason for everything that happens to us.
Although you liked that house, it apparently wasn't the right place for
you
to be. Good things will come out of the move to your condo, wait and see!

That's a great way to look at it. Who knows, it might have happened again
but with worse consequences, too. So maybe this was a relatively harmless,
if traumatic, warning.

Luna, I'm glad you all came out of this ok and were able to find somewhere
else to move so quickly.

HG

"marengo" wrote in message
news:J4VQd.43179$Vg3.19325@lakeread05...

I firmly believe that there's a reason for everything that happens to us.
Although you liked that house, it apparently wasn't the right place for
you
to be. Good things will come out of the move to your condo, wait and see!

That's a great way to look at it. Who knows, it might have happened again
but with worse consequences, too. So maybe this was a relatively harmless,
if traumatic, warning.

Luna, I'm glad you all came out of this ok and were able to find somewhere
else to move so quickly.

HG

Hannah Gruen wrote:

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote:

Yeah, but if they thought we had stuff, then other people might too.

people anywhere can think that, though. moving won't change that.

I believe she said they moved to a condo in a gated community. Not that that
is inherently safer, but if they feel safer that's a plus.

feeling safer and actually being safer are two different things. i
agree that living in a gated community reduces some of the risk - anyone
wanting to get in there for illicit purposes will have to think twice
and is likely to just go for something easier - but it doesn't sound
like a great place to live for other reasons.

and there's no guarantee that other people living *inside* the gated
community wouldn't rip you off.

don't get me wrong, i'm glad Michelle and her family are ok and i don't
blame them for being rattled, i just don't think you can ever really
escape from people wanting to do stupid/mean things. they're
everywhere, even behind the gates of a gated condo community.

Hannah Gruen wrote:

"The Queen of Cans and Jars" wrote:

Yeah, but if they thought we had stuff, then other people might too.

people anywhere can think that, though. moving won't change that.

I believe she said they moved to a condo in a gated community. Not that that
is inherently safer, but if they feel safer that's a plus.

feeling safer and actually being safer are two different things. i
agree that living in a gated community reduces some of the risk - anyone
wanting to get in there for illicit purposes will have to think twice
and is likely to just go for something easier - but it doesn't sound
like a great place to live for other reasons.

and there's no guarantee that other people living *inside* the gated
community wouldn't rip you off.

don't get me wrong, i'm glad Michelle and her family are ok and i don't
blame them for being rattled, i just don't think you can ever really
escape from people wanting to do stupid/mean things. they're
everywhere, even behind the gates of a gated condo community.

Sorry to hear this happened. I'm glad that you were not hurt.
Tom

"luna" wrote in message
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Ok,we were moving from one house to another, got phones turned off at
the old house last thursday, but never got the phone turned on at the
new house because the phone company sucks and they don't show up when
they say they will.

Then, Sunday night at the new house, while we were all asleep, around
2AM, three masked guys with shotguns kicked in the doors. They were
wearing SWAT caps and jackets with "Police" on them. They brought us
all out to the living room and made us lie down facing the floor. At
first they said they were the cops and they suspected us of terrorist
activities, then they started yelling that they wanted the drugs and the
money and the guns. They took about 300 bucks from my dad's pants
pocket, the small tv from our roommate's room, and my 6 year old iMac.

We don't know if the people who rented the house before us were dealing
drugs, or if the guys just saw us moving in and figured we were an easy
target because we weren't settled in yet, or if the movers told some
friends that we didn't have a phone line yet and my roommate had a nice
car so they figured we had money or something. Anyway, we got out of
there that night and slept at my uncle's apartment, and now we're in the
process of moving into a condo we're going to rent from some cousins.

Thankfully, none of us were hurt, but it's a pain in the ass to have to
move again. And, I really loved that house, it was a really nice place,
and I spent so much time, money and effort painting and setting
everything up, but we would never feel safe there. The condo's in a
gated community but it's pretty small and dumpy, and we're having to get
rid of a bunch of stuff, which might actually be a blessing in disguise
because we have too much crap anyway. My cat's adjusting suprisingly
well to being uprooted twice in a week, but I'm still a bit shaken up
and can't eat much or sleep very long at a time. I'm at my sister's
house using her computer right now, and her husband may be able to lend
me one until I can afford a new one. I'll try to check in again when I
can get a break and get back over here.

I'm sorry to hear about your ordeal. It's great that neither you or your family
got physically injured. May be it's time to think of adding better security to
your new home like stronger doors, sensors, etc. Have you by chance got any
home insurance?


luna wrote:
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Then, Sunday night at the new house, while we were all asleep, around
2AM, three masked guys with shotguns kicked in the doors. They were
wearing SWAT caps and jackets with "Police" on them. They brought us
all out to the living room and made us lie down facing the floor. At
first they said they were the cops and they suspected us of terrorist
activities, then they started yelling that they wanted the drugs and the
money and the guns. They took about 300 bucks from my dad's pants
pocket, the small tv from our roommate's room, and my 6 year old iMac.
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