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Gypsy Jan
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Another Distressing Event in Rosarito
This just in from a friend, who wishes not to be named.
“A home on the side of a hill, with no neighbors, a nice house....change that to past tense, it WAS a nice house. The owners went to the U.S. for the
weekend.
When they returned they found that bandits had stripped the house of everything, down to removing the toilets, wash basins, light fixtures, alarm
system, all appliances including the water heaters, heater, garage door openers, the garage doors and furniture, of course. Even the aluminum windows
frames, light sockets and switches.
This was a Mexican version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed, even a picket fence and gate around the garden, the water hose,
sprinklers and electric lines running to the house, the door mats and door handles, doors and hinges:The Works. Only the physical bare house and
light meter was left behind. The idiots had no fence, no dogs, no one to look after the property. STUPID”
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
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\"Alea iacta est.\"
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Udo
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This must have been a group of several people stripping the house clean, plus some kind of moving van. That's a lot of stuff to move!
Udo
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
This just in from a friend, who wishes not to be named.
“A home on the side of a hill, with no neighbors, a nice house....change that to past tense, it WAS a nice house. The owners went to the U.S. for the
weekend.
When they returned they found that bandits had stripped the house of everything, down to the...alarm system.... |
Might need to have a chat with the alarm system company....
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Bob H
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Yes, the alarm company....
Ya know, this story just seems hard to believe! How remote was this place? And, I agree, it was crazy to know have someone watching the place, or
even staying there while the owners were gone.
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noproblemo2
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YIKES, Yet again, Did they have security bars ?
[Edited on 7-28-2010 by noproblemo2]
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DENNIS
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Sounds as though the scum knew they were going to be gone a while.
If the owners rebuild from this event, they have more guts than I would. They should cut their losses and get out.
[Edited on 7-28-2010 by DENNIS]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by noproblemo2
YIKES, Yet again, Did they have security bars ?
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If they did, they were probably stolen as well. They arn't a real deterrent anyway. You can pop them out of a block wall with a crowbar.
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Timo1
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Sure sounds like someone that knew they would be gone
a "friend" ??
I doubt 6 or 8 guys were just driving around in a moving van
and saw a picket fence they liked and decided to do the whole
house
sold out and got out !!!
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noproblemo2
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by noproblemo2
YIKES, Yet again, Did they have security bars ?
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If they did, they were probably stolen as well. They arn't a real deterrent anyway. You can pop them out of a block wall with a crowbar.
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True, but kinda think someone knew when they would be gone and for how long also.... Seems it may have been planned.
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BajaBlanca
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gosh...how devastating and how invasive...just deplorable
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wessongroup
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Thanks for another wake up call .... it all helps..
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Lobsterman
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This is called "Mexican Roulette" Whose next?
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
This was a Mexican version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed, even a picket fence and gate around the garden, the water hose,
sprinklers and electric lines running to the house, the door mats and door handles, doors and hinges:The Works. |
If I were Mexican, I'd resent this remark.
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mcfez
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All Mexicans are crooks
This was a Mexican version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed....."
Rarely do I say anything here. Your report suggest that ALL Mexicans are thieves. If my home home in California was stripped down, would your report
say..
This was a Californian version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed...."
Perhaps it's time here to stop generalizing the Mexican population whether its done intentionally or accidentally.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
This was a Mexican version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed, even a picket fence and gate around the garden, the water hose,
sprinklers and electric lines running to the house, the door mats and door handles, doors and hinges:The Works. |
If I were Mexican, I'd resent this remark. |
I sure cannot speak for someone else, but I am guessing that Gyspy Jan did not realize how bad that statement would sound --- it does sound
insulting---not a good thing.
However, I have not seen anything she has written before that would be insulting. So I am guessing it was a mistake and not meant the way it reads?
Edited---thanks to pacside, can see where she is quoting someone else---should have seen that before as it sure did not sound like GJ.
[Edited on 7-28-2010 by DianaT]
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noproblemo2
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
This was a Mexican version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed....."
Rarely do I say anything here. Your report suggest that ALL Mexicans are thieves. If my home home in California was stripped down, would your report
say..
This was a Californian version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed...."
Perhaps it's time here to stop generalizing the Mexican population whether its done intentionally or accidentally. |
I think GJ just hadn't thought her words thru, let's give her a chance here, she has been thru a lot lately.
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Woooosh
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"The idiots had no fence, no dogs, no one to look after the property. STUPID"
Agreed. No Mexican leaves their house empty and expects everything to be there when they return. This didn't happen in a few hours- it took time the
victims gave them. There are bad guys on every street who act as lookouts for naive people like this. And I mean on EVERY street.
and not nearly as distressing as having the head of the Ministerial Police executed at the PGJE offices last night. Even though the PGJE here is
absolutely corrupt (I know first hand), it sucks for their family to die like that.
[Edited on 7-28-2010 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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pacside
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
This just in from a friend, who wishes not to be named.
“A home on the side of a hill, with no neighbors, a nice house...." |
Gypsy Jan was just passing on what someone else wrote. She didn't write the Home Depot quote.
pacside
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
If my home home in California was stripped down, would your report say..
This was a Californian version of going to Home Depot and getting everything needed...."
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Good point. There are many, many nationalities living in CA, just as there are in Mexico and to me the
terms Californian and Mexicican does not imply that any particular nationality was involved. Not like when the news reports that the criminal was a
black man or a Hispanic man
Bob Durrell
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lookingandbuying
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Let's give her a break
Give Jan a break!! I have always enjoyed her previous posts. After what she went through I am sure her nerves are on end and the comment was not
mean't to harm or demean the entire Mexican population...where she lives and interacts DAILY. I am sure if I explained the storey Jan did to any of
the many Mexican friends I have they would have made a joke simular to the HomeDepot comment Jan did.
Let's appreciate the fact that she took the time to share the story so others can be more watchful over their possessions located in Mexico. A friend
of mine has had copper stripped from his house and going through this type of thing is no fun, at all. Sure helps those selling PVC piping!!! 
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