it was probably a raccoon

One time when my dad was moving into his house, someone walked into the garage and took the remote controls for the TVs

Check your orbital sander for signs of sexual abuse.

Uhhm, my car. Nobody wants a nearly-twenty year old paid off Acura, so I'm safe.

Cept me. I love that thing.

Joke's on you, I don't have a garage.

Front garage has snow thrower and lawnmower and empty pop cans. Back garage has rummage sale stuff and baby clothes.

Mrs.Sharpier: it was probably a raccoon

We had a mother raccoon and her kits make a nest in the attic.. right on the vent that was above our bed.

That was a nightmarish 2 weeks while the landlord removed the ultra-pissed-off Mother and the babies.

But this fella came by last year... I think we named him Charles.. he was a nice fella.

Two cars, two bicycles, tools, air compressor, lawn equipment, two sets of tires (I have separate winter tires for each vehicle), bird seed, the trash bin, and some other assorted crap. Some of that is worth real money. I don't understand the people who fill their garage with boxes full of useless crap that's worth nothing and then park the vehicles outside.

It's only a standard two car garage too. None of this two cars in a four car garage thing.

You can take the power lawnmower (Toro - sucks donkey balls).
Hands off the push mower (belonged to my grandfather and I use it instead of the donkey ball sucker).
Also - touch the Honda 828 snowblower and I will arrange it so that you can carry your entrails around in a bucket for the rest of your life.

Dynascape: he was a nice fella.

Raccoons are a f*cking nightmare... When I lived in a forest I spent numerous nights trapping those f*ckers and taking them out several miles away from the house. I recall dropping one off and seeing the others that I'd dropped off before... it was like a family reunion for them. They will tear the sh*t out of a roof and everything else they encounter. I probably removed upwards of 40 of those little bastards.

Dynascape: Mrs.Sharpier: it was probably a raccoon

We had a mother raccoon and her kits make a nest in the attic.. right on the vent that was above our bed.

That was a nightmarish 2 weeks while the landlord removed the ultra-pissed-off Mother and the babies.

But this fella came by last year... I think we named him Charles.. he was a nice fella.

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there was a special on Nature last week all about those critters, it actually frightened me because they are smart mother farkers. they can figure out really complex traps, and according to scientists all our efforts to keep them out have only made them stronger and smarter. also, we have one in our area that went INSIDE an apartment, noshed on some grapefruit and then left out the screen door. the lady who lived there apparently just sat in horror.

I love raccoons but yeah they are smart as fark and mean.

Tziva: I love raccoons but yeah they are smart as fark and mean.

BTW - given the opportunity, they will kill and eat kitties.

Leaving your garage door open/unlocked doesn't mean they "broke in". Who the hell breaks into a garage then doesn't take anything?

A lifetime in tools and tool chests, workbench, air compressor, two Harleys,, all the Christmas and camping crap in boxes on shelves from the ceiling, lawn equipment, two bikes, an MGB, AX wheel/tires and ton's o'shiat on the shelves.

Mrs.Sharpier: there was a special on Nature last week all about those critters, it actually frightened me because they are smart mother farkers. they can figure out really complex traps, and according to scientists all our efforts to keep them out have only made them stronger and smarter. also, we have one in our area that went INSIDE an apartment, noshed on some grapefruit and then left out the screen door. the lady who lived there apparently just sat in horror.

I remember reading something on here about a pack of raccoons that was terrorizing some suburb, they were actually attacking people bringing their groceries into the house and were even tricking dogs into swimming pools and drowning them.

The garage is where I keep all the tortured syntax.

Cyno01: Mrs.Sharpier: there was a special on Nature last week all about those critters, it actually frightened me because they are smart mother farkers. they can figure out really complex traps, and according to scientists all our efforts to keep them out have only made them stronger and smarter. also, we have one in our area that went INSIDE an apartment, noshed on some grapefruit and then left out the screen door. the lady who lived there apparently just sat in horror.

I remember reading something on here about a pack of raccoons that was terrorizing some suburb, they were actually attacking people bringing their groceries into the house and were even tricking dogs into swimming pools and drowning them.

The ones in our attic were *loud*.

You know how we found them? The vent above our bed was shaking and rattling in the middle of the night. The landlord would later say he's shocked I didnt put some bullets up there, because he should as fark would have if he heard rustling in the attic at 2 AM.

Either way.. took weeks to get rid of them. At night, all you could hear was their scratching. Drove us farking insane.

On more than one occasion, we had to move the bed at 3 AM because the vent looked like it was going to give way and we'd have a face full of pissed off Raccoon on our hands.

CoolBeans: Tziva: I love raccoons but yeah they are smart as fark and mean.

BTW - given the opportunity, they will kill and eat kitties.

Given the opportunity, I think they'd kill and eat me.

There is a posse of raccoons that hang out in the courtyard outside the cafeteria at the local city college, and they have obviously learned if you charge someone, they will drop their food and run.

So now there is a whole gang of raccoon warriors that just hang around waiting to fark you up for a quarter of a bagel.

But they have cute faces and little grabby hands, so I love them. From afar.

dhambrick: Leaving your garage door open/unlocked doesn't mean they "broke in". Who the hell breaks into a garage then doesn't take anything?

I'll own up to being submitter.

I don't know how they got the door open -- maybe just used various frequencies and drove through the complex until they found a door that opened, or maybe they just pulled it up, don't know -- but it was definitely closed last night.

They had pulled the boxes off the shelves and gone through them (some were sitting on the hood of my car) but nothing seemed to be taken. There really is nothing in there worth taking.

I mean, I'm glad I didn't take anything, but it is embarrassing on some level to know that someone went through the effort of getting into your garage and going through your shiat only to decide you don't own anything worth wanting.

Tziva: dhambrick: Leaving your garage door open/unlocked doesn't mean they "broke in". Who the hell breaks into a garage then doesn't take anything?

I'll own up to being submitter.

I don't know how they got the door open -- maybe just used various frequencies and drove through the complex until they found a door that opened, or maybe they just pulled it up, don't know -- but it was definitely closed last night.

They had pulled the boxes off the shelves and gone through them (some were sitting on the hood of my car) but nothing seemed to be taken. There really is nothing in there worth taking.

I mean, I'm glad I didn't take anything, but it is embarrassing on some level to know that someone went through the effort of getting into your garage and going through your shiat only to decide you don't own anything worth wanting.

Well, I am glad they didn't steal anything. I hate the thought of somebody stealing something of mine.

Modern garage door opener technology really doesn't work with people rolling through the neighborhood clicking a clicker. And forcing a door up against a garage opener is a lot of work that isn't easy.

I've come home a couple of times and found the garage door open. It was because my wife left after me and didn't close it, or because my FIL with early onset Alzheimers left it open. But I have truly been lucky nothing came up missing.

dhambrick: Modern garage door opener technology really doesn't work with people rolling through the neighborhood clicking a clicker. And forcing a door up against a garage opener is a lot of work that isn't easy.

Yeah, I really don't know. We had a family function all yesterday, and the door was closed when we left and we took the other car, so it definitely wasn't us leaving it open, unless the cat was feeling devious and learned how to use the remote.

It's an apartment complex and I'm sure management has a way to get into the garages, so the technology they use may be a little more easier to duplicate than a standard home garage.

Tziva: dhambrick: Modern garage door opener technology really doesn't work with people rolling through the neighborhood clicking a clicker. And forcing a door up against a garage opener is a lot of work that isn't easy.

Yeah, I really don't know. We had a family function all yesterday, and the door was closed when we left and we took the other car, so it definitely wasn't us leaving it open, unless the cat was feeling devious and learned how to use the remote.

It's an apartment complex and I'm sure management has a way to get into the garages, so the technology they use may be a little more easier to duplicate than a standard home garage.

Well, good luck, and now I am paranoid whether or not I left my garage door up this morning!

what the what

Tziva: what the what

Lol, somebody got a green! But on a positive note, everybody knows you don't have anything worth taking.

this gets green?

This went green?

Yeesh, they usually only do that with interesting threads. This one doesn't seem to have garnered much interest. I at least like to see some embarrassing revelation from somebody before they green a TFD thread.

this is my thread and I still think it's dull.

Subtard: "Someone broke into my garage last and went through some boxes, but didn't take end up taking anything. Well fine, I think your stuff is crap too, pal. What junk do you keep in your garage? "

Better check your garage, again. Looks like they stole your grammar.

Dynascape: That was a nightmarish 2 weeks while the landlord removed the ultra-pissed-off Mother and the babies.

Just soak some rags in ammonia and toss 'em in there with them. We used to do this when the opossums invaded our garage.

Man, that would be awkward if that happened to me. I'd hate to have to track down and recapture all of my hookers if someone let them out.

Could have been worse.

They could have broken into your garage and put everything out by the curb for garbage pickup. This is called adding insult to burglary.