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celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 8 Jun

This is a slang term for thieves who steal packages left on residential porches and front steps. About 250,000 packages are stolen daily across the country. With the average item valued at nearly $150 it is estimated that porch...

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Day two of the year: Thieves steal my already transplanted duranta fencing seedlings

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 2 Jan

As part of my New Year Plans, I intend to fence my entire estate and slowly turn it into a safer place for cottage or eco-homestay. I therefore used most of my December holidays raising some fencing seedlings of a beautiful...

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Watch Out for the Scammers

Denise Knight @gnatsmom (2575) 16 Nov 24

I posted, yesterday, about the scam McAfee (or someone claiming to be McAfee) ran on me. Well someone stole money from my brother's bank account this morning. They, too, went through Amazon. Then my daughter called and told me...

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Thieves steal bobblehead dolls of a former ice hockey player

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122104) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 17 Mar 24

I am not that familiar with former National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey player Jaromir Jagr as well as Wayne Gretzky. However the former NHL ice hockey player was going to have 18,000 bobblehead dolls to be given to fans of...

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The Victorian Era ~ The Working Class and Poor

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 8 Feb 23

Immigrants came to Victorian England just as factories were being built near the River Thames. Men could work in them with a salary of about $4.25 a week and women worked sewing or selling novelties bringing in about $1.20 per...

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Porch Pirates and Doorbell News

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 20 Jan 23

In the past 12 months, 260 million packages worth $19.5 billion have been stolen by porch pirates. For those of you outside of the US, a porch pirate is someone who will steal delivered packages or other items off the porch....

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Umm, That’s Not Yours…

Tammy @tammys85 (31395) • Baltimore, Maryland 8 Dec 22

My 21yr old niece ordered a Christmas gift for another loved one. It was marked as delivered at 5pm. When they went to check, the box was torn open and the contents were missing. We walked up and down the neighborhood, but we...

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Thieves steal a polar bear statue from a resident in Canada

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122104) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 May 22

Normally I try to share the good side of people assisting others in our world. However in this case an employee for the Canadian Television Network named Nancy Allen is sad that some crooks stole a polar bear statue from her home...

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My neighborhood school

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 14 Apr 20

This afternoon I found out that the school in my neighborhood was visited by friends of the strangers (thieves), since the schools are closed and they do not have a security guard, they took advantage of the thieves to get into...

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40 burglaries in 24 hours

rappeter13 @rappeter13 (8608) • Romania 23 Mar 20

I have mentioned here and there that many Romanian citizens are returning to the country, because of the restrictions in Europe. There were tens of thousands of people who have entered Romania in the last few days. And as we...

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Home Repair Update 12/14/19

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 14 Dec 19

I told my husband to buy a new sump pump; but he said the old one is working now. I said it stopped once before it can stop again. So guess what? The pumper guy went to the house; and the basement was flooded again. So now we...

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These Ladies were bad!

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 17 Aug 19

Esther Eggers, however, looked like she would gladly do it again... These photos were taken by Australian police when mugshots were first becoming a thing. I rather like these all of these ladies, and I wonder about the ladies...

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Don't pay at the pump.

Angel Santos @Montecristodog (787) • United States 21 Feb 19

If you are like me, you enjoy the convenience of paying at the pump. All you have to do is slide the card and that's it. You are good to go and you drive off. Well, there has been disturbing reports of theft at the gas pumps. It...

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Beware the Hackers

L. Jenkinson @MarymargII (12422) • Toronto, Ontario 25 Sep 18

I received a notice this week that my online bank account was locked. When I phoned I found out there had been a few attempts at logging in and for safety they locked it out. Well I also get statements and don't always use my...

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The sun is setting. Luna is on the watch out.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 10 Sep 18

Days are growing longer here. Spring is coming and you can smell it in the air. Still, Luna wants her food at the same time. I imagine that if she has dinner so early, she will be up and on the lookout for thieves all night. I...

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A Scary Event

Amber @AmbiePam (120630) • United States 2 Aug 18

A couple of nights ago I heard some noise at my door. I was a little distracted, and after about ten seconds the sound ceased. The next morning I walked out and down the stairs to take my dog, Annabelle, for a...

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planter stealers,or: enjoy your hernia,buddy..

scarlet_woman @scarlet_woman (23463) • United States 23 Feb 18

jerks.they're everywhere. maybe it's not unique to my town,but we have people here that like to go in people's yards and steal their bigger plant pots,usually only to throw them like halloween pumpkins up the street.bored activity...

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Twenty-eight percent

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 23 Sep 17

There's one simple rule that I have yet to learn. Under no circumstances, whatsoever, should you allow anyone to borrow your phone/tablet/device charger. Know this: You will never get it back. It isn't even because the person...

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Recurring Dream About a "Lost Bag!"

@acelawrites @acelawrites (19272) • Philippines 20 Sep 17

Am wondering why I always have this dream of losing my bag. The scene was always I carelessly leave it in a bench or somewhere in a public area, then when I am about to get it, some thieves had taken it away, or sometimes the...

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People need to get a job

Ithink @Ithink (10106) • United States 19 Sep 17

Why do I say this? Because as our little quiet street was sleeping someone or someones, snuck and broke into vehicles. Rick had just gotten out $30.00 to last us the rest of the week to buy milk or whatever we would need. Needless...

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