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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BigsWick, post: 324726, member: 3534&quot;]Amazing what can happen (or could happen) because of some crooked idiot out to see if he can&#039;t take something he&#039;s too lazy to go out and earn for himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was robbed a little over 20 years ago. It didn&#039;t have anything to do with coins, but I let some strangers into my shop because I was trying to be friendly. A few weeks later most of my speed parts were stolen. The guys who did it weren&#039;t very well informed. I had an expensive set of BB Chevy cylinder heads sitting in the middle of the shop floor and they didn&#039;t touch them. Everything they took (less one rare factory intake manifold) could be ordered out of a Summit catalog, so almost all of it was replaceable and was covered by home owner&#039;s insurance. Still, that didn&#039;t ease my sense of feeling violated. I did some investigating on my own- unannounced visits to some people I suspected might have been involved, kept my eye on the local for sale adds, even offered a reward for any information. Nothing came of any of it. I wound up angry, frustrated, and over 20 years later I still don&#039;t know who did it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I learned a valuable lesson.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fortunate now to live in a small, isolated neighborhood full of good, honest, hard-working people. They watch out for each other and are quick to recognize and respond to anything out of the ordinary. We&#039;ve actually chased people away from our neighborhood for just parking on our street (we actually own the road- no county maintenance- we make the rules) so the word got out long ago. Firearms? There isn&#039;t a home here that isn&#039;t protected. Between me and my immediate neighbors we have 7 dogs.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can never, ever be too careful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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