"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2006-04-13, elaine > wrote:
>
> > Get a gun? Right, that's the answer.
>
> Ya' sure, you betchya! You can get a short double barreled shotgun
> for a few hundred dollars. I've never had to use mine. I think the
> bullet hole in the window scares 'em off.
>
> nb

That's what we just acquired a 12 gauge for - home defense. I hope I never
have to use it, but the hubby said just the cha-chink sound of loading the
shells into the chamber should scare off an intruder. Our neighborhood has
rapidly taken a turn for the worse in the past year with drug addicts,
prostitutes, meth labs and break-ins. It would be nice to be able to move,
as many of our neighbors have done, but their houses have been on the market
for over a year now. No one wants to move into a neighborhood like this
one.

We've only been in our house for 2 years, so it's a real shame. The value
has already depreciated $10,000 since we got it. Yes, DEPRECIATED. Whatcha
gonna do?

kili