Even in sunny Swissland it happens.

Went out with my friends for a walk with the dogs. Came home, everything was upside down,

The bastards came up the cat ladder.

Sorry to hear that Pats. Hope the thieves didn't get anything that was important to you.

Just goes to show you can get burgled anywhere.

Its an awful feeling to have your personal space invaded, I am so sorry to hear this Patsy.

I had the same thing happen several months ago. I'm still not fully recovered. When I come home, I find myself checking everything and everywhere. My house is now quite secure, but there is a feeling of uneasiness.

And it's not the obvious things that have gone.

Sometimes, weeks later, you go to get something you've had for years, seldom use, and it's not there.

Brings the whole thing back again. I find it worse then than the original theft.

Trust you didn't lose anything of sentimental value, they're often irreplaceable.

Sorry about that Patsy.

It's happened to me a few times, and like HB says, there will be things that you don't think of (and thus don't claim insurance for) that you won't realise are gone until months later.

Then there's the annoying thing whenever you can't find something, of assuming that it was stolen too...only to find it later.

Chin up. They were b'stards and not worth thinking about.

The most handsome policeman in Geneva came round!! He gave me all the forms to fill in, but did say "give it a few days, till you have had a good look around".

They took 35 English pounds (left the change), about 150 Swiss francs, two mobile phones (one broken, and the other my "spare"). But the worst was my digital camera. I had just decided to put my photos on the computer and it was sitting there on the side with the instructions...

I hope they enjoy photos of my elderly mother with her silly Christmas hat on... That is what pisses me off the most. And funnily, when I was out that day down by the lake I said to my friend that I should have brought the camera to take pics of the dogs swimming.

Luckily I had taken my bank card and my most recent phone (which has my pin number on it) out with me.

They didn't take my passport or work permit. Or the cat - even though he was spooked and didn't come home for hours.

It's happened to me before, and just the thought of strangers going through my personal things is horrible. I don't think they went through my clothes - but I can tell you the washing machine has been doing overtime ever since.

Shit, they could have vacuumed and done the dishes!!!

At least they left behind the bottle of voddie I had hidden from myself....

Which was rapidly imbibed that evening...

But it's true. Every little sound I hear at night, I jump. And I can't close the window where his ladder comes up. Also, it's Summertime and hot.

True, hits you after a few days. Picking up things etc. I keep shoe boxes to keep letters, postcards etc. in and all that was everywhere... YUK, BASTARDS.

Sorry, ranting...

When I was a wee lad (a looooooong time ago), burglaries (in Australia) were headline news, because they were so rare. Drugs changed all that. Bastards. Trouble is, the courts are too lenient. If there were no users, ther would be no pushers, so I blame the lot. String them all up.

The most handsome policeman in Geneva came round!! He gave me all the forms to fill in, but did say "give it a few days, till you have had a good look around".

They took 35 English pounds (left the change), about 150 Swiss francs, two mobile phones (one broken, and the other my "spare"). But the worst was my digital camera. I had just decided to put my photos on the computer and it was sitting there on the side with the instructions...

I hope they enjoy photos of my elderly mother with her silly Christmas hat on... That is what pisses me off the most. And funnily, when I was out that day down by the lake I said to my friend that I should have brought the camera to take pics of the dogs swimming.

Luckily I had taken my bank card and my most recent phone (which has my pin number on it) out with me.

They didn't take my passport or work permit. Or the cat - even though he was spooked and didn't come home for hours.

It's happened to me before, and just the thought of strangers going through my personal things is horrible. I don't think they went through my clothes - but I can tell you the washing machine has been doing overtime ever since.

If you are not taking the piss, then go and get a life.

If you are taking the piss, then you have succeeded in dragging a few out of the woodwork.

What has your comfy little existence in Switzerland got to do with Thailand?

The most handsome policeman in Geneva came round

Obviously taking the piss, must have had a bottle or two of Feche.

Sante!!

this is bedlam, topics do not have to be thailand related. nice to see some compassion in your posts. tool.

So sorry to hear this Patsy. I've been there too. Remind yourself they were looking only for items of value...it wasn't personal from their side....only financial.

Time is the only healer here...and lots of hugs which I offer you virtually at least....

this is bedlam, topics do not have to be thailand related. nice to see some compassion in your posts. tool.

I suspect, considering his handle AND the way he quickly digressed to drinking, that "taking the piss" is his way of saying "getting on the piss" or in other words, imbibing.

^Agreed. It brings me back to the old chestnut of entry requirements for Bedlam - perhaps should be by invitation and majority vote (of those who do vote) only. Why do people see the need to wander into a forum where they know no-one and then immediately start flaming? For mine, he (or she) should be warned that the privilege of entry to Bedlam can be withdrawn.

I smell someone from that other site " The Ply Wood Window".............They all hate jolly bedders for some unknown reason

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, Patsy.

Think we've just seen a top contender for the most inappropriate reply of the year award...

All very exciting, but the technologies like this has been around for a while.

I remember reading an article on advanced Doplar radar being able to track a single rain drop at a range in excess of 50 kilometers, or Hubble telescope, after lens correction, giving crystal clear view at some unprecedented ratio.

Old 12drinkmore seems very fond of the word 'piss'. Pity he doesn't take it on board himself and 'piss off'.

When I was a wee lad (a looooooong time ago), burglaries (in Australia) were headline news, because they were so rare. Drugs changed all that. Bastards. Trouble is, the courts are too lenient. If there were no users, ther would be no pushers, so I blame the lot. String them all up.

When burglaries rise, Police target certain drug users on occasion, people wonder why, when you pick up the drug users the burglaries go down.

Drug users need to fund their habit, so they burgle and sell on and then purchase their favourite pass time.

Moral of this story, don't buy knock off goods, somebody has paid the price 10 fold over the buying price.

All very exciting, but the technologies like this has been around for a while.

I remember reading an article on advanced Doplar radar being able to track a single rain drop at a range in excess of 50 kilometers, or Hubble telescope, after lens correction, giving crystal clear view at some unprecedented ratio.

Too many screens opened at once?

All very exciting, but the technologies like this has been around for a while.

I remember reading an article on advanced Doplar radar being able to track a single rain drop at a range in excess of 50 kilometers, or Hubble telescope, after lens correction, giving crystal clear view at some unprecedented ratio.

Too many screens opened at once?

No kidding... wth is soundman on about??

Cross threaded.

Whitworth vs UTS?

Or was it a matter of gas vs liquid (left hand vs right hand)?

I smell someone from that other site " The Ply Wood Window".............They all hate jolly bedders for some unknown reason

Rubbish !!

I swing both ways (in this context only)

(They have a good daily Sudoko and a lousy daily chess problem, which starts my working day off nicely)

I have no problem with the "Plywood Window".

Same avatar which sneaky bedders recognise from behind their false facades.

As Humph says, there are some things behind the plywood that are good.

Mite go there once or so a month when bored.

No harm, free speach.

Edit to put a 'd' in my typo, facaes .... it looked quite shiddy...LMDO.

sorry to hear about it patsy...happened to me once on a business trip to China with wife alone at home in the UK, trying to comfort and calm her down on the telephone and feeling helpless...when I saw how easy it was to get in and out I lost all sense of comfort and security about the place...I had just started a new job so we moved shortly after, couldn't wait to ditch the place...

In the first house in Thailand woke up one ( by the sensor alarm ) morning to find a little guy squatting in the middle of the lounge having a Fag. he had squeezed through an air-vent in a downstairs bathroom and couldn't get out. he smiled, I smiled, I got a cup of coffee and sat with him until the police arrived.................

One of the nicest burglars you could meet really..............

The bastards came up the cat ladder.

What sort of cat do you have? A big one? Lion perhaps? (Maybe you should get one)

Simon

Sorry to hear about your burglary.

Time to secure the homes a bit better all over most of

the world these days. Druggies aside the economy is sucking in many countries

& this sort of thing is increasing.

Good Luck & I hope you quickly recover from that

feeling of invasion.

The bastards came up the cat ladder.

What sort of cat do you have? A big one? Lion perhaps? (Maybe you should get one)

Simon

No!! It is a very secure, very expensive cat ladder. Which goes from the ground up four metres.

It has been there for 5 years - two friends got up it without breaking it (known, acceptable friends). Now it is broken. But, happy Jimbo can still get up it. He weighs 5 kilos.

Anyway, had an e-mail from the insurance peeps to acknowlege my letter. Nothing from the police.

PS 12drinkmore - it's Féchy (not Feche) which is a wine from the canton of Vaud. not the canton of Geneva. Get your Swiss wines right before you get at people who wanted to share a story of what has happened to them with their FRIENDS on the internet.

Was that a bit harsh?!