09-05-2006, 06:16 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Great, smashed.
Our club recently got broken into, either today, or since sunday. All the inside "windows" were smashed, along with doors, stuff stolen and apparently some scoring boxes were destroyed.
OF course, this happened after all the ground level outside windows were smashed in with a hammer about a week ago. It's in 1 of the most crime filled/low income/etc suburbs in the city.. Was only a matter of time 
Just felt like sharing with the world.
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09-05-2006, 06:28 AM
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#2 | | Scavenger
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| Oh, golly. I'm so sorry to hear that.
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09-05-2006, 06:47 AM
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#3 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| That really sucks. Sounds like it's time for bars on the windows.
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09-05-2006, 06:51 AM
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| Monsieur Inquartata, they already *had* bars on the windows. 
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09-05-2006, 07:00 AM
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#5 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Eh...then how did they get past them to "steal stuff"?
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09-05-2006, 07:26 AM
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| bull-cutter?
and who will break into a fencing club and destroy all the scoring machines??? Those are the most expensive things around! | |
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09-05-2006, 08:02 AM
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#7 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Well, it sounds like it wasn't exactly Murph the Surf breaking in. More like moron junkies or teen vandals. I mean, who thinks a fencing club is going to be a big score loot-wise? These guys are more likely to use a rock than a specialized tool, IMO.
What's a bull-cutter, BTW? ( Can't be the thing that first comes to MY mind when I read that!  )
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09-05-2006, 08:14 AM
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#8 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Inquartata What's a bull-cutter, BTW? | It's probably a bolt cutter (randomly guessing). 
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09-05-2006, 09:44 AM
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#9 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| I thought of that, but window bars are kind of thick for bolt-cutters.
I'm sure all will be made clear eventually. 
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09-05-2006, 11:07 AM
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#10 | | Scrub
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| Insurance? | |
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09-05-2006, 12:08 PM
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#11 | | Friend of Fencing
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| And which city might this be? 
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09-05-2006, 03:36 PM
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| Dunno about insurance, the place was owned by the local council.
Don't worry Mauler, it's not in the USA.
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09-05-2006, 03:38 PM
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#13 | | Friend of Fencing
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| I noticed the, "on the other side of the world," bit. Still very much curious as to which city this is....
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09-05-2006, 03:48 PM
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#14 | | Have Blazer, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by Mauler And which city might this be? | Auckland, I believe. | |
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09-05-2006, 03:53 PM
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| Messing with people with swords is pretty dumb. I hope justice is swift and brutal. Get some cheap cameras is my advice... not that you have the money for them now. That really sucks.
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09-05-2006, 04:05 PM
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| I got the right two wheels on my car stolen last week, if I'd seen them I would have used my swords (and knives and other things) that's for sure.
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09-05-2006, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by TrainingDummy Messing with people with swords is pretty dumb. | <sigh> You don't have a sword. You have a piece of metal crafted to avoid causing injury to people - more effective as a club than a "sword" if your intention is to cause injury.
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09-05-2006, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RoninX <sigh> You don't have a sword. You have a piece of metal crafted to avoid causing injury to people - more effective as a club than a "sword" if your intention is to cause injury. | Ah, but if you break the tip and file down the blade to a nice point...
Not that you want to keep such things around a fencing club.... It just wouldn't be safe.
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09-05-2006, 04:48 PM
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| Ouch.
Anything valuable stolen?
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09-05-2006, 04:57 PM
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#20 | | Friend of Fencing
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Originally Posted by RoninX <sigh> You don't have a sword. You have a piece of metal crafted to avoid causing injury to people - more effective as a club than a "sword" if your intention is to cause injury. | Sports Sabre, as an object itself, works great as a whipping weapon, given the training for such a use (i.e. oriental martial arts).
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