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Lock Up Yer Ladders!

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An anonymous Wallyhood tipster sent this advice for discouraging those around the neighborhood with an underdeveloped sense of respect for other people’s personal property:

The first Police Notes item in today’s the Herald-Outlook concerns a ladder that was left outside and then used by criminals to climb in an open 2nd story window at a nearby home.

Folks, please, please put your ladders away inside your basement or garage at the end of the workday.  If you can’t do that, then use a heavy chain lock to attach it to a fence or something else that is sturdy.  Think how bad you would feel if your neighbor’s home was burgled because you were too lazy to put away a ladder.

Good point!  A ladder, after all, pretty much asks someone to climb up it.

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Helen

Helen has lived in Wallingford for 16 years and think it’s the best neighborhood in Seattle, possibly the world. She has worn a track between her house, QFC and the library and spends a lot time poking her nose into things. She is a mother, does volunteer work and is interested in local, green and child-related issues. She has an advanced degree in English literature and thus reads a lot and enjoys the craft of writing. She also works part-time for her husband’s software company (doesn’t everyone have a software company around here?).

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. bmacke September 17, 2010

    I think better advice might be to not leave your windows open.

  2. SaraB September 19, 2010

    I have to second bmacke on this one. It’s not really the fault of the owner of the ladder. It’s probably the fault of the person who left their windows open!

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