http://www.houseintohome.co.za/outsurance/tidy-up-or-be-robbed/ Some tips, tricks and suggestions for home improvement and interior decorating Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:49:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.houseintohome.co.za/outsurance/tidy-up-or-be-robbed/#comment-1615 James Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:59:52 +0000 http://www.houseintohome.co.za/?p=301#comment-1615 As Asterix would say, "These Urban Legends are CRAZY!!!" As Asterix would say, “These Urban Legends are CRAZY!!!”

]]> http://www.houseintohome.co.za/outsurance/tidy-up-or-be-robbed/#comment-1613 Terri Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:18:15 +0000 http://www.houseintohome.co.za/?p=301#comment-1613 A story I heard from my rental agent the other day: When staking out a house to loot, burglars often use shoe polish (the kind that's in a bottle with a little sponge) to mark a garage door of the house they're watching. Most garage doors have a little round rubber stopper on them to stop them from banging the roof - and the sponge tip of shoe polish has the same shape - so people never notice this.. Urban legends... A story I heard from my rental agent the other day: When staking out a house to loot, burglars often use shoe polish (the kind that’s in a bottle with a little sponge) to mark a garage door of the house they’re watching. Most garage doors have a little round rubber stopper on them to stop them from banging the roof – and the sponge tip of shoe polish has the same shape – so people never notice this..
Urban legends…

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