Roger,  can we shorten all the other stuff attached to your post, maybe?

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear concerned
>
> Thieves are looking for two things ...
> bling --
> opportunity--
>
> i do two things to minimize the possibility of assault on my vanagon
> space...
> i put up the privacy curtain between the snaps behind main cabin seats --
> this prevents the look in people -
> i pull the curtain across the sliding door window --
> and when in any sort of area that is not home turf to my vanagon --
> i pull the back window curtains shut too--
> yes it takes me a minute to put all this away --
> but i have a diesel and must wait for at least 60 seconds anyway --
>
> aww F&@& i dont want to do ALL THAT ---
>
> well ok that is your choice --
> but i know the heart ache of vanagon violation -- it is very unpleasant --
> and sad ---
>
> the second problem i eliminate by being absolutely crazy about locking
> doors
> --
>
> the only time in my life i have ever been broken into ...
> a passenger left my door unlocked when they got out
> the passenger was a permanent passenger person who did not make any effort
> to lock the door upon exit--
> and silly me --
> i had just returned form 3 months driving all over the usa with my wife and
> had become accustomed to my passenger locking up on exit
> since then i sometimes get up in the middle of the night just to do a
> security check on the doors --
>
> no intrusion since --
> one of my good friends wants me to pick up a single barrel BARKER LONG
> another pal advocates large dog
> another pal favors both --
> hmm maybe in the future ...
> after i learn better Barker care and use
> and when we have K 9 space
>
> Yours
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
> wrote:
>
> >   Has anybody designed a securable storage method for Westies? I travel
> > with
> > a couple of instruments, a laptop for work and sometimes some camera gear
> > that I leave in the rig. Everywhere you go are signs "don't leave
> valuables
> > in the car," but if I'm going to hike or play on the beach, or attend
> > meetings, that means that all my stuff is in the rig. Locking the doors
> > just doesn't slow thieves down enough. I want something that only a thief
> > with chop-shop tools could break. Or at least something so that if they
> > break the windows, they don't automatically get all the contents of the
> > car.
> > Insurance will always pay, but that's not the point.
> >
> > I noticed that when I pull the rear seat forward into a bed, there is a
> > space under the seat on the cabin side. I started thinking that there
> might
> > be a way to have a fold-down board or something with a lock on it to
> > enclose
> > that space and secure it for items I really don't want to lose. Then when
> I
> > get back I can take the stuff out, fold it out of the way as the seat
> goes
> > back into place and I won't lose any valuable cabin space. Any engineers
> > out there?
> >
> > Matt
> > '84 Westy
> >
> >
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