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The Block Club Meeting
Want to find out what is really going on in your neighborhood? Go to the Block Club meetings.
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You don’t know me but I have been visiting your blog for the last couple of months and am so impressed with all your work. I live in a modest craftsmen bungalow in San Jose and your blog has really helped me to see it for what it is worth.
By the way where exactly is your ‘hood?
One other thing — it seems to me that you have changed your site because I remember finding links to David’s other life (standup and acting) what happened to those? I wanted to pass on the information to a family member who lives in LA and might be interested in going to a show.
Been there. Your hood sounds tougher but I will NEVER get over the “leave it out and it’s gone” drill in the neighborhood. I actually had someone walk up to the BACK DOOR while I was working in the window behind a curtain and start to walk off with a vintage URN! (Um hello? WTH?) On another day, someone else tried to steal the new A/C unit…it weighs a real ton…WHILE I WAS HOME WITH THE WORKERS.
Chutzpah. Cajones. Whatever it is, they have it.
Tools are tempting because they can be easily resold and are difficult to trace. Keep all locked up even when contractors are around. Don’t repeat my mistakes.
HGF, no security problems in Veale Township at this time. I can make you a good deal on it. Please advise. Love RPF
Tools are a problem. I love Oakland, and I love my ‘hood, but if you don’t lock your crawlspace homeless folks will store their belongings there. I also get to know the local pawnshops so the guys there know me if and when any of my stuff walks off. A friend suggests spraypainting or engraving “Property of the State of CA/Parks Department/Your city here” on your tools, maybe even with a fake looking ID number. That makes them look less fenceable, if the thieves are coming during the day.