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The following article was in the local news today:

Jun 19, 2007 9:48 am US/Eastern
Police Searching For Salad Burglar
(AP) SOMERSET, Pa.
Someone kicked in the door of a man's apartment, stuck a knife in the door and took a chilled salad from his refrigerator.
Somerset police said the man reported the bizarre burglary on Monday. He told investigators someone broke into his apartment while he went to a nearby tavern. Nothing but the salad was missing, police said.
Police said they have a suspect and expect to file charges once they finish their investigation.


I think this is really indicative of a larger trend in crime.
Just the other day I saw an old lady get robbed of her Centrum Silver vitamins. It was shocking. The robber was an older man with a lone ranger type mask on and one of those portable oxygen tanks on his back. He pulled a knife on the old woman and asked for the Centrum Silver vitamins she had just bought at CVS. He must have been watching her for a while. There was a struggle as the woman refused to give but was quickly overpowered by the guy who might have been high on Viagra or something. He got away on one of those medical mobility scooters. It must have had turbo boost or maybe it was tricked out with Nitro because a few of us bystanders chased the guy but he left us in the dust.
This has all made me a little worried about our own home security. We are growing Organic vegetables in our yard and have very few security measures around it. Perhaps I am leaking too much information but as it is right now we have several tomato plants and other delicious and tempting treasures sitting in out yard. I have a six foot fence and motion sensor light but I don’t think it’s enough. I am thinking that maybe a well concealed electric fence or some sort of tranquilizer dart device with some trip wires is probably the way I should go. Maybe I can set up some sort of crow’s nest outside where I can keep watch from above. For now I guess I will sleep lightly and keep the best produce in the bedroom where I can keep a watchful eye on it. Everybody be safe out there you never know when someone is gonna go after your green.