An horrible end to a perfect vacation

[Lippyp]

Hi all,

I'm typing this at 0216 UK time, a combination of jetlag and being totally p*ssed off preventing me sleeping. My wife and I arrived home from the most wonderfull vacation in the US this evening (more stories to come!) (oh and Wes if you're out there everything arrived just great, thanks) And thanks to all who suggested stuff, we did indeed "Stand on the corner in Winslow, Arizona!"

Arrived home at just after 7pm after god knows how many hours on planes etc to find that some (to borrow a phrase popular with current American TV censors) "Maggot Farmer" had burgled our house between my brother-in-law checking it on Sunday and today (wednesday evening) They climbed a six foot fence to get into the back yard but fortunately didn't touch my truck..! They then got around all our security by simply chucking a rock through the glass of the upstairs bathroom window, pulling the fragments out and climbing up onto our utility room roof below it. The alarm system did it's job partially though as they must have been in and out in minutes. They emptied a couple of drawers out onto the bed in our bedroom, pinched my wifes old work laptop (sorry IBM) and our nearly new very expensive Dyson vacuum cleaner! I'm sure they'll be some other stuff missing once we've looked around properly tomorrow

We're lucky as it could have been much worse, they didn't get downstairs at all so TV video, HiFi,my PC and any jewellery well locked up still all here and we are insured. What upset both of us most was the fact that they rifled through the box where we keep all the things from our daughter that we lost two years ago, scumbag waste of oxygen junky mu**a f**kers, I know what I'd do to them if I caught them, it involves a very splintery piece of wood, a hammer and no vaseline if you get my drift

Window now boarded up, cops been round, fingerprint guys coming in the AM and new glass as well. Let's see what tomorow brings.

Speak to you all later