I Was Robbed!!!!!

[Fifty]

I can't keep anything non-secure where I live and not get it robbed, with the exception of books.

 

[bathsheba666]

Maybe it's just the fact that English is not my native language, but I always assumed "robbing" implies violence... doesn't it? The thread title was more than a bit misleading for me. Actually, now I'm curious to know if I've been living with a misconception about this word all along!

Not necessarily.
Robbed can simply mean short-changed, or ripped off.
In fact I would see it another way, probably mugged if taken in person with violence threatened or used..
I would say victim's presence was non-mandatory.

 

[civ_king]

I'm a student and in effect on the welfare system. Its less than half the average wage here and less than 1/3rd of the US poverty rate. Its enough if you're careful with money but it doesn't help when things like this happen. You can't really go and ask for extra because someone steals your food. Most of what is left can't be cooked because the oven is broken and its taking forever to get fixed. I'll live on bread and soup and sandwiches for a week, but its the girls who are worried about strangers around the house.

How many daughters?

 

[Zardnaar]

No daughters I should have said ladies- the GF and one of our room mates.

 

[Zardnaar]

You have one of those houses where the laundry room is accessed from the back of the home in its own room ? Cant you fit 10kilos into the freezer section of the fridge ?

Chicken breast is nice but expensive suggest buying cheaper cuts like thighs, drumsticks which take some time to prepare but much more economical. Iam always buying discounted meats at the supermarket. Slightly small and cracked but intact eggs are always a good buy given how cheap they go for. Though Iam partial to smoked salmon

Try curry's excellent with rice, roast potatoes with cheeses, homemade galic bread, Spagetti with fresh herbs. Chilli Ramen all good eats for those with small budgets.

Yeah just do the REPUBLICAN THING and go dumpster diving.

Yeah we like the more expensive meat. We just consume less of it an only buy it when its cheaper than normal meat. Around half my meals a week are vegetarian anyway.

 

[Samson]

I have never heard the term burgled before. It sounds funny, though.

I never quite get what americans do with this word. The root is to burgle. The person who does it is a burgler. The person it happens to is burgled. Why on earth would one try and put 2 extensions on the end, with a z in it for good measure, and say burglerized?

 

[Godwynn]

I never quite get what americans do with this word. The root is to burgle. The person who does it is a burgler. The person it happens to is burgled. Why on earth would one try and put 2 extensions on the end, with a z in it for good measure, and say burglerized?

I've only seen it spelled burglar.

 

[Bill3000]

I never quite get what americans do with this word. The root is to burgle. The person who does it is a burgler. The person it happens to is burgled. Why on earth would one try and put 2 extensions on the end, with a z in it for good measure, and say burglerized?

First of all, the root isn't burgle; that is a backronym first found in 1872; the original word is burglar. Second of all, it's burglar and burglarize, not burgler and burglerize; if you're going to complain about spelling, at least spell it correctly. Third of all, -ize is etymologically correct, as the Greek form which it is derived from has a zeta, not a sigma. Forth of all, -ize is a common verbalizer of a noun.

 

[Arakhor]

Well, since we're talking about etymology, it comes from Anglo-French burgler, from Mediaeval Latin burglator and ultimately from burgatus, the past participle of burgare ("to burgle"), from the Latin burgus ("fortified place"), from which we also get such words as "burgh" ("town") and "burgomaster" (a Dutch chief magistrate). So, now you know.

 

[FriendlyFire]

I'm a student and in effect on the welfare system. Its less than half the average wage here and less than 1/3rd of the US poverty rate. Its enough if you're careful with money

Given the number of gaming consoles (which is impressive) you should try to saved money in the bank for emergancies rather then living hand to mouth. (Cut back a bit plenty of free PCgames)

Student are given very little in help but stick with it and once you have a good Job it wont seem so bad looking back. I had to get a job while studying and even then money was tight but never had to starve.

 

[Zardnaar]

The consoles were bought over a period of 15-20 years, most for cheap ($10 in some cases) and they were bought while I was employed. I did save but got made redundent twice which kinda wiped the savings out as I couln't get any welfare. The Wii was $70 (traded in a bundle of PS2/Xboxgames), the PS3 was bought second hand, the 360 was bought 4 years ago, and I no longer buy new games for them and have bought 1 new game in the last 18 months with christmas present vouchers.
I have enough money but essentially several weeks of my food budget was stolen.

 

[Traitorfish]

I never quite get what americans do with this word. The root is to burgle. The person who does it is a burgler. The person it happens to is burgled. Why on earth would one try and put 2 extensions on the end, with a z in it for good measure, and say burglerized?

I kind of like "burglarized". It implies that some sort of wacky, sci-fi technology was involved, like the thief with the bottomless, furniture-devouring sack in The Sims.

 

[Bartleby]

When I lived in Hull (~12 years ago) I had a freezer in the garage and one night the side door was left open. All the meat was stolen from that. There were also a bunch of empty boxes for stereo equipment etc. Two days later when I went to the back door I found that a good chunk of the doorframe had been chiselled away, but they hadn't got in; possibly we disturbed them when we came back from the pub, or maybe they were hacking away when we were sleeping.
Another time (at a different house) I went for a drink of water duting the night and I could hear someone trying to get in the back door. They continued when I turned on the kitchen light but scarpered when I banged on the door.
A third time, someone left a downstairs window open at the back of the house (there wasn't even an alley at the back, just an overgrown footpath) and the downastairs bedroom was robbed of a keyboard and an Atari ST.
And a fourth time, my girlfriends student house was robbed on the first night of term when everyone was out...everyone was cleaned out, but they didn't get away with the TV because they did a runner when somebody came back while they were waiting outside the front door for the taxi they had called.

 

[Karalysia]

So do you support the welfare state now?

 

[Silurian]

First time I was robbed someone smashed the glass on the front door and then opened the Yale lock. They took £20 and 600 cigarettes and left everything else. My lodger who worked for the police had the police dog team out after them but did not get them.

Second time was a place a was staying away in for work. Someone left a window open so they got into the house and kicked the internal doors in. I had nothing of value but they took a pile of change and a handmade wash bag and my pass port. They chucked the passport in the street and it was handed into the police. They were caught.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Some idiot left my flat door open and while I was asleep someone nicked my PS1 and N64.

Once at work we went outside for a smoke and when we came back in someone had climbed in the window and nicked the Saturn development kit (which didn't even run Saturn games lol) and had tried to nick a telly but dropped it on the way out.

 

[duckduckswan]

That's awful, stealing food. I'd go with the previous suggestion and get a padlock if possible. By the by, do you go to Otago Uni?

 

[Zardnaar]

Yes I'm at Otago uni.

Karalysia please point out where I claimed I don't believe in a welfare state?

 

[Karalysia]

It was assumed when CFC turned you into a fascist.

 

[Janig]

is there sign of forced entry? Ive had some food disappear from my fridge recently and Im sure its my housemates!