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Originally Posted by Carlos_Sanchez_IX

That always confuses me, why have your weapon of choice at the entrance to your house? By the time you are up and moving they are no doubt in the belly of your home, keep it simple, a brand new Stanley Knife in your knicker drawer, the brass bollocks to go downstairs and a very convincing war face.

A good point. If the fuckers get into the kitchen they have a choice of a 14" Sabatier, one of those Chinese sharp cleavers for chopping veg and a big fuck-off butchers cleaver.

I like to keep my golf clubs in the bedroom. One of these days I must try golf.

Place bets now.

Originally Posted by Carlos_Sanchez_IX

That always confuses me, why have your weapon of choice at the entrance to your house? By the time you are up and moving they are no doubt in the belly of your home, keep it simple, a brand new Stanley Knife in your knicker drawer, the brass bollocks to go downstairs and a very convincing war face.

I've got a three foot long Samuari sword under the bed. If the sight of me screaming down the stairs naked with 36 inches of gleaming weapon in one hand and a FOB Japanese sword in the other doesn't frighten them off I'm planning on landing on them hard enough to knock them out then exploring their anus with my bellend.

Originally Posted by Werewolf

Unless you're the PM; then you can leave your 8 year old daughter in the pub...

Is it worth making a complaint to the police, Andy? You'll know this much better than I do, but from what I was told by the wife of a friend of mine (she was from Busan), when something of this sort happened in her apartment block, the local bobbies sorted the problem out with judicious application of a side-handled baton and an ambulance, and the predator wasn't seen again... (granted, this was during the days when the President of S Korea came with the word 'General' forming part of his name, but the police still look to be fairly handy in riot situations... Or are they now hobbled by a Korean equivalent of PACE?)

Originally Posted by Kirkz

I stand corrected sir!
I still wouldn't leave a child of that age home alone though

He stated it was after school. You try and find after school care in the UK for children over the age of 11, it's nigh on impossible. The only option I had to my daughter being at home alone after school once she left primary school was to quit my job.

OP, you've got a well-switched on kid there, hope you've showered her with praise. Don't think there's anything to add to what you've already said, except is there a friend that could walk home from school with her in the afternoon? It does seem a bit like she's being targeted.

Archimedes:

TBH, Korean riot cops are fair-to-middling when it comes to knocking together the heads of demonstraters, but Korean beat cops are not reputed to be much cop: Many locals don't even bother reporting crimes.

However, as it happens, I am acquainted with one inspector - though he is national, not local - and shall be seeking his counsel tomorrow.

SNIP
except is there a friend that could walk home from school with her in the afternoon? It does seem a bit like she's being targeted.
SNIP

Yep, she goes to and from school mob-handed, and Mum is going to join her for the next week or so.

The targeting possibility is the real fear.

Originally Posted by MARTOK

Yes, if some guy was knocking on the door wearing a surgical mask and putting his hand over the peephole I would be calling the coppers, and then an ambulance after I had accidently hit him with the baseball bat I keep hung on the back of the door.

In the uk people don't commonly wear surgical masks in Korea they do. People lean on doors

Originally Posted by sundance

Yeah; dont be so paranoid. All thats has happened is a bloke has knocked a door.

With his hand over the peephole..?