We Can Haz Burglars or The Further Adventures of Number One Son - Fit the Fourth

[jacey]

Just got an email from N1S in Brooklyn. Sometime in the early hours of the morning someone let themselves into their shared  flat while they were all sleeping and stole two wallets a camera and a laptop. The laptop unfortunately belonged to N1S. Though it was 2.5 years old it was a top of the range Dell with a 17" screen and all the extra perks to handle large graphics files for architecture projects.

This coming just after the brilliant news that he's been awarded the Rome Scholarship in Landscape Architecture at the British School at Rome for 2008 - 2009 for which he will, of course need a laptop. Well, let's face it, you need a laptop for just about anything academic these days.

Insurance? What is this foreign word insurance of which you speak?

At least the files were backed up!

(Slinks away to back up own files...)

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! At least there was no violence or damage. :(

Do you have any local educational grants or funds your son could apply for? Our daughter got a small grant towards all her books from a fund set up by a local benefactor many years ago. There are more of these than most people realise so it could be worth investigating.

[birdsedge.livejournal.com]

Thanks to both Nicky and Helen for the idea of sponsorship and grants. First off I'm going to write to Dell.

And yes, you're right, no one was hurt and apparently the burglar had to practically climb over a visitor who was sleeping on the couch. The police were very surprised. Burglars mostly run if they see someone in the room. There's speculation that it may be a fairly local job, someone who knows the building.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

local job, someone who knows the building

Sounds like it to me too. Or even someone who knew the household. :(