Hi everyone, it has been a very tough 20 hours.
Last night we left to watch a July 1 fireworks show (I live in MD), and we were gone about 80 minutes (left about 9:10PM, came back at 10:30PM).
In that time a theif broke in, took two laptops, new digital SLR (Nikon too), jewelry of sentimental value and a lot of other things. Funny, they left my wife's new Mac Mini alone, along with several LCP flat-panels I had hooked up to the docking station for the work computer. :cries:
I'm still finding things to do/replace, the police were responsive and were able to lift fingerprints from the window where they entered, but I'm not that optimistic that I'll ever see this stuff again.
This morning I realized that the GX470 additional key was stolen, and I'm frankly worried that our well-loved SUV is going to be a target for theft. The key for the 1994 Honda Accord was left alone, and it was sitting in the garage (okay it has 177K miles on it but is still running great, and I would have been heartbroken to lose it).
Anyone go through this before? Can the key be 'reprogrammed' so that we only have/use one key, but the other key is inoperable? It being the 2nd of July on a Sunday I'll be looking into this at the dealer first-thing tomorrow, but wanted any advice you could provide.
For what its worth, a simple reminder to keep a current backup of all your computers on DVD-R. All the backup HD's, DVD+RW drives, and a lot of accessories were taken, along with a ton of credit cards. Also make sure to write down all those pesky 800-numbers for who to contact (and their account numbers) not only in a safe-deposit box but also in a filecabinet somewhere; on a Saturday night what bank will be available to open the box?
I find my latest DVD backup dates back to February 11, 2006 - so there's only about six week's of work emails that have been lost forever (luckily the last three months are still on the work email server). I guess I can be thankful the DSL modem and wireless router were left intact, along with the wife's PC - it would have been a major problem not to have any online connection to the outside world.
I'd appreciate hearing about any recommendations about the key, and thanks in advance.
scooterdog