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So does this mean Top Answers 2024 will be delayed another day?

Only joking.

No but that's really quite scandalous. Sorry you had to go through something like that. What a way to start the new year. Unfortunately not all that uncommon nowadays. Criminals feel emboldened by lack of police initiative in going out and solving actual crimes, and not just a few mean words being spoken on twitter.

Just last month, I saw a mugging while I was walking through the local woodland. Heard some sort of a commotion happening around the other side of a pond that was half-obscured by trees, and then I saw a young guy scarpering away on his bike and with a young woman chasing after him. I honestly thought it was just a boyfriend and girlfriend pissing about with each other until I heard her calling out that he'd stolen her phone. Unfortunately he was well away by the time that registered.