We were having band practice in my garage tonight with the garage door wide open. It had been dark for about half an hour. A white car with the windows down slooooowly passed by... we noticed it and thought "huh, that's weird." Then a minute later the same white car came back from the other direction, sloooowly, and came to a stop in the street. The driver shouted out in a slurred voice:
"what are youse guys jamming?"
"Rush."
"ohhh thaz cool... whaz yer band name?"
"We're still working on it. Any suggestions?"
"whatever, man... hey, do you know any queen?"
"No."
"oh.... alright. see ya later."
Then he drive off.
At first we just thought it was some drunk guy who stopped to talk to us, but it just hit me that he might have been scoping out our gear. We had all of our stuff right out in the open, and I'm sure he got a great look at my Fender P-bass and Bassman amp. I don't live in the greatest of neighborhoods, and now I'm a little scared that someone will be making an attempt to enter my house and take my gear. I don't want to go to sleep.
Help put me at ease, Talkbass members... am I just being paranoid or does this kind of thing really happen?
Honestly I didn't really get a good look at him, so maybe he IS just a guy who appreciates small-time rock and roll bands. But something tells me that's not the case. 
2 blocks down on my street a rockabilly band was practicing in a garage. They were great. My neighbor and I grabbed a couple of beers and walked down to listen. When we got there, other neighbors were out listening. It was like a free concert.
