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John Hill:
CC, I believe at Mr Bogs' place Bandit takes care of all rodents!
bogstandard:
Don't forget, not just rodents, but jammie doughnuts, pies, biscuits, in fact anything that will fit in the hole at the front of his head, hence the FAT cat flap.
Bogs
RipSlider:
--- Quote ---Over here, you find them, ring police, wait several hours if not days depending how busy they are, (in my case it was over a week) for them to give you a crime No' for your insurance company so you can make a claim.
--- End quote ---
Darren: "Hello, police? There a chap trying to break into my shed? Fancy popping over and nabbing him?
Police: Sorry old chum - bit busy at the mo. How does next tuesday sound?
Darren: Hmmm... not so good to be honest. Wait.... Ah... it's OK... I've just shot him myself... winged the blighter in the leg...No need to rush now. See you on Tuesday.
Within thirty minutes: 1x helicopter, 2x armed response units and 25x police officers.
Of course - you don't ACTAULLY shoot said ruffian - but a good way to get a rapid response.
This is a joke, but lacksidasical response to theft seems to be getting worse. After repeatedly loosing camera's and laptops during air travel- with zero botherment from the airlines - I now take a starters pistol with me on all plane journeys. You get to the ticket counter and state you have a starter pistol. You get given a big steel box with 2x locks. Put the pistol in the box, drop in camera/laptop etc ( although needs to not be a huge laptop ) and then everything solid and secure, and backed up with vast amounts of paperwork - when you land. Have done this maybe 12-14 times now, no issue, no "homeland security" problems or big questionings about why your carrying a starter pistol. Only adds about 5 minutes to the check-in process, and I can attest that the Indian, US and UK authourities are fine with this. Although YMMV with other countires.
Back on topic....
I have a Yale house alarm which is wireless and modular. I've added another sensor into the garage, and a second siren INSIDE the garage as well. After much swearing and reading of instructions, the siren in the garage only goes off if someone breaks into the garage. The siren is so deafening in the confines of a garage that within a minute or so it becomes difficult to function - I don't think you can cope with it long enough to practically steal anything.
A local garage ( Car mechanics to those in the US Of A ) does this, but also has 2x strobe lights which were previously used for stadium rock gigs - something ridiculous like 1500 watts. My friend was "volenteered" to test the system, and ran into the garage with the siren and the strobes. He found it so disorientating that within a minute he was having difficulty moving, and desribed the experience as feeling as though his limbs were disconnecting from his body. He left the garage on his hands and knees.
Steve
Darren:
That gives me an idea,
I have a vintage 2,000W bulb. It quite literally temporarily blinds you for about 20min if you are silly enough to glance at it.
(yes I have been known to have a silly moment or two)
You can't walk anywhere for about 5-10min and that's if you look at it in daylight.
Imagine what would happen in the pitch dark of night..... :lol: :lol: :lol:
Now all I need is a motion sensor that has a remote.....any ideas?
Weston Bye:
I once had tools stolen, about a week's pay worth. I view this as equivalent to taking my life, or some portion of it. Not only did I loose a week of life's effort, I lost, in some measure, the ability to make a living -to sustain life- with the tools. Indeed, the tools can be replaced, but the 40 hours can't.
Now, in defending my life, that is, the possessions that the efforts of a lifetime have made possible, and the tools I need to sustain life, to what extreme dare I go? Certainly not to take another's life even though he is in the act of taking a part of mine. Assuredly not to injure another while he is in the act of taking part of my life. Perhaps not to detain another for taking a part of my life, for freedom lost is life lost. Or even to impede someone from taking the substance of my life or livelyhood may be too much. Following this slippery slope of logic would ultimately lead to no locks on doors - any defense is too extreme.
Maybe the politicians are blood relations to the ordinary thieves.
Back on topic - forgive me if I don't reveal the details and extent of my security measures.
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