Spooked

[rsser]

Two nights past the sensor light came on in the side drive, a torch light was shone into the window of a back room, and a while later the sensor light of the back neighbours came on.

Next morning the padlock securing the gates across the drive was missing.

That lock was keyed-alike to the padlocks securing the shed side door.

So I've fixed a padbolt to the inside of that door.

Some years ago the shed was broken into and my chainsaw and line trimmer stolen.

We then installed an alarm system.

Still, I'm feeling spooked.

[NCArcher]

Go turn yourself a home defence bat from something hard and heavy. I hate these low lives who think they can walk onto my property and help themselves. :~
I'll swing first and ask questions later. But having got that off my chest, tools can be replaced. Don't take unnecessary risks.

[jimbur]

Not a nice feeling at all Ern. Hope it ends there. Did you contact the cops?
Cheers,
Jim

[underfoot]

Bummer :(( really annoying
I've found that a blue cattle dog helps

[springwater]

:(( Pity the DNA off their slimy hands can't be traced to the whereabouts of their slimy dwelling.

[rsser]

Yeah.

No, didn't call the cops Jim.

Went through that when stuff was stolen; they were polite but really couldn't help other than to advise going round the local pawnbrokers to try to find the gear.

Yeah Underfoot, wouldn't mind a dog but we spend too much time travelling.

Well I've had two rotten nights sleep waking up with every 'bump in the night'. Was convinced that there was a stranger in the house once and sweating with fear got up to confront him (or her); torch in hand and 000 entered on the mobile keypad. No-one there. Hey ho.

I'm tempted to string some clear fishing line at neck height across the width of the family room at the back of the house.

[Cliff Rogers]

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I'm tempted to string some clear fishing line at neck height across the width of the family room at the back of the house.
Put some trebles on it but don't forget it is there. :D

[rsser]

LOL.

Yeah, it'd be a sharp wake-up in the morning.

[jimbur]

A big dog kennel might help if you don't want a dog.
cheers,
Jim

[Mr Brush]

Thinking along the same lines as an invisible dog.....:rolleyes:

There is something to be said for giving the appearance of having an alarm system. You can actually buy dummy components like (fake) external blue flashing light, signage, etc. quite cheaply. Place the dummy light prominently (usually attached to the eaves) where it can be seen from the street. Get one of the security monitoring signs to go on your gate. Point being, given a choice of several houses, the lowlife are more likely to give one with even the chance of an alarm system a miss.

A mate has a fairly upmarket property and they have taken this a step further. There is a prominent sign on the gate saying "Video Surveillance In Operation" plus a couple of what seem to be cameras with red flashing LEDs on them attached where you would expect cameras to be. Its all fake.........but the lowlife scum usually aren't bright enough to work that out, and they move on somewhere else. The whole setup only cost him a couple of hundred bucks, versus several thousand for a real one.:D

[Mr Brush]

Another good combination would be a big kennel containing only one of those recorded barking noise gadgets, wired in so it is triggered by the outside sensor light.......heh heh

You can save a lot of money by not trying to make your property ultra secure, just make it APPEAR to be the most secure house in the street.

[springwater]

Excuse my ignorance about the removing of a padlock but are padlocks that easy to remove, I mean without boltcutters :?

[hughie]

I used to have a 46kg German Shepherd in the back yard. He wouldn't even let birds land in the backyard, let alone some boofhead with a death wish. :U

Anyway get padlocks with the case hardened shank and get a big one ie 10mm dia shank and sensor lights, makes it all too hard and they go else where

[Claw Hama]

The big bark wired to the sensor sounds good. Some slime were caught around here once and they were found to have a list of all the houses with dogs on them. Tack Hama used to have two Shepherds very daunting if they didn't know you.

[Christopha]

Actually I think the fishing line is a good idea. Minus the trebles though Cliff! Strung at different heights in different spots. Won't hurt the SOB but might just spook HIM for a change.

[Claw Hama]

Get serious and go piano wire with 240v. Sorry Ern I know thats not constructive.
But seriously can you borrow someones dog for a while? Not a slipper although they make plenty of noise.
I have actualy seen dogs for hire somewhere too, mild garde dog type things. Or dig sit one from the pound for a
while.

[artme]

Don't you hate scum who won't work for what they want????:((:((

Trouble is you set up something like a fishing line and the low mongrels can get you for setting a man trap.

[Claw Hama]

Nar just tell them you were checking your fishing line, hell leave some hooks on it.

[AlexS]

Not a man trap ... just an interactive alarm.:wink:

[Claw Hama]

:clap::rofl::roflmao:yeh they make all the noise and rucus.

[tea lady]

I would still ring the cops. I spang a burgler getting over the fence in FItzroy once. He ran off from my place minus his dignity, but I called the cops and told them he was about, and they got him coming out of a house up the road. :cool:

[Woodwould]

Fishing line connected to party poppers would scare the mongrels off and alert you to the intrusion at the same time.

If I ever caught the git, he would remain my guest for a week or two!

[rsser]

Just as an aside, I was once in a management role and my unit had several computer labs for students to use. It was in the CBD and the labs had to be open so anyone could walk in. Each had about 20 PCs but the security cables could be cut with a decent pair of pliers. When I queried this the answer was that they were really only there so that junkies when caught stealing couldn't plead that they were overcome by the DTs and get off lightly. Having pliers or a boltcutter with them showed intention and planning.

[tea lady]

My car was broken into so often in Fitzroy that I use to just leave it open. They use to break the lock anyway, and I cost a fortune for a poor artist to fix.:C All I had in the glove box was a fluffy (but unused) tampon. :D (Can I say tampon here? :?:rolleyes: ) And it only had a tape deck that wasn't worth steeling. It was only a cruddy old Gemini, Hardly the type of car they would steel for a joy ride. (Although I don't reckon they were to bad. Could give others a run for their money on a windy road.:cool: )

[Woodwould]

All I had in the glove box was a fluffy (but unused) tampon. :D (Can I say tampon here? :?:rolleyes: ) And it only had a tape deck that wasn't worth steeling.
What ever will they think of next!

[springwater]

Could give others a run for their money on a windy road.:cool: )

:think: Wasn't the mast a hassle with overhead tram lines...or low bridges :-

[underfoot]

My elderly and diminutive auntie had the fly screens cut on her windows a couple of times (didn't get in) but frightened her.
She now has an old pair of size 14 black studded bikers boots permanently positioned by her front door.
No more attempted break-ins and the boots haven't been nicked either :)

[rsser]

LOL.

I have a Dutch cousin who has backpacked widely in Asia; a woman, on her own.

The backpack is a faded, dirty and delapidated thing and she's found that she can leave it unattended when she needs to and it's never been nicked.

On the same principle, the state of my garden makes the place look like a rental property but sadly it doesn't seem to have worked this time.

Time to get a rusted car body and dump it in the front yard ;-}

[Woodwould]

Time to get a rusted car body and dump it in the front yard ;-}
Sounds like Tea Lady might have something suitable.

[tea lady]

Sounds like Tea Lady might have something suitable.:no: Sorry! Long gone. It died, but I got $50 for it for parts. :cool:

[opelblues]

Very high powered rifle and soft soil in the back yard, NO you can’t do that !!!!!!!

Anyway couple of years ago when i still had the block of land, there were two blokes that were nicking cattle from around the area (they were caught),
After about 12 Months it was work out it was when the sales were on, and when the dirt roads were being graded (No tire marks) all it took was to work out who wasn’t at the sales, and work on a grader: 30 - 50 cattle were taken.

All i had on the gate, was a wireless camera, with movement sensor that was hook up to my PC through wireless LAN 24 Hour Recording

[rodm]

A walking stick is a good aid for intruders.