| Author | Message | ||
     Spider_man |
So I go to start my car this morning and the door was open, open the way it would be if you just didn't close it hard enough. I Have done it before SO I think nothing of it so no dice, no starter the light didn't even come on. I look over an dnotice the glove copartment is open and some things are strewn about the seat. WTF!! Nothing is missing, my radio is still there even my CDs are still on the seat. I'm not really that mad 'casue living in Detroit I know if this guy/gal/douche was a pro the car would be stripped or gone. (btw, I leave my car unlocked cause the most expensive thing in that car is the 100 dollar radio, never leave anything in it worth money) BUT It happened it was snowing last night. I could see the foot prints about half way under snow wich leads the time to inbetween 2 and 3 am. Anyway, the foot prints lead from the passanger side of the car to the back yard and the back door of the garage. So now the real motive comes out, said douche was looking for the garage door remote. (this is the main reason I do not keep on ein my car) Nice that I move into one of the "safest" neighboorhoods in Michigan and this happens two months after we move in LOL So I am work festering and Mrs Spidey is locked in at home scared out of her mind, she grew up in the country so this is the most experience she has had like this... OK vent over... | ||
| Mikej |
Track them down: http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Tracking-Animals -Snow/dp/0811722406/ref=pd_sim_b_img_4 http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Guide-Tracking/dp/158574 0314/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203685400&sr= 1-9 http://www.amazon.com/Tracking-Blueprint-Learning- Jack-Kearney/dp/0965888118/ref=pd_sim_b_img_4 http://www.amazon.com/SAS-Combat-Handbook/dp/15857 44409/ref=pd_sim_b_img_5 How about leaving a garage door remote in your car, but instead of hooking it up to open the door, rig it to honk the car horn and turn on a bunch of yard lights and start snapping pics with a game animal trail camera. | ||
| Glitch |
Big dawg! Big gun! get them! All that, and snow? that sux | ||
| Spiderman |
If I din't have to work I would have tracked them  I am thinkin about getting a trail camera now and that horn thing is a good idea | ||
| Mikej |
Oh, just thought of another one, get one of those 4-horn speaker systems from the M.A.S.H. tv show and make a recording set to the tune of Ironman that plays when the door opener is pushed: "I AM SPIDERMAN, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BURN" Glad they didn't really get anything, but be prepared for them to come back. | ||
| Glitch |
How about leaving a garage door remote in your car, but instead of hooking it up to open the door, rig it to | ||
| Cochise |
The other day I was at the gas station and saw something perfect for this kind of situation. Maybe they would go into your car on a sugar high. Maybe they need some chewing gum. Get a stick of that shocking chewing gum. Shock and OW! Maybe it will stun them just long enaough that they fall backwards onto a Whoopie Cushion. They will get the shock of their life, then they will be so embarrased by the "fart" that their friends would hear and they'd never live it down. | ||
| Hdbobwithabuell |
The trail camera works great. I've got lots of pictures of a neighbors dog going past my house in direct contradiction to her claim that the dog never gets out of the yard. You might want one that uses IR so it doesnt alert your crackhead to it's presence when it flashes. | ||
| Hdbobwithabuell |
If you go with Glitch's shock and awe idea, make sure you get video. We'll ALL want to see that! | ||
| Clutchless |
Cant get enough of my dog. It loves ME and ONLY ME. Its the first line of security in my house, and its been tried and tested for many many years. The best part is when she gets to corner someone in the yard or house. The real companion then is your 40. cal springfield magnum, with blanks of course. Having a 120 lb. dog on your leg and some maniac shooting "holes" (blanks remember) all over his house is enough to make anyone run, and not come back. If you shoot fast enough the flashes make some pretty hilarious strobe-light effects. "look ma! he's stealin like a robot!" So my advice...pick your dog, get the runt of the litter(cause they get the biggest)...and name him Tank. | ||
| Darthane |
...DOH! >.< So my advice...pick your dog, get the runt of the litter(cause they get the biggest)...and name him Tank. ~~~>Clutchless LOL...I have to say the name alone should make people pause. Can you imagine hearing, "GET 'EM, TANK!" followed by the sound of a pump-action and a nice, deep bark? They'd fall all over themselves running away. My dog's a hell of a lot smaller than that (about 40-45lbs), but people still seem to be scared spitless of him...maybe they just think he's a baby rottweiler (he's actually mostly lab with some beagle and pug in him, but his coloration is definitely rott). I don't really care, as long as it keeps the damned kids down the street out of my yard. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I had the same thing happen with an old roommate. He paid one month of rent for living there three months, turned the heat up to 85 in the winter and wore shorts around the house because it was hot, never shoveled snow (I was working two jobs and had bronchitis/pnuemonia and shoveled it...) I finally kicked him out and one day I had a friend over working on the kitchen and he watched the ex roomate go through all of the cars(5) looking for the garage door remote to get in the house. Luckily, I'm from Lorain/West side of Cleveland and never keep my garage door remote in the car. He denied it when my buddy told me about it. I'll never keep another remote in the car. | ||
| Road_thing |
How about a garage door opener with a blasting cap inside?  rt | ||
| Cataract2 |
How about a garage door opener with a blasting cap inside? Yeah, I was going to suggest this.  | ||
| Thumper74 |
"Aim away from face" | ||
| Spdkls |
remember, i have said it before. the dead can't sue. for heavens sake don't wound this person. then you get the blame. survival shotgun, with 3in slugs. guaranteed to go through walls. sitting right next to me in bed. | ||
| Darthane |
the dead can't sue. ~~~>Spdkls ...no, but their relatives can. God bless America.  | ||
| Mikej |
"the dead can't sue" But their survivors, heirs, estates, life partners, others can. Hope I'm not on the other side of any walls those slugs go through. You're responsible for the projectile until it completely comes to rest. Be sure of your backstop. | ||
| Mikej |
Darthane types faster, probably rides and shoots faster too. | ||
| Darthane |
I don't shoot (other than video games) and I've mellowed my lead foot/wrist a lot on any number of wheels over the past couple years...but you're probably right about the typing!  | ||
| Bcordb3 |
I am liking Glitch's ideas. May even incorporate them here! Seems there is a rash of home invasions lately. Maybe I can scare them before they have to be shot. The a$$ holes like to prey on senior citizens, I would like to show a couple of them how senior I am. | ||
| Cowboy |
To Clutch---------for Gods sake get rid of those damn blanks. | ||
| Spiderman |
Dead men tell no tales but family can sue! I am diggin the idea of a trail cam, think I am going to look into that tonight | ||
| Bonjoxb12s |
That and you can get one of those wireless announcers and put it across a part of your yard/driveway where you know people cross. That way, next time anything crosses that line, you'll hear a beep in the house to alert you first. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Hell, just get something to "trigger" a loud "click" noise if they walk through the yard. I know my mind would picture that "this side to enemy" engraving and I wouldn't want to budge! Beware the shooting of intruders though. One co-worker (ex-USMC and state trooper) told me that one state recently passed a law saying you have to PROVE your life is being threatened and you had no escape before you counterattack a home invader. If you had a means of escape and did not take it, but attacked instead, you are at fault even though they are in your house. Pardon the pun, but that's criminal. THEY are in YOUR house, but the courts are giving them right of way? I don't think so... And +1 to MikeJ. Responsibility doesn't end when you pull that trigger. I can't wait till I'm done with my house. 44 acres with a sign on the drive that reads "if you can read this, you're in range". Ahhh...privacy | ||
| Clutchless |
hence the blanks cowboy. I wanna protect myself, not start a lawsuit. The shotgun is loaded with real slugs, I'm not a durn idiot. The handgun is just for scare factor. If I wanna kill it, I shoot it with slugs. but when something is sneaking around in the dark at my house, I think the blaring 40. cal and the light show it provides is quite enough. You can pistol whip them after the uncontrollable fear sets in. BUT you gotta catch them to shoot them or at them, which can be just as hard as shooting. So catching them may be all you need. I forgot to ask....any fingerprints on the doors or the dashboard? Johnny Law loves that kinda stuff. Then if he ever goes to a place to cash a work check that uses fingerprint I.D. he's as good as jailed. | ||
| Thumper74 |
Johnny Law doesn't really care about fingerprints until it's a felony... I've had several breakins to cars, house, etc and the only time they even care about prints is after I get robbed at gunpoint | ||
| Rainman |
I use a round of snake shot (b-bs with a plastic cap) as the first shot up in the .38. After that, I've got real ammo ready to go. | ||
| No_rice |
that really blows spidy, a hockey stick to the head would sure cure that for awhile too... go get a wolf! nothing gets by mine (Arctic). to sharp of senses! or an english mastiff. Kilo, the one i used to have would scare almost anyone even though he was a big baby! even people that like dogs dont know what to think when the damn things 200 pounds, lol. one night he kept throwing a fit and barking. he never did that but i couldnt find anything wrong in or around the house. ends up the next day we find out that someone broke into an empty house about 3 houses down from us, that was during the same time frame he was freaking out. and here i was getting pissed at him. or there was my 170ish pound rott Zeus. he had a head like a cow! the kicker was they were all in my house at the same time for years. who wants to deal with that for any amount of loot... and of course the cougar (Bart) was in the house then too. i so would have loved for someone to break in and stumble across him there is no better alarm than a smart dog. its really hard to bypass his security system, especially when he feels like you are his family! and i always used to have the first shell in the 12 guage be bird shot. pepper them, if they arent gone by then a slug will change there mind. on a side not, what is up with the spider_man in the initial post then it changes to spiderman? im getting confused damnit im having spidy vision. theres another guy posting as spidrman on the thumper board. i had to look at the name a few times, lol (Message edited by no_rice on February 22, 2008) | ||
| Buellerandy |
How the do you get away with having a cougar? |
