Workshop Break in

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Posted by Roger Williams 2 on 04/01/2014 17:04:08:

Yes, we used to have a neighbour with a big dog, trouble is it used to bark rather a lot, morning noon and night, f*****g thing !.So living next door to someone with 3 must be lovely.Dont get me wrong, I like dogs, but not the ones whos owners couldnt control or give a damn. Sorry for the rant

If I stand on a milk crate on my patio and crane my neck – I can just make out my neighbours.

And do not EVER group me with the FWits who quite simply should never be allowed ANY animal. I would be obliged.
And for the record, when the big ones bark I am bringing the shotgun. It is the little fella that is the noisy little git but I know when someone is at the bottom of the lane before they know where they are no matter what time it is.

graham.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Somebody once told me that "you keep a small dog to wake the big one who does the work".

We got burgled a few years ago while we had gone out with the dog for about an hour, nothing is foolproof!

[Oompa LumpaParticipant @oompalumpa34302]

Posted by V8Eng on 04/01/2014 18:53:44:

Somebody once told me that "you keep a small dog to wake the big one who does the work"

Works for me!

My idea of "taking the dogs out" is to open the front door. But as you say nothing is foolproof. I am guilty of leaving outside doors unlocked – sheer forgetfulness – on more than one occasion

When the missus is away though, irrespective of the weather, I leave the back door into the yard open and then all the doors into the house open. This way if one of them wants to wee in the middle of the night they can just get on with it and not wake me up When the lady of the house is in residence though we all have to follow the rules!

(which involves a LOT of bolts and locks)

graham.

[Cyril BonnettParticipant @cyrilbonnett24790]

How about a couple of geese, they make good watch dogs and if they annoy the neighbours to much you can always eat them. The geese not the thieves!

[Cyril BonnettParticipant @cyrilbonnett24790]

Or from **LINK**

** How to Rid Your Yard of Cats [411]

The following is a description of a device I built at my home in
Brooklyn, which not only gave us relief from the

[Illustration: Electric Apparatus for Driving Away Cats]

nightly feline concerts, but also furnished much amusement to my
friends.

I first ran two bare copper wires along the top of the fence about
1 in. apart, fastening them down with small staples, care being
taken that they did not touch. To the ends of these wires I
fastened ordinary insulated bell wire, running them to the house
and connecting them to the upper binding-posts of an induction
coil; I then ran a wire from the lower binding-post of my coil
through the batteries back to the other lower binding-post of
coil, breaking the circuit by putting in an ordinary switch. The
more batteries used, the stronger the current. The switch should
always be left open, as it uses up the current very rapidly.

When "tabby" is well on the wires I close the switch and she goes
the length of the fence in bounds, often coming back to see what
the trouble is, thus receiving another shock.
–Contributed by Charles L. Pultz.

Might be one of the no's though.

[speelwerkParticipant @speelwerk]

This break in happened last week, not only tools were taking but also 3 hand build coal fired loco's which were a 35 year labor of love. You can see a picture of them on this website, http://www.nicospilt.com/index3.html , its the first item under the heading "nieuw" , which comes after "start" on the right topside of the page. Asked is the obvious that if someone comes across them to inform the police. Niko.

Edited By speelwerk on 09/01/2014 22:35:04

[steveteeParticipant @stevetee]

I also installed alarms for a while and we always put a bell or sounder on the inside, very effective, it might not raise the neighbours, but it reminds the visitor that they are not welcome.

Only a light hearted suggestion, but might contain some ideas……. If I was going to protect a shed , the following, all fitted inside the shed of course : C02 extinguisher to make plenty of 'smoke' , 2 very bright strobe lights , preferably flashing at different rates and finally a set of truck air horns fixed up to a pub C02 gas bottle should make about 130db. All these triggered by whatever alarm device you choose , floor pressure pad, PIR, what ever you want. Something along these lines would be extremely disorienting and make the intruder want to get out as soon as possible. Makes me smile anyway

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