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Like the size 14 boots idea.
Bigazz dog food and water dishes in plain view.
?Beware of dog" stickers on a couple exterior locations like the front door and garage door. Wal Mart item.
Carry what you’re willing to fight with - Mackay Sagebrush
Perfect is the enemy of good enough
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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BEWARE OF DOG!!! signs. Dog or not. True story. When the original Procter and Gamble immigrated to Cincinnati in the 1830's they set up their original shop down near the river. Being "fiscally conservative" they did not want the expense of feeding a dog to guard the shop over night. So, they went out and found a LARGE discarded dog house. Nailed one end of a piece of log chain to the wall of the building. Threw the other end of the chain into the empty dog house. And then placed a cow femur from a slaughter house in front of the dog house. No issue with petty thievery.
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bet they will spring into action when the time comes, ups guy made a mistake on trying to give my dog a treat, he found out you don't do that.
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my mom had a sign in her window that said
"pet snake, please watch where you step!"
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Got about 10 or 12 NRA stickers on the front window.
Lol.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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We leave the doors open when we aren't home. If people want our old junk, they are welcome to it. We hide our money in the Bibles.
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When you hear the robbers just get your shotgun and fire two blasts, problem solved…….
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When I bought the land my cabin is on I took my engineering platoon up there for training. Blew stumps and fired blanks out of the m60. 25 years later locals still do not come around.
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I have Bouncing Bettys and Claymores all over my yard.
Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.
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As a new detective I was assigned to investigate burglaries for about 3 years. I investigated thousands of burglaries both of houses and businesses and interviewed over one hundred burglars.
Some general thoughts, however nothing is 100 percent as most burglars are doing so to support a drug habit so they aren't always rational.
-home burglars avoid basements and 2nd stories, as it is harder to flee if interrupted
-home burglars seek out the easiest houses, usually avoid houses with alarm systems or signs for them, obvious signs of dogs.
-EVERY home burglar will ring the bell or pound on the door before trying to enter, they don't want to enter a house with someone present. If someone unexpected rings my bell I wait a bit to see what they will do.
-most burglars (except kids) won't break a window and climb in.
-side service doors to a garage are favorite entrance points. If it's an attached garage, once in the garage it allows them unlimited time to work on the door to the interior of the house unobserved.
-most front door FRAMES and locks are easily defeated with a good pry bar (Wonderbars are favorites), or a monkey wrench on the lock, or just kicking the door in.
-burglars don't like entering a fenced yard usually
-most burglars aren't armed except with a screwdriver or prybar
-valuables hidden in obscure places aren't usually found. Think of a empty box of waffles filled with cash in the bottom of a filled chest freezer, no one is going to dig for that.
-cash, guns, jewelry are favored items.
-most burglars will only stay in a house a few minutes unless they have inside information that the occupant is out of town or house is a vacation house
-an active burglar will do several burglaries a day, and only stop when they get enough to buy their daily fix, or they get caught.
Burglars released on bail will go right back to thieving. Some burglars are in their 40s or 50s, and have done 1000s of burglaries in their criminal careers. Only jail or a prison stops them. Through practice they get very efficient at entering and finding valuables quickly.
"Put none but Americans on guard tonight." -George Washington
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Electric gate at the bottom of our mountain is in the design phase...
You may be get in... and snoop around some... you might even load some ill-gotten booty on your rig... but I can absolutely assure you that your car/truck/SUV/quad is NOT getting out... once I push that magic button on the smart phone.
WTS sell car/truck/SUV/quads... cheap... but NO TITLE.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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I have Bouncing Bettys and Claymores all over my yard. Cutting the grass must be a blast...
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
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Eyeballs work pretty well. A few days ago I got a call from our neighbor up at the family cabin on the lake. He told me somebody is in our cabin. A light was on in the evening and smoke was coming out the chimney but no vehicle parked anywhere near the cabin.
Made some phone calls and ended up busting my young nephew taking his girlfriend up there to bang. Not acceptable at all. Now he's in hot water with family.
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BEWARE OF DOG!!! signs. Dog or not. True story. When the original Procter and Gamble immigrated to Cincinnati in the 1830's they set up their original shop down near the river. Being "fiscally conservative" they did not want the expense of feeding a dog to guard the shop over night. So, they went out and found a LARGE discarded dog house. Nailed one end of a piece of log chain to the wall of the building. Threw the other end of the chain into the empty dog house. And then placed a cow femur from a slaughter house in front of the dog house. No issue with petty thievery. This oughta work. Although I think that's a cow's femur. L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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Guns and dogs who dont like people outside the family . I dont go anywhere very often now anyways.
Baylor and Brady would hope mr break in guy would give em a chubby treat... One of the reasons I might a new pup to replace the role Cookie, Rico, and Blackjack filled. But I just dont know about the time and training into a pup again or the heartache of digging another dog grave eventually...
I do know a verbal warning followed by a racked AR15 sound by oldest daughter and Khan while your working overseas. And dogs going Cujo inside the house. Will scare away someone knocking on your door at 11 at night. Who turns out to be your Brother who you aint seen in 30+ yrs. Looking for a place to stay for free after he dropped his daughter off at Vanderbilt to start college. And shows the fugg up unannounced outta the blue.. Good idea Dr. Stoopid.......
Im Rory,s brother. Bang Bang Bang on the door Repeat several times.
Khan and the Girls have never even met him... WTF was he thinking🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Dumbazz Todd go back to Caymen Brac where you belong....
Interesting explaining the sheer stupidity of it to mom on the phone of what he pulled when I got back to the states.
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We don't even lock the doors to the house. We do take the keys out of the vehicles and put in the safe when we leave.
Life is good live it while you can.
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