Thieves hit my cars last night. Stolen one bottle of flexeril.

[era veteran]

Last time they stole 3 ladders worth about $400.00. After 20 years at my dead end house this shit happens. Anybody recommend any security camera systems that are not killer expensive? I am going to buy a driveway monitor on sale at Harbor Freight but I think I need some video. I hate thieves and would not want to be the one I finally catch. Thanks I needed that rant.

[mikeytherat]

1. Motion detection lights are pretty cheap and easy to install.

These worked wonders in my first house. Install several and wire them together so that if one goes, they all go. Anytime someone was skulking around my house, the whole area was lit up like a summer day!

mikey_the_rat

[hobbit709]

2. That's the best deterrent, bright light.

We were starting to have a gangbanger problem here about 10 years ago. My next door neighbor on the corner put a 500 watt floodlight on the side of his house facing the dark street corner where they hung out. Every time they started to hang out on the corner the light would come on. Every time someone painted gang sign on a fence or wall it was painted over the next day. Anything suspicious got a 911 call. Within 3 months, the two rent-houses that were the centers of the gangbangers were vacant.

[mikeytherat]

3. I had four 300-watt halogens, one on each side of the house.

One time when they tripped, I distinctly heard, "Shit, shit, shit - run!"

mikey_the_rat

[hobbit709]

4. I had the eight dog alarm system.

The moosedog would make the wall shake trying to get out. Everybody stayed clear of my yard. A burglar hit the house two doors up and was surprised by the people coming home. The guy went out the back door, hopped the fence into the neighbor's yard and hopped the fence into our yard. Big mistake, he managed to get back over the fence before the thundering herd nailed him but it was close. By that time the cops showed up and my moose was still barking at him and he looked a little worried.

[mikeytherat]

5. My buddy had the five English Mastiffs security system.

And his house was a cabin with 18 foot ceilings and wood walls. That whole place shook when the doggies got barking!

mikey_the_rat

[hobbit709]

6. This was BB The Moosedog

He weighed 85 lbs and the vet said there wasn't an ounce of fat on him. when he moved his muscles rippled like Schwarzenegger. He was a lab-chow mix with the disposition of a lab and the jaw muscles of a chow. Once when he got in a hurry to go outside, he took the whole dog door, frame and all with him.

[era veteran]

8. Our 135# Shepherd died last year.

20# rescue dog is an indoor dog. I guess I'll think about another big outside dog. The shepherds angry and mean bark was a roar I only heard a few times and it scared me. LOL. Thanks, Richard

[era veteran]

7. I am buying lights this morning, thanks

I want to get some that I could control in case I want to skulk my own property. When I was young I owned the nighttime maybe I'll implement some traps on these master thieves.

[mikeytherat]

9. With good motion detector lights you can adjust the sensitivity, the area the sensor reads,

and you can override the system to shut them off or make them all come on when you cycle the switch (also known as the "WTF was that noise?" mode).

mikey_the_rat