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Spectrism
6th December 2011, 02:26 PM
Anyone remember my story about the snow storm in October? Here it is....
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?55421-Record-October-snowfall-for-Northeast/page4&highlight=generator


OK... not a great weekend.

Snow began Saturday afternoon for me. Lost power Sat evening... it came back on for a while and then shut off about 10:30pm.

Of course the idiot guy across the street ran his aweful noisy generator 24-7.

On top of that, my dog was not feeling good. She pooped out a skinny elastic waist band from underwear... and I never saw the rest of the underwear. She got bound up and was sluggish and vomitted everything she ate... except whatever was far enough in there blocking the GI tract. Stupid dog will eat clothes. Sunday I gave her some olive oil and she was able to eat a little food with oil. Sluggish all day... I was preparing for the worst. My plan was to visit the vet Monday morning if no improvement. Monday morning, she was a bit more chipper. She pooped out the bottom half of a sock and became her same old obnoxious and playful self. I was really doubting my decision to have a watchdog. Go through all the trouble, expense and time only to have a dog eat itself to death by clothes??

Then I went to start my car. Something wrong.... light on in the car... quarter on the seat... glove compartment open.... ash tray gone.... the ash tray I had 3 rolls of quarters in.... GPS gone.

Where I live, this is dairy farm country and few scumbags were here. The number of scumbags is rising exponentially.

Then I remembered the noise I heard when I was in bed Sayurday night. Power was off and asshole's generator was blaring. A rolling sound like snow sliding off the roof was heard. I disregarded it... maybe someone in my family or maybe snow or maybe.... ahhh nevermind. The family van has a sliding door. The bastards rolled that open right under my window and next to my normally vigilant WATCHDOG(?). No barks... no problem.

But the dog was not right. Another GPS gone.

The safe family homestead is not secure. If you think you are, it is a false sense of security. I alone can snap awake to the slightest disturbance. Add in the noise of distractions and family unpredictability and you have major holes in the detection system. I need to go electronic with battery-backup.

From all I have talked with regarding these kinds of events, they WILL be back. When they score an easy target, they will always think fondly of it. The things they did not grab- and there were- will haunt their memories. They will not be able to resist coming back for that extra treasure they feel they deserve to steal.

Now doggie is ready. I am ready. Boobie traps to make noise... or is it booby... or bewbie?

Meanwhile I hunt them down on the disposal side. To be continued.


I have been vigilant with traps and locks and the dog at the ready.

Today, as I was leaving to visit a customer, I felt strangely awkward leaving the house with noone else there and no cars in the driveway. It looked empty. I got 200 yards down the road and remembered that I forgot to take my rain coat. I stopped to turn around and noticed that a crappy white car was slowing down in front of my house- braking. Hmmmm.... interesting.

Forget about the coat. I am following that one. A half mile down the road I see him turn into a rich little neighborhood. That car did not belong there. I passed him and turned around at the next driveway. He comes out of the development and passes by me in his origial direction.

Oooookay.... so I go a little further down and turn around again. He was not in sight so he must have turned down the next road. I turn there and sure enough I see the car and next to it is a medium size girl approx 20 years old, light brown hair talking to the driver in the car. I slow and get a good look but continue to turn around further on.

He leaves and I notice he is in need of a muffler. Noise and no power from the cheesey little engine with no back-pressure. I followed him for miles. At some point he caught on to my tailing. Instead of confronting me, he ran. I saw him at a Cumberland Farms stop. He was not a little guy and would have nothing to fear from most people. Still, he ran from me. Very suspicious.

The place where he dropped off the girl is a multi-family slum house noted for troubled children. The cops have been there before. I think I got a good suspect.

Anyone have connections for looking up license plate numbers?

Dogman
6th December 2011, 03:08 PM
You need to pass on those numbers, to someone in your area that can do some good with them. Sounds like someone was scouting/checking out your area. Break-ins are on the rise here, with the xmth season gearing up.

Ponce
6th December 2011, 03:16 PM
I have a very good dog, he only barks a couple of time whenever he sees anyone in the area.....no one here walks on the road but for me and two more dogs owners otherwise is only cars.......by the way, he saw those three Zionist, that I posted about, before I did.

General of Darkness
6th December 2011, 03:17 PM
by the way, he saw those three Zionist, that I posted about, before I did.

And what did he say?

mrnhtbr2232
6th December 2011, 03:32 PM
What will the troopers do for you besides look around your property, maybe invite themselves in because it's cold outside, and take a good look at your living style and any items of interest? Instead, deploy some battery-powered guard frogs - you know the type with motion detectors that croak - and have a 12-gauge ready. When you confront your intruder(s), make it plainly known if they come back they're dead and then rack a shell to drive the point home. That should work a lot better than calling the cops.

joboo
6th December 2011, 03:47 PM
I've had my car broken into a few times now, and let me tell you I don't leave anything in my car anymore. Not a penny, lighter, pack of smokes, CD, plastic bag, box, whatever...nada. Zip.

The only thing i get lazy with is a dozen or so crumpled gas receipts in the drivers door pocket. Nothing stays in the car, of value or not, and I leave the center console open to prove it.

These shits will smash your window, or destroy the door lock for $1.50 in pocket change.

Get very bright (500watt) motion sensor lights, and have them in a few areas.

Spectrism
6th December 2011, 04:00 PM
What will the troopers do for you besides look around your property, maybe invite themselves in because it's cold outside, and take a good look at your living style and any items of interest? Instead, deploy some battery-powered guard frogs - you know the type with motion detectors that croak - and have a 12-gauge ready. When you confront your intruder(s), make it plainly known if they come back they're dead and then rack a shell to drive the point home. That should work a lot better than calling the cops.

If I could get into a discussion with the intruders, the message would be more than a little click-clack.

I got the original incident reported... a young lady trooper came to see me. I felt bad to see a girl like that as a cop. Anyway, she took serial numbers of my GPSs in case they turn up. She asked if I had any suspects. At the time I did not.

As I said in my original post, I know how these animals think. Once they eat honey at a location, they never forget. It squirrels around in their little brains and eventually drives them back to the same honey pot. It would far better for them to be caught before they come back to see me. If I happen to catch them about, they may not durvive the take-down. It will probably be dark and snap judgments will be made. If they are armed, they are done.

Dogman
6th December 2011, 04:00 PM
I've had my car broken into a few times now, and let me tell you I don't leave anything in my car anymore. Not a penny, lighter, pack of smokes, CD, plastic bag, box, whatever...nada. Zip.

The only thing i get lazy with is a dozen or so crumpled gas receipts in the drivers door pocket. Nothing stays in the car, of value or not, and I leave the center console open to prove it.

These shits will smash your window, or destroy the door lock for $1.50 in pocket change.

Get very bright (500watt) motion sensor lights, and have them in a few areas. Motion flood lights do help. Nothing helps more if what was dark, is suddenly bright and with a audible alarm. The trick would be to keep the false alarms to the minimum.

http://www.amazon.com/Instantly-Audible-Alarm-Motion-Detector-System/dp/B002CT9IQO

osoab
6th December 2011, 04:01 PM
Go hire a PI to run the plates for you.

Joe King
6th December 2011, 04:19 PM
Just curious, but is it possible he was just unfamilar with the area and was slowing down to look for street numbers and/or side street names?

joboo
6th December 2011, 04:25 PM
Motion flood lights do help. Nothing helps more if what was dark, is suddenly bright and with a audible alarm. The trick would be to keep the false alarms to the minimum.

http://www.amazon.com/Instantly-Audible-Alarm-Motion-Detector-System/dp/B002CT9IQO


Agree, something audible would be one step better. Even if it's just a few beeps with the light coming on.

I have a few of these things. They are very bright.
http://www.homedepot.com/Lighting-Fans-Outdoor-Lighting-Area-Flood-Lighting-Flood-Security-Lighting/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbvma/R-100645198/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Spectrism
6th December 2011, 04:26 PM
Just curious, but is it possible he was just unfamilar with the area and was slowing down to look for street numbers and/or side street names?

Nope. He dropped off a girlfriend down the road. She knew the area if he did not. If a guy does not have money to fix a muffler on a beater car, but has money for a girlfriend, there is something wrong. My spidey sense is drawing a bead on this guy.

Joe King
6th December 2011, 04:41 PM
Nope. He dropped off a girlfriend down the road. She knew the area if he did not. If a guy does not have money to fix a muffler on a beater car, but has money for a girlfriend, there is something wrong. My spidey sense is drawing a bead on this guy.Well, you got the plate number if you need it. That's the important thing, I suppose.

It's just from what you described, it sounded like someone unfamiliar with the area and I know I've traveled in a manner somewhat consistent with how you described his driving when looking for street markers/numbers while also trying to pay attention to the road.
ie going slow, braking and looking/pulling into wrong street/drives before finding the right one.

Also, how do you know it was his girlfriend? I've given rides to girls before that weren't my girlfriend. Haven't you? I mean, sometimes people just need a ride somewhere. lol


IMO, what I would do if I were you would be to install a small video camera on a motion detector setup and aim it in such a way that anyone coming up your driveway gets their car and plate number recorded.
That way, you can skim through what would probably only be a few minutes of video a day and be able see anyone who pulled in your driveway over the past 24hrs.

Libertytree
6th December 2011, 05:21 PM
How about a couple of these. might make some one think?

1755

gunDriller
6th December 2011, 05:24 PM
Anyone have connections for looking up license plate numbers?

i thought you could fill out a form & request license plate numbers at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

was the guy's license plate from your state ?

madfranks
6th December 2011, 05:28 PM
I alone can snap awake to the slightest disturbance.

Make sure you're sure about this. A few years ago I was the lightest sleeper in the world, a speck of dust landing on the table across the room could wake me up. Now, not so much; I still consider myself a light sleeper but don't wake as easily as I used to. Don't count on your ability to wake up and be focused, you might sleep through it.