Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Bruce]

A nice bright motion sensor light (about eye level for the driver), might also do a lot towards encouraging nosey nare-do-wells, to move on, before they can cause any trouble for both you AND him!!!

Except poor Latestarter would blind himself every time he came home at night.

Yeah! Up to page 400! Only 145 pages to go.

It takes a special tenacity! And heck, it is only 1,450 posts

 

[greybeard]

It's happened here a couple times at night. The dogs let me know they're coming up the powerline road. I 'darken ship' immediately. The object, to be able to see them and they not see you except for the tac light or laser on your rifle barrel. I've never really found much use for a pistola.

Turning all lights off immediately does the same thing as turning all the lights on...lets miscreants know someone is there and awake/alert.. they know someone is approaching, and the miscreants know they are now more visible than the homeowner. Disadvantage=miscreant.

 

[farmerjan]

If you advertise that you have a gun, thieves will break in to steal your guns. If you ain't home, you ain't there to shoot that 357! Keep a low profile...…….

Yeah, didn't think of that...but saying it is ranged for say a 12 gauge shotgun might make someone think twice. I did see a sign once that said "if the owner with the gun doesn't get you first, the dog will make sure there is little left to for the police to clean up." Or something to that effect.....I like that....

 

[Devonviolet]

Except poor Latestarter would blind himself every time he came home at night.

Well, since he knows it's there, he knows to put the sun visor down.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Thanks for the info Joe, but we have already fixed a chub of that.....I didn't post pics, because I'm not much on "presentation" and what was intended to be tacos turned into burritos.....they were wonderful and very delicious!!........Joyce drained the fat and used most of it as a topping for a dish of Gabbie's food....she Loves it and she really Loves the meat.....in fact, she is still begging for some of the chops. Joyce is still talking about how Good it is......

 

[Rammy]

If you have wifi I would look into those kind of cameras @Mike CHS has at his house. They are tiny, run on batteries, and you can hide them anywhere. Would be great to catch anyone who decides to come strolling up your driveway in the wee hours of the night. Floodlights might be a good deterent also. I know I love my cameras and motion lights.

 

[Latestarter]

Mike has cameras at his place I didn't even notice! We've already heard about your go-round with cameras and that crazy lout behind you. I prefer to play the ostrich card and bury my head in the sand and repeatedly say "awwww that'll never happen to me here..." Of course I realize it very well could happen here just as easily as anywhere else. I am not overly worried or concerned.

Ended up starting another 5 day course of steroids this morning. Was hoping I could avoid it/put it off and hoped the pain would abate... Rain has passed and though it's still awfully cloudy, there is some sun and it's trying to dry out despite the humidity. I need to be able to function to get that danged goat shed (mansion) built. I'm now beginning to wish I'd just sunk some 4 bys at corners and built a three sided, dirt floor, run in shack. In hind sight, that would have made more sense since I still hope/intend to get an area leveled and get a real barn bldg built at some point.

Glad to hear Fred. Great that you and Joyce as well as Gabbie like it

 

[Mike CHS]

We originally installed cameras because we were only here for a few days a month and had several thousand dollars worth of material in the place not to mention equipment all over the place. We have cameras all over the place and intentionally placed a few of them in high visibility spots since we want people to know they are there. We feel comfortable at our place but every little town has it's own breed of dopers who are always looking for an easy hit. We even have cameras in the living room in the house and multiples in the shop. It's overkill probably but we had so many because we had two complete systems for three years.

I hope your next round of steroids gets you up and about.

 

[greybeard]

I'm now beginning to wish I'd just sunk some 4 bys at corners and built a three sided, dirt floor, run in shack. In hind sight, that would have made more sense since I still hope/intend to get an area leveled and get a real barn bldg built at some point.

You still can, tho it will now have to be a 3 sided barn with planked floor and will require more than just a post at each corner. Probably take one at each corner and 2 evenly spaced along each of the long sides. Maybe a 4x4 middle of each of the short sides. Pole barn style.

 

[Rammy]

Yeah, LS, the cameras were all over. Kind of hear that song, " I always feel like somebody is watching me." I am looking into getting a few to put out at the barn since they are smaller than my Blink and can hide them a little easier. Looking into those solar motion detectors, too. Yeah, I have already put alot of money into a security system because of that nutjob next door, but I do love the new cameras. They are kind of like potatoe chips, you cant stop at just one, or four, or 8, or..................