(10-01-2010, 03:26 PM)LT Crow link Wrote:

But in all seriousness, you should probably get a gun.

And leave your outside lighting on.  And tripwires.  And a dog.

(10-01-2010, 03:26 PM)LT Crow link Wrote:

But in all seriousness, you should probably get a gun.

And leave your outside lighting on.  And tripwires.  And a dog.

(10-01-2010, 12:46 PM)Luinbariel link Wrote: I'm pretty sure that I'm not allowed to have the gun from the farm, either. I think I'd need some kind of license or something, I don't know. Also, a .22 rifle beside the bed? No, thanks. I think that's a bit much.


Also if I used it on a guy or even threatened him with it, I think I could actually get sued and would probably lose. Like HeK said... cops look the other way usually but not always. It's a bit strange...


I don't think anyone showed up last night anyway. I checked a few times from the windows in the dark and saw nothing, but I'll have a look now that it's day and see what's what. Probably nothing, it's not likely he'll be back this soon, if at all.

(10-01-2010, 05:02 PM)Duck link Wrote: [quote author=Luinbariel link=topic=3709.msg176349#msg176349 date=1285955179]
I'm pretty sure that I'm not allowed to have the gun from the farm, either. I think I'd need some kind of license or something, I don't know. Also, a .22 rifle beside the bed? No, thanks. I think that's a bit much.


Also if I used it on a guy or even threatened him with it, I think I could actually get sued and would probably lose. Like HeK said... cops look the other way usually but not always. It's a bit strange...


I don't think anyone showed up last night anyway. I checked a few times from the windows in the dark and saw nothing, but I'll have a look now that it's day and see what's what. Probably nothing, it's not likely he'll be back this soon, if at all.

(10-01-2010, 06:02 PM)at0m link Wrote: Relevant to this discussion: http://www.faketv.com/

(10-01-2010, 05:02 PM)Duck link Wrote: all a .22 is gonna do is tickle the guy before he chases you down anyways. :\

(10-02-2010, 08:44 PM)Black Aspen link Wrote: My first instinct was to booby-trap the area the person is guessed to be creeping.  Burying a bed of nails in the dirt outside the window, screws glued to the window sill, and maybe some tripwire (for actual tripping, not tripwire for setting off one of Crow's mines).  Is this advisable?

Also, is there anything you can do with your gate?  You mentioned that is how the person seems to have gotten in before.  Is there no lock?  Maybe the person is choosing your yard because of its easy access?  Make it more of a challenge, and maybe they'll move on.

(10-02-2010, 08:49 PM)Luinbariel link Wrote: I refuse to put stuff in the flower bed as a booby trap since I use it for gardening. The last thing I want is to find a bunch of sharp things missed in there when digging in the spring.

I'm also not screwing things to the window sills in case there's a fire or something and WE need to escape. That's a bit harsh.

As for our gate, it's not that it's easy to open. The fence could just as easily be jumped over, it's not that hight. I think we have plans to change the whole thing out eventually, but even our neighbour with a 6 foot+ fence had the guy in his yard. If he wants in, he's getting in. There's no real point in locking ours. He could fall over it if he wanted to.



And yes, if we did these things to our house and the guy got hurt, we'd be in serious shit.

(10-03-2010, 08:29 AM)Surf314 link Wrote: I need to study dooty some more.

(10-03-2010, 09:11 AM)Luinbariel link Wrote: It would NOT fly.


If it were found that someone were injured or had died because of some traps we'd left laying around... we'd be absolutely fucked. If we put up a warning sign (and I'm not joking at all) we'd probably be fine; but that's just fucking ridiculous.

(10-03-2010, 03:16 PM)at0m link Wrote: my gf's had a sore/scratchy throat for the last week or so. Last night we went to Busch Gardens, and it got so bad that she was having trouble breathing. I ended up taking her to the hospital as soon as we got home, and her tonsils were so swollen they were obstructing her breathing and making it very difficult to swallow. She ended up getting a shot of antibiotics and steroids in her butt and some oral antibiotics to take for the next week, but christ that was fucking scary. No insurance, and she was choking on her own tonsils. She needs them taken out but they won't do it because she's got a Factor V clotting disorder and she'd be a super high risk for surgery :/