What a refreshing and attractive read! Really some great thinking.
When I received my re-home'd pup I wanted to put up some sort of fence, I rent so I could only do so much. Long story short I did the super Red Neck thing of putting up mesh fencing w/poles. I did select the color green as opposed to white or orange so it would blend in w/the woods.
Not only has it kept the dog in the yard, it has kept people away. Because it was a bit of a contraption no one wanted to risk trying to undo it for fear they wouldn't be able to get it put back. More than once I have had conversations, even w/people I know, w/them standing on the other side of the floppy fence.
I finally uprooted the part by the door because after several years I got tired of pulling up the stake and putting it back each and every time I would leave. The dog has learned "go to the right" and doesn't really need the barrier anymore, but I was fascinated how such a cheap gaudy fence kept people at bay, even the bears and deer would stay away from it. I take it down and the bear goes opens the door to my porch to get the bird seed. That was scary to pull in the drive and see a big black bear opening the door to go back in the yard.
Every now and then, reading these security posts my mind turns to the WHO Treaty and what that holds in store for us all.
Our PM is a stupid man who has/will gladly sign the sovereignty of this wonderful country away because he doesn’t understand the implications and intractability of doing so.
What started as a faux Pandemic at the beginning of 2020 looks as though it has no real end and so what never crossed my glasses is in my field of vision. It mightn’t necessarily be a druggie or burglar but could be state sanctioned Police or Treaty force soldiers imposing themselves on our homes in the future like some bad nightmare. Prior to COVID-19 that’s all it ever was for most of us.
Medical Apartheid and terrorism looks here to stay.
We hope these series can be a means to inspire outside of the box thinking.
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago
These posts truly are eyes wide open for me, and I think it is outside the box thinking that will be our strength. That and our willingness to resist the modern slavery approaching.
And honestly...if you need to afford several things...but this is important!... I see the use in it! The best TactiCool stuff is all well and good if you've deep pockets.
I'm waiting for the point when you write something I've said before: that there will come a stage where, if someone walks up your driveway in BDUs, you light him up and work out where his buddies are.
We're not at that stage yet, but that stage is more imminent than it has been in my lifetime.
Failing to do THAT is what's going to ruin folks who have residual faith in the system.
Does anybody have bushes around their house? Okay mine are What I call my first of 7 layers of defense. In those bushes are alarms, if I didn't expect anyone they remain armed and will go off in 60 other homes. Develop a neighborhood watch or something akin! You can have the same kind of thing in your house. I really shou8ld not give away the other layers. The first one is a trip wire, pretty simple. Two tried to breach my perimeter, there are two shallow graves in my backyard. I don't recommend killing them, but if they are trying to kill you. Then by all means, but use lye when you bury them it makes it much easier.
All great ideas. Our yard is way too overgrown right now here in Las Vegas. We've never had any major problems here, but when my parents bought the home as a foreclosure special in 2009, I remember wondering if the prior occupants were drug dealers or something. I say this because they had installed thousands of dollars worth of metal bars covering every window and door area, plus a steel reinforced front door. I didn't like the aesthetics at first but as time has gone on it has grown on me. Being a dog lover I like having them around both here and in Thailand as a type of alert system. Even our little ankle biter shit tzu will reliably inform us if somebody is snooping around the yard, and even a mid sized children's friendly mongrel can make most intruders think twice. Other than some coins being stolen from our unlocked car when we didn't park it in the garage one day, we thus far haven't had any major problems. But it is all worth noting!
Many of these ideas are great, too bad I'm already using some. You know how you surround your property with bushes? Well, what is inside the bushes? Mine are at my perimeter, any unwanted 'guests' and alarms that are in each bush go off in 60 other houses. All of those have the same option with me. I also have my own 7 levels of security. One is a trip wire, another a complicated 'mousetrap for giants' or lure, feral animals that we feed who will and have killed for us and it goes on. Always have a bottle of lye for if you have a body on your hands. A shallow grave is easy to dig, the lye just makes it an easier job.
What a refreshing and attractive read! Really some great thinking.
When I received my re-home'd pup I wanted to put up some sort of fence, I rent so I could only do so much. Long story short I did the super Red Neck thing of putting up mesh fencing w/poles. I did select the color green as opposed to white or orange so it would blend in w/the woods.
Not only has it kept the dog in the yard, it has kept people away. Because it was a bit of a contraption no one wanted to risk trying to undo it for fear they wouldn't be able to get it put back. More than once I have had conversations, even w/people I know, w/them standing on the other side of the floppy fence.
I finally uprooted the part by the door because after several years I got tired of pulling up the stake and putting it back each and every time I would leave. The dog has learned "go to the right" and doesn't really need the barrier anymore, but I was fascinated how such a cheap gaudy fence kept people at bay, even the bears and deer would stay away from it. I take it down and the bear goes opens the door to my porch to get the bird seed. That was scary to pull in the drive and see a big black bear opening the door to go back in the yard.
Every now and then, reading these security posts my mind turns to the WHO Treaty and what that holds in store for us all.
Our PM is a stupid man who has/will gladly sign the sovereignty of this wonderful country away because he doesn’t understand the implications and intractability of doing so.
What started as a faux Pandemic at the beginning of 2020 looks as though it has no real end and so what never crossed my glasses is in my field of vision. It mightn’t necessarily be a druggie or burglar but could be state sanctioned Police or Treaty force soldiers imposing themselves on our homes in the future like some bad nightmare. Prior to COVID-19 that’s all it ever was for most of us.
Medical Apartheid and terrorism looks here to stay.
We hope these series can be a means to inspire outside of the box thinking.
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago
These posts truly are eyes wide open for me, and I think it is outside the box thinking that will be our strength. That and our willingness to resist the modern slavery approaching.
Wow, some excellent and often sensible ideas ! I could use many of them ,and I really do need to pick up IR gear.
Yeah, I wanted to show the cheapest night vision option I’m comfortable with, and highlight that it’s not useless. Too many gear snobs out there.
Something like that is better than nothing.
And honestly...if you need to afford several things...but this is important!... I see the use in it! The best TactiCool stuff is all well and good if you've deep pockets.
I think that's good work.
I learned having a decent pair of binoculars can save you time from going across the street to the neighbors yard sale.
...danged fine use of technology!
( just thought I'd make it clear what kinda "wow" I intended...😆
Lol. Thanks!
Great series, sound practical advice. Generally not known outside “the trade.”
s/to deny an attacker it’s use/to deny an attacker its use/
w o w
Lol. I don’t know if this is a good wow or a bad wow.
“Wow, I didn’t know this.” Vs. “Wow, you’re batshit insane and this is utter nonsense.”
¿Porque no los dos?
Kidding.
Apes. Together. Strong.
I'm waiting for the point when you write something I've said before: that there will come a stage where, if someone walks up your driveway in BDUs, you light him up and work out where his buddies are.
We're not at that stage yet, but that stage is more imminent than it has been in my lifetime.
Failing to do THAT is what's going to ruin folks who have residual faith in the system.
Thank you.
You are welcome!
Does anybody have bushes around their house? Okay mine are What I call my first of 7 layers of defense. In those bushes are alarms, if I didn't expect anyone they remain armed and will go off in 60 other homes. Develop a neighborhood watch or something akin! You can have the same kind of thing in your house. I really shou8ld not give away the other layers. The first one is a trip wire, pretty simple. Two tried to breach my perimeter, there are two shallow graves in my backyard. I don't recommend killing them, but if they are trying to kill you. Then by all means, but use lye when you bury them it makes it much easier.
All great ideas. Our yard is way too overgrown right now here in Las Vegas. We've never had any major problems here, but when my parents bought the home as a foreclosure special in 2009, I remember wondering if the prior occupants were drug dealers or something. I say this because they had installed thousands of dollars worth of metal bars covering every window and door area, plus a steel reinforced front door. I didn't like the aesthetics at first but as time has gone on it has grown on me. Being a dog lover I like having them around both here and in Thailand as a type of alert system. Even our little ankle biter shit tzu will reliably inform us if somebody is snooping around the yard, and even a mid sized children's friendly mongrel can make most intruders think twice. Other than some coins being stolen from our unlocked car when we didn't park it in the garage one day, we thus far haven't had any major problems. But it is all worth noting!
Things turn south fast! Better to be ready for it just in case.
Many of these ideas are great, too bad I'm already using some. You know how you surround your property with bushes? Well, what is inside the bushes? Mine are at my perimeter, any unwanted 'guests' and alarms that are in each bush go off in 60 other houses. All of those have the same option with me. I also have my own 7 levels of security. One is a trip wire, another a complicated 'mousetrap for giants' or lure, feral animals that we feed who will and have killed for us and it goes on. Always have a bottle of lye for if you have a body on your hands. A shallow grave is easy to dig, the lye just makes it an easier job.