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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.

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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.

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Wow, some excellent and often sensible ideas ! I could use many of them ,and I really do need to pick up IR gear.

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Dec 27, 2022·edited Dec 27, 2022Liked by Malignant

Great series, sound practical advice. Generally not known outside “the trade.”

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s/to deny an attacker it’s use/to deny an attacker its use/

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w o w

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Thank you.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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