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well, horses for courses, but come on...you're an Englishman aren't you? It should be a cricket bat. I resent the creeping Americanization of our head-smashing activities.
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I would love some active security on a par with frying the bastards with the mains upon entry, however the repurcussions deter me from doing this.Originally posted by thunderlizard View PostAlarm? boring. If you've got some time off out of contract, just get yourself a big plasma TV, a shotgun and a rocking chair.
However, I wouldn't have any problem taking a baseball bat to someone in my home.
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Alarm? boring. If you've got some time off out of contract, just get yourself a big plasma TV, a shotgun and a rocking chair.
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Easier still, change your name to Duncan Ferguson and advertise the fact you live there to deter them.Originally posted by minestrone View PostThey will not try it on with a well prepared house. Security lights, double glazing and an alarm. If any fliper gets into my home he will be lucky to have a doctor to remove the hockey stick, stashed under my bed, from his cranium.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2660021.stm
Oh, hang on..
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Yep, am planning on upgrading the alarm and security lights including alraming the garage which is at the end of the garden. But as a keen DIY'er I have some expensive kit in there, table saw, router table, many tools, etc, plus expensive bikes. Probably more lucrative for a thief to rob the garage than the house.Originally posted by minestrone View PostThey will not try it on with a well prepared house. Security lights, double glazing and an alarm. If any fliper gets into my home he will be lucky to have a doctor to remove the hockey stick, stashed under my bed, from his cranium.
The double glazing is internally beaded and locks are OK.
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Que?Originally posted by Jeebo72 View PostYou have horses right? Otherwise why bother...
Naaah.
Edit: or even neigh.Last edited by conned tractor; 20 November 2009, 23:55.
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Now that is a good point and to be honest one I didn't think of.Originally posted by PorkPie View PostCircus in town by any chance?
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Yep. Its a funny place, areas that are OK (ish) can be just down the road from areas where shootings are common.Originally posted by oracleslave View PostBirmingham?
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Always said that if anyone gets caught breaking into a house they should be forced to do their prison time in an open field. If they cannot respect houses they should be taught to respect them.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThe great thing is, if the **** gets the stick off you and beats you to death with it, it will be self-defence and he'll walk free.
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The great thing is, if the **** gets the stick off you and beats you to death with it, it will be self-defence and he'll walk free.Originally posted by minestrone View PostThey will not try it on with a well prepared house. Security lights, double glazing and an alarm. If any fliper gets into my home he will be lucky to have a doctor to remove the hockey stick, stashed under my bed, from his cranium.
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They will not try it on with a well prepared house. Security lights, double glazing and an alarm. If any fecker gets into my home he will be lucky to have a doctor to remove the hockey stick, stashed under my bed, from his cranium.
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Atw?Originally posted by oracleslave View PostBirmingham?
Maybe he is looking for fresh equine-ty for SKA?
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