he doesnt knock everything off the desk when he's "activated" ?

One time, I was going door-to-door, registering voters for Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign. So I guess this was in 1984.

Anyway, we were walking through a kind of rough part of Houston. But I took it because I got paired with a hot girl.

One house had a sticker on the window that said, "Insured by Smith & Wesson". And a picture of a big gun. I thought that was cool, and I figured they didn't want solicitors. But I knocked on their door anyway.

It was a houseful of bikers. But they were pretty nice. They just laughed and said, "Man, we don't vote!"

PositivityNYC said:

he doesnt knock everything off the desk when he's "activated" ?

He's learning. I have to arm the "squirt water bottle" option to correct that problem.

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

he doesnt knock everything off the desk when he's "activated" ?

He's learning. I have to arm the "squirt water bottle" option to correct that problem.

RodeoSchro said:

One time, I was going door-to-door, registering voters for Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign. So I guess this was in 1984.

Anyway, we were walking through a kind of rough part of Houston. But I took it because I got paired with a hot girl.

One house had a sticker on the window that said, "Insured by Smith & Wesson". And a picture of a big gun. I thought that was cool, and I figured they didn't want solicitors. But I knocked on their door anyway.

It was a houseful of bikers. But they were pretty nice. They just laughed and said, "Man, we don't vote!"

I found a sign that said something like: Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.

RodeoSchro said:

One time, I was going door-to-door, registering voters for Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign. So I guess this was in 1984.

Anyway, we were walking through a kind of rough part of Houston. But I took it because I got paired with a hot girl.

One house had a sticker on the window that said, "Insured by Smith & Wesson". And a picture of a big gun. I thought that was cool, and I figured they didn't want solicitors. But I knocked on their door anyway.

It was a houseful of bikers. But they were pretty nice. They just laughed and said, "Man, we don't vote!"

johnart said:

RodeoSchro said:

One time, I was going door-to-door, registering voters for Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign. So I guess this was in 1984.

Anyway, we were walking through a kind of rough part of Houston. But I took it because I got paired with a hot girl.

One house had a sticker on the window that said, "Insured by Smith & Wesson". And a picture of a big gun. I thought that was cool, and I figured they didn't want solicitors. But I knocked on their door anyway.

It was a houseful of bikers. But they were pretty nice. They just laughed and said, "Man, we don't vote!"

I found a sign that said something like: Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.

I like...

johnart said:

RodeoSchro said:

One time, I was going door-to-door, registering voters for Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign. So I guess this was in 1984.

Anyway, we were walking through a kind of rough part of Houston. But I took it because I got paired with a hot girl.

One house had a sticker on the window that said, "Insured by Smith & Wesson". And a picture of a big gun. I thought that was cool, and I figured they didn't want solicitors. But I knocked on their door anyway.

It was a houseful of bikers. But they were pretty nice. They just laughed and said, "Man, we don't vote!"

I found a sign that said something like: Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.

LOL.

I used to have a pistol. One time, someone broke into my car, which was right outside my front door. When I saw what was happening, I thought it was the beginning of a home invasion.

"Get the pistol! No, don't get the pistol - you'll probably shoot yourself!" Those two thoughts went through my mind about a million times each in about one second.

I didn't get the pistol. I chased the dude away.

We had an ADT alarm in our house in Cleveland. Two entryway alarms and a first-floor motion detector, all of which were controllable from both a first- and second-floor wall console.

Yes, it was a headache for the first couple weeks or so until we got used to the routine of turning it on/off. And, yes, even beyond that time there was the occasional trip. But we lived in a neighborhood that was experiencing a gradual shift toward crime problems, and I'd say the peace of mind was definitely worth it. Plus it cut down on our home insurance costs.

One thing you might want to look into: See if/when your local emergency responders will begin to charge you for deploying vehicles. We were told of a certain grace period wherein we could get used to our alarm, but if we kept incessantly tripping it and not cancelling the police/fire/ambulance dispatch quickly enough, we would've eventually taken on the cost of their coming out. Maybe that will motivate your roomie.

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PositivityNYC said:

he doesnt knock everything off the desk when he's "activated" ?

I'm glad somebody else had the same thought. At first I thought, "oh look, he must be very well trained." But then I was like, "ummmm...."

Lammastide said:

We had an ADT alarm in our house in Cleveland. Two entryway alarms and a first-floor motion detector, all of which were controllable from both a first- and second-floor wall console.

Yes, it was a headache for the first couple weeks or so until we got used to the routine of turning it on/off. And, yes, even beyond that time there was the occasional trip. But we lived in a neighborhood that was experiencing a gradual shift toward crime problems, and I'd say the peace of mind was definitely worth it. Plus it cut down on our home insurance costs.

One thing you might want to look into: See if/when your local emergency responders will begin to charge you for deploying vehicles. We were told of a certain grace period wherein we could get used to our alarm, but if we kept incessantly tripping it and not cancelling the police/fire/ambulance dispatch quickly enough, we would've eventually taken on the cost of their coming out. Maybe that will motivate your roomie.

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Oh trust me, he will be told that they fine for false alarms either way.

We have the contacts and contacts and the motion detect on lower level (since those are the grownd level windows). All controllable from the kitchen and master bedroom.

Cerebus said:

PositivityNYC said:

he doesnt knock everything off the desk when he's "activated" ?

I'm glad somebody else had the same thought. At first I thought, "oh look, he must be very well trained." But then I was like, "ummmm...."

I think he's starting to associate jumping up on the desk to get at the window with getting squirted with the waterbottle (which he hates and dumbass me feels guilty about ) so he's beginning to show a bit of restraint.

He broke all of the wood blinds in the first house when we first moved from Philly "protecting" the place.

johnart said:

Cerebus said:

I'm glad somebody else had the same thought. At first I thought, "oh look, he must be very well trained." But then I was like, "ummmm...."

I think he's starting to associate jumping up on the desk to get at the window with getting squirted with the waterbottle (which he hates and dumbass me feels guilty about ) so he's beginning to show a bit of restraint.

He broke all of the wood blinds in the first house when we first moved from Philly "protecting" the place.

The squirt bottle really works with him? That's kind of awesome, but makes me think giving him a bath must be an adventure. I've used the squirt bottle with my cats since they were about eight weeks old (they're now about 18 months). One of them figured it out - runs away and gives you an evil as look if you shake so much as shake the bottle in his general direction. But the other one has done some sort of Darwin shit and adapted. He just closes his eyes, waits until you're done squirting, licks off the excess water and goes right back to doing whatever assholery he was doing before.

Cerebus said:

johnart said:

I think he's starting to associate jumping up on the desk to get at the window with getting squirted with the waterbottle (which he hates and dumbass me feels guilty about ) so he's beginning to show a bit of restraint.

He broke all of the wood blinds in the first house when we first moved from Philly "protecting" the place.

The squirt bottle really works with him? That's kind of awesome, but makes me think giving him a bath must be an adventure. I've used the squirt bottle with my cats since they were about eight weeks old (they're now about 18 months). One of them figured it out - runs away and gives you an evil as look if you shake so much as shake the bottle in his general direction. But the other one has done some sort of Darwin shit and adapted. He just closes his eyes, waits until you're done squirting, licks off the excess water and goes right back to doing whatever assholery he was doing before.

I used to use a squirt bottle on my cats, too. It got to the point that all I had to do was show them the bottle and they'd haul ass!

Cerebus said:

johnart said:

I think he's starting to associate jumping up on the desk to get at the window with getting squirted with the waterbottle (which he hates and dumbass me feels guilty about ) so he's beginning to show a bit of restraint.

He broke all of the wood blinds in the first house when we first moved from Philly "protecting" the place.

The squirt bottle really works with him? That's kind of awesome, but makes me think giving him a bath must be an adventure. I've used the squirt bottle with my cats since they were about eight weeks old (they're now about 18 months). One of them figured it out - runs away and gives you an evil as look if you shake so much as shake the bottle in his general direction. But the other one has done some sort of Darwin shit and adapted. He just closes his eyes, waits until you're done squirting, licks off the excess water and goes right back to doing whatever assholery he was doing before.

Yes, the second I grab the bottle he cowers away, head down and all (which is what makes me feel bad ). He's not too bad for a bath, ironically, but he's a lot of dog and needs seasonal hair trims so he goes to have his "day of beauty" instead of doing it here.

Lola will hop into the tub when it's time for her baths and let you bathe her without issues.

Auxiliary backup system.

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johnart said:

Auxiliary backup system.

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So...she poops on them?

Genesia said:

johnart said:

Auxiliary backup system.

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So...she poops on them?

Yeah, just try and come in that front door. That ain't a birdie shittin on your head.

Look at how sad she is, her damn fat ass is HANGIN OFF the fuckin stool.

johnart said:

Genesia said:

So...she poops on them?

Yeah, just try and come in that front door. That ain't a birdie shittin on your head.

Look at how sad she is, her damn fat ass is HANGIN OFF the fuckin stool.

Is it sadness? I thought she was just getting ready...

LMAO....

LOLA!!!

Yep I have one.

johnart said:

ZombieKitten said:

even if you don't have one, on this thread you better say you do, in case johnart's casing your joint.

there is a bush outside my house that keeps shaking even though it's not even windy!

johnart said:

We got one put in at the new house (they installed yesterday).

At the old house we didn't have one but there were stickers on all the windows, which I liked having.

I was just gonna get stickers off ebay (I did) but the sales dudes were pretty good and we ended up biting . The way I look at it, if you're a burglar and ignore alarm sign/stickers and the big St. Bernard, you deserve to walk away with a door prize at least.

My main concern with this is getting our roomie to not set it off constantly. We even gave him the keychain with the button so that he wouln't have to remember a code.

At 4:30am this morning I was disarming the fuckin thing because he set it off when he left for work.

We only have like another day and a half to figure out if we want to keep it.

I hate to pay a monthly bill for 3 years (we got a good deal tho) if it's something we're gonna end up turning off all the time.

if your room mate can't abid by the rules of turning the alarm off, get rid of the roomie, not the alarm.

the alarm can also save you in case of fire if it's connected to the fire dept...considering how often you travel..its worth the expense

BlackAdder7 said:

johnart said:

We got one put in at the new house (they installed yesterday).

At the old house we didn't have one but there were stickers on all the windows, which I liked having.

I was just gonna get stickers off ebay (I did) but the sales dudes were pretty good and we ended up biting . The way I look at it, if you're a burglar and ignore alarm sign/stickers and the big St. Bernard, you deserve to walk away with a door prize at least.

My main concern with this is getting our roomie to not set it off constantly. We even gave him the keychain with the button so that he wouln't have to remember a code.

At 4:30am this morning I was disarming the fuckin thing because he set it off when he left for work.

We only have like another day and a half to figure out if we want to keep it.

I hate to pay a monthly bill for 3 years (we got a good deal tho) if it's something we're gonna end up turning off all the time.

if your room mate can't abid by the rules of turning the alarm off, get rid of the roomie, not the alarm.

the alarm can also save you in case of fire if it's connected to the fire dept...considering how often you travel..its worth the expense

The roomie is a family member and it's complicated. So it's not just a regular roomie you'd just get rid of. A few orgers know the whole deal, perhaps one day I'll post the long-ass Jerry Springer episode (I might have already posted bits here and there).

In any case. I gave him a lesson and he left this morning without incident.

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thank goodness!