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Originally posted by DaTroof
The harder someone tries to protect their stuff, the more a thief wants it. Here's a brilliant idea: Ditch the camo hat and sunglasses, and stop telling everyone how safe you are because you're crazy worried about home invasions.edit on 12-5-2013 by DaTroof because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DaTroof
The harder someone tries to protect their stuff, the more a thief wants it. Here's a brilliant idea: Ditch the camo hat and sunglasses, and stop telling everyone how safe you are because you're crazy worried about home invasions.edit on 12-5-2013 by DaTroof because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by DaTroof
The harder someone tries to protect their stuff, the more a thief wants it. Here's a brilliant idea:: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Virole
Originally posted by DaTroof
The harder someone tries to protect their stuff, the more a thief wants it. Here's a brilliant idea:: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Well, Op, I listened to the whole video and I have to say it makes sense. I look forward to seeing what you have to add and build on the basics presented there. This isn't far at all from the seminars I've attended, put on by professionals in this area though and it's certainly important to consider the points. I think plenty of people do over-think or under-plan their own realistic situation, locally, and wind up making it worse rather than better as a result.
Of course, the first big suggestion of the video is the one many here might have the largest problem with and it's one they need to work past in this context. Just walking up to a police officer (Who isn't otherwise occupied with something at that moment, of course) and striking up a conversation on the issue. It IS amazing how talkative and helpful they can be when one just treats them like another human being with valuable insight to share, rather than something akin to typhoid mary with a mysterious plague to spread.
Failing that or if someone is in an area where the Cops are just especially brutish and unhelpful? I have something to share.
Interactive Crime Maps
That has my own area as well as many, around the nation and can help a lot in seeing, rather than guessing, what crime REALLY happens in the immediate area as well as how it generally comes about.
* Oh.. and I'd say the best thing? Just don't touch the typography controls, like text size, unless there is an overwhelming reason for it. The micro print it's resulting in is distracting almost beyond the good points I think you're trying to convey here.
** Coming back to repeat for good measure? please please PLEASE don't change stuff like text size and font type as a trial and error experiment?? The last message you posted (which still has time to edit the stuff out...) managed to change how everything on other people's messages appear on this thread, following it. I love your thread so far...but honestly, that effect would have me avoiding it, despite the good info.
edit on 12-5-2013 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Well, Op, I listened to the whole video and I have to say it makes sense. I look forward to seeing what you have to add and build on the basics presented there. This isn't far at all from the seminars I've attended, put on by professionals in this area though and it's certainly important to consider the points. I think plenty of people do over-think or under-plan their own realistic situation, locally, and wind up making it worse rather than better as a result.
Of course, the first big suggestion of the video is the one many here might have the largest problem with and it's one they need to work past in this context. Just walking up to a police officer (Who isn't otherwise occupied with something at that moment, of course) and striking up a conversation on the issue. It IS amazing how talkative and helpful they can be when one just treats them like another human being with valuable insight to share, rather than something akin to typhoid mary with a mysterious plague to spread.
Failing that or if someone is in an area where the Cops are just especially brutish and unhelpful? I have something to share.
Interactive Crime Maps
That has my own area as well as many, around the nation and can help a lot in seeing, rather than guessing, what crime REALLY happens in the immediate area as well as how it generally comes about.
* Oh.. and I'd say the best thing? Just don't touch the typography controls, like text size, unless there is an overwhelming reason for it. The micro print it's resulting in is distracting almost beyond the good points I think you're trying to convey here.
** Coming back to repeat for good measure? please please PLEASE don't change stuff like text size and font type as a trial and error experiment?? The last message you posted (which still has time to edit the stuff out...) managed to change how everything on other people's messages appear on this thread, following it. I love your thread so far...but honestly, that effect would have me avoiding it, despite the good info.
edit on 12-5-2013 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LibertysTeeth
Originally posted by DaTroof
The harder someone tries to protect their stuff, the more a thief wants it. Here's a brilliant idea: Ditch the camo hat and sunglasses, and stop telling everyone how safe you are because you're crazy worried about home invasions.edit on 12-5-2013 by DaTroof because: (no reason given)
Thanks for watching at least a few seconds of the video. I'm sorry you didn't like it. This IS the definitive way to secure your property. This is a forum that just happens to be titled "Survival". I happen to make videos with words like "survival" "defense" "plan", ya know, words like that. So why you are in a forum that is titled "Survival" and worried about a guy who is trying to teach people how to survive..I guess I am baffled.