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Re: Newbie questions on alarms



"Frank Olson" <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bob Worthy wrote:
>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Jun 17, 3:20?pm, "Bob Worthy" <secur...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> "Jim" <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:8c3845cf-b335-4aa1-8033-8a2404daed8a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Jun 17, 8:17?am, Frank Olson
>>>
>>> <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Crash Gordon wrote:
>>>>> But, a true DIYer would actually make his own gun and ammo.
>>>> He's got ya there, Jim!! ?:-)
>>> Welllllll ... ?I don't know about that.
>>>
>>> The guy didn't want to "make" his alarm panel.
>>>
>>> But I've got an old "100" panel down in the basement that was made by
>>> someone. It's got two relays, a keyswitch, powered by an old
>>> Brightstar 6 volt battery and two 1 1/2 volt end of line cells and
>>> it's all mounted on a wooden board. Annnnnd it still works. ?Now
>>> THAT's what I call ...... do it yourself!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> I heard Jim Rojas has tin cans on a string he pulled off a newlyweds car
>>> set
>>> up around the perimeter of his garage. Does that qualify as a DIY job?
>>
>> I've said it here before but there's some people that would say that
>> my first alarm systems consisted of a trip vine  tied to a boulder
>> propped over the cave opening. As a matter of fact, they worked
>> fantastic but they were hell to reset and a false trip could be
>> fatal.
>>
>> Monitoring was done by listening for the screams of the intruder at a
>> cost of only one pelt a month.
>>
>> Of course there were always the guys who'd install the vine and bolder
>> for nothing and would charge 3 pelts a month and they would kill your
>> wife if you cancelled within 50 moons. Naturally there were some guys
>> who got the alarm installed and didn't pay on purpose.
>>
>> Those were the days! That's when alarm systems were installed by
>> (almost) men. Besides, today we know that installing an alarm system
>> is so easy a mon ..... errrr a caveman could do it.
>>
>> It is my understanding that they had some computer skills as well.
>> Paleontolgists  found "Java" man several years ago.
>
>
> Right next to the first Barista...  "Java" woman.

 They weren't in the backseat of a 60' Chevy were they?




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