Re: Newbie questions on alarms

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.