Having read Paul's ideas on security you'll be glad to know that you can
use the M6 motorway to bypass Stoke on Trent!
Derek
Paul Humphries wrote:
>
> How about running a cattle type electric fence around the perimeter of
> vunerable areas and even wiring up metal door handles. I have been told
> by by local farming supplier that early designs were made of a car coil
> and a set of points. A pendulum was pulled by a simple electromagnet
> when the points were closed which then swung, opened the points,
> released the electromagnet and "fired" the coil, the cycle then repeats.
> I have been thinking along the lines of using a coil and an electronic
> turn signal unit, via a relay, instead of points.
> A neighbour, many years ago, had people using their garden as a short
> cut between one area and another. The "proper" way round meant a walk of
> about 1 mile so they had a lot of problems stopping people. Barbed wire
> on a high fence did nothing but the answer was simple - grease. Not the
> nice beige stuff we put in vehicle bearings but the horrible, dirty,
> thick, black, metal contaminated stuff that was used in a steel rolling
> mill. It was spread about 1 inch thich on the tops of fences and didn't
> melt even under the hottest sun (we are taking about England so not too
> hot!) The stuff was so foul that if you got it on you then you were left
> with fine metal splinters in you if you tried to rub it off, it took a
> wash in petrol or another solvent to remove, still stained your hands
> and stank terrible for days. It was funny after years of seeing people
> casually climbing over the neighbours fence to see the look on their
> faces when they had found out what was on their hands. Another idea for
> security is how about an external sprinkler system that sprays green
> vegetable dye at the first sign of a door or window being forced. All
> the police would have to do then is look for anyone so coloured if they
> continued to try and gain entry. CS gas is illegal in the UK but what
> about in the States ? How about a system that fills the shop with the
> gas if unorthorised entry is made. What you can buy in the UK (but is
> frowned upon by the authorities even though legal) is a simple holder
> for BLANK shotgun cartridges that is attached to a trip wire. The idea
> is that a thief breaks in, trips over the wire, sets off the cartridge
> and the police can then do a DNA match from the result of him SH**ING
> himself. These devices are popular with bikers as theft of motorcyles is
> growing here in the UK. Insurance is dear so a lot of people only have
> what we call third party risk ie. no pay out for theft or damage to your
> own vehicle. What the authorities frown upon is the fact that some
> people have found that LIVE shotgun cartridges work better at detering
> repeat offenders than blanks ! (Remember we have a NO gun culture over
> here other than shotguns and sporting .22's)
>
> Seasons greetings,
>
> Paul Humphries,
> Stoke-on-Trent,
> Staffordshire,
> UK
|