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PUT YOUR CAR KEYS BESIDE YOUR BED AT NIGHT!!

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southendmd:
Good tips.

And, Kerry, I don't think of you as elderly. :)

serious crayons:
Yes, that is a great idea. I just went and tested it. My car was in front of the house, so I stood in the back of the house and pressed the alarm key. Sure enough, it went off (I stopped it right away).

No one's probably going to run outside, but I would think someone might call the police in annoyance. At the very least, the burglar would think there's enough of a chance someone would, not to risk sticking around.

I've done the carkeys-through-the-fingers thing. Never had to use it, luckily, but it does make me feel a tiny bit safer when walking in a parking ramp at night or something.

opinionista:
Good idea but be careful if you have a cat on the house. Old folks in Spain who live alone are given some kind of beeper that if they fall or something, they just press it and emergency services are alerted. They're supposed to wear it on their wrist. Well, a few nights ago it seems like the lady next door took it out before going to sleep and her cat stepped on it. There was such a hassle at three in the morning, the paramedics banging on her door waking everybody and their brother in the building. Some people thought there was a fire. The lady is hard of hearing and didn't hear the doorbell. I didn't hear it either but my sister had to wake me up because the paramedic needed to come into my room to jump into the inner yard to knock on her window. So keep beepers away from cats.

Kerry:

--- Quote from: southendmd on March 20, 2008, 03:37:33 pm ---Good tips.

And, Kerry, I don't think of you as elderly. :)

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Thank you kindly, Paul. Mighty nice of you to say that.  :)   My avatar photo at left was only taken about a fortnight ago. I've always taken care of myself and watched what I eat (never particularly been much into food). Alas, however, there's no escaping the fact that I am a 58yo gay man who lives alone and tips such as the car alarm idea make me feel lots safer.  :D

{{{Paul}}}

Another very good idea I heard from a policeman. He said that most people remain silent when they're being attacked, 'cause they're in shock. He advised it was important to make as much noise as you can when being attacked. And he advised against yelling, "Help!" Apparently, when people hear someone yelling, "Help!" they think it's just someone larking about and joking. If you find yourself being attacked, yell "FIRE!" over and over again, as loudly as you can. It's been proven that people will drop everything and investigate, when they hear a call of "FIRE!"

optom3:
This advise was also given to me by the police in U.K as at the time there was a spate of car robberies where the keys were left on say a hall table along with house keys.Thieves were using a device like a long fishing rod with a magnet and pushing it through the letter box.That way they got house and car keys.Scary.
Anyway another reason to take keys to bed with you.So any one with a letter box thats what we were advised to do,after it happened to a neighbour of ours.

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