What about the ones that are from the security service, like Brinks or whatever?
And what do you think about OnStar, as it applies to your job?
Just curious.
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Feb 07, 2011 12:42:48 pm PST #21619 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Liese S. - Feb 07, 2011 12:46:53 pm PST #21620 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The basic advice I give visitors out here about snakes is: the gopher snake's defense is to make you think it's a rattler. Let it. You don't need to be messing around with either one.
You want the Navajo thing about rattlers? If you see one, it means someone has been talking about you behind your back. If you see a bunch, there are rumors abounding. During the time when our local Navajo church was breaking up, dissent between the families? There was a whole nest of baby rattlers out behind the church. They were everywhere, all the time. Yeah.
Liese S. - Feb 07, 2011 12:49:41 pm PST #21621 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, and
Liese, sometime how similar we are scares me!
Hee. Our thirst for vengeance is as one.
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2011 1:14:58 pm PST #21622 of 30001
brillig
What about the ones that are from the security service, like Brinks or whatever?
The juxtaposition between this line and the post above about telling the difference between snakes made me highly amused.
Sheryl - Feb 07, 2011 1:16:42 pm PST #21623 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?
erin_obscure - Feb 07, 2011 1:17:23 pm PST #21624 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Nothing but good expereinces with onstar. they are well trained and know how to use their tools, which is awesome for recovery of stolen vehicles and accidents where the driver is so disoriented they don't know where they are. Their gps system is as accurate (if not more) than our mapping for cellphones.
Security services, meh. They all call in minutes (sometimes 3-7) later than passerbys hearing audible alarms. Annoying, but any audible alarms is pretty good at scaring off less determined burglars. No real standouts either good or bad.
flea - Feb 07, 2011 1:24:11 pm PST #21625 of 30001
information libertarian
Oh, that's just my pet snake, Reggie!
(I used to be an archaeologist; it's impossible for me not to respond to an Indiana Jones quote.)
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2011 1:39:44 pm PST #21626 of 30001
brillig
snerks at flea
Theodosia - Feb 07, 2011 2:34:06 pm PST #21627 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
One time my aunt screwed up and told me to come into their house when the alarm system was armed. (They were delayed, so I got there first, and was told to pick the key up from its hiding place.)
The result was that the phone rang and I explained to the nice lady that I was her niece, and no police were dispatched.
(I'm assuming they didn't then call my aunt on her cell and check that there was INDEED a niece who was expected to be in the house.)
Seems to me there's a whopping big hole in their security system....
§ ita § - Feb 07, 2011 2:37:00 pm PST #21628 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to never trip the alarm at my parents' house. I assume I'd end up riddled with bullets. I don't remember the safe word for it.
I can work out the disarm code if you give me five minutes. Everyone else has it memorised, but I never have to use it. I just remember how she made it up.