Oh, and

Liese, sometime how similar we are scares me!

Hee. Our thirst for vengeance is as one.

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.

Timelies all!

Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?

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.

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.)

snerks at flea

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....

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.

After NINE HOURS freezing my ass off, I made the executive decision to hit the ON switch and leave. It either works or it doesn't. And I successfully reset the root password. Why the FUCK does anyone ever give me root privileges?

And then the pool was really really warm. Probably over 85. It's not really invigorating.

What is it with the extremes today.

judging from what i've experiened the sequence was something like:

- you trip alarm

- alarm company notices

- alarm co calls loc, you answer, talk ensues

- alarm co calls police, call set up w/ increased priority because there's someone o/s w/ no passcode

- alarm co calls yr aunt, who says "oh yeah, she's ok to be there. our code is blah blah blah"

- alarm co calls police and tells em to cancel, which is hunky dory because the ofcrs weren't exactly screaming down the street to the audible alarm

So likely a call was set up, but was cancelled before they got close enough for you to see them.

• that's just for my neck of the woods, tho. policies could be different elsewhere.

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