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.
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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.
Connie Neil - Feb 07, 2011 1:14:58 pm PST #21622 of 30001
brillig
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.
sarameg - Feb 07, 2011 2:43:24 pm PST #21629 of 30001
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.
erin_obscure - Feb 07, 2011 2:44:29 pm PST #21630 of 30001
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
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.
edited for crummy formatting
tommyrot - Feb 07, 2011 3:05:34 pm PST #21631 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cockfight Killing: Jose Luis Ochoa Killed By Armed Bird
DELANO, Calif. — A California man attending a cockfight has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb.
The Kern County coroner says 35-year-old Jose Luis Ochoa was declared dead at a hospital about two hours after he suffered the injury in neighboring Tulare County on Jan. 30.
An autopsy concluded Ochoa died of an accidental "sharp force injury" to his right calf.
Huh.