Posted on 10/08/2008 5:28:43 PM PDT by dubie
Silly me ... I just bring my signs in at night and replace them in the morning.
:)
Molly in California
If you live near central Virginia or know any friends who far, maybe we could work something out with an electric fence charger ..... I have one that puts over 5k volts and feel like you’re being hit with a hammer.
Thanks, A.Hun!
I used it when some dirtball was trying to siphon gas from my truck. Just coat the object of interest with it lightly.
Be warned: YOU MUST WEAR GLOVES WHEN USING THIS!!
It will cause extreme pain if you get this on your hands and then touch a sensitive body part such as your eyes, nose, lips, or genitals.
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Hrm. That seems too easy =) To bring the signs in each night but worth a try if this other fun I will be having fails. Thanks everyone so far on these GREAT ideas =)
Great minds think alike!
The appropriate response belongs to the aptly-named anniegetyourgun.
Two related stories: My neighbor across the street (Republican) had a problem with stolen signs. After several nights, he set up a lawn chair in his bushes and waited the night. The perp showed up in the wee hours of the morning, and my neighbor popped out and said, “What are you doing?” The offender turned out to be a woman — with her young child in tow! Unfortunately, all my neighbor did was threaten arrest if it happened again.
Story two: My brother-in-law was running for attorney general in 2004. One of his friends had one yard sign stolen, then a second. The third one was doused with gasoline and set on fire, leaving a nice patch of dead grass.
You stay classy, Liberals!
After the first theft of cardboard signs from my lawn in 2000, I learned my lesson.
Industrial staples, my friend. Framing the sign in both directions, plus a few at random spots. Hard to see during the day, even harder to see at night.
Worst thing that happened after that? They were kicked over a couple of times. Problem solved.
Hahahahahahaha!
Anti-seize. For months the thief will be trying to clean the mess up from their car, clothes, and home. It will never end. Banks have dye packs, homeowners have anti-seize.
Tar is good.
You need to put the hottest chile powder you can find in the vaseline. Then when the perp wipes his eyes or takes a leak...Whoa!!!!
Nah, need to get some scorching Dave’s Ultimate Insanity Sauce for that.
Or better yet get some pure capsaicin. Capsaicin BTW it the chemical compound that makes a Habanero chili pepper hot, and in pure form is rated at 15,000,000 Scoville Units. In comparison, Tabasco Sauce is rated at a puny 2,140 Scoville Units.
Get a 5 gallon bucket of grease. You could be cruel and get the industrial strength kind that’s hard to get off or the crisco kind.
Smear the grease about 5 yards in all directions from the sign on the ground, drop dog poop here and there in and on top of the grease and when they take one step too close to the sign, down they go into the grease and a nice smell that’ll stick to their dumbass for the rest of the evening at least.
Of course the sign should be covered in it also.
In many places it is.
It's also against the law in many places to put them in the Right Of Way of a road....But this is hardly ever enforced unless you have a butt-wipe county commissioner and/or engineer who doesn't like the sign.
I am loving the recommendations hoping for a solution for my son’s Honda which is parked outside and has been hit recently by thugs trying to get the wheels off. They did get away with the hub caps but the lug nuts were not so easy so they left.
Or use some heavy duty synthetic axle grease.
Look for a high Molybdenum content, and water resistance.
My friend kept having the radio stolen out of his car, so he rigged up some 250 amp capacitors to it so when you slide the radio out so far......ZAP!
Just 2 bad things happened after that. The first was that he had to clean the urine out of his car, and a week later the same punks came back and smashed all his windows out.
But he never had a problem after that though.
Or you can have an alarm system installed, quite a few have proximity sensors, and some even have a paging feature.
Thanks for the advice! I guess Honda parts are very marketable. This was the first hit on the car and concerned it will happen again so trying to figure out a way not to let them have any more pieces. It is a 1999 with over l50,000 miles but runs great.
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