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How I solved my stolen Bush/Cheney sign problem

Posted on 10/14/2004 8:27:02 AM PDT by Infantry Grunt 1968-69

For the last few days I've been treating a big fireant bed in my front lawn here in Houston. Treat it one day, it just moves to a new location by the next day. Also have lost two Bush/Cheney signs this week. When I got my new sign I decided to pound it as hard as possible into that big ant bed and the black gumbo soil below. When I went to get the paper at 4:30 this morning I noticed the sign was laying in the grass. Not stolen like before but flung a few feet from the ant bed. I can just imaging someone planting themselves firmly and pulling up as hard as possible - until all those little critters found their way up his pant legs.


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KEYWORDS: sign; theft
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To: InfantryGrunt

You are not allowed to do that unless you have a video camera recording so that we can all watch the action...


61 posted on 10/14/2004 9:38:39 AM PDT by eccentric (aka baldwidow)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

RE: "The Naked Jungle", Charlton Heston, Evelyn Parker, 1955


62 posted on 10/14/2004 9:43:27 AM PDT by bowzer313
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To: sweetliberty

Fire ant ping...


63 posted on 10/14/2004 9:50:23 AM PDT by null and void (Bring the War on Terror to an elementary school near you! Vote for Kerry...)
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To: InfantryGrunt

*L* ... you're are bad ... but I Like it!


64 posted on 10/14/2004 9:52:54 AM PDT by Mo1 (The President's job is not to pass a global test, but to protect the American people.)
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To: InfantryGrunt

ROTFLMAO!!! I Love it!


65 posted on 10/14/2004 9:53:11 AM PDT by Vic3O3 (Jeremiah 31:16-17 (KJV))
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To: InfantryGrunt

ROTFLMJO. Way to go!!!!!


66 posted on 10/14/2004 9:53:18 AM PDT by samantha (Don't panic, the adults are in charge)
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To: Popman

Hey I work at our local Repub. HQ where we give out the yard signs. We are SO careful to make sure the staples are folded all the way tight and smooth so no one cuts their hands on them. Voila! Just leave the staples with the sharp parts sticking straight out. There will be lots of nasty painful little razor sharp cuts in the thief's fingers. I can tell you it is painful! We have cut our hands just trying to make the signs. It hurts. And if there are lots of sharp edges OUCH!


67 posted on 10/14/2004 10:01:55 AM PDT by buffyt (~Sure~ Kerry is smooth, but so is the underbelly of a poisonous snake!~)
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To: Nakatu X

We are writing inside of our folded signs...
"Private property of ____________" and writing our own name there. If they steal it, they have stolen private property, and CAN be prosecuted IF caught.


68 posted on 10/14/2004 10:03:32 AM PDT by buffyt (~Sure~ Kerry is smooth, but so is the underbelly of a poisonous snake!~)
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To: InfantryGrunt

Fireants are our friends.


69 posted on 10/14/2004 10:16:58 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ignorance and bigotry are two of the floor joists in the democratic platform.)
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To: InfantryGrunt

A "What a great thread" BUMP!


70 posted on 10/14/2004 10:26:28 AM PDT by Pagey
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To: libs_kma
If you want to try to catch the perp, here are a couple of products to consider:

Motion Activated Indoor Alert ( model 6019 ). I have one of these installed above the garage door and it works well. The outdoor sensor is weatherproof, is wireless, and has a good adjustable range, so you'll be alerted to the perp well before he gets to the garage door. No wiring - just put batteries in the outdoor unit, set the address, mount it on the garage, and adjust the range. The indoor unit permits incandescent lighting up to 300 watts and has a volume control for the alarm. They didn't have it at Lowes so I bought it at Home Depot. I paid about $35 for the set.

Stealth PIR & Motion Detector 35 mm Game Surveillance Camera available at Walmart. I don't have one of these, but I'm planning to purchase one this weekend (unless I can find something just a bit smaller). It's about $60 on Walmart's website, but I assume it will be available in the sporting goods section at the local store.

I also have two CCD cameras set up (KG-500P1 and KG-190SWB) and connected to VCR's. Unfortunately, I don't have motion detectors on the cameras.

71 posted on 10/14/2004 10:36:15 AM PDT by EdReform (Have you seen FAHRENHYPE 9/11? - www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240926/posts)
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To: samantha; All

"ROTFLMJO. Way to go!!!!!"


TOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!! And the story of the fire ants reminds me of something I did years ago. My children had decorated pumpkins and wanted to set them nearer to the road where people could see them. (we lived off the road several hundred feet). Of course the pumpkins were smashed by morning. So they carved one more pumpkin and tried it again. I painted the entire pumpkin orange, with a thick coat of paint....and you know what? Paint on a pumpkin just refuses to dry in the damp northwest where we lived at the time. Can you imagine the shock on the next vandals face when they found out their hands were ORANGE?! This would work on yard signs as well.....LOL


72 posted on 10/14/2004 10:36:56 AM PDT by Chena
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To: MeekOneGOP; Grampa Dave

GI Ping


73 posted on 10/14/2004 10:51:54 AM PDT by EdReform (Have you seen FAHRENHYPE 9/11? - www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1240926/posts)
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To: DesertDreamer; All

Donkeys are conservative creatures...I'll bet they just hate being the Democrat mascot!


74 posted on 10/14/2004 10:55:10 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (The Democrats must be defeated in 2004)
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To: EdReform; Happy2BMe; devolve; PhilDragoo
LOL!

75 posted on 10/14/2004 11:06:18 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Publius6961

Monday, I am off to the Philippines, and you know exactly why I am going.


76 posted on 10/14/2004 11:07:52 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: norraad
Wasnt that the one with the rather large woman?
And didnt he have a bunch of guitars hanging in the closet?
77 posted on 10/14/2004 11:11:46 AM PDT by 45semi (Man has only those rights he can defend...)
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To: cripplecreek

Be careful. Even though these idiots are trespassing and commiting assorted crimes, you might end up getting sued. So, be sure you don't accidentally get any fecal matter on the nails that could cause severe infections.


78 posted on 10/14/2004 11:19:19 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Heinz-Kerry: "The common man doesn't look at me as some rich witch.")
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To: InfantryGrunt

HA! HA! HA! I love it. That would've made a terrifically funny home video.


79 posted on 10/14/2004 11:57:43 AM PDT by CAPTAINSUPERMARVELMAN
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To: InfantryGrunt

Bwaahahahahahah!!!!!


80 posted on 10/14/2004 11:58:41 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("Dead or alive, I got a .45 - and I never miss!!!" - AC/DC - Problem Child)
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