Unfortunately, David, Andy is right. One fellow a few years ago got tired
of people breaking into his summer camp, so he attached a shotgun to a
chair, pointed at the door, with a string connected from the door to the
trigger. He shot a burglar in the legs, who of course he promptly sued him
from prison, as I recall.
Another fellow had a small store, and people were climbing on the roof and
breaking in through his skylight. Well, after many losses, he finally
connected the skylight to the 115VAC power lines (220 volt mains to you)
and of course, a burglar got well zapped. He was also prosecuted.
Shakespeare had it right, "Let's kill all the lawyers."
Sumner Weisman
62 TR-3B
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> From: Andy <adixon@loudoun.com>
> To: David Hill <David_J_Hill@email.msn.com>
> Cc: Sumner Weisman <sweisman@gis.net>; Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: Cruel to be kind
> Date: Monday, July 27, 1998 4:53 PM
>
> Ah David,
> Would that it be possible here. Similar things have been tried here and
by
> the time the thief's lawyers were finished suing, the thief legally owned
the
> originally injured parties property and income, that or the one
protecting his
> property was hauled to gaol for endangering the life of another. Justice
> needs to take a peek under the blindfold every once in a while.
> Andy D.
>
> On 07/27/98 08:47 PM David Hill said...
> >
> >Evening All,
> >
> >Re. the thread on simple anti-theft devices, here are a couple.
> >
> >One chap got sick of people jumping into his Spitfire, not necessarily
to
> >steal it. So he got two 1ft. square piece of thin plywood. Drilled lots
of
> >tiny holes in one, pushed through lots of specially sharpened darning
> >needles then glued the other piece of wood on underneath. Then, he
fitted
> a
> >foam pad a little thicker than the length of the needles and added a
cloth
> >cover.
> >This seat 'cushion' worked fine, as was proved by an agonised yelp at 2
> >a.m., followed by running footsteps as a youth fled with the cushion
still
> >attached to his butt.
> >The inventor recommends a red cover for obvious reasons :-).
> >
> >The other was more serious......
> >
> >Plagued by repeated thefts of radios from his Ford, a friend rigged a
BIG
> >charging capacitor to a pair of wires. the wires led to two separate
strips
> >of aluminium cooking foil glued to the leading side of the steering
wheel,
> >out of sight.
> >One night...BANG.....Scream......running footsetps.
> >All the inventor found was some blood, and a front tooth embedded in the
> >upper curve of the steering wheel. He still has the same radio.
> >
> >Yours Evilly,
> >
> >Dave Hill, UK.
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