emilios_reeftank
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Yea just a heads up I know that the package in this thread was definitely stolen, but in other cases sometimes it will say delivered and it comes very late.
Package thievery
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BestMomEver
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Go with Arlo stuff. Cameras are wireless and recharge quickly. We get a text message saying the battery is low and there are lots of other smart gear that’s compatible with them. We have them mounted high up and pointed directly at the porch. I set them off when I go out to smoke way more often than the dogs do. When the dogs set them off, they are usually chasing other dogs, dear, raccoons, foxes, etc. kinda fun to watch!I'm camera-less... but have been contemplating some sort of security camera arrangement. One of the things I'd already decided on was to mount the cameras high enough that you'd need a ladder to reach them. Still have other problems to work out...
I have 3 100+ lbs dogs. Don't need motion based video of them roaming the property.
Don't want to run ethernet cable or power cable to the locations I want cameras.
Don't want something pushing large video files up to the net, saturating internet bandwidth that I need for work.
It's DARK here... No city lights, no security lights. We like it that way. Must have infrared cameras.
So... Battery powered wireless attached cameras, waterproof, infrared, focus distance of 30 feet minimum, with a local disk based recording unit.
If anyone has a good review of something like that, let me know
Awesome Dennis
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I'd put out a big box filled with dog poo.
I had one stolen once, delivered by USPS. Since then I have everything possible shipped UPS, the ones that are USPS are held at Post Office, they’re not allowed to leave unattended. It took 4 complaints to the supervisor but it works. UPS has my address on hold for 6 months at a time, I pick up from them. You can also stop a sure post package at UPS by giving them the number which contains YW in the middle, that avoids the post office. This works for me.
Here's a solution I saw on FB.
Wrap up your dogs or cats feces just like a package that has been delivered, heck for that matter ask your neighbors for their pets as well.
Put it on your front porch as if its had been delivered...now you wait! heeehee!!
Wrap up your dogs or cats feces just like a package that has been delivered, heck for that matter ask your neighbors for their pets as well.
Put it on your front porch as if its had been delivered...now you wait! heeehee!!
We got the Nest cams... not sure what good they will do but at least I can publicly shame someone if they steal a package.
Scotty Buttons
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I saw that glitter fart bomb package on YT this morning. It's ingenious. I wish I had NASA skills like that.
Dragon52
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I know someone who has 2 of these to help keep an eye on the alpacas, supposedly good for coyotes & such.Lifestyle choices. My driveway is about 3/4 of a mile long, a single gravel lane, disappearing into the woods. Dead ends at my place. Nothing else down here but us. 'Us' would include my three Great Pyrenees... they're quite friendly, but intimidating enough that people I've invited will sometimes stay in their cars until I come out and clear the way... Oh, and I work from home. There is nearly _always_ someone here.
Never had a trick-or-treater, don't see any Jehovah's Witnesses... My youngest once asked me if she could decorate our driveway for Halloween. What for? Nobody but the mail man and the trash guy are going to see it
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Greybeard
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No 'supposedly' about it... my 3 Pyrs are very good at either killing or chasing away just about any predator. Coyotes, possums, raccoon... I've seen them tear into the woods after a bobcat, we don't see mountain lions on our place any more (yes, we used to). Haven't lost a chicken to a predator in years.
