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Something like "The Clapper" but more elaborate, to scare away burglars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper I'

Something like "The Clapper" but more elaborate, to scare away burglars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper I'm very anti "internet of things" but I used to wire that to an AM/FM radio and/or lamp so it would give the appearance of someone waking up if you jiggled the door handle at night, after one too many times exactly that happened when I was home. (Just before I came to town a white woman had gone missing, so I was surprised at how many weirdos they let just wander around under the pretense they were selling magazines or Jesus or whatever.)

UncleEntity 4y ago
Out of morbid curiosity…what is the alternative to letting people wander around? —edit— And the doorknob thing, just balance an aluminum can on it so it makes a terrible racket if someone messes with the knob. Wakes you up, they’ll hear it and having a shotgun handy will make them seriously reconsider their life choices if it comes to that.
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  > Out of morbid curiosity…what is the alternative to letting people wander around? Citing them for disorderly conduct, ticketing them if they blow a stop sign or something, or otherwise making them feel unwelcome if someone reports they're literally wandering around trying doorknobs under the pretense they're selling something