Thieves never stop even durring a pandemic.

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kn51

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No, that isn't true. If the world wasn't full of meth-heads and other thieving scum, it wouldn't matter how the door was installed.
Wrong.

Notice the hinges, exposed to the weather. Rusted as are the pins.
 

Red Squirrel

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Yeah door was not installed right, not sure why it was installed that way. I will be replacing it this summer though as I continue to do my garage. Wanted to do that last year but it took a while for the concrete guy to show up to do the floor so it was now too cold to do the epoxy. Once I do the epoxy I will continue on this project and replacing door is part of that.

For now this should at least slow em down a tad:



Someone with a square screwdriver can still take them out so this is not fool proof but it will slow em down at least. That one that is gold is at a bad angle, picture does not justify it, but the door pretty much needs to be open to get a driver on the end of it. This is temporary as once the weather warms up I want to continue on the garage, first step will be to do the epoxy then I will order my lumber to start on the inside, and putting in a new door is part of that project. I will get a window and door company to do that (they may not be working now though) as their doors are better than what you can get at HD.
 
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No, that isn't true. If the world wasn't full of meth-heads and other thieving scum, it wouldn't matter how the door was installed.
To paraphrase the old adage - You can't stop a thief, only keep an honest person honest.
 

skyking

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I intentionally installed my garage walk door that way. Swinging it in was going to cause all sorts of mayhem inside. If you open the door up and drill into the hinge and into the pin from the back side, you either install a roll pin or a set screw. Then a latch guard.

Now your door is really safer than one that swings in. You can't kick it in, and all those extra bolts that people put in to the casing are much weaker than the actual door casing itself.
 

MtnMan

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One of our local cesspools of society, also know as public housing projects has maintained the number of shootings to several a month. One killed, another wounded late last night.

Maybe the shutdown is also effecting the drug supply chain and their crack is as difficult to find as toilet paper.
 

BoomerD

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I expect this kind of shit to get MUCH worse as this ChinaVirus lockdown continues. Lots of people who were on the ragged edge now out of work will turn to theft to survive.
 
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I expect this kind of shit to get MUCH worse as this ChinaVirus lockdown continues. Lots of people who were on the ragged edge now out of work will turn to theft to survive.
In that scenario, I don't. If C-19 put them out of work, they will be getting more money than they were probably making while working. I doubt most are going to turn to crime over waiting for that first check. L.A. and NYC are seeing crime rates dropped right now https://www.businessinsider.com/cor...tes-nyc-la-drop-people-indoors-reports-2020-3
 

skyking

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I had some tweakers out in the road looking to steal deliveries. One of the neighbors ran them off. They came back and I happened to walk out to the gate and meet the UPS driver. They backed out our road 200 yards and out of sight around a corner! WTF?
I set up zoneminder on my home server and placed one of these foscam G2 camera out by the gate. I set up a zone for where the drivers drop the package over the cedar fence out of sight.
That's a shit camera, btw. The wireless performance is terrible. I ran a cable out there and set up an access point so it would work at all.
 

OccamsToothbrush

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To paraphrase the old adage - You can't stop a thief...

Of course you can. A dead thief is a thief that can't prey on anyone else. If you're a weak bleeding heart that lacks will, shoot them in the kneecaps, then invoke Sharia law and chop off their hands. If they can still break into garages after that, hey, more power to them. I would admire their perseverance.
 
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Of course you can. A dead thief is a thief that can't prey on anyone else. If you're a weak bleeding heart that lacks will, shoot them in the kneecaps, then invoke Sharia law and chop off their hands. If they can still break into garages after that, hey, more power to them. I would admire their perseverance.
Look at my user name old man. ;)
 
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DAPUNISHER

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LOL at all the tough talk.
I'm an excavator operator with access to a machine that digs really deep. ;)
Dis you?

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OccamsToothbrush

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Look at my user name old man. ;)

I said "if". However, if you adhere to the adage that you can't stop a thief then perhaps the shoe fits despite your username which no doubt you were forced to prove before you were allowed to choose it. A thief can most definitely be stopped and the best way to stop them is to do it in a way that prevents them from falling back into old habits.
 

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I said "if". However, if you adhere to the adage that you can't stop a thief then perhaps the shoe fits despite your username which no doubt you were forced to prove before you were allowed to choose it. A thief can most definitely be stopped and the best way to stop them is to do it in a way that prevents them from falling back into old habits.
So a crackhead does a smash and grab while you are not home, what is your answer to that old man?
 

KeithP

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LOL at all the tough talk.
I'm an excavator operator with access to a machine that digs really deep. ;)

And most people have bought a lot of extra bleach and paper towels so cleaning up a crime scene won't be a problem. ;)

-KeithP
 
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IronWing

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dat's not an excavator, (for those who don't know better) that's a power shovel...
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I helped build a few big ones...40 years ago.

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Looks like there is space for a rental room on the backside of the shovel. Could even offer access to the rooftop viewing deck.