Locked out again

[rodm]

SWSBO but rarely is has locked us out of the house twice recently when we have seen our guests off. Of course I would never do anything like this but I imagine it would be easy to do because we get into a habit of securing our castle. We were lucky enough to be able to get into the house both times but there will be a day when the windows are locked too. Got me to thinking that a key hidden outside wouldn't be a bad idea but where to put it? Under the rock, brick or planter is a bit obvious so I was wondering if anybody had any bright ideas. I can get to our backyard because the four legged monster knows me so any ideas can include the backyard. If you don't want to post your secret hiding spot on this Forum then PM me and don't forget to give me your address and the dates you are on holidays - oh and can you have your four legged monster put in a kennel while you are away. Jokes aside I would hate for anyone to get stung by giving away their secret location so if you prefer to PM me your secret is safe - trust me.

[gatiep]

sew a key into each of your underpants....that way your girl friend will have access to your castle too

[FAB]

Put it on the collar of the four legged monster. Not to many people a willing to get up close and personal to them.

[oges]

How about boring a hole into a tree about 2 metres above the ground (or lower if you are vertically challenged), then store the key in there and place bark back over hole to hide the spot.

But then I guess you would have to remember exactly where that hole is if you hid it well enough.

[silentC]

We used to swap keys with a neighbour. If you both lock yourselves out at the same time, you're stuffed.

If you don't have a neighbour you can trust, move house ;)

[Zed]

When I was younger I used to have a dirty great 49kg brute of a german shepard called "Fritz" he was big black and hairy (a love box he wasnt). When I used to go camping with mates or whatever I used to lock the house keys in the car and attach the car key to the Fritz's collar and proceed to get peed out of my tiny little mind. after I'd fall asleep (or whatever) the dog would sidle up to me (for whatever reasons dogs have) and there would be 2 benefits warmth and the prevention of being (dare I say it) being wee'd on. NO-ONE ever messed with Fritz. once or twice I got the fright of my life as Fritz went into a frenzy over some such thing. funy thing is he never attacked or bit but his rep protected me. So I agree with FAB - great idea - unless your idea of a dog is not the same as mine...

Alas Fritz is no more - but his rep lives on - I get mates occasionally refering to "that big black bastard you used have"

The few times the wife and I have locked ourselves out of the house I've lifted a few tiles and crawled in through the roof hatch.... seems to work for us.

[silentC]

We had two shepards at Revesby (you need 'em, I can tell you). We lost one before we moved but still have one. People are sh*t scared of them. If they only knew what wimps they really are...

On the general subject of dogs, my old man's got a sign on his front door that says "Never mind the dog, beware of the owner: the bastard bites".

But then he also has a round tuit on his fridge.

I wonder if it's hereditary.

[ozwinner]

My wife tryed the key on the dog trick some time ago.
Our son (19 years old) rang to say he left his key at home.
So mum put the key around the dog, boy comes home at 2 in the morning, the dog is haveing nothing to do with it, next there a tap at the window, Muuuuumm the dog wont let me in.

Cheers, Allan :D

[outback]

I have given serous thought to the key on the dog idea, I am uncertain it would work for me.
Our corgi does not seem all that savage and would show anyone which door the key belonged to if she thought there was a feed in it for her!

[Sir Stinkalot]

We dont have a dog .... but our cat could be an alternative ..... its a pitty that she is an inside cat who never gets let outdoors .... and then there is the issue of no collar. :rolleyes:

[rodm]

Dr Dre is a cross Pit Bull and Bull Terrior and although he looks ugly and mean he is the gentlest dog we have had. Not our choice of dogs but number one son couldn't keep him in rented accommodation so we got him. Had Jack Russells before the big black monster. I could rent Dr Dre out as a outhoe - only because he never fills the mine shafts he digs.
Some good ideas thanks as well as the PM I got.

[DavidG]

Bought a combination lock for the side door for normal use.
Does not matter which (3) door we go out we can always get back in.

It also has a dead lock for when we go out.
Each set of car keys has a deadlock key as well.

Problem solved unless I forget the combination.

[Christopha]

Simple, move! I only lock our house when I go away for days, I never take the keys out of the cars at home, my dog is a shrunken , hairy relation to a guinea pig and we have never had a problem. If anyone locks stuff up around here we all reckon they must be A: strange, B: from the city or C: a crook! Mate and I ran out of juice one day, hauled into a blokes yard, borrowed a jerry, filled it from his tank and left him cash and a note under a rock on his back doormat, no probs.
Bugger the big smoke, can't trust them bastards.... theylock stuff up!!!!!!:confused:

[gatiep]

Christopha

When I moved to Perth from other side the blue waters I was told not to worry about locking and the security stuff. I soon became 'tame', didn't lock my cars or shed. One Sunday morning my shed door was wide open.........enough gear to fill two utes and two 6 x 4's had disappeared. Well I locked the door after that although the horse had bolted...........So blow me down 3 weeks later a forced entry to take what was left. I brought 2 x 40 ft containers when I came to Oz, lots and lots of tools.........only the really heavy stuff was left after the visit.

For 3 years not locking was OK, suddenly that all changed.

That sweetness of the 'don't bother to lock' goes pretty bitter each time I reach for gear I used to have but have no more. Locking surely wont prevent your gear being lifted, but it does make it more difficult and hopefully they'll go next door.

A fully alarmed house and shed together with an electric gate is the result of that little visit I got. I personally wouldn't mind erecting an electric fence to incinnerate unauthorised visitors!

[ozwinner]

Hi All
I just installed this today in my shed.
Make yourself the hard target, then they will go next door.
http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/401a1bd20d65181a273fc0a87f9c06d8/Product/View/L8048

Cheers, Allan :eek:

Type L8048 into the search function on Dicks website if you don't go directly to the link provided in this post. I got sent to a page on digital cameras.. ;)

[Iain]

My parents used to have a small farm in Tassie where they grew vegetables, during the day heaps were stolen.
Father put up a sign at the front 'Tiger Snake Sanctuary'
Problem solved almost overnight.

[oges]

have heard the "one of these vege's is poisoned, you guess which one" sign also works well.

[Eastie]

Originally posted by oges
have heard the "one of these vege's is poisoned, you guess which one" sign also works well.

Ah, but a hoodlum could, in the middle of the night, cross out the ”one” and write “two” - leaving the farmer with a bit of a conundrum :eek:

[oges]

and with the way the world is these days, one could steal the vege's and if they got poisoned could sue the farmer...

anyway im steering away from the original posted

[journeyman Mick]

I used to have a cattledog for security (see my avatar), bit 11 people the first year I had him! I'd warn people not to go near my ute, but they wouldn't listen. One builder I was working for came up to talk to me as I was about to drive off, I warned him but he replied that he was good with dogs, proceeded to yell "shutup!" at the dog who was straining at the end of his chain, growling, barking and foaming at the mouth (I'm not exaggerating) The dog finally tired and stopped, builder stuck his fist out and promptly got two puncture marks in it. Builder sarts yelling at dog again "No! bad dog!" etc etc (dog started barking again). When he stopped the guy once again stuck his fist out and got a second set of puncture marks! When I started working as the foreman in a big cabinet shop dog had to stay home which he didn't like so he started digging his way out to go wandering. He got out one day and killed another dog so after paying compensation to the owner and legal fees to the council he got a one way ticket out to a cattle station. I still miss him. No one was game to enter our yard either, they'd always stand at the gate and yell out until I tied him up. A savage dog can be a good detterrent but unless you can train it not to take food from others is easily put out of action with a bait. They can also be a worry in this litigious day and age.

Mick

[silentC]

I had a red heeler/staffordshire terrier cross called Bear. She was was a very good natured dog, except every now and then she'd take a disliking to someone - usually someone who was a bit dodgey. Dogs know. She'd be sitting there quiet as a mouse and someone like this would walk in to the factory and she'd leap up and bail them up against the wall. Never bit anyone though.

She used to go walkabout a lot while I was at work. Always came wandering back in the door right on knock off time. One day, I took her up the street to do the smoko rounds and every shop I went into, the shopkeeper would say "oh, that's your dog. She comes in here every day and we give her some scraps". She was going to the milkbar, the butcher, the baker. I wondered why she was getting so fat. Half the people in the street knew her too. Talk about a double life.

I took her up to Sydney when I moved there. She was there for three days and got run over. No road sense, not the city kind anyway. Only broke her leg but that was enough. Took her back home and she ended up on a horse riding farm. She'd be dead now, that was 16 years ago.