How much of a deterrent is a non-ADT/Brinks home security system? Options

RHC: Aw.....I suppose you're right. In ten years of posting, I know there are a load of posts, some of which might be longer than yours. However, yours is a close second yah gotta admit.....:((...(in truth, language is a tool, and used precisely it expresses best what we really want to say. If that takes a lot of text sometimes, so be it....!..:))

BTW, you might find some irony in the fact that the home I'm renting down here in Florida has an ADT system in it.....:(( I accidentally set it off one time several years ago, got a call eventually, and explained the circumstances. They took my explanation at face value without a password and that was the end of it.....I coulda been a burglar for all that it mattered to them (people wonder why I rant against them....or any of the "lick and click" crowd for that matter)

Signed: Freezing my butt off in Florida

.....I coulda been a burglar for all that it mattered to them (people wonder why I rant against them....or any of the "lick and click" crowd for that matter)

Signed: Freezing my butt off in Florida

Florida is a long state Bob. You just need to head south. It is sunny and in the mid 70's today and 80's by the weekend with no rain in sight. This time of year, it is funny to watch the tourist walk around looking like they're lost with the whitest legs you ever seen, cherry red shoulders and carrying their winter coats under their arms. The spring breakers will be showing up soon and that is when things will get crazy. Stay warm!

Bob W.

Yes, and also, as you know, I believe that sometimes, to get a point across, one can use expletive ..... ummmm, I mean explicit language too. ;->

You're KIDDING!!! Right?

Holy ..... ummmmm ...... crap!

You'd feel right at home here. About a foot of snow and in the single digit to teens temperatures.

Same here, it's 76° and beautiful outside.

Florida is way too far north for my tastes. Barring health issues, I'm heading to Brazil.

down here in Florida...

Are you going to be around Sarasota soon? If so, how about we do a ride? BTW, I'm off chemo for the time being so I'm able to get out some.

RHC: Unfortunately Bob, we wont be coming south this year after we leave Panama City. We usually visit a friend who has a home in Bradenton; however, his wife is recovering from breast cancer surgery and they have to stay home this year for radiation treatment. I didn't bring the motorcycle down this year either.

I'm sorry to say, it's unlikely we'll get together this year. Given your circumstances, they bothers me greatly.......

Have a great time! Say hello to Lula for me.

Bob W.

Lula? Who the heck is she?

Lula da Silva (Luiz Inacio) The president. Most refer to him as "Lula". At least here in the states anyway. There maybe a Lulu or a Lila. Say hi to them too.

Oh, yes. That Lula. I was thinking of the woman's name. :*)

BTW, my brother spent over a year in Brazil many years ago, mostly in Rio. Among the people he got to know in the bars around Leblon and Ipanema was the very same Lula. In those fays Lula was just a radical -- not considered a threat by the establishment. Boy, were they wrong.

Robert

That's how GWB got in.

Did alright for an eighth grade education and never getting off the farm. It was the masses of poor and uneducated that put him in office, but that's politics.

howobamagotelected.com

check out the exit polls. no bigger bunch of morons than obama voters.

Heh, you mean Obama...don't you?

No, I meant the misguided sheep that followed Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.

You meant Obama...right?

Feh. Just because you and Limbaugh repeat lies over-and-over, ad-nauseam, does not make me recognize it as truth.

I doubt that you will understand the truth until it is too late. Say Baaaaah.