Good point - I'm sure Burns said he had a projector too (quite a while ago, though, back on the old forum probably).
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That s really going to be a great image for his kids when they get up in the middle of the night for a pee, Daddy doing something nasty to a Doberman.
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I did think that too. Just imagine the questions for him at the next school parents evening.
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Imagine how much therapy they'd have to go through.
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I think that would be very worrying.

Best off just keeping something avaliable to attack the burglars with.. You would have to be careful though as you wouldn't want the burglars getting you done by the police for assault or GBH or something.

(It wouldn't surprise me if that would happen, and I'm pretty sure it all ready has)
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It has been done where someone defended their home from burglars and got prosecuted and then the buglars sued them and treid to get damages. The law has been changed now however so that you can beat seven shades out of them if they are facing you but you can't touch them if they have their back to you. The only true deterrant is an effective Police force and a working criminal justice system. We have neither in Britain at the moment the polititians are too busy lining their own pockets to do anything about it.
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Na... the only true deterrent is a guard dog trained to go straight for the nuts! Barbed wire and rusty nails wrapped around the top of all fences and places anyone might try to climb over, and a large pond directly on the other side of the fence where it looks easiest to climb over.

Oh and very bright security lights. I actually think they are a much better deterrent than any security cameras because the sudden lighting up of the area is always going to make someone jump and will instantly alert anyone in the area to the presence of someone triggering the light coming on.
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Like Guantanamo Bay?
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Exactly! Or my parents house! As that description was of that.
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So...summing up...your recommendations are:

1. I get a Dobermann, film myself getting jiggy with it, then project this in an endless loop using my projector against the wall of the house.
2. Train a guard dog to go straight for the nuts.
3. Ensure I only hit the front of the intruder whilst I beat seven shades of cr@p out of him.
4. Get barbed wire and rusty nails wrapped around the top of all fences and places anyone might try to climb over, and a large pond directly on the other side of the fence where it looks easiest to climb over.
5. Light up the back yard like Guantanamo Bay.
6. Something about getting more Police on the street.

As always, your input has been invaluable. Literally.
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