On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:47:47 -0500, the renowned krw@attt.bizz wrote:>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:25:06 -0600, Robert Wessel ><robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:07:32 -0700, Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> wrote: >> >>>How about "Go Away!" in multicolored letters? Too subtle? >> >> >>I have a doormat that says that. Although it's not really >>multi-colored. If it's not this one, it's darn close: >> >>https://11main.com/kitchenkapers/kitchen-kapers-go-away-mat/p/3044526?ref=DF4rcI_udU6GfakKSQwtHg&kpid=3044526&cid=cse_gg_home-%26-outdoor__%5Bpla%5D-%28ho%29_54280971275&utm_source=gg&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=_&utm_content=11_main&utm_campaign=[pla]-(ho)&ref=DF4rcI_udU6GfakKSQwtHg&kpid=3044526 > >I want the one that says "We do *NOT* call 911".Maybe this one? http://doormatswithattitude.com/doormatsattitude/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/twofavoritethingsdoormat.jpg Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
Doorbell "button"
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Reply by ●February 28, 20152015-02-28
On 2/27/2015 6:47 PM, krw@attt.bizz wrote:> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 05:42:44 -0500, George Neuner > <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote: > >> On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:26:59 -0600, John S <Sophi.2@invalid.org> >> wrote: >> >>> On 2/25/2015 11:59 PM, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:42:32 -0500, George Neuner >>>> <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cover the door surface with a mosaic of coarse grinding material so >>>>> knocking will very obviously be painful. Get C's artist friends to >>>>> design something pretty. Encode a clue in the mosaic image to the >>>>> location of a disguised doorbell. >>>>> >>>>> Rig a tilt table under the porch tiles and (time delayed for those in >>>>> the know) rock the floor until they step off, fall on their ass or >>>>> press the hidden doorbell. >>>>> >>>>> George >>>> >>>> Yeah, lacerate the hands and break the legs of those nasty >>>> cookie-peddling Girl Scouts. >>> >>> They can take it. Then they can sue. >> >> In most places in the US, someone who is on your property without >> invitation and without otherwise being permitted by law (police, fire, >> mail carriers, delivery people) or prior agreement (condo personnel, >> lawn care, etc.) has no standing to sue for injuries received on your >> property. > > That simply not true, at least in practice. "Attractive nuisance" is > a broad class that certainly does give one standing. Hell, people > breaking into stores have sued because they were injured falling > through ceiling tiles. ...and then there are the suits against land > owners for traps.Yes, exactly. Homeowners with antenna towers must take measures to prevent anyone from trying to climb them.>> The vast majority of "I slipped on your sidewalk" type lawsuits are >> *illegal* nuisance suits that *should* result in judicial fines for >> the person who sues and for their lawyer (if any) who should have >> known better than to file the suit in the first place. > > Oh, good grief. They are *NOT* in any way illegal. You may wish they > were but you lose. > >> Unfortunately you need a judge willing to sanction the nuisance (and >> most are not). The majority of nuisance suits are dismissed without >> prejudice, which means that the people who file them have no record >> and so are free to do it again. > > You just contradicted what you said above. >
Reply by ●February 28, 20152015-02-28
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:10:05 -0500, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote:>On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:47:47 -0500, the renowned krw@attt.bizz wrote: > >>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:25:06 -0600, Robert Wessel >><robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:07:32 -0700, Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> wrote: >>> >>>>How about "Go Away!" in multicolored letters? Too subtle? >>> >>> >>>I have a doormat that says that. Although it's not really >>>multi-colored. If it's not this one, it's darn close: >>> >>>https://11main.com/kitchenkapers/kitchen-kapers-go-away-mat/p/3044526?ref=DF4rcI_udU6GfakKSQwtHg&kpid=3044526&cid=cse_gg_home-%26-outdoor__%5Bpla%5D-%28ho%29_54280971275&utm_source=gg&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=_&utm_content=11_main&utm_campaign=[pla]-(ho)&ref=DF4rcI_udU6GfakKSQwtHg&kpid=3044526 >> >>I want the one that says "We do *NOT* call 911". > >Maybe this one? > >http://doormatswithattitude.com/doormatsattitude/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/twofavoritethingsdoormat.jpgSaw one at a gun show today that said something like, "My favorite things are God and Guns. Do you want to meet both?"
