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Sod your work bench, what can you see from your window!
kolbep:
Oh, and here was the view from my workbench last night :
(yes it is meant to be a black rectangle)
For those of you who don't know, our (South African) Electricity provider is very clever,
they cant make enough electricity, so they tell you to stop using so much of their product,
when that does not work, they start charging more,
then because you are using less, they make less, so they charge even more
when that does not work, they do load shedding (meaning they switch different areas off for 2 hours at a time, to lower the load)
I have never known a company that encourages you NOT to use their product.
Now I just need to repair one of my inverters (went off with a BANG - Literally), and then I should be able to carry on for some time.
Mechanical Menace:
--- Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pm ---What are others doing for lab security? Alarms?
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I'm in England and well known as "that weird guy with the swords, shotguns and rifles." Haven't had a problem yet...
Probably helps that it's the sort of area that's only had 1 break in in 8 years, and that was kids messing about. But my confirmation bias makes me think it's the weapons lol.
smjcuk:
--- Quote from: Mechanical Menace on May 07, 2015, 06:38:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pm ---What are others doing for lab security? Alarms?
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I'm in England and well known as "that weird guy with the swords, shotguns and rifles." Haven't had a problem yet...
Probably helps that it's the sort of area that's only had 1 break in in 8 years, and that was kids messing about. But my confirmation bias makes me think it's the weapons lol.
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It's the weapons. They know you're tooled up :) ...
Where I live the crims are numerous but pretty polite.
I caught someone climbing in my back window a few years ago. We stared at each other for what felt like 10 seconds, then he politely apologised and climbed back out and walked off as if nothing had happened. Police sent me a letter saying 'sorry we couldn't attend' after calling 999. Typical.
Glad I don't live in SA though. Biggest crime this month in my street was someone obviously with a pet tyrannosaurus or something leaving a massive poop outside my gate.
jlmoon:
--- Quote from: mtdoc on May 07, 2015, 06:23:57 pm ---
Well I mean't that to be funny but maybe it wasn't :-[
Seriously though, I have conisdered security bars on my basement lab's window - mostly for the times we are out of town for several days. I live in a rural area but occasionally neighbors have had someone break into their place when they're away.
What are others doing for lab security? Alarms?
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A 130 - 150 lb well trained Dovie or Rottie comes to mind when I hear the term Lab "security"
rolycat:
--- Quote from: jlmoon on May 07, 2015, 07:38:06 pm ---A 130 - 150 lb well trained Dovie or Rottie comes to mind when I hear the term Lab "security"
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I would use a Lab for lab security. No-one would dare enter for fear of being slobbered to death.
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