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  1. 02-05-2008, 04:09 PM #1
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    Arrow Your car alarm keychain: tip to use it for more security at home.

    This tip came to me in an email from a local County Deputy.



    CAR KEYS- VERY GOOD IDEA

    Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator.

    Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, think of this: It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain. It works if you park in your driveway or garage. If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break in your house, odds are the burglar or rapist won't stick around...after a few seconds all the neighbors will be looking out their windows to see who is out there and sure enough the criminal won't want that.

    And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there.
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  2. 02-05-2008, 04:40 PM #2
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    Great tip, passed it along to dd. These kind of tips always amaze me, when you hear them you go "Duh, why didn't I think of that?"
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  3. 02-05-2008, 04:56 PM #3
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    lol, that's what I was thinking...duh!!! why didn't I think of that??
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  4. 02-05-2008, 10:38 PM #4
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    GREAT idea--thanks for passing it along!
    Mom to two crazy boys
    and wife to Mr. Wonderful

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  5. 02-06-2008, 06:53 AM #5
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    I have done this when I've seen a group of kids hanging around the outside of my house. It encourages them to move along.
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  6. 02-06-2008, 07:04 AM #6
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    What a Great idea.
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  7. 02-06-2008, 08:15 AM #7
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    Wouldn't work here, unfortunately. Have to be closer to the van than my bedroom is...
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  8. 02-06-2008, 10:23 AM #8
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    Good idea. I do always tote my keys in my hand when walking thru the parking lot to my car, just in case.
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  9. 02-06-2008, 11:21 AM #9
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    What snopes has to say about this.
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  10. 02-06-2008, 12:00 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArmyOfFive4God View Post
    What snopes has to say about this.
    I hadn't even thought about Snopes since I received this from a local officer. Snopes makes the good point that this isn't always going to work... true, but it can't hurt IMHO.
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  11. 02-15-2008, 11:46 PM #11
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    Good idea, though car alarms don't exactly bring people running in my neighborhood. =D
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    Neither one of us has a car alarm on our keychains (I don't think) I'll have to ask my fiance if his car has one. I know mine doesn't. Would be a good idea, sinc we live in an apt. complex and if I heard or saw anything funny out my window we could scare someone off and save the day. Especially in an apt. complex alarm noises from cars at night draw attention .
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