Comments on: Bunglers Alarmed (Part 2) http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200901/bunglers-alarmed-part-2/ standards, accessibility, and ranting and general stuff by the web chemist Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mark fairlamb http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200901/bunglers-alarmed-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46305 mark fairlamb Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:34:37 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=1664#comment-46305 i was pontificating about burglar alarms in general - sorry, i skewed away from the main thread of the story there i was pontificating about burglar alarms in general - sorry, i skewed away from the main thread of the story there

]]> By: JackP http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200901/bunglers-alarmed-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46257 JackP Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:30:41 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=1664#comment-46257 <blockquote>you may as well disconnect it -- you’ll still lose all your posessions either way but at least you don’t end up annoying your neighbours!<cite>Mark Fairlamb</cite></blockquote> Ah, but this is missing what I believe is rather the central point. <em>Our alarm hasn't been bloody going off</em>. Therefore if it is disconnected, this presumably won't make any difference to the neighbours, who have -- whether through design or accident -- have convinced themselves that our burglar alarm is going off when it <em>isn't</em>.

you may as well disconnect it — you’ll still lose all your posessions either way but at least you don’t end up annoying your neighbours!Mark Fairlamb

Ah, but this is missing what I believe is rather the central point. Our alarm hasn’t been bloody going off. Therefore if it is disconnected, this presumably won’t make any difference to the neighbours, who have — whether through design or accident — have convinced themselves that our burglar alarm is going off when it isn’t.

]]> By: The GLW http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200901/bunglers-alarmed-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46242 The GLW Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:50:27 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=1664#comment-46242 I don't read Jack's blog often - being old fashioned I believe if he has anything he wants me to hear he should tell me about it in person. However, I have to comment on this one. All I can say is, if for some reason un-known to us we have annoyed one of our neighbours, all they have to do is knock on the door for a friendly chat. We would always be more than happy to accomadate them. I have no intention of getting locked into a tit for tat situation with neighbours. We bought this house as a family home with the intention of bringing our children up here. As far as I'm concerned life is too short for making either ourselves or others miserable. We're here for a long time, so you might as well try your best to be pleasant about it. I don’t read Jack’s blog often - being old fashioned I believe if he has anything he wants me to hear he should tell me about it in person. However, I have to comment on this one. All I can say is, if for some reason un-known to us we have annoyed one of our neighbours, all they have to do is knock on the door for a friendly chat. We would always be more than happy to accomadate them. I have no intention of getting locked into a tit for tat situation with neighbours. We bought this house as a family home with the intention of bringing our children up here. As far as I’m concerned life is too short for making either ourselves or others miserable. We’re here for a long time, so you might as well try your best to be pleasant about it.

]]> By: mark fairlamb http://www.thepickards.co.uk/index.php/200901/bunglers-alarmed-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-46231 mark fairlamb Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:25:01 +0000 http://www.thepickards.co.uk/?p=1664#comment-46231 the thing is with burglar alarms, they don't actually seem to alert people to the possible presence of a burglar. people don't have a look to see if their neighbourhood is being victimised by theives, they just have a grumble about the noise and then in cases like yours write to the council to complain. you may as well disconnect it - you'll still lose all your posessions either way but at least you don't end up annoying your neighbours! the thing is with burglar alarms, they don’t actually seem to alert people to the possible presence of a burglar. people don’t have a look to see if their neighbourhood is being victimised by theives, they just have a grumble about the noise and then in cases like yours write to the council to complain.
you may as well disconnect it - you’ll still lose all your posessions either way but at least you don’t end up annoying your neighbours!

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