Does anyone not lock their doors at night?

pandora

I remember when my mother started insisting we lock the doors.
In 1966 when Richard Speck killed the 8 student nurses in Chicago...we lived in Milwaukee, that was when things changed. I was 10.
She very much took that to heart.
Soon to follow were the Manson murders another shocking tragedy.
The race riots were about the same year in Milwaukee.
It seemed the violence erupted then and fear set in for many people across the country.

Thoughts_Arrive

We have shutters on all bedroom windows, so in summer we can open the windows provided the shutters are partially opened (all the way down but with the holes open if that makes sense).

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Franny

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

We have shutters on all bedroom windows, so in summer we can open the windows provided the shutters are partially opened (all the way down but with the holes open if that makes sense).

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Ninja Turtle??

catefrances

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

We have shutters on all bedroom windows, so in summer we can open the windows provided the shutters are partially opened (all the way down but with the holes open if that makes sense).

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Ninja Turtle??

heroes in a halfshell... TURTLEPOWER!!!

Thoughts_Arrive

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

We have shutters on all bedroom windows, so in summer we can open the windows provided the shutters are partially opened (all the way down but with the holes open if that makes sense).

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Ninja Turtle??

No, a hot female ninja dressed in ninja clothes.
She stands up all night in the corner of my room looking out for me.

Thoughts_Arrive

At the front of our house we have the below picture (in the size of a small billboard) hanging to warden off any would be burglars....

catefrances

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

[No, a hot female ninja dressed in ninja clothes.
She stands up all night in the corner of my room looking out for me./quote]


and just hoping you make the wrong move so she can kick your arse. :P

Franny

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

We have shutters on all bedroom windows, so in summer we can open the windows provided the shutters are partially opened (all the way down but with the holes open if that makes sense).

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Ninja Turtle??

No, a hot female ninja dressed in ninja clothes.
She stands up all night in the corner of my room looking out for me.

Oh here I was with THIS image in mind>>>>




But really it's more like this huh?

Thoughts_Arrive

catefrances wrote:

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

[No, a hot female ninja dressed in ninja clothes.
She stands up all night in the corner of my room looking out for me./quote]


and just hoping you make the wrong move so she can kick your arse. :P

S&M Ninja style, no whips hear, just fists of fury.

Thoughts_Arrive

Sagittarius Crux wrote:

I have a ninja on night duty ready for action.

Ninja Turtle?? [/quote]

No, a hot female ninja dressed in ninja clothes.
She stands up all night in the corner of my room looking out for me.[/quote]


Oh here I was with THIS image in mind>>>>




But really it's more like this huh? [/quote]

Have you been going through the photo's in my house you intruder you, how did you get her photo?!

g under p

Byrnzie wrote:

I've been to many villages here in China where people's doors are open. I've often wandered inside to take photo's when I've seen something interesting inside like a picture of Mao Zedong on the wall, or a load of religious paraphenalia.
I've also been to friends houses in the countryside here where everyone just wanders into everyone elses homes to have a chat or a drink. It makes for a decent communal atmosphere.

It's the way it should be.

Now I think that's pretty cool way of living. Here in the Palm Beaches we live in a gated equestrian community and none of our doors are locked. Now we keep them shut and we removed the doggie door on the porch so that the raccoons don't come in and make a mess. Which they have done in the past. I don't think any of this safety pre-caution is due to media hype to me it all depends on where you live.

Peace

Byrnzie

catefrances wrote:

call all the bullshit you want steve. and you presume wrong... i live in disturbia, not the countryside(whatever the hell that is :P ), and as i said my window is open all night. tis really not that hard to believe.

You must have a unique immunity to mosquitos and funnel web spiders then.

catefrances

Byrnzie wrote:

catefrances wrote:

call all the bullshit you want steve. and you presume wrong... i live in disturbia, not the countryside(whatever the hell that is :P ), and as i said my window is open all night. tis really not that hard to believe.

You must have a unique immunity to mosquitos and funnel web spiders then.

as good as i am it requires no unique immunity. :P i have screens on my windows and have never EVER seen a funnel web in the wild.

pjfan31

Yeh we lock everything. A bit too much around here. Like most my fam will walk in the door and lock it. Me,I'm nowhere near that anal.

But they do have good reasons.

1)My old man had a stalker that got pretty hairy a while back, so it became force of habit. I think he has since served jail time, not sure if he is out now. But it is a long story

2) we were robbed of nearly everything going on 18 years now.

3) even though I live in a fairly nice still a bit of driftwood that hangs in the area.

Byrnzie

catefrances wrote:

as good as i am it requires no unique immunity. :P i have screens on my windows and have never EVER seen a funnel web in the wild.

What's disturbia? The suburbs? Is it a crime free area?

How do your kids feel about the doors and windows being open all night?

catefrances

Byrnzie wrote:

catefrances wrote:

as good as i am it requires no unique immunity. :P i have screens on my windows and have never EVER seen a funnel web in the wild.

What's disturbia? The suburbs? Is it a crime free area?

How do your kids feel about the doors and windows being open all night?

yes the burbs. no it isnt a crime free area if you believe the hype.

my kids dont lock the doors behind my back, so i guess theyre ok with an unlocked house. i think like all kids they follow the lead of their parents. if i become anal about security then they will too. if i show, or feel fear, then they will too. if i dont teach my children, by example that many societal fears are unfounded and that given the chance society will have them frightened of their own shadow then an unlocked door or open window will freak them out.. but i dont, so theyre ok with what some would call an unsecured house.

ccjack

We lock our doors and put the alarm on!

know1

musicismylife78 wrote:

Is it merely a product of being inundated with news (watch bowling for columbine) and media that depicts killers, murderers, rapists, molestors, robbers, thieves and the like constantly? Is it a media fabrication that at night we have to fear killers and rapists barging into our homes and killing us and our loved ones? Or is it truth?

Do any of you all not lock your doors and windows at night at your house? Bowling for Columbine is one of my favorite films of all time, for its discussion of this very subject. Michael Moore suggests that it is indeed media fabrication and that people could leave their doors and windows unlocked and most likely nothing bad would happen. Whats y'all's take on this?

I frequently do not lock my windows at night when I have them open.

But then again, I do not let myself become "inundated with news" like you do.

know1

musicismylife78 wrote:

all our lives here in the u.s., from very early on, we are taught ....

THIS is the problem. Not just your problem, but many people's problem. The old crutch of saying "I was taught" is a very passive way to pass the buck. Educate yourself, don't rely on (or blame) someone else for your issues.

gearboy

I lock my door as soon as I walk in the apartment, every time.
I then double check before I go to bed at night, I'm just paranoid I guess.
I live on the second story so I don't lock my windows.