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Subject:Re: thefts, security
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 4 Nov 2001 22:16:04 +1200

>Car alarm systems go off all of the time while I'm at the grocery store
>parking lot and they are ignored by everybody.
>The security guards at shopping malls don't chase to see If a vehicle is
>being burglarized when the alarm goes off, your neighbors don't even get
>out of their chairs to take a look when your home or car alarm goes off.

Agreed. Alarms aren't worth the cost of their packaging... purely
because people don't want to get involved.

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Andrew Grebneff
165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
Seashell, Macintosh, VW & Toyota van nut