tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post2076645531032707782..comments2024-02-11T01:14:21.904-08:00Comments on SURVIVING IN ARGENTINA: Reply: So you don't have a door anymore...FerFALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07578136334334588454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-19204264029542623492009-09-21T09:57:10.147-07:002009-09-21T09:57:10.147-07:00One of the best security enhancements I've mad...One of the best security enhancements I've made is a security screen door. From the outside, the nicer ones blend in and look more or less like a regular screen. But they can be locked with a deadbolt or electric lock, same as your front door.<br /><br />I always leave the front screen locked. This lets me get fresh air, or open the front door safely to check out the person ringing the doorbell. <br /><br />The small perforations make it easy for me to see out, but hard for them to see in when it's dark inside and the porch light is on. <br /><br />ArclightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-79818554365230785212009-09-19T17:24:38.822-07:002009-09-19T17:24:38.822-07:00That isn't entirely their fault. Stores LOVE t...That isn't entirely their fault. Stores LOVE to put things in stock right AFTER the problem starts, and no sooner. You watch sometime. <br /><br />No snow shovels and blowers until AFTER a foot of snow is on the ground. No window air conditioners until AFTER the first 100 F degree day. When a hurricane is predicted, lumberyards will suddenly have a "sale" on plywood. You can't buy AC units in December, nor snowblowers in July. You can't get a generator until a hurricane shows up, then suddenly there are several dozen, and they go fast. <br /><br />Just try ordering something off season, they won't let you. You can buy it online, but then you have to pay for shipping, which is expensive. It's frustrating to get played like this by the greedy retail outlets, who always want to stock things when they can overcharge desperate people. It's called creating an artificial shortage to pump up prices and thus profits, and is theoretically illegal, but can never be proven in a corrupt court system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8939666320943790100.post-4063244368509918782009-09-18T20:04:42.429-07:002009-09-18T20:04:42.429-07:00Always amazed here in the US of A, Hurricane has i...Always amazed here in the US of A, Hurricane has it's own season, winter has it's own season, summer has it's own season. Yet we always see idiots trying to buy plywood to protect windows, shovels and salt to keep sidewalks clear or heaters, and fans and air conditioners to keep cool.Every year this happens and folks Always try to buy the stuff they need after the problem has started. Then they bitch about the stores not having anything in stock.<br />It's annoying as hell to watch the run on stores, year after year.<br />I am sorry these are the folks that bought to much house, have to much debt, have no back up plans, or provisions and expect someone else to help them out (Take care of them).<br />I don't want to be nasty but it maybe time for these folks to jump out of the Gene pool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com