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Farm Thieves...Target Grapes, Even Bees (Warning For Those of Us Buying Farmland)
NYTimes ^
Posted on 07/22/2011 6:14:22 AM PDT by quesney
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A prelude of what'll happen as the economy get worse and the dollar's purchasing power continues to evaporate
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:14:24 AM PDT
by
quesney
To: quesney
Get a dog. Not one of these stupid breeds we see city slickers owning, but a real dog. That means something 80lbs and up. A Pyr/Akbash cross would do very well for guarding the home and farm.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:20:31 AM PDT
by
NVDave
To: quesney
One thread of thought in this slimes article is how budget cuts will lead to more theft. Clearly a problem, but an agenda item for bigger govt from the slimes.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:26:51 AM PDT
by
C210N
(0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
To: NVDave
Get a dog.Unless you train them to fire a weapon, they will get shot.
See Argentina...
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:28:05 AM PDT
by
John123
(US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
To: quesney
Roving bands of Amish, I suspect.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:28:18 AM PDT
by
Aevery_Freeman
(White Hetero Able Male (WHAM) a.k.a. NOT Holder's people)
To: NVDave
Get a dog. I'm a passable dog guy. I have a DSD protecting our property here in California.
Most of the fields in the Central, Salinas, and Imperial Valleys don't have fences. So the perps could claim they were simply attacked. I just don't see it working without a major capital investment, and even then, the insurance and verification that the dogs were properly trained would be very costly. Once one gets those certs, the paperwork is an open invitation for an ambulance chaser to see if they were maintained properly...
In this legal environment, it would be a nightmare.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:32:39 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
To: quesney
The more illegal aliens in an area, the more theft of every kind. They consider themselves immune to our laws.
To: John123
Unless you train them to fire a weapon, they will get shot. Or poisoned. See Mexico...
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:34:11 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
To: John123
If I’m awakened by gunfire,all hell is gonna break out on the farm.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:34:16 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: quesney
Back in the late 1960s (in South Jersey) us kids decided to help ourselves to some farmers watermelons right from his field. We spied a old truck speeding our way down the sand road. The farmer jumped out threw us all around and gave us a bit of an a$$kicking. That taught us! Never again did we do such a thing.
To: quesney
My daddy always tried to hide his bee hives in the woods on the edge of the fields. People would steal them or sometimes they’d just knock them over and take the supers that were full of honey.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:36:17 AM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
To: Carry_Okie
I guess it all depends on the size of property that you're trying to secure, but
MURS Radio would be a good option for small/medium rural properties.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:37:37 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: Farmer Dean
If Im awakened by gunfire,all hell is gonna break out on the farm.I understand your feelings... but farms are secondary crime scenes in Argentina. Very, very ugly crime scenes. Well organized band of thugs take over farms and do whatever they want in isolated areas of Argentina.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:40:40 AM PDT
by
John123
(US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
To: MrB
There is still the problem of dealing with the perps once they're detected. Again, in this legal environment in California, that confrontation is fraught with financial peril for a property owner while the "professionals" (police) are too busy dealing with methamphetimized gangland. It's probably cheaper just to let the crooks get away.
We're really in a world of hurt out here with this legislature.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:44:58 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
To: John123
Well organized band of thugs take over farms and do whatever they want in isolated areas of Argentina. We can only hope they might assemble a greeting party when Soros or Ted Turner come to vacation on their digs down there. If I could, I would chip in a paltry incentive.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:48:45 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
To: NVDave
You are thinking of the old family farm where people actually lived with their dogs. We have a ranch with cattle and equipment. No one lives there, all you can do is lock the gate.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:49:31 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Carry_Okie
Ah....Mexico.....
They are just bringing their cultural tradition here. I have a friend that has 70,000 Blue Agave plants that will be ready for harvest this year. Took 5 years. He has hired 4 armed guards to protect them from rustlers. They are on duty 24/7. But my friend says that even that may not help. Guards are easily paid-off.
To: Carry_Okie
You have my sympathies for living in California.
0bama hasn’t made it illegal to emigrate to another state, though - just sayin’
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:50:46 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: John123
Ohio ain’t Argentina,Thank God.
(At least not yet.)
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:53:54 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: quesney
If you think you can out run the business end of my varmint rife on the four wheeler you are welcome to try. But you are just going to end up feeling it, but never hearing it.
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posted on
07/22/2011 6:54:31 AM PDT
by
org.whodat
(Speaker West, name sounds good.)
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