**The motion detectors they sell in this area, connected to a garden hose, hoping to chase the deer away (from eating garden plants and flowers), might be one (partially) effective approach. TC, /Steve Cameron, NJ Judy Evans wrote: > I'm thinking of a motion-detecting light but there's a problem: very > little motion can set them off. (I live in an end-of-terrace house > with a lane running down the side of the house and my -- rather long > -- garden; people have forced the side gate [I've sorted that out] and > they climb over the wall; they've tried to prise of part of the > outermost back door; I found a metal bar a bit like a crowbar in the > garden. The chances of anyone getting into the house through the *2* > back doors and when the alarm is on are more or less zero, still... .) > > I do have some very powerful flashlights! > > > > Thursday, October 21, 2004, 5:47:21 AM, Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > Eac> Hi, > Eac> Okay...I sent out a cry of distress far and wide last night. I thank > you > Eac> all for listening to me, btw. It helps... > Eac> I do so like my seemingly mild-mannered profession. If we don't like > guns, > Eac> we like knives. We break the stereotypes-though none of us really try > to do > Eac> so. (well, you have all looked at the lipsticklibrarian website, right? > <g>) > > Eac> We're not writers but we like to play with scenarios. She suggested a > Eac> motion detecting light...but, until then, for me to try this. I share > with you > Eac> what I got from one of my librarian-type friends. I think it is me: > Eac> ------------------------------------ > Eac> O.K. You know me so you've probably guessed it. I say get the shotgun! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html