BDK wrote in
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I would have never thought of the bulb trick.

Years ago, my nephew and I dropped an M-250 into a stream from the
roadway of a bridge. It was dark, and I watched the lit fuse as it went
into the water. Despite my nephew's assurance that it would not
extinguish due to the water, I was sure it did. Leaning over the edge, I
strained to see it. Apparently the firecracker turned over in the water,
fuse side down. Wham, it went off, bright light, loud sound, and
splashing water. It wasted my mind. For a short time, my nephew had to
guide me back to the car. The military and police have exploited such
ideas for crowd control. Unexpected flashes, loud sound, and in the case
of your hapless victim, perhaps a shock too.

For the life of me, I can't see why people move into Covenant Regulated
Neighborhoods. My co-worker was the president of one neighborhood
association, he was proud that he refused a woman the right to have a
yard sale, as the parking problems that would temporarily arise would be
"inconvenient" for others.

Regards,

Dr. Artaud


I had a simple ground plane antenna, with no connection between the
shield and center wire on the coax, and I made a box that had a relay
in it that was connected to 4 100 watt sized flashbulbs sitting in the
windowsill. When/if the coax was pinned, the relay would fire 110 volts
to the bulbs, and would scare the crap out of him. A week went by,
nothing.

Then, one night, I was asleep. It was about 5AM, and the lights go
off. When I could see again, I could see a tall skinny guy staggering
towards the street that ran past the back of our yard. A pair of
pliers was on the ground and a pin was welded into the coax. My friend
and I drove past where the moron worked, and there he was, with a
banged up face and broken nose. He had run into a tree after being
blinded by the flashbulbs. Later on, he apologized and gave me a huge
roll of coax to pay me back for the pinnings.