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Maybe I want some bozo looking for my non-existent fake panel in the wall, a buried whatever in the bottom of my septic tank, or inside my dirty laundry and paint cans instead of where I really hide stuff.
I owuld be lad to send em over to your place to trash it out and leave me be...............sounds like a good deal
I don't hide much of nuthin. Be dumb enough to break in here when I am around, which is most of the time, and the loss of any value would be the punk a$$ life of said creep.
I believe in a creep has the Right to Die.
The hard part is guessing when I am not around.
The one time I did have a problem and something to hide was money in cash, and I was headed from one event to another. I earned the money at the first event, and didn't want any money at the 2nd. That was a problem.
So I bought a chocolate milk shake, drank it, rolled the money in clean napkins, wiped out the cup with another, stuffed the cash in the cup placed the gooked napkin on the wad, dumped my ash tray on that, put the lid on and tossed it on the floor with other road trash. Left the truck unlocked.
Went canouing 10 days.. it was there when I got back.
So I bought a chocolate milk shake, drank it, rolled the money in clean napkins, wiped out the cup with another, stuffed the cash in the cup placed the gooked napkin on the wad, dumped my ash tray on that, put the lid on and tossed it on the floor with other road trash. Left the truck unlocked.
Went canouing 10 days.. it was there when I got back.
So that was YOUR unlocked truck I borrowed that time for nine days. Thanks. Glad you didn't notice.
I like where I live. In 40 years I"ve never locked a door, taken the keys out of my truck or the fishing pole from my skiff. I did wake up one 3am morning to see the tail lights of my truck heading up the drive towards town. Cops didn't find it but I did 3 days later, at the ferry terminal with a note of apology and $20 for my trouble.
I doubt I'll hide or lock anything in the future either. If a neighbor needs what I have I'd rather he not have to steal it.
Awesome tricks there I loved the tip-out bookcase edge. Plywood is soooo awesome for stuff like this because it already has layers in it so seams aren't as obvious! There are literally thousands of carpentry plans online for making secret stash furniture - from basic to ornate, beginner to expert. And adding a magnetic lock to the hidden catch makes them even more effective.
Generally one of the major difficulties of stashing stuff is the sheer volume of the stuff to be stashed. If it's supposed to be supplies to keep you going for months after a SHTF event, then the volume will be fairly huge. Instead of hiding stuff, we've been gearing up for production of stuff - gardening, tools, etc., instead of stocking supplies. Also, if one is producing, then even if the produce is taken more can be made. Of the tools and stuff we have almost all of it is old stuff from garage sales, it isn't stuff which would be high on anyone's theft list until sometime after TSHTF.
I worked with a guy who was stashing supplies throughout the mountains of PA. Everybody laughed at him at the time but if this country goes to hell he will probably be a survivor.
That's the key to it right there!
Stashing stuff throughout the house or garage or barn or whatever, is asking for someone to inspect the area.
Spread it out a little. Even if they find some of it, you'll still have some left!
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I loved the tip-out bookcase edge. Plywood is soooo awesome for stuff like this because it already has layers in it so seams aren't as obvious! There are literally thousands of carpentry plans online for making secret stash furniture - from basic to ornate, beginner to expert. And adding a magnetic lock to the hidden catch makes them even more effective.
