Tag: security

Posted on

Warnings

It is really important to have either a red flag or some red reflective tape to put on the end of an overly large and long load in a vehicle. I’m not sure if there is a law concerning this or not, I’ve never heard of anyone getting warned or ticketed for not placing a warning for the people that are behind you so that they won’t come too close and have your load combined with theirs.

I don’t have a problem with depth perception per say, but I know that there have been several times that I would have continued on if not for the red flag or tape catching my attention letting me know to back off. I don’t even like driving behind a truck, any truck, especially a loaded truck for fear that some thing will come flying off of it (and it happens all the time) and either come through my windshield or make me run off the road or run into someone or something else.

I’ve seen so many horrible things happen on the road to too many people that I know and care for. We are always going to be dealing with safety issues on our roads. Every day thousands of people are getting their driving licenses that we find ourselves having to share the road with and look out for and after. I’m so glad that I’m not on the road trying to make a living anymore, it’s just crazy out there and the ever rising price of gas, I saw it today for $3.78 and to think that just a few months ago it actually got down to under $3 for a few days.

Posted on

Shooting The Breeze

Spent the afternoon talking computers with my brother-in-law, the family computer geek. Although most of what he talks about I really don’t have a clue on, but I usually walk away learning something. Today it was about secure data backup, not something that I really have to worry about but it was interesting non the less.

It felt good not having to ask him over to take care of any of my computer/Internet issues, it was just to basically hang up and catch up, since I haven’t really seen him since the 4th of July. We had a few cold beers, ate some chow and spent a few hours on the front porch enjoying a nice day that only got into the mid 80’s. A nice change from this extremely hot and humid summer that we have had to deal with. As much as I hate the winter I’m almost ready for the cold weather, this heat has been sucking the life out of me.

Posted on

My Grandparents

I miss my grandfather. He passed on several years ago, leaving my grandmother grieving and broken hearted. We do what we can to keep her busy and the whole extended family has pulled together to make what is left of her life one that isn’t full of loneliness and old memories.

My grandfather did manage to leave me a small portion of his massive assortment of weapons that were divided up between several members of our very large and extended family. I have several really nice holsters as well and he made sure that each weapon came with an good amount of bullets and cleaning kits and all kinds of other accessories that one might eventually needed, even a great handy dandy handgun safe that I keep most of the handguns locked away in.

Posted on

To Be Able to Continue On

We (the surviving family) have all found out how important it is to have a good life insurance policy. We thank the good lord that our folks put the life insurance cost issue on the table years ago knowing how important it is to have such details taken care of for the surviving family members to continue on without the extra worry concerning finances that a good life insurance policy will take care of.

Posted on

Home Invasions

Contribution by Kennith Griffin

I usually don’t watch the news when I get home from work because it is all just so depressing. There are so many people getting shot and robbed and whatever else that I don’t even want to see what is going on out there in the world. I am only worried about what is going on in my world except when what happens out there happens a little too close to home. The other night I flipped on the tv when I got home and heard a story about a home invasion that happened not too far from my neighborhood. This of course caught my attention immediately and I started to worry about the family that was in the house. I thought it might be a good time to call ADT Security Illinois to talk about getting an alarm system installed in our home. Even though an alarm can’t prevent something like that from happening it can hopefully deter someone who sees the sign in my front yard and if it doesn’t I can have the comfort that my systems is monitored and if I hit a panic button the police will be on their way.