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26-03-2011, 12:48 PM | #1 | ||
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I need help guys
I am a school teacher but KEEP READING!! Thanks. Every day the mirrors on my car are getting moved fully outwards by some grubby little fingers. I know it isn't the end of the world but it has taken a lot of work to buy a GT and I don't need anyone touching it. I am a reasonably popular teacher so I am a little surprised they don't respect the GT but I suppose they could be keying it if they were vindictive. What can i do? I have considered wasting a school day in a bird hide in the carpark, placing a sniper on the roof of the A Block,hiring a private investigator to photograph them doing it ,smearing superglue on the mirrors, some form of electrification, silver nitrate to dye their little thumbs black, keep the windows openand buy an attack cobra but these aren't feasible or legal options. Is it possible to get a mini cam running off the lighter jack placed on the sun visor to record these little fellows vandalising my pride and joy? Can it broadcast to a laptop in the boot or to our school's wireless network so i can nab them? Come on amateur detectives! I am failing to see the funny side of their little prank. Power mirrors can only take so much manual adjustment before something gives or they scratch my car with their school bag. More importantly the kids need to learn a lesson before they try it on a Harley on the street without the protection of their school and a teacher who can only use psychology for discipline instead of a toe up the ****! clarkey |
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26-03-2011, 12:57 PM | #2 | ||
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You can set up a camera in the car, you could probably get one that runs off the 12v cigarette lighter socket.
Only other option is to drive a crap car to work. |
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26-03-2011, 01:18 PM | #3 | ||
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Just put a car cover on it
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26-03-2011, 01:20 PM | #4 | ||
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Why are kids allowed in the teachers car park??
The school my kids go to they are not allowed anywhere near the car park where the teachers park the car. How about an announcement at school assembly? Other teachers having the same problem?? High school or primary school??? My option would be a special forces marine with a high powered sniper rifle in the roof of a near by building.....one shot one kill!!! This should sort it out |
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26-03-2011, 01:23 PM | #5 | ||
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26-03-2011, 01:25 PM | #6 | ||
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I remember there was a thread a few months ago where someone caught a guy reverse into their car, I don't remember who it was but I think it was a Moderator. Could have possibly been Pearly, maybe ask him about his set-up?
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26-03-2011, 01:31 PM | #7 | ||
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hire casey haynes
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26-03-2011, 01:43 PM | #8 | |||
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26-03-2011, 01:48 PM | #9 | |||
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26-03-2011, 01:50 PM | #10 | |||
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26-03-2011, 02:05 PM | #11 | |||
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26-03-2011, 02:17 PM | #12 | |||
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26-03-2011, 02:18 PM | #13 | ||
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maybe you could use one of these camera set ups and point it out the side.
http://fordforums.com.au/private.php...m&pmid=1477258
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26-03-2011, 02:23 PM | #14 | ||
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I dont know if Dave was pointing you to this but the link isnt working for me .....
http://www.fordforums.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=309 In car camera that are inexpensive and are a site sponsor
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26-03-2011, 02:29 PM | #15 | |||
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i will have to ring the minister of education and have him view the footage with me i have emailed the other teachers and 4 other cars are being done regularly too but perhaps others who can't drive for crap haven't noticed that their mirrors were done in week 1! i only have my GT so not driving it isn't an option plus i don't like losing I will see the I.T bloke and see what he can do. I like those cams Prasac uses in his drag car too. I could show you guys the people who try to crash into me on our mean streets on a regular basis. Maybe i could start some sort of "Top Gear" for pensioners As long as images aren't available to the public I think the law is still on the side of the 'goodies' when mischief is involved. I will check with the boss first whatever happens. |
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26-03-2011, 02:31 PM | #16 | |||
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you have got me thinking champ if i put a fake camera in the car with a sign on the car that it has a camera it might be a 2011 high tech. scarecrow |
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26-03-2011, 02:43 PM | #17 | |||
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I think this is a bit too harsh, can I recommend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzM...eature=related
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26-03-2011, 02:47 PM | #18 | |||
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Have you tried parking your car in another location? Additionally, I'm surprised the school actually allows the kids to access the teachers car park, Our kids primary school had a segregated car park, the kids weren't allowed to access it. At the high school they're at now, the teacher's car park is a no go area for students.
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26-03-2011, 02:49 PM | #19 | |||
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The little kids won't know the difference but I am guessing they won't try it again when they know they are being watched (kind of) Good luck.
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26-03-2011, 02:50 PM | #20 | |||
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I know how you feel,i have just finished one of the BER public school jobs on the northern beaches as a construction supervisor,my black pursuit 250 was continously used as a black board by the young ones,could never catch them.I guess i encouraged them a bit by having a dirty car sometimes Ended up building a compound out of ATF fencing just for my car . None of the teachers seemed to own dark coloured cars LOL.
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26-03-2011, 03:38 PM | #21 | |||
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26-03-2011, 04:55 PM | #22 | ||
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xb gs coupe i would love to stick that gun and post right up your alimentary canal
what a stupid post! |
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26-03-2011, 05:03 PM | #23 | |||
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Just bring it up at a assembly with a decent threat of punishment. See how that goes |
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26-03-2011, 05:14 PM | #24 | ||
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sadly, NSW Public Schools are going down the drain.. I attend Wyong High, and it bloody sucks with the amount of rude students who dont give a rats about anyone else's car..
The school has tried to do everything to stop them from walking anywhere near them, but its impossible these days.. Im in year 10, and I can tell you now, nothing can be done unless you hire security guards, get the cops to sit around looking for the ones who cause the malicious damage, or create secure parking where only people with their own security tag can access it.
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26-03-2011, 05:18 PM | #25 | ||
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May I suggest that a fake camera is probably not a good idea...if any one can spot fake IT now it is brat kids who use IT 24/7
I know it is a long time ago but when I was in high school, we had senior students nominated as monitors that would deal with stuff like this. A couple on the gates at lunch that would check on permission slips from parents that said their kids were ok to leave school at lunch time to go home for lunch;a couple to man the locker room to make sure that no one was accessing lockers other than their own, maybe a couple to keep an eye on the car parks....I don't know...maybe that's too far gone and in another (different)world...I thought that was why we nominated school "leadership" commitees??
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26-03-2011, 05:21 PM | #26 | ||
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So if it's not illegal point me to where i can buy it in sydney tomorrow and I will see who it is Monday. Shame my ethics won't let me post their pics doing it on here, the little buggers,but there is no reason I won't have it shown to their parents.
Now if I can get a picture of the flying emu that did the 200 gram crap on my Boss bulge on Friday that will be a bonus |
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26-03-2011, 05:22 PM | #27 | |||
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26-03-2011, 05:28 PM | #28 | ||
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i won't park it out on the street
Yeah maybe i could see the school leaders and word them up I could offer a bounty for info to my baddie kids but as soon as i let kids know i know it will be on for young and old and i may as well take them off i think i am chasing a smart kid a car cover could be the answer but they could feel their way to the mirrors |
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26-03-2011, 05:31 PM | #29 | ||
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don't worry about the pic of the gun...he was only being frivolous
it has no firing pin as it is a museum piece back to offers of a lend of a cam shop where i can buy one and how many dollars? are they small enough not to be easily seen? will our techos know how to sync with it? can i see both mirrors or just one? it may be 2 kids |
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26-03-2011, 06:20 PM | #30 | |||
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If the punishment was a flogging instead of afterschool detention, would you think these sort of things would still happen?
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