[ARCHIVED THREAD] - why i fail, tactically (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/12/2010 9:25:28 AM EDT
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I fell hard asleep after laying some pipe.
I sleep heavy and deeply. So does my worthless dag. But my wife sleeps lightly and is always on alet. She woke me up saying there was noises outside and she wanted me to go check the doors and stuff. I was out of it and barely woke up to tell her it was just our new house making noises. She said no, it wasn't. After I shook the sleep from my head I woke up enough to go pee with a glock 17 in my hands. I flipped some lights on to appease her and looked out the window (not seeing anything). I went back to bed and about 30 seconds later, a neighbor's car alarm goes off and about 10 seconds later a cop car comes with blue lights flashing into our windows. He stopped at our neighbor's house and a few minutes later had a dude spread eagle on his trunk, frisking him. The dude was shoved into the car, and the officers poked around the neighbor's for a couple minutes before leaving. I have no idea what the incident was, how the cops got there so fast, or what the outcome was, but I couldn't sleep much after that. That is the second time my heavy sleep has failed me. One time in college, someone stole my car out of my driveway 10 feet from my bedroom window. I love sleeping. I work hard and enjoy being able to conk out as soon as my head hits the pillow. But I'd also like to be able to be alert enough to protect my family and house. Any tips? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I rely on my wife and one of my dogs. Wife is a relatively light sleeper (because I snore like an air-raid siren) and one of the dogs (the one that I consider my little boy) will go completely fucking apeshit in his kennel if he hears/sees someone outside.
Other than that, I could sleep through a tornado if it left the bed behind. I don't go flipping lights on when awoken though. I grab a pistol or rifle and a flashlight and go see what's up. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I fell hard asleep after laying some pipe. I sleep heavy and deeply. So does my worthless dag. But my wife sleeps lightly and is always on alet. She woke me up saying there was noises outside and she wanted me to go check the doors and stuff. I was out of it and barely woke up to tell her it was just our new house making noises. She said no, it wasn't. After I shook the sleep from my head I woke up enough to go pee with a glock 17 in my hands. I flipped some lights on to appease her and looked out the window (not seeing anything). I went back to bed and about 30 seconds later, a neighbor's car alarm goes off and about 10 seconds later a cop car comes with blue lights flashing into our windows. He stopped at our neighbor's house and a few minutes later had a dude spread eagle on his trunk, frisking him. The dude was shoved into the car, and the officers poked around the neighbor's for a couple minutes before leaving. I have no idea what the incident was, how the cops got there so fast, or what the outcome was, but I couldn't sleep much after that. That is the second time my heavy sleep has failed me. One time in college, someone stole my car out of my driveway 10 feet from my bedroom window. I love sleeping. I work hard and enjoy being able to conk out as soon as my head hits the pillow. But I'd also like to be able to be alert enough to protect my family and house. Any tips? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Perhaps a new bed is in order??? A bed of nails perhaps? I'm the light sleeper of the house and it drives my wife crazy. I can hear a drop of water out of the faucet in the kitchen. Many of a night I've woken my wife up looking out the window or going to investigate some sound. Don't know why, I've always been that alert even though I easily fall asleep and for the most part sleep very soundly. |
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Quoted: Any tips? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You are being too hard on yourself. You had an incident in college so you bought a dog...the dog didn't work so you married a light sleeper... Your wife is an acceptable early alet system. ...as long as you listen to her when she says that she hears noises. |
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My dog barks when she hears the front gate squeak. And if the door handle is jiggled.
She never barks any other time. It s a very good indicator that I need to wake up and see what she is barking about. That said, my dishwasher makes a very loud clunk noise about 30 minutes after I start it. I cleared my house every night for a week, before i realized that was what woke me up. Since I would typically run the dishwasher, then go upstairs to bed. |
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My dog barks when she hears the front gate squeak. And if the door handle is jiggled. She never barks any other time. It s a very good indicator that I need to wake up and see what she is barking about. That said, my dishwasher makes a very loud clunk noise about 30 minutes after I start it. I cleared my house every night for a week, before i realized that was what woke me up. Since I would typically run the dishwasher, then go upstairs to bed. IBWDWSIGTAYBAMD In Before What Dish Washer Should I Get Thread After You Blade And Mag Dump |
| Sounds like a scene from a movie. Your character gets wacked. Everyone here posts about how stupid and unbelievable your character is in such a situation. Yet some point out that it is just a movie, and if you want to enjoy it, get over the Hollywood stupidity. |
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Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. |
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Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. I can't farking stand Healers. Dad has had a fascination with them for 10 years and the 2 he's had have been mean little bastard dogs. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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mine is a setter. She would be absolutely useless in a fight. In fact, I would probably trip over her as she runs me over to get away.
She does do a very good job at only barking when someone is outside. I have a goofy yard, both my front yard and back yard are surrounded by the same fence. To get to my front door, you have to go through a metal gate. Or jump over the fence from the nieghbors yard. The gate squeaks every time its opened. My dog barks every time I come home from work. She hears the gate and starts barking. Two weeks ago, I was playing video games and it was pretty late. I was just about to head up to bed, since it was around 0300. As I was brushing my teeth, my dog started barking. At first I thought she was being a spaz. Then I realized it was probably the gate squeaking. So I armed mysel, and stepped outside. There was a car in my driveway idling. So I lit up the car and driver with my flashlight, holding my pistol down by myside. The guy backed up down my driveway and took off in a hurry. As I was walking back into my house, I noticed there was a newspaper on my porch. Its the free entertainment paper that has grocery store ads in them. I would imagine the delivery guy was scared shitless of me in my underwear, holding a gun, and blinding him with 220 lumens. 
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I sleep really light after my deployment to the Gulf. Maybe you should join the military and be subjected to waking up at a moments notice by alarm and being ready to fight. How do you know he hasn't? I don't and it is wrong of me to make assumptions. |
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Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. Holy shit!!!! Where can I find one of those!!!!!!  
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Quoted: Quoted: Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. I can't farking stand Healers. Dad has had a fascination with them for 10 years and the 2 he's had have been mean little bastard dogs. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile For the record, mine is a very sweet dog to those she knows, and a right bastard to anyone she doesn't. Isn't that what a cattle dog is supposed to be? Think about it, they were bred to be exactly that. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. Holy shit!!!! Where can I find one of those!!!!!! Ha, ha. It is to laugh. |
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Cattle dog. Most alert animals I've ever seen. I've had Aussies and now have a Healer. Nothing, day or night, larger than a mouse comes onto my property without her knowing about it. It can be annoying at times, until the time she wakes you up when a scumbag comes over the fence, then it's all worthwhile. I can't farking stand Healers. Dad has had a fascination with them for 10 years and the 2 he's had have been mean little bastard dogs. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile For the record, mine is a very sweet dog to those she knows, and a right bastard to anyone she doesn't. Isn't that what a cattle dog is supposed to be? Think about it, they were bred to be exactly that. Blue Heelers are awesome cow dogs. |
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It's just training man. You just have to teach yourself to be at code orange at all times. The second you let yourself slip into yellow, Bam! You are facedown being sodomized by a gang of bikers.
Personally I watch 5 to 6 hours of Chuck Norris training films per day. At night I never allow myself more than 20 minutes of uninterrupted sleep. Just set the alarm for 20 minute intervals until your body adapts. I also duct tape my 1911 to my hand. I do switch the safety on at night, but the rest of the time it's at condition zero. I don't have time to fiddle with a safety when lives are on the line. I keep my Kabar TDI in my skivies for a back up. The only time I let myself be vulnerable is when I'm making love to the wife. But I tactically position her so she's facing the door. Also she's duel wielding a a pair of Taurus Raging Bulls. |
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Quoted: I fell hard asleep after laying some pipe. I sleep heavy and deeply. So does my worthless dag. But my wife sleeps lightly and is always on alet. She woke me up saying there was noises outside and she wanted me to go check the doors and stuff. I was out of it and barely woke up to tell her it was just our new house making noises. She said no, it wasn't. After I shook the sleep from my head I woke up enough to go pee with a glock 17 in my hands. I flipped some lights on to appease her and looked out the window (not seeing anything). I went back to bed and about 30 seconds later, a neighbor's car alarm goes off and about 10 seconds later a cop car comes with blue lights flashing into our windows. He stopped at our neighbor's house and a few minutes later had a dude spread eagle on his trunk, frisking him. The dude was shoved into the car, and the officers poked around the neighbor's for a couple minutes before leaving. I have no idea what the incident was, how the cops got there so fast, or what the outcome was, but I couldn't sleep much after that. That is the second time my heavy sleep has failed me. One time in college, someone stole my car out of my driveway 10 feet from my bedroom window. I love sleeping. I work hard and enjoy being able to conk out as soon as my head hits the pillow. But I'd also like to be able to be alert enough to protect my family and house. Any tips? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Get a less worthless dog... and listen to your wife. |
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If you are seriously concerned about this... Buy some motion activated flood lights, and place them around your house. There are some that even "ding" like a doorbell inside your home when they turn on. More importantly, if your wife wakes you up, GET THE FUCK UP. No excuse for that one bro. |
Thank God my lady woke up and woke me up to go check what was wrong...it was nothing, BTW, just a faulty detector.