(December 18, 2012 at 9:43 pm)frankiej Wrote:(December 18, 2012 at 9:35 pm)Jaysyn Wrote: Over here the lines are buried to the house (or coming in aerial from a drop pole) to a small box mounted on the side of the house which basically interfaces the inside & outside of the house. Even if it's in conduit to the interface it's trivial to pull it away from the wall & cut it. How do they do it in Europe?
I can only speak for house here in Scotland really.
Everything is controlled from inside the house... the only thing on the outside of my house is a vent coming from the boiler.
My lines are buried and it goes straight to inside the house... all my controls for power are under my stairs. Nothing on the outside that someone could tamper with.
As for the phone line, it is the same... buried and straight indoors. Fun and secure times for me.
Very interesting. Does the ground freeze where you live?
(December 18, 2012 at 9:43 pm)frankiej Wrote: I also have a great escape route out my bedroom window in case of intruders. I can get on the roof and jump onto the raised grass in my back garden and over the neighbours fence... away I go!!That's a good plan. But even if my former schoolmate was able to do something like that (he's not, if I had to guess he's 6'7" & 350 lbs) his pregnant wife most certainly couldn't.No need for confrontation.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
