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<style> BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }</style>Not to mention that you can also buy kits (don't know if Jaycar still do them) where you can broadcast varying frequencies. What this does is you can small through the frequencies until you find a garage door that opens (particularly the older automatic doors).<br>
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People I know used to play this "game" where they'd drive down a street until they saw people using an electric garage door opener and then scan through the frequencies until they found one that worked.<br>
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Person would close door - they would open it / Person would open door - they would close it.<br>
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A childish game but I suppose it kept them away from drugs.<br>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Thu 16/04/09 02:11 , Michael Yeates michael@yeatesit.biz sent:<br>
</span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(245, 245, 245); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px;">For those who keep bikes or other valuables in car parks or garages, ....<br>
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It is also worth noting that people with remote controls for garage <br>
or carpark entry security doors are not waiting to maintain security <br>
until the door is closed.<br>
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It appears this is habitual behaviour but may also be related to the <br>
design and/or location specifics.<br>
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The person opening the gate simply heads off after getting out ... <br>
leaving the gate effectively open and not under surveillance ... so <br>
in goes the "perp" to help himself to whatever is there ... maybe <br>
even preventing the gate from shutting.<br>
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Bikes are obviously a potential target.<br>
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The problem is occurring in the Toowong area and elsewhere ... a <br>
solution appears to be waiting and watching whenever the gate is even <br>
partly open ... a message worth passing on to others using shared <br>
carparks and garages.<br>
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MY..............................<br>
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At 11:14 PM 15/04/2009, Ian Lister wrote:<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>Ouch, I'm sorry to hear about that, Dan. I'm in Toowong and will </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>both keep an eye out for your bike (in case it hasn't been spirited </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>far far away) and be sure to keep mine well secured. I don't know </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>what the statistics for bike theft are around here (for any </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>definition of "around here") but the search results on the second </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>web site you linked to certainly indicate that Toowong currently has </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>the bike theft market cornered. Did the police have anything of </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>interest to say about it?</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>For anyone wanting to take some extra steps to secure their bike, </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>Brisbane City Council has recently been promoting their subsidy of </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>microdot packages:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> <a target="_blank" href="parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbane.qld.gov.au%2FBCC%3ABASE%3A944947490%3Apc%3DPC_5446"><span style="color: red;">http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:944947490:pc=PC_5446</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>It seems that for $30 you get to spray a bunch of personalised </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>microdots over all your valuable stuff. You can get the kits from </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>Council libraries, service centres and, for anybody else in the </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>vicinity of Toowong, the upcoming Green blahblah at Perrin Park:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> <a target="_blank" href="parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbane.qld.gov.au%2FBCC%3ACITY_SMART%3A%3Apc%3DPC_3223"><span style="color: red;">http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:CITY_SMART::pc=PC_3223</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>The police are still recommending engraving (and lending engravers for free):</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> <a target="_blank" href="parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.police.qld.gov.au%2Fservices%2Fproperty%2Fbikes.htm"><span style="color: red;">http://www.police.qld.gov.au/services/property/bikes.htm</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>A lot of cyclists would probably be more reluctant to go messing up </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>their valuable bikes with engraving than with microdots, but at </span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>least it's a clearer deterrent - simple and effective.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>Best of luck,</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>Ian</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Dan Callaghan wrote:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>Dear list,</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>I went down to my garage this morning to hop on my bike to work (now</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>that the weather has finally cleared!) only to discover it has been</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>nicked. It was a red 2008-model Trek 7.3FX flat-bar roadie, mostly stock</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>gear but with Shimano one-sided SPD pedals. Here is a photo of the 2009</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>model, which is very similar:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>><a target="_blank" href="parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trekbikes.com%2Fimages%2Fbikes%2F2009%2Fxl%2F73fx_candyred.jpg"><span style="color: red;">http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2009/xl/73fx_candyred.jpg</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>I understand this colour/model combination is fairly uncommon, I've</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>never noticed any others around Brisbane. If you do happen to see one</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>about, I'd be very keen to hear about it.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>I live in the Toowong area, I saw there has been a few other incidences</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>around here lately:</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>><a target="_blank" href="parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fbrisbane.gumtree.com.au%2Ff-bike-Community-lost-and-found-W0QQCatIdZ18326QQKeywordZbikeQQisSearchFormZtrue"><span style="color: red;">http://brisbane.gumtree.com.au/f-bike-Community-lost-and-found-W0QQCatIdZ18326QQKeywordZbikeQQisSearchFormZtrue</span></a></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>but then I suppose it's really a perpetual problem ..</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>>Dan C</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">>></span><br>
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