My first capture post! Petty and Political...
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Mike A.
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Good test for your system if nothing else. You've got things set up well. Good heights and angles for what you want to capture on the road there.
mat200
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fenderman
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File a criminal complaint. Those fools need to learn the hard way.
handinpalm
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Good job @MrSurly! On your next sign attach a dog running line to it, so when they grab it and take off it will hopefully yank them off that damn motor cycle. 
Ugh i can't stand vandals and thieves. But i will pray for them. I am a god fearing christian and i pray for every one good or bad, let me begin. God please allow the wheels to fall off that motor cycle the next time they steal from mrsurly's property. AMEN
Ugh i can't stand vandals and thieves. But i will pray for them. I am a god fearing christian and i pray for every one good or bad, let me begin. God please allow the wheels to fall off that motor cycle the next time they steal from mrsurly's property. AMEN
Absolutely.
If enforcement balks regarding right of way vs. private property, then there's no helmets (if there's a law there), likely no license plate or possibly no motorcycle endorsement on the driver's license (if there is one on their person)....at the very least, some form of mischief, I would hope.
At the very least, scare the crap out them or have them do some community service....take away most of a Saturday instead of a fine.
I do NOT like thieves, pretty or not.
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Like you I'm just eyeballing it from a clip but I disagree...looks like private property to me.
The larger (deeper) utility easement is across the street where the power poles are at, MrSurly's side certainly has an easement as well but most residential ROW's are measured from the center-line of the roadway, I'd be surprised if the ROW extends more than 20 feet from that center-line so I'd say he was not in the public ROW. His other sign that they didn't take very definitely looks like not in the ROW......but again, just visually guessing.
Jessie.slimer
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Nice work. I'm curious how you have the cameras set up in the mailbox. I'm planning to do something like that.. Are they clearly visible or disguised? Did you run a cable out to them?
I think it is called an 'easement' - it is still your private property but the city/county or whatever is entitled to use your property for certain reasons. In any case, according to you, if I have my car parked on the 'public right of way' and someone steals something from it - I can't do anything about it?
OP - Great shots
mat200
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Hi Jessie
Look for his thread on this.. very nice custom setup...
MrSurly did a very impressive job on this one:
Mailbox Hide Cam Swap, Lucky Fitment
The box had a 6mm bullet facing the house with a 6mm looking South and a 2.8 looking North. I decided I wanted to change the cam facing West (to the house) for two reasons: I want a wider FoV to monitor the full width of the lot and ALSO I want to have an audio source (mic) at the mailbox. I...
Jessie.slimer
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Thanks for the links. Just read all of his previous threads on the mailbox. Very nice work.Hi Jessie
Look for his thread on this.. very nice custom setup...
MrSurly did a very impressive job on this one:
Mailbox Hide Cam Swap, Lucky Fitment
The box had a 6mm bullet facing the house with a 6mm looking South and a 2.8 looking North. I decided I wanted to change the cam facing West (to the house) for two reasons: I want a wider FoV to monitor the full width of the lot and ALSO I want to have an audio source (mic) at the mailbox. I...ipcamtalk.com
biggen
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I'd love to have one as well but we don't have mailboxes in our subdivision. We get our mail at the community mail box which stinks.
sebastiantombs
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Same scenario here, box is across this rural road.
I've been thinking of a street address marker on this side, and some sort of way to hide the cams....strainin' my brain (doesn't take much nowadays).
sebastiantombs
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I'm trying to figure out how to hide cameras in a post for post lights and haven't come up with anything reasonable yet.
I've been thinking about the same thing, The only thing I can think of is a fake bird house or a landscape light (fake).