What to do when a cop moves in?

[CodeMason]

Well I am literally fucked. I just got news that a cop is moving in just across the road from my house. This is one of the worst possible locations as I do all my "experimenting" in my backyard. He'll probably hear explosions or see smoke and come over to investigate, and think I have a meth lab or something. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/frown.gif

So what do you guys propose I do? I forsee three possible options:
He moves out.
I murder him.
My family moves.
The first one appears to be out of the question as he has just bought the house, unless I "fix" the house, ie., put sement in the toilets and stuff, I can see no way this would happen. The second one is equally as unviable, the murder of a cop around here always results in a large scale investigation that would most likely get me busted, plus I have some reservations about killing some guy I don't even know, even if he is a cop. The final one seems to be the best option, and we might be moving sometime in the future, but I don't have any idea when. And it's not like it's an immediate solution...

So do you guys have any ideas with what I should do?

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[EventHorizon]

See if he likes explosives. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/biggrin.gif
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[CragHack]

the house i live in sits on 4 acres next to a lake, surrounded by more woods. so i have done some shit around my house. this includes shooting my spud gun. well one day i was shooting the spud gone and my neighbor (who turns out to be a deputy sherrif) calls the cops. the cops come, they see it is just a spud gone and they do nothing. the cops have never come again. (not to say that haven't been called, it is just no cop has ever came to my house again) this means that the fire crackers, the .22's and the spud guns can now be fired at all day light hours (i don't make loud noises at night, i would hate to be sleeping and here this shit, so i don't do it to other people)

basically just see how the cop reacts, get him to come over a couple of times and see that you only have a spud gun. get him to call the police and have them come to see that the only thing making noise is a spud gone. they will slowly lose interest.

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[CodeMason]

Spud guns are very illegal here, besides, I don't own one.

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[Agent Blak]

I live across the street from the former chief of police. He is a nice guy. Never said anything about the sulfury smelling clouds of smoke that drifting down the alley or in the park behidnd his house. He does "Model Air Planes" so he has jugs and jugs of NM; he told me where I can find it. Cops only are a pain if they are giving you a citation. Most cops don't want to bring their work home with them. He is probably a very nice guy... don't be an idiot about it.

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[CodeMason]

Maybe for you, but every cop I have ever met has been an asshole. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/tongue.gif

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[James]

I don't suppose he could (convienently) slip on a wet floor, suffer from a heart attack or something simmilar. On the other hand you might build say a <a href="http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/">beer cooler powered turbine</a>, and run stress tests when he's home. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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[nbk2000]

Help the pig feel comfortable in his new sty by making it smell like shit. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/smile.gif

If he hasn't moved in yet, take a mix of parrafin wax and sulfur (50/50 weight), set it in a can in the middle of the house and set it on top of an electric hotplate on low heat.

The stench of hydrogen sulfide will permeate the entire house, making it untenable. For added bonus, go in with a can of it you've melted outside and pour some of the molten mix in cracks in the floor, behind cabinets, in floor vents, etc. They'll never get rid of the smell.

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[This message has been edited by nbk2000 (edited November 04, 2001).]

[J]

It may sound a bit simple, but why not find somewhere else to do your testing?

Moral implications aside, doing anything to your new neighbour is almost certainly going to cause you trouble. In a campaign of pranks serious enough to make him want to move house, you're bound to slip up at least once.

J

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[CodeMason]

Yes J, but that would be extremely inconvenient. I don't want to walk 6 blocks just to set off one firecracker or smoke bomb. And the security of my back yard was one of the things I relied on.

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[Energy84]

Get to know the guy. You never know what cops are like. I know alot of them around my place, even went out with one of their daughters http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/biggrin.gif She loved my hobby! They usually don't care, as long as their off duty. My ex's dad actually admits to growing and smoking weed in his grandma's basement! Heheh, do some sucking up to the guy, mabye he's got an interesting side too

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[shooter3]

Murdering someone over a hobby probably isn't the right way to go. One way to do it is to bury it. When the heat was put on me I used to go underground. Get a one ince bar(crowbar)and drive it in the ground to the depth you think is safe. If you don't go too big all you will hear is a nice thump. Use about 30 feet of lamp cord. Plug on one end. Other end bare, with a narrow strip of aluminum foil bridging the gap. Plug in the cord to set off your device. Of course stem the hole well. There is an old post by Rijch. explaning how to make a sound proof pit out of old tires that can take up to one once of Nitro! And lastly: most cops I know are dope smoking pyros.(Not my brother in law though). The pyros are lucky enough to wind up on the bomb squad. Cops love the 4th. of July because of all the free fireworks they they can swipe from the kids. The best non-professional fireworks display I ever saw was when I snuck into the park at 2 in the morning and watched them playing with all the siezed m-80s and rockets. If you know any cops ask them if you can sit in on one of thier explosives training seminars. It's usually run by a Fed whos just as addicted as us. My pal up in xxxxxx went to one where the guy was suppossed to blow the door off the back of a trailer truck. He over charged it and when half the truck vanished all he could say was "oops" through a smile that wouldn't go away.

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[EP]

J obviosly has the simplest and most logical idea which I agree with.

Test someplace else. If you can't walk/bike/drive a few blocks then find a new hobby. I know its a hassle, but you have to be safe.

[Tony Montana]

Wait till he goes to work! Also, he is more likely recognize that you are not a terrorist (just a pryo) and either dismiss it, or give you a talking to. Where a nosey nieghbour would most definatly call the cops.

[Ctrl_C]

sometimes underground doesnt work too well. i've detonated 1kg of AP 1ft underground and it had almost no affect on the sound. i've also detonated an oxyacetylene balloon 4' underground and it sounded like a loud 'whoooomp'

[mr.evil]

hey,
i think it's stupid to have, make >>1kg<< of peroxides.

and detonate somuch is even stupider.
ONE spark and you are death.

but,
on the other side,
with 1 kilogram AP you can make ALOT of nice firecrackers :-).

did you used 30% H2O2?
homuch did you use of every chemical?


[This message has been edited by mr.evil (edited 11-16-2001).]

[Anthony]

You're surprised 12 inches of soil didn't absorb the explosion from 1kg of HE?

What kind of area do you live in? It sounds like an urban residential area (not out in the middle of nowehere like CragHack) if so I personally wouldn't be doing any testing there.

5 Blocks to a test site is fine, I walk 3-4 round trip to mine. I only really go for large devices but if it's a nice day then the walk is ok for testing a firework or two.

He might be ok with your hobby, but I wouldn't want him to have that information because he'll have leverage over you in a future situation.