# Neighbors burglar alarm has been sounding for a solid week **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019 "2011-04-28T12:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/41 "2011-05-02T22:48:31Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Maybe he’s staying in a motel or with friends and has no Internet access. Or he’s been driven mad by the sound and is huddled in the linen closet, whimpering. I vote with the “Neighbor must be dead inside” crowd. Especially in light of the unusually closed drapes. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/42 "2011-05-20T16:55:44Z")
An update, please…? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/43 "2011-05-20T17:31:06Z")
Record the alarm. Phase invert the signal and play on your stereo at the same volume. No more sound…no more alarm (in your apartment) I would record it inyour bedroom, as sound transmission varies as it travels trough materials. You’ll want the closest representation of the signal as it sounds in your room. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/44 "2011-05-20T17:51:16Z")
> [@elendil's heir](#): > > an update, please…? **He can’t hear you! Speak up!** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/45 "2011-05-20T17:56:27Z")
_ **I said…** _ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/46 "2011-05-20T18:29:11Z")
During the interlude while we wait for an update, I’ll tell you a happier story. While living in a townhouse in the middle of a bunch of rental units years ago, someone parked his car far enough away that he didn’t hear the car alarm going off every five minutes all night, but the rest of us did. When I went to work in the morning, I set it off one more time putting a note under his windshield, informing him what had been going on all night (sorry, neighbours). It never happened again. Some clueless people CAN learn, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/47 "2011-05-20T19:08:05Z")
Spray paint (red) an anarchy “A” symbol on the door. Won’t help, but can’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/48 "2011-05-20T22:42:45Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > You would think the police would at least break in to make sure nobody’s injured or dead inside the home. Different departments have different rules, but around here they don’t usually go in unless there are signs of forced entry. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Eel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@Old\_Eel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Eel)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/49 "2011-05-20T22:59:43Z")
He hasn’t posted since. Maybe he moved far, far away. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/50 "2011-05-21T00:13:50Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Get pregnant. Have a baby boy. Buy boy drumset for Christmas. Enjoy sweet revenge. Just in case this goes on longer than you’d hope. That plan may backfire; the kid may decide to stop growing at three years old, and go on to falsely confess to murdering a nun and spend the rest of his life in an insane asylum. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/51 "2011-05-26T18:52:16Z")
I want a conclusion to this story! I put off the rapture and everything to get it (yes, I have that power)! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/52 "2011-05-26T20:58:33Z")
So do I, **sparky!** ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/53 "2011-06-06T18:19:18Z")
The OP hasn’t posted anywhere since April 28th – what could have happened?? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/54 "2011-06-06T18:20:50Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > The OP hasn’t posted anywhere since April 28th – what could have happened?? Have you PMd? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/55 "2011-06-06T18:25:57Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > The OP hasn’t posted anywhere since April 28th – what could have happened?? He was arrested for burglary? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/56 "2011-06-06T20:16:46Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Have you PMd? Not an option. I just checked. No email address, either. I’ll ask a mod. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/57 "2011-06-06T20:24:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Not an option. I just checked. No email address, either. I’ll ask a mod. Sorry, I’m not comfortable using mod privilege for this. One of my fellow MPSIMS mods may disagree, but I’m going to pass. twicks ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/58 "2011-06-06T20:36:01Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Sorry, I’m not comfortable using mod privilege for this. One of my fellow MPSIMS mods may disagree, but I’m going to pass. > > twicks Could you PM or email him/her for us, not disclosing any private info here? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/59 "2011-06-06T20:46:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Could you PM or email him/her for us, not disclosing any private info here? While I can’t blame people for being concerned, or even curious, I have to agree with **Twickster** here. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-burglar-alarm-has-been-sounding-for-a-solid-week/580019/60 "2011-06-06T20:53:25Z")
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