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Cactus House - HWW

Home protection is quite a racket these days. Remember when everyone just had a dog.

Years later, houses were set up with alarm systems that would blast people out of the neighborhood if you forgot the code. You had to call the home protection company quickly before the police were dispatched.

Next came the camera systems that are controlled by your phone. You can sit at work and look at the front of your house all day or see if a delivery service is kicking your packages around.

In rural America, we have different ways of deterring criminals. Remember the concrete well housing placed discreetly a couple of feet in from the front door. Trip over that and you would break your kneecaps or legs.

This house has a unique alarm system. You just plant a cactus garden in front of the door. It works very well in the dark. You can hear the burglars screaming as they try to remove the cactus spines from their legs. You could add a small dog to herd the trespassers into the cactus patch, or even add a shotgun.

Either way the rural folks get it done! HWW

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Uploaded on November 17, 2021
Taken on October 16, 2021