tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838888705604303690.post5778412043905249278..comments2009-05-17T22:44:11.122-07:00Square Root of Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17591494233434643348noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838888705604303690.post-78307017087748975122009-05-17T22:44:00.000-07:002009-05-17T22:44:00.000-07:00So we could have used some of this advice today trying to sneak into our OWN house in one of those crazy gated communities! Our code didn't work--neither did the remote they gave us. We finally got in 20 minutes later, when the contractor we hired to do some work at the house showed up and opened our gate for us. His code??? The fire department has a code they use for all gates--it's either #1010 or #2020. If those don't work you just switch it to 1010# or 2020#. Good to know that just anyone--except the homeowners can get into the gate, huh? BTW--if you saw a house in a gated community--I hope it was OURS! We would love to have you!Our Crazy Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986188629587277313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838888705604303690.post-2589275340902779852009-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:002009-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:00Yep, that wife of yours is a sneaky one!!! ;) Thanks for the tips, I might get desperate someday and need to 'break in' one of these communities! NOT! I'm not brave enough to try it, 1, and 2, I would be THE ONE who actually GOT CAUGHT!!!! Great post!Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12608123533919730726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838888705604303690.post-60659454844954174642009-05-14T20:15:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:15:00.000-07:00ugh, plain sight.S'meehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101359854973455791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3838888705604303690.post-59221022560101173432009-05-14T20:14:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:14:00.000-07:00As a teenager my sisters and myself used to go to the gated retirement communities to use their pools "after hours". (sorry about the pool /swimming story) We figured it was a perfectly reasonable adventure. Old people eat at 4, go to bed at 7, wake up at 5...and rarely use the pool. So we would go at 10 pm, hike the fence, swim and have a great time. <br /><br />On a side note, there is an exclusive multimillion dollar home in LA, Mulholland Drive, over looking the city that is "masked" to ward off uninvited guests. After it was built, a tall corrugated metal fence was put up at the street entrance. Large bamboo and other self growing low maintenance were scattered along the street front on the property. The final touch was hiring graffiti artists to come and scrawl their work at different times so that the place looked like abandoned property.<br /><br />yup. Like they say, "hide in plane sight." -pretty good defense.S'meehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12101359854973455791noreply@blogger.com