. . some time back because the "blast forever" alarms seem extinct now. I understand there's talk of banning motion sensor alarms entirely and I certainly favor that. There's car alarms going off all over here every time a trash truck drives by.

Back in the "blast forever" days a former boss of mine got a new job with an alarm company out in Chatsworth. He mentioned that the company was being sued by the owner of a damaged car. The owner was claiming the company was liable becaue the alarm went off causing some big guy to jump up and down on the hood and roof until they looked like a storm at sea. The company maintained the alarm went off because the big guy was jumping up and down on the roof and hood.

While I never yielded to the strong temptation to apply my sledge hammer and fire ax or empty a 30 round clip into a car back in the "blast forever" days, I did use broad tip magic markers to write suggestions on the driver side windshield a few times.