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[MommaDogs]

Read this on endtimesreport.com and LOVED it - not great for you urbanites, but - a beehive safe. Who on earth would think to look in a beehive unless looking for honey?

[whatevergrows]

Any place that you stash cash should also be fireproof. I like the aquarium idea, but it might not protect cash in a burn to the ground disaster. A refrigerator or freezer would be safe from fire, but maybe not a burgler, not a hungry one anyway.

[MommaDogs]

http://www.diversion-safes.com/outletsafe.htm

[Shari]

It took me twenty minutes to regain my composure after reading the ad for the "brief safe!" Oh! My goodness! I still have tears of laughter running down my face! Will be checking out the thrift stores for undies now. Everyone on my Christmas list is getting one (a pair?) of these! I can see the egg nog flying already as my loved ones open their gifts!

[ol'momma]

Brief safe?? did I miss that somehow??

[HSmom]

This link to the brief safe was posted earlier by Jakk http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/01/2...f-it-works.html

[indianawahm]

I just posted on my blog about sneaky places to hide things.

[ttruscott]

Don't forget:

How to Hide ANYTHING...my book review.



Ted

[Insurance]

I love the orange juice can idea. I think I will do that one; however, I came across this the other day and put it in my favorites. I think it is a really neat idea and cheaper then buying them commercially. You would have to have a side cutting can opener though ~ which I don't have.

http://www.instructa...Safe--Can-Safe/

ETA: I also saved this site.

http://www.keepingwo...p?categoryid=60

Edited by Insurance, 01 March 2009 - 06:55 AM.

[Campy]

Unfortunately, many thieves are familiar with the cans, false electrical outlets (which are VERY small), money in the freezer, and many of the other hiding places.

One place that is "different" is:

Go into a SMALL closet in your house. On THE INSIDE of the closet, above the door, carefully cut an opening in the sheetrock with a utility knife. The door jam will prevent anything from disappearing inside the wall. You will have a "compartment that is about 3 1/2" deep, about 14" long and (usually) about 12" (or more) high. Small is better since a person will not be able to physically enter the closet easily.

After you have cut the sheetrock, glue 3 or 4 pieces of 1/4" x 2" x 4" pieces of wood to the inside of the opening so that part of the wood is a backer for your cut piece of sheetrock.

If you cut carefully, the piece of shetrock will fit right back in the opening (and stay there) and not be noticeable to any casual observer. The piece of sheetrock can easily be removed with a fingernail or a thin knife blade slid into one of the openings for access to the interior.

How many thieves are going to think to look above a closet door on the inside of a small closet ?

Edited by Campy, 18 March 2009 - 10:43 PM.

[ROSARYCHAPLET]

old medicine bottles. only my dh saw me put it there so now i need to put the $$$ somewhere else!!!

[ROSARYCHAPLET]

Brief safe?? did I miss that somehow??

i saw the brief safe on another site. it even included brown stains!!! eeeewww

[Purdy Bear]

I got this advice when I was young:

From one that will remain nameless:

If the robber sees your tall he looks down low and if your small he looks up high.

If your going out, devide your money into two purses/money holder, so if your mugged you give them the lesser of the two.

From my experience:
If your going to hide valuables make sure one other person knows. When my mother died, we went through her things very quickly and chucked some cold cream tins. At 2am in the morning I woke up and remembered with shock that she had hidden some of the family jewelry in one. So up I got and raided the trash but with great fortune it wasnt in those we'd chucked. We found it the next day. She hid stuff everywhere, in dressing gowns, socks you name it she squirrelled (mostly cross stitch stuff) away.

Remember if your clever you can hide in plain sight. I watched an episode of Mentalist last week where the guy had hidden 10 diamonds in a crystal Chandalier/light fitting.

Security comes from thinking outside of the box!


ps the best places are best kept secret!

[Ambergris]

I am antsy about all this information appearing on an open part of the forum. Would it be possible to combine all the posts to one article, post that, and delete the names of the individuals who posted each contribution?

[Cat]

If anyone is uncomfortable with having their posts here, I'd be very happy to edit and post however you like.

Otherwise, I think that people who post here are most likely careful enough in how they post, that they should not be "known".

And just because we post an idea, doesn't mean we *do* that particular one.

Thanks for the concern for our safety.

[kyles mom]

I remember watching an episode of "to Catch a Thief" or somethng along those lines last summer. They are "reformed" professional burglers, that simulate a robbery of the owners home and it's video tapped. The homeowner approves before hand then the show provides them with a security assessment and installs security devices for them. In the show I watched they found all but one hiding spot the owners had used. Just something to think about. . .

[Teaberry]

Fun ideas!

Thieves are a problem, but I'm more worried about myself hiding something and later forgetting about it and accidentally vacuuming it up or throwing it in the wash.

[Purdy Bear]

Fun ideas!

Thieves are a problem, but I'm more worried about myself hiding something and later forgetting about it and accidentally vacuuming it up or throwing it in the wash.

Yehp me too!. I get it from my mother, who hid things in very strange places around the house and found it hard to find them again.

[Sparrow]

Okay- I'm going to share something here and ***hope and pray*** I do not offend anyone. If I do I don't mean to. I'm only sharing because it has worked so good for me over the years.

We invented this system in high school to pass notes, and hide things that being the rebellious teenage girls we were, we did not want teachers or parents finding. Cigarettes and other contraband. Lord we were rotten.

Here is the possibly offensive part.... What you do is buy a box of tampons...Then you open them by pushing them out and popping the seal instead of tearing it... You then throw out the actual tampon and are left with the applicator.... You then place what you want to hide in the applicator...You put it back in the plastic wrap and seal the end back with a drop of glue if you want... Then you can put it in your pocket book, or glove box ect.

If you are hiding cash you can easily prepare a whole box if done carefully and have yourself a $1,500.00 box of tampons. Now I used to carry one in my glove box when I was making the 8 hour trip to Ohio on a regular basis. At one point I left my van with a mechanic over night and someone busted out my windows and took what they could find of value. They took out my glove box- dumped it out- took what music and stuff I had in there- they also took my change out of the cup holder....but my tampon with the $100.00 in emergency 20 dollar bills was laying on the seat untouched!! It was 2 men and 1 woman who did this so it worked on the woman as well as the guys.

Good grief as I sit here thinking back it's a wonder the school didn't ship us off to the nurses offfice with as many tampons as we passed, but we never had to read a note out loud in class. We only had one teacher ask to see what was handed back and when we went up to show him his face turned 20 shades of red and it was never an issue after that. After all, the only thing he saw was a tampon in a wrapper.

Well that's my best hiding spot- don't think too bad of me.

[Purdy Bear]

Tampons are now on my list. You are a complete geneous!