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From: Joel Koltner on 17 Jun 2010 21:18 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:N7ednXZemLOXVYfRnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > These idiot kids will see a car coming and step out into the street, > then sit down in front of the vehicle to block it. That deputy said, > "They're just kids, and you can't tell them to move if they're not > yours." Crawl to a stop one foot away from them, and hit the switch to an array of high-power horns you've installed specifically for this purpose? :-) Take a picture of the wet front of their pants as they run off? :-) What does suck is that if you just called the cops every time they sat down, blocking traffic, sooner or later they'd be asking YOU to stop and they'd start considering you the bad guy.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jun 2010 21:27 "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:22:54 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >Joel Koltner wrote: > >> > >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > >> news:t8edncEppZ8cLYTRnZ2dnUVZ_smdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > >> > They are why I've been installing > >> > security cameras, with microphones. I have to get a DVR to record the > >> > loud fights they have. Sometimes they wake up half the neighborhood, > >> > but they are always quiet by the time the cruiser can get here. > >> > >> Ooooh, posting those on YouTube might give you some leverage to get them to > >> take better care of their dogs. :-) > > > > > > Along with them screaming at each other, and threatining their kids? > > > > > >> Or maybe not; those people sound like real losers and may well be > >> "untrainable." > > > > > > I'd like to find some large 'Anti Bark Collars' and put them on the > >owners. I know people who breed small dogs for a living. They are > >trained early not to bark at everything. I went to their house a few > >times to help them with their computer problems. Most of them looked to > >see who it was, and laid back down. A couple puppies came running to > >meet me, till the owner told them to go lay down. They turned around > >and went back to their bed. > > The neighbors did put anti-bark collars on the Jack Russel. It sorta works, > at least until the mini-weenie-dogs chew it off of him. > > >> > The man claims to have a bad back, to get welfare. I've seen him do > >> > things that no man with a bad back would try. > >> > >> That too you might record and then mention to him that you were thinking of > >> forwarding it to "the appropriate agency" (if you know who it is) if he > >> doesn't behave a bit more upstandingly. > > > > > > Put them on Youtube, with real names? I wonder if Social Security > >searches the internet and usenet for fakers? > > That would imply both competence and the willingness to keep such programs for > people who really need them. Or someone in the SS office who is fed up with their big mouth, and vindctive enough to fight back. :) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Jun 2010 21:40 Joel Koltner wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:N7ednXZemLOXVYfRnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > > These idiot kids will see a car coming and step out into the street, > > then sit down in front of the vehicle to block it. That deputy said, > > "They're just kids, and you can't tell them to move if they're not > > yours." > > Crawl to a stop one foot away from them, and hit the switch to an array of > high-power horns you've installed specifically for this purpose? :-) > > Take a picture of the wet front of their pants as they run off? :-) > > What does suck is that if you just called the cops every time they sat down, > blocking traffic, sooner or later they'd be asking YOU to stop and they'd > start considering you the bad guy. I was informed that they have the right of way, as 'pedestrians' and can play in the street all they want since it is near the end of a dead end street. I think it's time to get some of the other neighbors together to complain. they have filed at least a dozen phony charges against their neighbors. While I feel sorry for the woman's mother, it may be time to start calling code enforcement about five people living in a 45 year old two bedroom mobile home that is falling apart. if they open their big mouths, there is a good chance that the place will be condemned, and leave them out on the street. They have already mooched off everyone else they know, and got kicked out. If the road was better, I'd do what I did to some kids back in the early '70s. I pulled to a stop at a stop sign when a bunch of high school kids ran out into the road and stood in front of my '66 GTO, and told me they wouldn't move. I just smiled, shifted into reverse and floored it. You should have seen the little bastards running for their lives, and out of the cloud of smoke from the tires. :) It rolled back about 20 feet before I let up on the gas and hit the brakes. One of them who wasn't much smarter than dimme yelled, "Hey, jackass, you were in reverse!" I just smiled at them and said, "Yes. I put it in reverse, this time. Would you like to try it again?" Another yelled, "I'm calling to police!" I smiled and said, "That's OK, I'm calling all of your parents." Several were grounded for the rest of summer vacation. :) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Joel Koltner on 17 Jun 2010 21:56 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:_fCdnZ-VzKjjU4fRnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > If the road was better, I'd do what I did to some kids back in the > early '70s. I pulled to a stop at a stop sign when a bunch of high > school kids ran out into the road and stood in front of my '66 GTO, and > told me they wouldn't move. I just smiled, shifted into reverse and > floored it. You should have seen the little bastards running for their > lives, and out of the cloud of smoke from the tires. :) It rolled back > about 20 feet before I let up on the gas and hit the brakes. One of > them who wasn't much smarter than dimme yelled, "Hey, jackass, you were > in reverse!" I just smiled at them and said, "Yes. I put it in reverse, > this time. Would you like to try it again?" > > Another yelled, "I'm calling to police!" I smiled and said, "That's > OK, I'm calling all of your parents." Several were grounded for the > rest of summer vacation. :) Nice story! :-)
From: krw on 17 Jun 2010 23:39
On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:18:47 -0700, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgroups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:N7ednXZemLOXVYfRnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... >> These idiot kids will see a car coming and step out into the street, >> then sit down in front of the vehicle to block it. That deputy said, >> "They're just kids, and you can't tell them to move if they're not >> yours." > >Crawl to a stop one foot away from them, and hit the switch to an array of >high-power horns you've installed specifically for this purpose? :-) Actually, that's what the neighbor's wife went to court over. She has an air horn in her Hummer. It's not standard safety equipment, so is illegal. That and disturbing the peace got her in deep water after the neighbor on the other side turned her in. I was surprised that the cops (and court) took it so seriously. >Take a picture of the wet front of their pants as they run off? :-) > >What does suck is that if you just called the cops every time they sat down, >blocking traffic, sooner or later they'd be asking YOU to stop and they'd >start considering you the bad guy. Yep. Of course they'll deny it every time, which makes you look even worse. |