On topic: Teaching kids engineering
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From: Michael A. Terrell on 18 Jun 2010 06:18 "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote: > > 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. I bought an OOGAH horn for my power chair. People don't pay attention to a 'Sonalert' anymore. If that doesn't work, I'll add air horns, or a 'Dukes of Hazard' horn. ;-) > >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. -- 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 18 Jun 2010 06:19
Joel Koltner wrote: > > "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! :-) One of the kids was already in trouble with his dad, who owned the first TV shop I worked at when I was 13. :) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |