The Thread of Randomness. . .
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rmiddendorf
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Just got someone pulled over because they were throwing gravel all over the road from their trailer and I pointed it out to a Sheriff' Deputy. I feel a little bad but it could have really torn up my car because the load was unsecured. I was in Heinz but thankfully caught it before any gravel hit my car.
Several years ago we were heading out of town on a vacation trip, driving our '97 Plymouth Voyager van with an unmarked windshield. As we went past the Russell Street onramp to I-29 a semi pulling a side dump trailer full of ~1" granite was entering the highway, somewhat slowly. As I passed him I remember seeing one stone riding on one of the fenders, doing a little shaky dance, and sure enough it fell off, bounced once, and headed directly for our windshield. Crack. By the time we got home from that trip, that crack had spread all the way across the windshield. 
They can say it, but my understanding is it has no legal effect. They will undoubtedly convince some people not to file a claim, but it's technically no more than wishful thinking. Kind of like those warantee cards that say it has to be returned in 10 days for the warantee to be in effect. There's no law against them saying it, but claiming it doesn't make it true.ldsbeaker wrote:^^^ and now all those trucks have signs that say something like:
"NOT Responsible for Windshield Damage"
Freaking bull manure.
In NC, the M535is front glass was broken by a tractor from a tractor trailer driving down the road with no trailer and no rock guards covering the rear wheels.Mike W. wrote:They can say it, but my understanding is it has no legal effect. They will undoubtedly convince some people not to file a claim, but it's technically no more than wishful thinking. Kind of like those warantee cards that say it has to be returned in 10 days for the warantee to be in effect. There's no law against them saying it, but claiming it doesn't make it true.ldsbeaker wrote:^^^ and now all those trucks have signs that say something like:
"NOT Responsible for Windshield Damage"
Freaking bull manure.
I called from the State Troopers from my cell, followed the tractor to his house, waited on the trooper only to be told that it was an act of God!>?
I said
"Act of God, Really???!!!!
It's only an Act of God if Jesus is driving that Truck!!!
The rock came from the rear tires because they are not covered like I'm pretty sure the law states that they are suppose to be, God had nothing to do with it"
The Trooper didn't appreciate my humor, so he got in his car and left...
Why kill it though?1st 5er wrote:Found in front of my garage this morning... 26" long, and now dead.
Their fangs are in the back of their mouth, they have to chew on you to bite you....
they can't really strike you like a viper can...
Sorry, I just hate when people kills snakes just to kill snakes...
FWIW,
Red on Yellow kills a fellow is how I heard it...
That's not hardly the case.BDK wrote: Why kill it though?
Sorry, I just hate when people kills snakes just to kill snakes...
11 grandkids, with 6 of them under 3, and twins in the oven, that run around here off and on, is probably the best reason.
Send me your address, and the next poisonous snake, spider, or scorpion I come across,
I'll throw in a Priority Box and send your way, and you can decide its fate.
Nice one & Grand babies are more important, could be a sweet hat band, certainly long enough.1st 5er wrote:That's not hardly the case.BDK wrote: Why kill it though?
Sorry, I just hate when people kills snakes just to kill snakes...
11 grandkids, with 6 of them under 3, and twins in the oven, that run around here off and on, is probably the best reason.
Send me your address, and the next poisonous snake, spider, or scorpion I come across,
I'll throw in a Priority Box and send your way, and you can decide its fate.
Excellent idea.w0014170 wrote:Nice one & Grand babies are more important, could be a sweet hat band, certainly long enough.1st 5er wrote:That's not hardly the case.BDK wrote: Why kill it though?
Sorry, I just hate when people kills snakes just to kill snakes...
11 grandkids, with 6 of them under 3, and twins in the oven, that run around here off and on, is probably the best reason.
Send me your address, and the next poisonous snake, spider, or scorpion I come across,
I'll throw in a Priority Box and send your way, and you can decide its fate.
I'll have to look into that.
I did gut it and my wife pinned the skin to a piece of plywood to dry.
I can understand that, I would have just relocated it...1 grandkids, with 6 of them under 3, and twins in the oven, that run around here off and on, is probably the best reason.
Send me your address, and the next poisonous snake, spider, or scorpion I come across,
I'll throw in a Priority Box and send your way, and you can decide its fate
Sorry, I'm the guy that stops the car, picks up the snake and drives it down to the woods at the end of the street or if it is non-poisonous I just move it across the street in the direction it was headed...I do the same with turtles too...
if you see a black snake definitely keep that one around, it will help with the poisonous ones....
I'm ok with the priority mail, just label it so I don't get it confused with that check that I'm expecting from Ed Mc Mahon....
A couple years back my brother (a true Jungle Warfare Expert) and science teacher, was in the front yard doing some work on one of his sail boats, he told me he heard what sounded like screaming & hollering but was not sure as there were kids over playing on the trampoline with his kids. He said the dogs barking had him walk around the corner of the house to see what was happening in the back yard. Everybody including his wife were on top the trampoline which included his Springer Spaniel, while his monster Golden Retriever "Buddy the love whore" was attempting to attack something on the ground. Turns out that "on the ground object" was a 7.5 foot diamondback trying to pass through the property that is approx 500 acres one side to the other. My brother being the conservationist that he is, told them to calm down, stay where they were, (buddy went into the house objectionably) and the snake would move on, his wife looked him straight in the eye and told him with certainty "it knows where we live!". My brother told me the snake sealed it's own fate by remembering addresses and was promptly shot through the head.BDK wrote:I can understand that, I would have just relocated it...1 grandkids, with 6 of them under 3, and twins in the oven, that run around here off and on, is probably the best reason.
Send me your address, and the next poisonous snake, spider, or scorpion I come across,
I'll throw in a Priority Box and send your way, and you can decide its fate
Sorry, I'm the guy that stops the car, picks up the snake and drives it down to the woods at the end of the street or if it is non-poisonous I just move it across the street in the direction it was headed...I do the same with turtles too...
if you see a black snake definitely keep that one around, it will help with the poisonous ones....
I'm ok with the priority mail, just label it so I don't get it confused with that check that I'm expecting from Ed Mc Mahon....
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Mark 88/M5 Houston
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1937 BMW 328 on "What's my Car Worth" this evening. Sold at Gooding & Company Auction (Scottsdale) for $ 470,000.00.
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra (one owner, NY Auto show car) un-restored with new original color paint went for $ 625,000.00.
Good show in my opinion, not to mention the hostess, Lorraine McKiniry, being quite lovely.
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra (one owner, NY Auto show car) un-restored with new original color paint went for $ 625,000.00.
Good show in my opinion, not to mention the hostess, Lorraine McKiniry, being quite lovely.
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I'm a BMW guy and have been for decades now, but I'd take that Cobra in a heartbeat.Mark 88/M5 Houston wrote:1937 BMW 328 on "What's my Car Worth" this evening. Sold at Gooding & Company Auction (Scottsdale) for $ 470,000.00.
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra (one owner, NY Auto show car) un-restored with new original color paint went for $ 625,000.00.
Good show in my opinion, not to mention the hostess, Lorraine McKiniry, being quite lovely.
They're both in the same price range, well out of mine. That's one thing I do really like about my town. I'm also the guy who stops across the middle of the road with the hazards going to get out of the car and move a turtle to safety. I've never encountered anyone that didn't stop, wait, smile, and wave while I was doing it. (I've never yet come across a snake that was in the road that wasn't already dead, but I'd try to move them along as wellBDK wrote:Sorry, I'm the guy that stops the car, picks up the snake and drives it down to the woods at the end of the street or if it is non-poisonous I just move it across the street in the direction it was headed...I do the same with turtles too...
)In other news...
I especially like it when I see someone pull in front of a Prius a bit too close - not a cut-off move, but maybe they could have waited. Then the Prius driver gets all indignant and pulls right up on the other car's bumper and starts flashing the high-beams.
That's right tough guy, you show him who's boss - in your fucking Prius!
We had a little nature show going on in the back yard this morning... I saw a squirrel poking around the patio, and all of a sudden a large something flew past the window, going after the squirrel. This small red tail hawk landed on the bird feeder crossbar & watched the clueless squirrel;
The squirrel was a youngster who obviously hasn't learned the difference between a raptor and a dove, so just kept doing what he was doing while the hawk watched. Lucky for him, the hawk must not have been very hungry and flew off not long after I snapped the photo. Lucky squirrel. It took a while before the songbirds came back to the feeders though; they know the difference.
The squirrel was a youngster who obviously hasn't learned the difference between a raptor and a dove, so just kept doing what he was doing while the hawk watched. Lucky for him, the hawk must not have been very hungry and flew off not long after I snapped the photo. Lucky squirrel. It took a while before the songbirds came back to the feeders though; they know the difference.
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rmiddendorf
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I'm tired, busy, but I had a free moment. So instead of reading the more productive threads I see this one and decide its just what I need. Thank you Micah, I needed that.
To make sure you're not selected for a jury, just doodle a hangman's noose on your name badge. Better yet, bring a length of rope along and keep your fingers busy practicing knots... like this.
I got picked the last time I had jury doodie -- the guy was a bail bondsman & made the mistake of sticking his gun in a guy's face and threatened to shoot him if he didn't tell him where to find his girlfriend. We found him guilty. The judge gave him five years for that.
I got picked the last time I had jury doodie -- the guy was a bail bondsman & made the mistake of sticking his gun in a guy's face and threatened to shoot him if he didn't tell him where to find his girlfriend. We found him guilty. The judge gave him five years for that.