The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Stevicus]

I guess this story has been getting some attention from the internet:

Did Firefighters Really Need To Smash This Car Up? - The Autopian

Parking by a fire hydrant is stupid. You should never do it, because firefighters need access to water. If you do, they will happily smash through your car to hook up their hoses, and they won’t be sorry. That much is fair. But what happens if you park kinda sorta near a hydrant? That case...

www.theautopian.com

Parking by a fire hydrant is stupid. You should never do it, because firefighters need access to water. If you do, they will happily smash through your car to hook up their hoses, and they won’t be sorry. That much is fair. But what happens if you park kinda sorta near a hydrant?

That case recently came to pass in New York earlier this month. As posted to Twitter by FearedBuck, we see a vehicle parked close to a hydrant as a fire crew rolls in. One of the firefighters busies himself with hooking the truck up to the hydrant, and the Honda in the way gets the business. The windows are smashed, the hose is fed through the cabin, and the truck is duly hooked up to the water supply.

I guess there are a lot of people mad at the firefighters, thinking that they didn't really need to smash this car's windows. But this article mentioned that this guy has racked up quite a hefty list of traffic violations, around $12,000 in fines.

In my experience in NYC, I notice they have tremendous parking problems and a lot of parking violations.

 

[sun rise]

This sealed it for me. But personally a tow truck with the car not released until all the fines are paid in full and a 30 day driver's license suspension would have been one step before what happened.

Incidentally, it’s apparently the 34th time they’ve been ticketed for parking in front of a hydrant. Getting your car smashed once in 34 illegal parks… those aren’t great odds.

One suspects the owner doesn’t plan to pay this one. Just as they’ve ignored paying so many tickets before. Oh, and they’re also apparently partial to speeding in school zones.

 

[Wu Wei]

I assume when Ares comes of age, we'll be looking for a good biker gang for him instead of college.

Not something I would recommend nor is it a good goal to shoot for... a lot of wasted time in those years and a lot of wasted money, mostly on alcohol

 

[JustGeorge]

Not something I would recommend nor is it a good goal to shoot for... a lot of wasted time in those years and a lot of wasted money, mostly on alcohol

Ares used to have a biker for a preschool teacher; would ride his bike to school, even(weather permitting). The man was a gentle giant, though was quite gruff. He was tough enough for Ares to pick at... I sometimes wonder if Ares kinda looked up to him. He still talks about him.

 

[sun rise]

Ares used to have a biker for a preschool teacher; would ride his bike to school, even(weather permitting). The man was a gentle giant, though was quite gruff. He was tough enough for Ares to pick at... I sometimes wonder if Ares kinda looked up to him. He still talks about him.

I wonder how Ares would respond to someone like that if he was about to have a melt down and such a guy was in the room?

 

[Wu Wei]

Ares used to have a biker for a preschool teacher; would ride his bike to school, even(weather permitting). The man was a gentle giant, though was quite gruff. He was tough enough for Ares to pick at... I sometimes wonder if Ares kinda looked up to him. He still talks about him.

Not the guys I hung out with.... example, one was on probation for manslaughter, another went to jail for assaulting 3 state police officers on duty, another was a Nam vet who they actually gave a section 8 to and kicked him out of the army....not a good crowd. I've known guys like you're talking about, but some of these guys were far from that.

 

[JustGeorge]

I wonder how Ares would respond to someone like that if he was about to have a melt down and such a guy was in the room?

I think if he had role models like that again, it would help. Male role models. He very much wants male attention, but almost every staff/professional he has is female(its mostly women in that line of work).

Not the guys I hung out with.... example, one was on probation for manslaughter, another went to jail for assaulting 3 state police officers on duty, another was a Nam vet who they actually gave a section 8 to and kicked him out of the army....not a good crowd. I've known guys like you're talking about, but some of these guys were far from that.

No, not a good crowd. Need more gruff preschool teachers.

 

[sun rise]

Not the guys I hung out with.... example, one was on probation for manslaughter, another went to jail for assaulting 3 state police officers on duty, another was a Nam vet who they actually gave a section 8 to and kicked him out of the army....not a good crowd. I've known guys like you're talking about, but some of these guys were far from that.

And somehow when the dust settled you turned into a Chinese-food-living (mostly) Gentle Ben.

 

[Wu Wei]

And somehow when the dust settled you turned into a Chinese-food-living (mostly) Gentle Ben.

somehow.... I even pursued police work at one point, almost got it too, but I broke my ankle just before the agility test

 

[sun rise]

somehow.... I even pursued police work at one point, almost got it too, but I broke my ankle just before the agility test

Instead of pursuing and dealing with criminals, you wound up wrapped in bureaucratic red tape with only longed-for but not soon enough escape.

 

[JustGeorge]

Instead of pursuing and dealing with criminals, you wound up wrapped in bureaucratic red tape with only longed-for but not soon enough escape.

I wonder how many people expect the life they get.

 

[ChristineM]

somehow.... I even pursued police work at one point, almost got it too, but I broke my ankle just before the agility test

Shame, had you got the job and made it to now you would be retired on full pension already.

 

[Stevicus]

I wonder how many people expect the life they get.

I didn't expect any of this. I didn't even expect the Spanish Inquisition.

 

[Kathryn]

I didn't expect my life to be what it is today either but here we are and I am just glad to be alive.

 

[ChristineM]

I didn't expect any of this. I didn't even expect the Spanish Inquisition.

Anyone subject to the Spanish inquisition did expect it. People were notified a month before the inquisition in order to get their case together.

 

[ChristineM]

I didn't expect my life to be what it is today either but here we are and I am just glad to be alive.

Not as glad as me, I've been told by a surgeon that i still have 5 lives left. That soft of thing makes you super glad...

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

amongst our tools are such diverse elements as Fear...etc

 

[sun rise]

Until I met my future wife, I expected noting that happened. It was only in my mid-30's that the pattern of my life started becoming clear

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

I might take a nap. I'm a bit sleepy.