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ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
ORIGINAL: RUPD3658
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
A bit heavy to carry and they would lead to a lot of lengthy reports. Plus, the smell of burnt criminal never appealed to me.
I would like a Tazer though. They are not approved for use in NJ yet. We still have to "Season" people with OC spray. [8D]
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
Pepper spray is also good for toilet seats inside underwear and if your are particuliarly mean, on toilet paper.ORIGINAL: RUPD3658
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
A bit heavy to carry and they would lead to a lot of lengthy reports. Plus, the smell of burnt criminal never appealed to me.
I would like a Tazer though. They are not approved for use in NJ yet. We still have to "Season" people with OC spray. [8D]
No Taser? Bummer. My ex-partner did a study a year or so ago. The much publicized deaths after a being tasered all had one thing in common.....the subject was on Meth. Odd that the So-Sue-Me state has them and NJ doesn't.
ORIGINAL: witpqs
ORIGINAL: RUPD3658
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
A bit heavy to carry and they would lead to a lot of lengthy reports. Plus, the smell of burnt criminal never appealed to me.
I would like a Tazer though. They are not approved for use in NJ yet. We still have to "Season" people with OC spray. [8D]
Season, tenderize, then BBQ? [X(]
No, you have to realize, that geezerdom very often has nothing to do with putting forth much effort, as AW1Steve said. It's more about being so threatening about seemingly minor issues that the recipients have to doubt your sanity and therefore have less reason to set foot in your domain. Of course, like the claymore, as Steve said, it can't be too effective, as then there would be less to gripe about. So over the course of time, it occurs to the geezer that what he is doing is often perpetuating what gripes him, which of course makes him gripe more.ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
Claymores! When you absolutely, positively, have to keep the dogs, punks, and other reprobates off your grass... [:D]
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
No, you have to realize, that geezerdom very often has nothing to do with putting forth much effort, as AW1Steve said. It's more about being so threatening about seemingly minor issues that the recipients have to doubt your sanity and therefore have less reason to set foot in your domain. Of course, like the claymore, as Steve said, it can't be too effective, as then there would be less to gripe about. So over the course of time, it occurs to the geezer that what he is doing is often perpetuating what gripes him, which of course makes him gripe more.ORIGINAL: Mike Scholl
ORIGINAL: rockmedic109
But I like the idea of a flamethrower. I feel their use is severely overlooked in the field of law enforcement, not to mention personal protection and enjoyment.
Claymores! When you absolutely, positively, have to keep the dogs, punks, and other reprobates off your grass... [:D]
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
So, Past... to where did you emigrate?
I think he moved to florida... you know little cuba
Couple pals of mine and I sailed 'er all the way up into the Hellespont this summer. Next spring: past Gibraltar to Casablanca, and out into the Atlantic in pursuit of the Bismarck ... I mean, to the Azores.ORIGINAL: thegreatwent
I think he moved to florida... you know little cuba
Actually I think he's in the Med tooling around Italy in his boat.
Here, Charles, it may not be the perfect solution, but it oughtta be a heckuva lot of fun (I especially like how they mentioh "urban environments" twice).ORIGINAL: Charles_22
Ah, a first person case of geezerdom to report here.
Couple pals of mine and I sailed 'er all the way up into the Hellespont this summer. Next spring: past Gibraltar to Casablanca, and out into the Atlantic in pursuit of the Bismarck ... I mean, to the Azores.
I love my little boat. I love my little retirement.
It's getting hard for me to keep up the pretense of being a feisty old b@stard.
But, I'll try to keep up the good work.
So you're suggesting my neighbors regale their New Year's Eve ceremony with this?[:D] On the point of self use however, it doesn't look geezerish enough, as it looks, I don't know what, too mod, too machine gun, to something a geezer wouldn't be seen with. OTOH, I already have a .22 rifle, and it may not be very geezerish either, as it is stainless steel. After I bought it, it occurred to me that if I were ever using it and trying not to be seen, that barrel would likely betray my presence. Of course it might look a bit more scary than the more common .22's so there's some geezer points for that.ORIGINAL: pasternakski
Here, Charles, it may not be the perfect solution, but it oughtta be a heckuva lot of fun (I especially like how they mentioh "urban environments" twice).ORIGINAL: Charles_22
Ah, a first person case of geezerdom to report here.
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
Ah, a first person case of geezerdom to report here. Some jackass next door decided too drive his SUV through my lawn. Yes, he was a young punk too; maybe 25. I had seen some of their ilk drive through my yard before, I think the only reason I noticed him because it made a loud clunk when he hit my only front yard tree. He didn't explain it to me this way, but I heard it from somewhere before, that some of the next door neighbors see my corner lot as something of a driveway for them to park in their front lawn. Nevermind it's illegal to actually do that in your own front lawn without a driveway, much less mine. I thought I was angry about this, and as I walked over to his yard a bit later had more reason for anger still. There wasn't just one set of tracks in my yard, but I guessed at least 5 or 6. Apparently they think the slight reduction in the crub at my corner is worth being a barbarian for. They also have some work they have done on the side of their house, that might arguably be more easily done hauling it out the front.
They have a two-car garage that they have multiple cars parking at it usually, but today it was only that SUV, I went and looked. I guess habits are hard to break. I told him how I seen, some time ago, some other of his acquaintances pull the same stunt. What's more, this same damn SUV had also ran into my curbside mailbox once. I guess it was his wife. She gave me the lame story of her gearing got tricky. What that had to do with the steering or brakes, not to hit it, is anybody's guess (this of course made me think she hit it deliberately or was drunk - she conveniently didn't speak english, but her son did and he talked to me afterwards). I'm now guessing she too was trying to run through my lawn then too, but she hit it from the street side. I'm starting to think they have think they have to drive through lawns, and it's much better it be my own than theirs. It's obvious as hell that they had been doing it recently, but since I haven't mowed in a long time I hadn't noticed it. What really shocks me is that I've been at home so much these days (unemployed) and didn't notice this till I had a loud sound. I guess I better start opening my blinds a bit during the day. I just didn't realize my neighbors were this much of crude dipsticks. They and I have been here since at least '89. I was an inch from calling the cops, but decided against it.
I just basically told him, that it could ruin my pipes, etc, and he was trying to apologize for hitting the tree. Aside from the pipes, I told him the yard doesn't mean so much to me, but just in case he didn't understand my plight, I told him, regardless of anything, just do not drive through my lawn anymore (he certainly didn't deny it) because it really pisses me off. He said alright. Whether he tells the rest of his clan we shall see. Anyway, they have been warned; cops will be the next time. I have a little hope here anyway. About 8 or 9 years ago they were taking their rifle and shooting it up into the air every blasted New Year's eve. Unfortunately in this interracial area this is very common. I called the cops about it, I think just before a New Years was coming around because I got sick of them waking me up with that, and also because I wasn't too keen on the idea of somebody, or my dog, getting hit when the bullets return to earth, and I haven't heard any shots, not even fireworks coming from that house even on 7/4 since then. I suspect the cops gave them an earful and at least they are keeping to it. Fireworks, though I'm not sure I mentioned it to the cops, don't bug me very much, as they generally are over and done by the time I go to bed, and they're usually not loud enough to pierce the sounds of my noise maker, but yes, gun fire does. Fireworks used to have my dog scared for like a week after they were through, but as I don't have one anymore that doesn't matter so much.
So what's my line? Hey, get your punk SUV out of my lawn!!![:D]
I had a similiar problem with the neighbors cutting the corner and driving across my lawn to cut off about 10 feet of distance so they could get home sooner. I discovered that CalTrans still had the boulder I ran into back in 2001 and that they had no problems with me coming and getting it. I hired a flatbed towtruck, got the rock and put it on my lawn right where the neighbors kept running over. I figured if it could destroy my truck, it should do a smash up job on their truck. Haven't had a problem since and I got a nice decorative rock that reminds me of what I can survive when I put my mind to it.ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
ORIGINAL: Charles_22
Ah, a first person case of geezerdom to report here. Some jackass next door decided too drive his SUV through my lawn. Yes, he was a young punk too; maybe 25. I had seen some of their ilk drive through my yard before, I think the only reason I noticed him because it made a loud clunk when he hit my only front yard tree. He didn't explain it to me this way, but I heard it from somewhere before, that some of the next door neighbors see my corner lot as something of a driveway for them to park in their front lawn. Nevermind it's illegal to actually do that in your own front lawn without a driveway, much less mine. I thought I was angry about this, and as I walked over to his yard a bit later had more reason for anger still. There wasn't just one set of tracks in my yard, but I guessed at least 5 or 6. Apparently they think the slight reduction in the crub at my corner is worth being a barbarian for. They also have some work they have done on the side of their house, that might arguably be more easily done hauling it out the front.
They have a two-car garage that they have multiple cars parking at it usually, but today it was only that SUV, I went and looked. I guess habits are hard to break. I told him how I seen, some time ago, some other of his acquaintances pull the same stunt. What's more, this same damn SUV had also ran into my curbside mailbox once. I guess it was his wife. She gave me the lame story of her gearing got tricky. What that had to do with the steering or brakes, not to hit it, is anybody's guess (this of course made me think she hit it deliberately or was drunk - she conveniently didn't speak english, but her son did and he talked to me afterwards). I'm now guessing she too was trying to run through my lawn then too, but she hit it from the street side. I'm starting to think they have think they have to drive through lawns, and it's much better it be my own than theirs. It's obvious as hell that they had been doing it recently, but since I haven't mowed in a long time I hadn't noticed it. What really shocks me is that I've been at home so much these days (unemployed) and didn't notice this till I had a loud sound. I guess I better start opening my blinds a bit during the day. I just didn't realize my neighbors were this much of crude dipsticks. They and I have been here since at least '89. I was an inch from calling the cops, but decided against it.
I just basically told him, that it could ruin my pipes, etc, and he was trying to apologize for hitting the tree. Aside from the pipes, I told him the yard doesn't mean so much to me, but just in case he didn't understand my plight, I told him, regardless of anything, just do not drive through my lawn anymore (he certainly didn't deny it) because it really pisses me off. He said alright. Whether he tells the rest of his clan we shall see. Anyway, they have been warned; cops will be the next time. I have a little hope here anyway. About 8 or 9 years ago they were taking their rifle and shooting it up into the air every blasted New Year's eve. Unfortunately in this interracial area this is very common. I called the cops about it, I think just before a New Years was coming around because I got sick of them waking me up with that, and also because I wasn't too keen on the idea of somebody, or my dog, getting hit when the bullets return to earth, and I haven't heard any shots, not even fireworks coming from that house even on 7/4 since then. I suspect the cops gave them an earful and at least they are keeping to it. Fireworks, though I'm not sure I mentioned it to the cops, don't bug me very much, as they generally are over and done by the time I go to bed, and they're usually not loud enough to pierce the sounds of my noise maker, but yes, gun fire does. Fireworks used to have my dog scared for like a week after they were through, but as I don't have one anymore that doesn't matter so much.
So what's my line? Hey, get your punk SUV out of my lawn!!![:D]
Get a block of wood, stick nails all the way through it till it looks like a hedgehog, making sure that the pointy end is out. Either don't mow the lawn , or somehow camoflage the "device" and place it were they will run over when they cross your lawn. Let them run away! Tires are expensive! They will learn! [:D]
Yes, as I said, I was wondering why a good number of houses had front fences, but then that might be due to school kids. Problem is, it would be a hassle to mow it, but nevermind, they drive on the lawn enough and it will be difficult anyway. OTOH, maybe I should offer them to exceed their prior nuisance level and do so, so well they will kill my weeds? Nah, just the sheer barbarity of it cannot be allowed to stand. Besides, I want it ended once and for all if possible, and I'm not going to keep doing things because I might rather not talk to them. Sheesh, they already ran into my tree and mailbox at least once, I have no guarantee they might not regard a fenced setup as just another challenge to conquer. I think the time for talk with them is over on this particualr issue. The next time I'm talking to them about it there will be a policeman there too.ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
Since you don't care about the lawn, just buy a bunch of old 55 gal barrels and build a makeship fence...
