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“I go to my car this morning and discover I’m blocked in by double parked cars because of Alternate Side Street cleaning.”
Hmmm, maybe instead of a compact sedan I should get one of those monster trucks so I can just drive over top of people who park me in.
Also, wtf is wrong with people? If you are going to (1) double park someone in and (2) be out of ear shot, you gotta at least leave your address/phone number on the hood of your car so someone can ask you to move it.
benson, email me then. crownofbk gmail
IJ- this was on the internet. The poem is a freestanding one.
“Although first published in 1917 Houseman wrote the poem in 1914 shortly after the first battle of Ypres.The ‘Mercenaries’ in question are the regular soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force ( B.E.F) who, as profesional soldiers, had been labelled ‘Mercenaries’ in the German press earlier that year ( the German army was conscript). The irony of men fighting for ‘money’, as contrasted with conscripts seemingly happy to fight for God and Kaiser probably appealled to Houseman who was an atheist.He was also extremely impressed with the B.E.F’s fighting abilities. It is labelled an ‘Epitaph’ as the 100,000 strong Expeditionary force were mostly either dead or wounded by the time he wrote the poem.
Geoff Topliss from United Kingdom “
M4L;
I don’t want to post it on the OT, because it involves my work e-mail address. I know Kens’ e-mail. I’ll send it to him, and ask him to forward it to you.
Textpert, if you bought that little scooter as discussed back then, you would’ve been able to get out or at least via the sidewalk.
I have my umbrella at State Farm, m4l. Let me see if I have the binder in my email here.
kens, it won’t be 1300 after all your cellphone tickets. you’ll need the safe driving class and fact you’ll be 30 next yr to offset some of the rate hike.
Posted by: more4less at October 30, 2009 12:42 PM
M4L, actually it wont. Cell phone tickets do not carry points, hence no insurance premiums. I know this because my best friend drives around for business and gets a cell phone ticket at least once a month. He pays and no insurance hikes yet. It’s the Stop Sign and Speeding that you have to worry about. I got those two but thank god I have a very good traffic lawyer that knocked both off.
benson, what’s your email? want to compare notes on whether I’m getting good deal on my umbrella policy with Gieco?
Rob-like Rant of the Day
I go to my car this morning and discover I’m blocked in by double parked cars because of Alternate Side Street cleaning. I get in, start my car, and honk my horn. No one comes around. I honk again. Nothing. I honk again. No one emerges. I’m getting a little pissed, I have an appointment. I honk, honk, honk. I’m basically sitting on my horn. At one point some one yells out of their house. “Quit honking”. I yell back. “I will when someone comes out here to move their car, so I can leave.”
I called 311…useless. I called my local police precinct (yes, I have the # saved on my phone). They were just as useless. They said all they can do is come by and issue a ticket.
Finally, 20 minutes of waiting, calling useless people, honking, yelling to myself, finally someone came out and moved their car. I gave him a piece of my mind. I was not very pleasant! And as I was leaving, a police car rolls up and I yell at them to ticket this a$$hole and every double parked car, their quota will be filled.
I was late for my appt. thank you very much….but I’m calm now after a slice of delicious pizza.