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explorerx4 · June 19

The new Santa Fe looks like a butch'ed out Ford Flex to me.

kyfdx · June 19

Same.. we had a K-Mart that's been replaced by Ross/Aldi/Burlington Coat Factory

jmonroe1 · June 19

kyfdx said:
@tjc78 HH Gregg was big in the Cincinnati area. It was a nice alternative. They also had appliances. They employed SALES people. Just keep looking, tell them you'll be back later, etc, etc, and sometimes they would almost pay you to buy.

We did buy a washer/dryer combo, there, once. And TVs.

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Years ago I went to hhGregg to see if the TV they had was the same as what I saw at Best Buy. There was something off with the hhGregg model number. While at the store I saw they had a letter in the model number that should have been a number. The salesman moved the TV so I could see the model number on the back. It turned out to be the same TV I saw at Best Buy. I thanked the friendly salesman and told him they were higher than Best Buy. He went to his manager, came back and not only matched the Best Buy price but took off another 80 bucks. I bought the TV before they changed their minds. I was sorry when I saw them close.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · June 19

kyfdx said:

tjc78 said:
Yep! This one was in Hilliard OH... I don't remember exactly how close to Cincinnati that is.
That's just outside Columbus. About 100 miles away

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Not only is that the wrong pew, it’s also the wrong church.

jmonroe

roadburner · June 19

We also had good experiences at HH Gregg; we bought the refrigerator that we currently have from them as well as our last CRT television- a 32" Toshiba.

suydam · June 19

OTOH, I really like the styling on the Hyundai Tucson PHEV.

xwesx · June 19

@tjc78 That was a nice setup you shared with the various store facades. At least something went in after the last place bailed. It seems like every time a big store goes under around here (or even around my region of Ohio), nothing comes in to replace it. The big stores would rather build a new place than take over an existing place.

I'm not really sure how many "indoor storage" places these areas can handle.... but I guess that beats the last stage of the big box store lifecycle (abandoned and collapsing).

tjc78 · June 19

@xwesx said:
@tjc78 That was a nice setup you shared with the various store facades. At least something went in after the last place bailed. It seems like every time a big store goes under around here (or even around my region of Ohio), nothing comes in to replace it. The big stores would rather build a new place than take over an existing place.

I'm not really sure how many "indoor storage" places these areas can handle.... but I guess that beats the last stage of the big box store lifecycle (abandoned and collapsing).

The smaller box retailers are very good at repurposing existing spaces. 90% of my builds were done that way.

Five Below, Dollar Tree and others bought hundreds of the Party City leases and will convert those boxes to their stores.

corvette · June 19

$1.25Tree is my favorite place for retail therapy. I can buy everything that interests me in the joint, and only spend $10, although the "plus" items are taking up a lot of real estate. My local one has a package of Bounty paper towels for $9!

The Walmart Neighborhood Market (grocery-only retail space, for those not familiar) near my house used to be a Circuit City before CC moved east to a more modern retail center, before CC went bankrupt.

roadburner · June 19

I hit Dollar General and Dollar Tree when I needdHot Wheels and Matchbox cars to give away to kid at car shows. One time I was discussing a case with a victim and she mentioned that her husband told her he saw me at a show and that I had given a Hot Wheels car to their son.

ab348 · June 20

tjc78 said:

And now it's a Ross.... no one pulled down the horizontal design element that serves no purpose. Ross doubled down and added more accents.

Since those spaces are likely leased, and maybe on a bargain basement deal from a landlord desperate to fill a failed retailer's space, why would the tenant pay to have a new facade created though? Slap a coat of paint on it and call it done.

tjc78 · June 20

@ab348 said:
Since those spaces are likely leased, and maybe on a bargain basement deal from a landlord desperate to fill a failed retailer's space, why would the tenant pay to have a new facade created though? Slap a coat of paint on it and call it done.

Good point, but it all depends on the deal… some deals are LL As-Is where the tenant funds everything or receives a tenant allowance when signing. Could also be LL turnkey where the LL builds the retail space off the prototype documents which for many retailers includes bringing the facade up to their standard.

I’ve redone facades, added pop ups, moved entry doors … every space is different.

andres3 · June 20

xwesx said:

andres3 said:

Slippery slope that line of illogical logic.

Tying into cars, you often hear the ol' "If he hadn't of been speeding, then the collision wouldn't have taken place......"
Of course, to me, that's the same line of reasoning (ignoring real world readily apparent conditions) as "if the other person hadn't been born, then they wouldn't have been there driving, and the collision wouldn't have taken place."

Right, and that was really the point. But, and @roadburner would know better than anyone here, jurors like that DO exist, and far too often! I participated in a criminal trial a year ago where we ended up stalling out due to a small contingent of the jury "not feeling comfortable with convicting a sixteen-year-old kid." Seriously! Ultimately, they were comfortable with flat breaking the oath they took as jurors, but THAT is okay, just not convicting the poor kid. I told the judge that they should get jail time for willfully breaking their oaths, but she said it didn't work like that. Seems to me like it should be the same thing as being held in contempt of court (which, really, that is what it is).

Too bad, but we cannot have accountability, now can we?

Anyhow, for the boulders, it really depends on the reasonability of it. If you place large boulders on your property and far enough off the road as to allow for normal driving errors (i.e., far more room for error than a guardrail provides), I don't see how it would ever be anyone's fault other than the driver. An argument could be made for intent to harm over something like a spike, but a boulder? That is just a protective landscape feature. Anyone harmed by that is doing something so far outside the realm of normal/reasonable, it is no longer even an argument.

I think similarly when people say a certain freeway or on/off ramp is dangerous. Even if a few extra people are crashing their annually, what about the billions of others that safely navigated that "dangerous" road completely without incident? Also, the fact that you recognize it as a "dangerous sections" suggests it's a readily apparent condition any reasonable driver would already be taking into account and adjusting for.

andres3 · June 20

roadburner said:

xwesx said:

andres3 said:

Slippery slope that line of illogical logic.

Tying into cars, you often hear the ol' "If he hadn't of been speeding, then the collision wouldn't have taken place......"
Of course, to me, that's the same line of reasoning (ignoring real world readily apparent conditions) as "if the other person hadn't been born, then they wouldn't have been there driving, and the collision wouldn't have taken place."

Right, and that was really the point. But, and @roadburner would know better than anyone here, jurors like that DO exist, and far too often! I participated in a criminal trial a year ago where we ended up stalling out due to a small contingent of the jury "not feeling comfortable with convicting a sixteen-year-old kid." Seriously! Ultimately, they were comfortable with flat breaking the oath they took as jurors, but THAT is okay, just not convicting the poor kid. I told the judge that they should get jail time for willfully breaking their oaths, but she said it didn't work like that. Seems to me like it should be the same thing as being held in contempt of court (which, really, that is what it is).

Too bad, but we cannot have accountability, now can we?

Anyhow, for the boulders, it really depends on the reasonability of it. If you place large boulders on your property and far enough off the road as to allow for normal driving errors (i.e., far more room for error than a guardrail provides), I don't see how it would ever be anyone's fault other than the driver. An argument could be made for intent to harm over something like a spike, but a boulder? That is just a protective landscape feature. Anyone harmed by that is doing something so far outside the realm of normal/reasonable, it is no longer even an argument.
I lost a case where the defendant was filmed pointing a gun at the victim (another female). The victim drove away and the defendant shot at her car- hitting it on the C-Pillar. At trial I showed the video three times- and the defendant even admitted shooting at the victim. The jurors thought there was reasonable doubt because I didn't have a ballistics test run on the gunshot damage to the car- never mind that the defendant admitted shooting at the car.

That's why I always told victims that there is no way to anticipate what a jury of 12 people might do- so If a plea gets us most of what we want I would advise taking it.

I've realized in recent years there are more complete utter sheer idiots out on the roadways than I originally thought (and I wasn't that optimistic to begin with). Makes sense that a group of 12 would have at least one idiot, if not more.

oldfarmer50 · June 20

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:
@tjc78 HH Gregg was big in the Cincinnati area. It was a nice alternative. They also had appliances. They employed SALES people. Just keep looking, tell them you'll be back later, etc, etc, and sometimes they would almost pay you to buy.

We did buy a washer/dryer combo, there, once. And TVs.
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Years ago I went to hhGregg to see if the TV they had was the same as what I saw at Best Buy. There was something off with the hhGregg model number. While at the store I saw they had a letter in the model number that should have been a number. The salesman moved the TV so I could see the model number on the back. It turned out to be the same TV I saw at Best Buy. I thanked the friendly salesman and told him they were higher than Best Buy. He went to his manager, came back and not only matched the Best Buy price but took off another 80 bucks. I bought the TV before they changed their minds. I was sorry when I saw them close.

jmonroe

So it was you that bankrupted them?😢

explorerx4 · June 21

About 10 minutes long. Very eye opening.
This is part of a longer interview broken into multiple segments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtaq_7h3kNo

tjc78 · June 21

Finally …. A beach day!

Michaell · June 21

tjc78 said:
Finally …. A beach day!

Curious - what's the water temp there in NJ? I know in CA the Pacific was never that warm - 60's for the most part, IIRC. Wasn't much fun in just a bathing suit.

tjc78 · June 21

It’s 66 today which for this time of year is not bad at all. We just got out.

In late August/Sept in can get into the 70s which is just perfect.

Last year was constant upwelling and it was cold all summer

jmonroe1 · June 21

tjc78 said:
It’s 66 today which for this time of year is not bad at all. We just got out.

In late August/Sept in can get into the 70s which is just perfect.

Last year was constant upwelling and it was cold all summer

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Two years ago when we went to Myrtle Beach the second week of August, the water temp was 86 F. There was a couple there from the LA area and they couldn’t get over how warm the water was. They said the Pacific is too cool for them that they don’t enjoy it anymore and plan to come back to Myrtle Beach the next year.

When we lived in SC we went to Hilton Head pretty often. The water temp there from mid July till early September was even warmer.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1 · June 21

Fired up the 1963 corvette and drove for a bit in the blistering heat. Apparently I need a new ferrule on the oil line going to the oil gauge because my right lower leg was covered with dripping oil.

corvette · June 21

It was brutal out today. I mowed my yard around 8:00 PM and, once I finished, wished I had waited another 45 minutes before starting.

mjfloyd1 · June 21

@corvette said:
It was brutal out today. I mowed my yard around 8:00 PM and, once I finished, wished I had waited another 45 minutes before starting.

I trimmed some redbuds while on a ladder, but I did it in the morning before it got too hot.

mjfloyd1 · June 21

We celebrated our 37th wedding anniversary but then the rest of the week has been wonky. Insulin pump died and they overnighted a new one. Decided I’d try an Omnipod 5 while waiting for my new Tandem Mobi, but two in a row failed. Forgot to mention that an AC compressor died and waiting on an estimate. It’s the upstairs system and only one child home this summer but thankfully she is in Indy at cheer camp. This will be th le second HVAC system failure here in the last 1.5 yrs. Two more to go. Florida house had similar and both systems changed in the last couple of years too. That reminds me that the Florida salt water pool generator just went kaput on last Wednesday so that got swapped out too. Painful week.

kyfdx · June 22

corvette said:
It was brutal out today. I mowed my yard around 8:00 PM and, once I finished, wished I had waited another 45 minutes before starting.

I mowed around Noon, yesterday Not great, but it only takes me 25 minutes. I knew today would be worse, and I started drinking at 4 PM, so last night was out..

oldfarmer50 · June 22

mjfloyd1 said:
Fired up the 1963 corvette and drove for a bit in the blistering heat. Apparently I need a new ferrule on the oil line going to the oil gauge because my right lower leg was covered with dripping oil.

Wow, a slit window C2? I’m impressed. A friend at work has a 65’ which he tinkers with and occasionally drives.

I burned some brush, mowed the fields and hung off the side of the barn that I’m residing. I’d rather do what you did, oil or no oil.

ab348 · June 22

explorerx4 said:
About 10 minutes long. Very eye opening.
This is part of a longer interview broken into multiple segments.

Frankly, just judging from the titles in his video library, he appears to be a clickbait artist. He starts from a faulty premise, namely that automakers should produce everything themselves. I guess he is too young to remember how GM got started, when Billy Durant bought up companies making parts for everyone. As GM volumes declined in the '80s and '90s they no longer had the volume to invest in those enterprises and shed them. He seems to love Toyotas, but I guess he has never looked under the hoods of them to see where their parts are sourced.

tjc78 · June 22

@kyfdx said:
I started drinking at 4 PM, so last night was out..

I approve of this message

explorerx4 · June 22

I saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a line of ducks on top of the dashboard. Is this acceptable?

Taking a break from mowing. Not used to this hot weather, yet.

roadburner · June 22

explorerx4 said:
I saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a line of ducks on top of the dashboard. Is this acceptable?
Taking a break from mowing. Not used to this hot weather, yet.

I've even seen a couple of Renegade with ducks. Idiocy is contagious.

venture · June 22

roadburner said:

explorerx4 said:
I saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a line of ducks on top of the dashboard. Is this acceptable?
Taking a break from mowing. Not used to this hot weather, yet.
I've even seen a couple of Renegade with ducks. Idiocy is contagious.

There's a guy who, evidently, lives close to me who drives an old Subaru Outback with ducks, and I mean a lot of ducks, on his dashboard. I see it at a convenience store when I get gas for the mowers.

Michaell · June 22

venture said:

roadburner said:

explorerx4 said:
I saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a line of ducks on top of the dashboard. Is this acceptable?
Taking a break from mowing. Not used to this hot weather, yet.
I've even seen a couple of Renegade with ducks. Idiocy is contagious.
There's a guy who, evidently, lives close to me who drives an old Subaru Outback with ducks, and I mean a lot of ducks, on his dashboard. I see it at a convenience store when I get gas for the mowers.

Huh.

I’ve heard and seen on FB that it’s “Moo Moo Subaru”, with cows left for other owners.

stickguy · June 22

Wedding went off without a hitch. Good time (sometimes too good) was had by all. Now back home staring at a very overgrown lawn that I really don’t feel like going out to mow.

venture · June 22

We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.

jmonroe1 · June 22

Michaell said:

venture said:

roadburner said:

explorerx4 said:
I saw a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a line of ducks on top of the dashboard. Is this acceptable?
Taking a break from mowing. Not used to this hot weather, yet.
I've even seen a couple of Renegade with ducks. Idiocy is contagious.
There's a guy who, evidently, lives close to me who drives an old Subaru Outback with ducks, and I mean a lot of ducks, on his dashboard. I see it at a convenience store when I get gas for the mowers.
Huh.

I’ve heard and seen on FB that it’s “Moo Moo Subaru”, with cows left for other owners.

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That’s living proof that what @roadburner just said in his post above is true. Gotta stay away from folks like that…far away.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · June 22

stickguy said:
Wedding went off without a hitch. Good time (sometimes too good) was had by all. Now back home staring at a very overgrown lawn that I really don’t feel like going out to mow.

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And you probably don’t have any money left to buy gas either.

Nice to hear it went well.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · June 22

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.

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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe

kyfdx · June 22

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.
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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe

You don't understand due process? The Bill of Rights?

jmonroe1 · June 22

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.
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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe
You don't understand due process? The Bill of Rights?

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Probably not.

That guy more than likely has as many bills as he has rights. Only in America. What a country.

jmonroe

kyfdx · June 22

@explorerx4
Latest small batch from Urban Artifact

Michaell · June 22

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.
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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe
You don't understand due process? The Bill of Rights?
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Probably not.

That guy more than likely has as many bills as he has rights. Only in America. What a country.

jmonroe

You'd prefer a different sort of government? Like what, exactly?

28firefighter · June 22

Opens microwave and grabs popcorn.

explorerx4 · June 22

@kyfdx,
Quite the recipies there.
I am open the the first and last options.
Hesitant to order again because the UPS driver tried to steal my delivery last time.

mjfloyd1 · June 22

@28firefighter said:
Opens microwave and grabs popcorn

https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyOHo4MDJzdDluOXJtbmdqZ25xanUycDFkM216eDlkbzJydnl3bDAweiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/a9gu5GIJGJ9du/giphy.gif

roadburner · June 22

So last Tuesday the renovation of the finished basement stated- and was finished up today. LVP replaced the carpet on the floor and oak treads replaced the carpet on the stairs. Best of all I'll have about double the room to display my model cars.
My son and his girlfriend flew in to attend the wedding of one of his childhood friends. As it happened, I was asked to perform it. Nice venue, and thanks to me a very short ceremony.

kyfdx · June 22

explorerx4 said:
@kyfdx,
Quite the recipies there.
I am open the the first and last options.
Hesitant to order again because the UPS driver tried to steal my delivery last time.

I've only tried #2, so far. Funny though, I'm more attracted to #2 and #3, though I'm sure they'll all be good.

cdnpinhead · June 22

28firefighter said:
Opens microwave and grabs popcorn.

Don't forget the bleachers. I often refer to bleacher and popcorn events, but not so much lately, and almost never on here.

roadburner · June 22

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.
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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe
You don't understand due process? The Bill of Rights?
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Probably not.

That guy more than likely has as many bills as he has rights. Only in America. What a country.

jmonroe

When I was Commonwealth's Attorney I used a totally ethical workaround. It is extremely easy to have someone's probation revoked. You don't have to prove the violation beyond a reasonable doubt, hearsay is admissible, and the judge rules on the violation instead of a jury (did I mention that my judge was extremely strict on probation violations?).
Here's how it worked...

Cop: "I want Joe Deadbeat to serve five years."
Me: We'll have to go to trial to get that. He'll take ten years probated."
Cop: "I want him to serve time!"
Me: "How long do you think that Deadbeat will go before he violates probation?"
Cop: "That knucklehead won't last thirty days."
Me: "Bingo! I'll probate him, he will violate, and the judge will revoke him; the guy will sentence himself!"
Cop: That will work!"

stickguy · June 22

jmonroe1 said:

stickguy said:
Wedding went off without a hitch. Good time (sometimes too good) was had by all. Now back home staring at a very overgrown lawn that I really don’t feel like going out to mow.

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And you probably don’t have any money left to buy gas either.

Nice to hear it went well.

jmonroe

battery mower. Batteries were already charged up.

jmonroe1 · June 22

Michaell said:

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
We noticed the past week or so that the guy who usually directs traffic into the parking lot at baseball games wasn't there. After nosing around a little I found out that a guy wanted to park in the VIP surface lot, but it was full. The attendant told him he would have to go to the parking garage.

Evidently this guy insisted on going into the full lot and ran into the attendant. Not once, but twice, knocking him down. All this in front of many witnesses.

Then the moron drove a short distance to the driveway that is always closed and blocked off on game day and tried to get in that way. That's where the police found him.

After admitting he drove into the attendant he asked the cops if they could hurry things along so he wouldn't miss the start of the game.

The attendant's dad told me the guy extended his hearing because he didn't have enough time to prepare his defense.
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I’ll never understand why our legal system extends rights to low-life’s like that.

jmonroe
You don't understand due process? The Bill of Rights?
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Probably not.

That guy more than likely has as many bills as he has rights. Only in America. What a country.

jmonroe
You'd prefer a different sort of government? Like what, exactly?

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I never said I wanted a different government. I like the one we have and have lived with it longer than most in here. What I’d like to see is more rights for the victim. The perps have been given too many easy ways out.

As for the case in point here, someone without insurance makes life miserable for the people whose cars they hit. Our system has to crack down on those without insurance and make their life at least as miserable as the ones who play by the rules.

jmonroe

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