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When we travel ( except for trucking ) we remove everything from the car when parked. Even small change in those console bins. We learned that the hard way. The crazy's will break a window for $0.02 then proceed to empty everything from the car into a bag/box. We had under the seats squeaky cleaned once. That was for the small change we happened to leave. Window was replaced by the Insurance company, but that did take an extra day. Got a rental and went to see the sights.
Sure, our vehicle was not stolen like yours, but ... it is a material thing and can be replaced. But what a PITA. Makes you feel like you have been sodomized.
Later
I am not attached really to anything except my family and a few friends. I buy and sell things all the time so I understand it’s a material object and somewhat easy to replace.
The day yesterday was just made worst by the absolute lack of caring by Delta airlines. We just wanted to get home and had a 90 minute delay for the plane to arrive in Detroit. Then waited an hour between flights from Milwaukee to Madison that would have been fine but it arrived late by only 30 minutes but the next crew wasn’t there yet. The SIL picked us up at 10:45pm at Dane County Airport.
Overall, Uber was exceptional as well as quiet. Most drivers are extremely talkative and I think he sensed we both were rather keyed up. The rental might have been the choice as the drive home from Ann Arbor with stops would have been less than 8 hours. Uber, airports and flight time yesterday was almost 12.
But we are home now! I will someday get to the Rock and Roll HOF in Cleveland. As to the River Rouge tour, talking to Terry (a lot) yesterday, that ship may have sailed.
At the temporary last place we had neighborhood kids that were painting rocks and putting messages on some. Then they would place them at the base of trees. They had to stop. A neighborhood women complained to the City that, 1 they were defacing nature, 2 some messages were political (the example was love everyone equally) and 3 they were trespassing when they placed the rocks. The City came back with, the rocks( big stones) were being painted with acrylic paints and eventually would wash off, the messages were not political and third they sent out messages not to enter any yards when placing the rocks. But also that between the sidewalk and curb the trees were cared for by the City and considered City property so are considered open. They could place the message bearing rocks or stones there
So the complaining lady stopped cutting the grass between the curb and sidewalks since it was open to the public she said the city could handle it. That issue is still being handled.
It so nice to be back on acreage and not worry about immediate next door neighbors.
My walks in the woods I mainly worry about twisting an ankle. Except for the phone and clothes I have no weapons or animal repellent with. While we have deer, too many turkeys and an occasional eagle there are no bears, yet!
Good to see you posting again
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migalyto
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MikeInHubCity
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McLeod
Forest Lurker
Good Afternoon!
TomO - So sorry to hear about the stolen car incident. I dislike thieves worst of all. They have all the most distasteful attributes of the human species. Just a bunch of sneaky, lying, cowardly pieces of crap, and I truly wish we could go back to public executions as a corrective measure.
Frankly, I really liked the public figure, Ralph Klein, who publicly said, 'Shoot, Shovel, and Shut-up'.
I don't know how far the news goes, but, a couple of very dedicated hiker/camper/outdoor persons, and their dog were killed by a Grizzly bear in Alberta, just the other day. The bear was suspected to be 25yrs old (end f cycle) and starving. The fact is, it was just those poor peoples pure bad luck, to meet up with that bear.
That incident got me thinking, as I was walking through the forest. What's out there today!
As it is, I'm more afraid of the crazy women who likes to walk in the forest all alone.. I don't believe she's insane, but, I do think she's crazy.
I first noticed her by the uplifting messages she was leaving on hand-painted stones, here and there in the forest. Those painted stones have now escalated to ceramic figurines and finely made messages on clay. She seems to be getting more experienced at her hobby, and it's clear to me her work is improving.
Here's a photo of what I found at the base of a tree today:
She didn't paint the figurine, and it's made of so white a clay, that it washed out in the photo.
Also, I noticed the Forest Dept has put out bear warning signs. There arn't many wild berries, and the bears are coming into town to raid people's fruit trees. The bears are hungry this year.
Well, that's all the news. Gotta go.
Have a great evening!
TomO - So sorry to hear about the stolen car incident. I dislike thieves worst of all. They have all the most distasteful attributes of the human species. Just a bunch of sneaky, lying, cowardly pieces of crap, and I truly wish we could go back to public executions as a corrective measure.
Frankly, I really liked the public figure, Ralph Klein, who publicly said, 'Shoot, Shovel, and Shut-up'.
I don't know how far the news goes, but, a couple of very dedicated hiker/camper/outdoor persons, and their dog were killed by a Grizzly bear in Alberta, just the other day. The bear was suspected to be 25yrs old (end f cycle) and starving. The fact is, it was just those poor peoples pure bad luck, to meet up with that bear.
That incident got me thinking, as I was walking through the forest. What's out there today!
As it is, I'm more afraid of the crazy women who likes to walk in the forest all alone.. I don't believe she's insane, but, I do think she's crazy.
I first noticed her by the uplifting messages she was leaving on hand-painted stones, here and there in the forest. Those painted stones have now escalated to ceramic figurines and finely made messages on clay. She seems to be getting more experienced at her hobby, and it's clear to me her work is improving.
Here's a photo of what I found at the base of a tree today:
She didn't paint the figurine, and it's made of so white a clay, that it washed out in the photo.
Also, I noticed the Forest Dept has put out bear warning signs. There arn't many wild berries, and the bears are coming into town to raid people's fruit trees. The bears are hungry this year.
Well, that's all the news. Gotta go.
Have a great evening!
Boris
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Looking forward to it. He returns to the Cav unit at Drum, that he was with before.
NorthBrit
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We do. ------- Even after we die.
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
Morning - I have been MIA a couple days - trying to catch up on U'all's posts?
So very sorry to hear of all the grief and hardship going on?
BBL
So very sorry to hear of all the grief and hardship going on?
BBL
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PNKFLOYD
Mikey
Good Morning!
The weather people say 40% chance of measurable rain today. This is the 19th day into a slight drought.
On my walk this morning, I could see damp spots on the street where it misted around the areas the trees did not protect.
The sun is coming up now so the wet road spots will disappear soon.
I found a 45 year old Alloy Forms polyurethane trailer kit hidden in a box of left over parts. It is a little discolored due to age, but I got the pieces trimmed and sanded without breaking anything...this time. I need to buy more primer today and start painting the trailer body.
One step at a time.
The weather people say 40% chance of measurable rain today. This is the 19th day into a slight drought.
On my walk this morning, I could see damp spots on the street where it misted around the areas the trees did not protect.
The sun is coming up now so the wet road spots will disappear soon.
I found a 45 year old Alloy Forms polyurethane trailer kit hidden in a box of left over parts. It is a little discolored due to age, but I got the pieces trimmed and sanded without breaking anything...this time. I need to buy more primer today and start painting the trailer body.
One step at a time.
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ctclibby
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Tom: We have a MHP that lives next door. A few months back I asked him why you get questions in monotone; abet st00pid ones. His answer was something like "You would be amazed on how people answer simple questions. From those answers we pretty much determine if the whole thing is on the up and up, or something is hidden. If I get the feeling something is being held back, then more questions and deeper digging are in order." As to the 'could care less part', he said "You know how many times a week I need to ask those questions? It gets old and I suspect that my attitude shows at that time. It is not what I want as I try to put on my good cop attitude to make it at least look like I care. I feel for the people, but sometimes the job gets in the way and things don't come out as I want." All in all, I think that he is a good cop and does care about people even though sometimes it might not show.
When we travel ( except for trucking ) we remove everything from the car when parked. Even small change in those console bins. We learned that the hard way. The crazy's will break a window for $0.02 then proceed to empty everything from the car into a bag/box. We had under the seats squeaky cleaned once. That was for the small change we happened to leave. Window was replaced by the Insurance company, but that did take an extra day. Got a rental and went to see the sights.
Sure, our vehicle was not stolen like yours, but ... it is a material thing and can be replaced. But what a PITA. Makes you feel like you have been sodomized.
Later
TLOC
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Yes we Could have gotten a rental. I really didn’t care nor did Terry, we wanted to be home! I will sent the bill to the insurance for the flight from Detroit to Madison it might be cheaper then what a car rental would have been for another week.
TLOC
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I just woke at 7:45am. Today is already better. Thank you. Terry’s car is in the garage and yes I checked!
TLOC
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Curt, thanks. But in the grand scheme of things it’s a little bump. Definitely aggravating but no one got hurt on our end or the general public. It does leave me with a poor impression of Ann Arbor
TLOC
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Cool, nice that you have pride in the job that you clean up the truck. Love it!
TLOC
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Todd, yep we learned when the SUV went missing to empty the car. We had ignored that lesson as a rental we had driven from Northern WIsconsin to NYC had stuff (tollway money) removed. The son was interning at Electric Lady Studios in NYC in 2002 and the niece was at school at NYU. In a very expense public parking underground lot they said leave the car unlocked. All the change was missing after 5 days sitting there. Complained and guy pointed to the sign saying Not Responsible. Then proceeded to give a 20% discount or about what we lost. He never asked how much we lost.
I am not attached really to anything except my family and a few friends. I buy and sell things all the time so I understand it’s a material object and somewhat easy to replace.
The day yesterday was just made worst by the absolute lack of caring by Delta airlines. We just wanted to get home and had a 90 minute delay for the plane to arrive in Detroit. Then waited an hour between flights from Milwaukee to Madison that would have been fine but it arrived late by only 30 minutes but the next crew wasn’t there yet. The SIL picked us up at 10:45pm at Dane County Airport.
Overall, Uber was exceptional as well as quiet. Most drivers are extremely talkative and I think he sensed we both were rather keyed up. The rental might have been the choice as the drive home from Ann Arbor with stops would have been less than 8 hours. Uber, airports and flight time yesterday was almost 12.
But we are home now! I will someday get to the Rock and Roll HOF in Cleveland. As to the River Rouge tour, talking to Terry (a lot) yesterday, that ship may have sailed.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
Good Morning gang!
Temps in the lower 60s and overcast today, rain in coming thanks to tropical storm Phillipe and a second low pressure system. It's supposed to be yucky til tomorrow. Rain is supposed to end late morning tomorrow.
Tomorrow we (SWMBO and I) will be at the "Music on Main" festival in New Windsor. She has a space selling he decorated flower pots and plants, along with custom Christmas balls. With her Cricut machine, she puts all kinds of sayings on flower pots, t-shirts, Christmas balls, buckets, hats, etc.
I got her that thing last year, and I have created a monster with it! I will just be the muscle, set up the canopy, table, sclep stuff from the truck to the stand, etc.
To all those who commented on "the girls". They are cute, but don't let that fool you. They went out this morning for the morning pee, then the little one came back in and peed on the living room floor! AAAARGH!! I know the little one is just a baby at 6 months so all I can do is try to correct her. She will get it eventually.
Tom, Sorry to here of the car disappearing. I agree, let the Ins Co do their job, get a new one and move on! Life's too short.
BBL
Temps in the lower 60s and overcast today, rain in coming thanks to tropical storm Phillipe and a second low pressure system. It's supposed to be yucky til tomorrow. Rain is supposed to end late morning tomorrow.
Tomorrow we (SWMBO and I) will be at the "Music on Main" festival in New Windsor. She has a space selling he decorated flower pots and plants, along with custom Christmas balls. With her Cricut machine, she puts all kinds of sayings on flower pots, t-shirts, Christmas balls, buckets, hats, etc.
To all those who commented on "the girls". They are cute, but don't let that fool you. They went out this morning for the morning pee, then the little one came back in and peed on the living room floor! AAAARGH!! I know the little one is just a baby at 6 months so all I can do is try to correct her. She will get it eventually.
Tom, Sorry to here of the car disappearing. I agree, let the Ins Co do their job, get a new one and move on! Life's too short.
Sherrel, sounds like a personal problem old pal. Lay off the blue pills will ya??
BBL
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Guy, so right. Some of the lowest of the low!
At the temporary last place we had neighborhood kids that were painting rocks and putting messages on some. Then they would place them at the base of trees. They had to stop. A neighborhood women complained to the City that, 1 they were defacing nature, 2 some messages were political (the example was love everyone equally) and 3 they were trespassing when they placed the rocks. The City came back with, the rocks( big stones) were being painted with acrylic paints and eventually would wash off, the messages were not political and third they sent out messages not to enter any yards when placing the rocks. But also that between the sidewalk and curb the trees were cared for by the City and considered City property so are considered open. They could place the message bearing rocks or stones there
So the complaining lady stopped cutting the grass between the curb and sidewalks since it was open to the public she said the city could handle it. That issue is still being handled.
It so nice to be back on acreage and not worry about immediate next door neighbors.
My walks in the woods I mainly worry about twisting an ankle. Except for the phone and clothes I have no weapons or animal repellent with. While we have deer, too many turkeys and an occasional eagle there are no bears, yet!
Good to see you posting again
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Karl. Yep it’s in the hands of insurance. They are aware of the 3 colors I will refuse, White, black and those to me annoying neon colors! It’s a blip on the radar, aggravating but small in the big scheme of lifeGood Morning gang!
Temps in the lower 60s and overcast today, rain in coming thanks to tropical storm Phillipe and a second low pressure system. It's supposed to be yucky til tomorrow. Rain is supposed to end late morning tomorrow.
Tomorrow we (SWMBO and I) will be at the "Music on Main" festival in New Windsor. She has a space selling he decorated flower pots and plants, along with custom Christmas balls. With her Cricut machine, she puts all kinds of sayings on flower pots, t-shirts, Christmas balls, buckets, hats, etc. I got her that thing last year, and I have created a monster with it! I will just be the muscle, set up the canopy, table, sclep stuff from the truck to the stand, etc.
To all those who commented on "the girls". They are cute, but don't let that fool you. They went out this morning for the morning pee, then the little one came back in and peed on the living room floor! AAAARGH!! I know the little one is just a baby at 6 months so all I can do is try to correct her. She will get it eventually.
Tom, Sorry to here of the car disappearing. I agree, let the Ins Co do their job, get a new one and move on! Life's too short.
Sherrel, sounds like a personal problem old pal. Lay off the blue pills will ya??
BBL
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