Pity the real crims wont bother to register with the cops.
Just another terminally stupid system that only inconveniences those who arent the problem and does nothing about those who are.
If you're that paranoid, it makes a hell of a lot more sense to have decent secure security cameras so you can give the cops the footage when something undesirable happens.
"Rod Speed" wrote
Rod Speed?
Is that the speed of your dick typing?
Steve
"Oren" wrote
Me neither, but I get one every once in a while. I have a nice looking round headed big nail on the backside of my front door. It's for hanging a holster. I talk with people now and then at the front door, and they have no idea I have a gun in my right hand. I also write down license plates. Just a hobby for us paranoid fools.
Don't know about where lots of folks live, but where Oren and I do, home invasion is a common thing. Occasionally ending someone's death. It is also common to be attacked in your garage with the door open. I have a loaded gun in four different areas. I also carry pepper spray almost all of the time. Violent crimes happen in big cities, rural, and small town America. Anyone who thinks not is a troll or just mentally not all there.
Glad I'm moving out of this hell hole soon. Taking a big load of furniture to Utah in the morning. Tools are going to take about two loads. Looking forward to life in a town of 935 people. Maybe I'll forget about all this, and start posting that everyone who carries a gun or thinks they can be assaulted or preyed upon are just paranoid fools.
Nah. Last year there was a homicide in that little town of 935.
I was a part time coroner's investigator for a while. As a newcomer and a part timer, all of my calls were "natural" deaths. But I was a part of the office that deals with the dark side of what one human does to another, and heard and saw a lot of things first hand. We had a word for people who walked around thinking everyone was paranoid, and that nothing could happen to THEM: prey.
Steve
"Rod Speed" wrote
The point is they are breaking the law if they knock on your door and the police will respond if they are reported.
Screw that, if they are knocking on my door selling s*it, you think I care if they're inconvenienced?
I'm not paranoid. But thanks for playing.
nancy
I've been following this thread with a certain amount of curiosity. I believe the original post mentioned that the driveway was "blacktop" which I would interpret as being asphalt cement, bitumen, hot mix, or whatever other name you want to call a mixture of asphalt and sand which is placed as a hot mixture and then compacted to a smooth surface.
If my interpretation is correct why did the neighbor feel that the driveway needed to be sprayed? Bruce in Bangkok (brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)
It would get the attention of the scammers and get them registered. Depending on the community, it might get them followed and they will head out of town. All depends on the police department.
I have never had an asphalt drive, but the surface gets kind of rough after a few years. The slurry keeps it smooth and fills any minor cracks. It also improves the appearance which may actually be the main reason it is done.
Also it is not just driveways that get slurried. Depending on the budget, my city sluries a portion of its streets every year.
Vaughn in Florida
Good movie called Traveller with Bill Paxton and Mark Wahlberg. Pretty funny scene when they collected their cash and ran like hell because it started to rain. The "blacktop sealer" they had just applied was running into the gutter just as fast.
--Vic
Some gutless paranoid f****it desperately cowering behind Steve B wrote
Never ever could bullshit its way out of a wet paper bag.
Nancy Young wrote
No they arent if they have registered.
And you have no practical way of checking if they have registered with the cops or not.
The crims that matter arent, fool.
Corse you are.
Pathetic.
Used motor oil?
The treatment that was applied, was basically some tarry substance, that did not seem to be water based (like an emulsion would look). I think that at least its external appearance matched used engine oil most closely, though I cannot say for sure that that's what it was -- but it sure looked like it. It did indeed make his driveway look very nice and new.
The driveway happens to be one year old actually.
i
Used motor oil?
That is the same stuff we used. So it seems.
As I recall - If you are having it done - ask about Type I and Type II.
One is under the stone and the other is over the stone. Over is best. And we did it every 4-5 years or in sections as needed. A storm dropping
20 inches in a couple of days might blow out some road...I'm out of the rain forest and into the rain plains.
Martin
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ted frater wrote:
10+ years ago, my neighbours driveway was done, and the guy came to my door to tell me what a great deal he could offer me and how much of an improvement they would provide. I suggested that he take a closer look and proceeded pick out a lump of the half inch thick, semi cohesive asphaltic material. The guy had to admit that his miracle material probably wouldn't provide much of an improvement. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
"Ignoramus1012" wrote: (clip) It did indeed make his driveway look very nice and new. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I know someone who sold a really dingy, faded car after wiping it down with engine oil.
"Rod Speed" (clip) And you have no practical way of checking if they have registered with the cops or not. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don't they get paperwork that they are required to show on demand?
Hehe, I lived on "meat about to go bad" when I was in college - thanks to the local Albertson's for selling it to me at half price!
Jon
"Rod Speed" wrote
Just last week I had this new thing installed, it's called a phone. People use it to report suspicious activity.
Crims, is that a new word?
Another new word.
Indeed.
nancy
"Leo Lichtman" wrote
Yes, and people who have it can't wait to show it to you.
I wouldn't ask for it if they didn't, I'd say no thanks, then call after they left. Luckily we get very few door to door people, mostly Jehovah, and the occasional kid selling candy or cookies.
nancy
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