Vents: Random Acts of Venting!

[Palehorse]

 

[bevis]

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if you want a snapshot answer to what's wrong with this country, you couldn't do much better.  this corporation is telling you that their "mission" is to make people happy (as if that was possible, and that these 'tards know how to do it if it was possible).  but understand this, as a CORPORATION, this entity is required BY LAW, to do what is in the strictest sense economically good for THE CORPORATION.  they can't, BY LAW, consider the interests of any human being over the economic realities.  so, how can the "mission" of this corporation be anything other than the economic interest of the corporation irregardless of the human consideration?  this isn't just hippie bullshit, either.    this is a real cultural malady, our central economic entities do not act (BY LAW) in the interests of humanity.  that's ugly.

[lex]

A while back I vented about people flying down the gravel road, in front of my house. Well ,today I have another cat casualty. They hit it soooo hard, it landed 8 feet off the road,in the ditch. Jesum Fuckin Crow!!!  I wish I had a stop stick to throw out there.  I'm thinking about making me a spud gun,donning some camouflage fatigues, and laying in the ditch, waiting for the little bastard to go by. Wouldn't that surprise the little son of a sea bisquit!!!    the Mission Impossible theme song playing  Dexter Morgan =Night Prowler LOL!!!! 

I have friends who live in a tiny, tiny town that has a rock road through it that maniacs fly down. A child was hit by one of of these fast drivers, was lucky and was uninjured but his little bike was destroyed. Lots of pets die to these drivers and law enforcement has better things to do than stake it out.

My suggestion was this; engineer some speed bumps in the road at strategic places. Rock roads are some delicate things from my observations. Deep potholes in them, trenches cut across them take years to level out it seems. Many suffer from poorly skilled Grader drivers who bounce the grader blade and created "speed bump" effects by accident. If you have ever hit these "wash board" bumps, you will know they can bounce a vehicle sideways making for scary driving conditions for those who are feint of heart and unfamiliar with the ways of rock roads.

My suggestion for my friend was to ask the county for some speed bumps and if his request fell on deaf ears to dig some teeth breaking ones himself. After impacting their front ends on these a few times and digging in the floorboards for everything lose in the car, people will slow down.

[Dexter Morgan]

if you want a snapshot answer to what's wrong with this country, you couldn't do much better.  this corporation is telling you that their "mission" is to make people happy (as if that was possible, and that these 'tards know how to do it if it was possible).  but understand this, as a CORPORATION, this entity is required BY LAW, to do what is in the strictest sense economically good for THE CORPORATION.  they can't, BY LAW, consider the interests of any human being over the economic realities.  so, how can the "mission" of this corporation be anything other than the economic interest of the corporation irregardless of the human consideration?  this isn't just hippie bullshit, either.    this is a real cultural malady, our central economic entities do not act (BY LAW) in the interests of humanity.  that's ugly.

Bingo!!!! 

[Dexter Morgan]

I have friends who live in a tiny, tiny town that has a rock road through it that maniacs fly down. A child was hit by one of of these fast drivers, was lucky and was uninjured but his little bike was destroyed. Lots of pets die to these drivers and law enforcement has better things to do than stake it out.

My suggestion was this; engineer some speed bumps in the road at strategic places. Rock roads are some delicate things from my observations. Deep potholes in them, trenches cut across them take years to level out it seems. Many suffer from poorly skilled Grader drivers who bounce the grader blade and created "speed bump" effects by accident. If you have ever hit these "wash board" bumps, you will know they can bounce a vehicle sideways making for scary driving conditions for those who are feint of heart and unfamiliar with the ways of rock roads.

My suggestion for my friend was to ask the county for some speed bumps and if his request fell on deaf ears to dig some teeth breaking ones himself. After impacting their front ends on these a few times and digging in the floorboards for everything lose in the car, people will slow down.

  Welcome Lex!!! Glad to have you on board.  Those are all great ideas. Ya know, I really don't think people care at all, about hitting animals on the road.  I break for all animals. Although, regretfully I have hit a lot of  Caterpillars this year LOL!!!  You can't miss them, when they're all over the road. Living on a gravel road presents many problems. In the Winter it's like driving on a sheet of ice. In Spring it's like a mud slide.  Right now it is sooo dry here, that it's almost like driving in a sand storm.

[Palehorse]

Doing such things will bring you nothing short of financial ruin in exchange for a brief moment of vengeance.  Will it be worth it when the "victim" turns out to not even be the moron who ran kitty-kitty over? Would it be worth it even if it were?

Me thinks not!

[Dexter Morgan]

  Here we go again...... Today was pay day. We're not allowed to pick up our checks until 1:00 pm. One of our shift managers came in at 12:00, and wanted to get her check early, because she was hungry, and didn't have money for food.   She's pregnant I might add. My boss told her she couldn't have it until 1:00. She got mad, which is understandable considering the circumstances. My boss kept carrying on after she left, because my coworker gave her some lip LOL!!! She came back at 1:00, and put in her 2 weeks notice.  I tried to reason with my boss because, she is very emotional due to the pregnancy. My boss said she didn't care.  I asked my boss, if the coworker cooled off and called in a day or two,and wanted her job back, would she take her back??? She said absolutely NOT!!!  It really pisses me off, that my boss is sooo cold and mean. It's not like the world would have ended, if she got her check early.  I feel soo bad for her. The baby's Daddy walked out on her,and  now she only has her other job,t hat she only works at one day a week. I understand there are rules, but my boss didn't have to be mean like that.  She was hungry, and needed money for food for cryin' out loud.  What a bitch!!

Which leads me to something else about her..... Today, she told us she hits her kids sooo hard, it breaks blood vessels in her hands.  She was gloating about it, like it was something to be proud of.  I truly hate her,and I don't hate anybody, soo you know she's horrible. 

[Sandy Eggo]

I don't know. I like the speed bump idea. I think you can even buy the hard rubber ones. I've seen them located at the bottom of long driveways.   Even if not, I don't see how Dex could be held accountable for a whole or two on a public road.

[Dexter Morgan]

I don't know. I like the speed bump idea. I think you can even buy the hard rubber ones. I've seen them located at the bottom of long driveways.   Even if not, I don't see how Dex could be held accountable for a whole or two on a public road.

Ya know, it's crazy but I don't think that would slow them down one bit.  We find a lot of beer bottles and cans along our road. Drunkards and dead cats GoodTimes!!!!   

[Sandy Eggo]

If they don't slow down they'll be looking at fixing their cars after a while. I think expense alone would be the driving motivation. Although, you have those idiots in the raised trucks that think they rule the road.

(disclaimer: not all people who drive raised trucks are idiots )

[Palehorse]

I don't know. I like the speed bump idea. I think you can even buy the hard rubber ones. I've seen them located at the bottom of long driveways.   Even if not, I don't see how Dex could be held accountable for a whole or two on a public road.

Unauthorized modification /destruction of a public roadway. Ding! Ding! Ding! (Thereby creating a public hazard).

My dad had a neighbor that was having his mailbox run over by drunks (in a dry county no less). The guy sunk a steel post in reinforced concrete and the next drunk that hit it ate the steering wheel. He was successfully sued by the drunk and charged with the above, found guilty, and jailed because he couldn't pay the fine. (The law-suit took the house away from him too).

The drunk lost his license and the homeowners policy paid for his medical bills.

[Sandy Eggo]

That's a serious miscarriage of justice.

[Palehorse]

That's a serious miscarriage of justice.

KY at its best! 

[Dexter Morgan]

Unauthorized modification /destruction of a public roadway. Ding! Ding! Ding! (Thereby creating a public hazard).

My dad had a neighbor that was having his mailbox run over by drunks (in a dry county no less). The guy sunk a steel post in reinforced concrete and the next drunk that hit it ate the steering wheel. He was successfully sued by the drunk and charged with the above, found guilty, and jailed because he couldn't pay the fine. (The law-suit took the house away from him too).

The drunk lost his license and the homeowners policy paid for his medical bills.

That's exactly why I haven't done anything.  At every angle there is liability to some extent. I think you're neighbor got a raw deal. It's crazy they punished him. 

[bevis]

At every angle there is liability to some extent.

wisdom for the ages!