Rude awakening

[RustyBattleship]

At 0205 hours this morning, my wife heard some noise out front. She got me up and asked me to check on our cars parked out front.

[Shamus]

I hear claymores can be had pretty cheaply on the open market Rusty;).

[RustyBattleship]

pics of my Dakota

[Shamus]

Damn....drunk...hit and run??

[lazybastard]

Damn....drunk...hit and run??

Then how to explain the flat tire?

[lazybastard]

Did you find that broken rear view mirror?

[entropy]

Reminds me about an incident that took place in Estonia when I was 5. I was sleeping in my grandfather's apartment, on the 5th floor. Suddenly I heard loud music and screams, and it appeared that some young "New Russians" had chosen out the parking lot underneath my window to hold their party.
My grandfather decided not to take action until one of the thugs urinated on his Opel Ascona, that my grandfather didn't acquire easily considering the size of an academic's salary in post-Soviet Estonia.
Holding a degree in chemistry, he let projectiles named after Stalin's foreign minister rain down on the BMWs of the perpetrators, and disappeared unnoticed back in the window.

The party ended immediately.

[entropy]

Our car was destroyed in a similar fashion when we moved into a "all-white" neighbourhood in Helsingborg, Sweden. I know exactly how it feels, RustyBattleship, and the most frustrating thing is that you can't do same to the teeth of the coward perpetrators because you'll never find them.

[BD1]

Reminds me about an incident that took place in Estonia when I was 5. I was sleeping in my grandfather's apartment, on the 5th floor. Suddenly I heard loud music and screams, and it appeared that some young "New Russians" had chosen out the parking lot underneath my window to hold their party.
My grandfather decided not to take action until one of the thugs urinated on his Opel Ascona, that my grandfather didn't acquire easily considering the size of an academic's salary in post-Soviet Estonia.
Holding a degree in chemistry, he let projectiles named after Stalin's foreign minister rain down on the BMWs of the perpetrators, and disappeared unnoticed back in the window.

The party ended immediately.

. I live in Tallinn now . Same problems sometimes , but have not heard of such dramatic measures before . I have used an water-filled birth-control device to break apart a rowdy ´party´ under my own window . Dropped from 4th floor it makes a one hell of a splash and quite wave apparently .

[entropy]

. I live in Tallinn now . Same problems sometimes , but have not heard of such dramatic measures before . I have used an water-filled birth-control device to break apart a rowdy ´party´ under my own window . Dropped from 4th floor it makes a one hell of a splash and quite wave apparently .

Was it area fire or a head shot?

[RustyBattleship]

Did you find that broken rear view mirror?

Oh yes. I picked up the parts out of the street as they were a road hazard. They're sitting on a lawn chair of my front porch for the Insurance adjuster to look at tomorrow.

Also found something interesting in the daylight. Pieces of broken plastic from a RED light cover. There are no vehicles I know of that have any red lights in FRONT. Amber, but not red. So what I think happened is the person was heading home from a bar (it was just after closing time) and turned up my street (La Jara) instead of the next one down. My street only goes one block but the next one (Hedda) goes through from Downey to Lakewood. He realized he was on the wrong street and backed up to turn the corner again and cut it too short.

All this morning I've been searching the neighborhood for white vehicles with severe damage to the right front. Now it looks like the damage is to the left rear.

[entropy]

Oh, it was hit by accident, not vandalized.
Has happened to us too, but it's not as bad.

[Ytlas]

Oh yes. I picked up the parts out of the street as they were a road hazard.

There wouldn't be parts of your truck strewn from Curley's to your house.....?

All this morning I've been searching the neighborhood for white vehicles with severe damage to the right front. Now it looks like the damage is to the left rear.

Your wife is letting you drive the remaining running car?

[RustyBattleship]

There wouldn't be parts of your truck strewn from Curley's to your house.....?



Your wife is letting you drive the remaining running car?

One: I don't go to Curley's anymore. I don't like the new owner. So I go to the VFW hall on South Street west of Orange.

Two: Somebody has to drive some car of some sort. Julia can't drive because her leg is back in a stiff boot until the screw holes in her bones fill in and heal over.

And yes, we have a bunch of doctor's appointments next week.

[RustyBattleship]

Oh, it was hit by accident, not vandalized.
Has happened to us too, but it's not as bad.

I guess you can call in "accidental". More like iresponsible.

And we have been vandalized a number of times with some b**tard smashing windows on the driver's side. Once on my International, twice on my Caravan, once on my Dakota and twice on my neighbor's cars.

The only other time when a window was broken on my Caravan was up in Yosemite National Park when a bear ripped it open to get at a cantalope my wife had in back.

Ruined the upholstery too because he hadn't had a manicure in a long time.