Just Jack Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 and another $50 ticket for having one wheel of my own car off my own driveway and in my own lawn. First it's one tire, soon you'll have an engine hanging from the oak tree out front and a 78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 No, I'm up in the Socialist Republic of Rockville, MD now. I once got a $50 ticket for accidentally mixing a plastic bag in the recycling, and another $50 ticket for having one wheel of my own car off my own driveway and in my own lawn. And you !@#$ with me about where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 No, I'm up in the Socialist Republic of Rockville, MD now. I once got a $50 ticket for accidentally mixing a plastic bag in the recycling, and another $50 ticket for having one wheel of my own car off my own driveway and in my own lawn. What do they fine you if you park guest's cars on the lawn for a party? Do they take away your house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 That's a smidge excessive. In the town next to mine, people can't have RV's, boats, etc. in their "front yards." A friend of mine owns ~10 acres with a dirt path into the back of his land. The town got on his case because he had an RV about 50' down this path. With the trees and brush around it, you could barely even see the thing from the road. So he started 'working' on his house. He's had scaffolding up around it for the past 2 years. I'd guess he'll finish the product sometime in the next century. My neighbor has a big pile of firewood in his backyard, maybe six full cords (personal use, not for sale - has a wood stove for heating). My town cited him because some of the firewood was visible from the street. They also cited him for not having his girlfriend's (not live-in) dog registered in his name as well - apparently, if she visits him with the dog more than six days a year, it's also considered HIS dog. But running a red light and causing a three-car accident that totals two cars and sends two people to the hospital (one of them my wife)...ninety dollar fine, no points. Really !@#$ed-up town I live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 First it's one tire, soon you'll have an engine hanging from the oak tree out front and a 78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway. We don't have an oak tree out front. We have an alder, about seven years old. The town planted it, as part of some environmental project where they plant trees in people's yards, whether they want the tree or not, then require the people to maintain them. Even though I can't park PART of my car in my own yard. And the tree, in a few years, will grow around the power lines, at which point the town requires me to hire a service to cut down the tree. I could cut it down now, while it's small...but I'm not permitted to remove it, since it's a town tree. But on my property. I may just cut it down anyway, and argue in court that "I'm required to maintain it...removal is maintenance." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 First it's one tire, soon you'll have an engine hanging from the oak tree out front and a 78 Camaro on blocks in the driveway. Then a 3 year old running around the yard in dirty diapers and a spaghetti sauce stained t shirt, playing with a one eyed beagle with mange and large warts. We need to nipe it in bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 My neighbor has a big pile of firewood in his backyard, maybe six full cords (personal use, not for sale - has a wood stove for heating). My town cited him because some of the firewood was visible from the street. They also cited him for not having his girlfriend's (not live-in) dog registered in his name as well - apparently, if she visits him with the dog more than six days a year, it's also considered HIS dog. But running a red light and causing a three-car accident that totals two cars and sends two people to the hospital (one of them my wife)...ninety dollar fine, no points. Really !@#$ed-up town I live in. Well, in fairness to the town, being forced to see a bit of a pile of firewood every single day is truly a quality of life issue and probably runs up the citizenry's therapist and prozac bills to unreasonable levels. The dog, well, you start letting people have unregistered (as resident to your town) dogs running around and then soon nobody is complying with supplying the sample of doggy DNA necessary to cross reference and indentify which dog left the 'presents' that inevitably get left behind; again, creating a true quality of life issue and running up therapist and prozac bills. The accident; well, that isn't an everyday eyesore and they have maintenance crews to clean up the debris and doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff that need to stay employed, so the guy that ran the red light was actually providing a benefit to society as a whole; your wife and the other person's misfortune notwithstanding. PS - Hope your wife's recovery from the accident was complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 We took the 8 of us (mom, dad and six kids) on a trip to the 1,000 Islands in 1968 in our Ford LTD. My sister was a baby. Child's car seat? Seat belts? :w00t: It's amazing we're all still alive. Don't forget bike helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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