Sorry but I lol'd at that ending. I was reading intently waiting for some mc turf war to start out in your street but it cuts to "anyway, he hasn't cut his grass in a few weeks".
Apparently, by all accounts we have a huge influx of Californians etc, state is growing. But apparently many just come in and buy all new possessions or something. Penske claims hard to buy new trucks due to same shortages on civilian vehicles.
Mrs. Haus
drives to pick me up at the airport. She doesn't really like driving at night to begin with, but will when needed. Picks me up at the airport (which is MAYBE 10 minutes from our house or so depending on lights). We're driving home and she stops at a light....
Mrs. Haus
is pissed and moderately freaking (it's literally the first time she's ever been in a car accident). I get out to handle the exchange of insurance/dl/contact info...
This week I had my first business trip since covid started that required flying. No, nothing about the flying actually rustled me. Meeting is a complete beatdown and most everybody agrees it could have just as easily been a few Zoom session, or maybe even done in email.
I fly back in on Wednesday night. Flight is delayed around 40 minutes, but nothing horrible. Streaming is working on the flight so I'm watching NHL playoffs and things are pretty nice... still no rustling....
>BAM<
We get rear ended. Nothing massive in terms of collision, more noise than motions honestly. Seems like person behind us was late to get on the brakes and slowing down when they hit our rear bumper.
Go to the car behind us, lady is driving, window is rolled down and I hear..
"I hit brake!"
then...
"No speak English."
*sigh*
I say "Insurance and license?" She hands me a printed insurance card, and says "No license"
*sigh*
I look and the insurance card... is expired. At this point I tell her "I have to call police". Call the cops. They tell us to pull out of the road and they'll send a car.
20 minutes pass and no cop... waiting.. waiting.... I exchange phone numbers with the woman and tell her I'll be in touch. My fallback in case she tries to vanish is that her front plate came off hitting us and I put it in our car.
Thoroughly rustled....
Luckily it only mildly damaged a small plastic valance piece on the bottom of my wife's bumper. A part I can replace for $75, and doesn't need to be painted. an hour after I get home an unknown number calls me. I answer. It's apparently an English speaking friend of the driver. She's asking me what they need to do, that they want to keep this from escalating because "not everybody is in the country legally...", and she needs her front plate back..heh
Every day something else happens that reminds me that Michael Douglas was the hero in Falling Down.. I swear...
Now, I am torn...
Easiest path is to blow this bullshit off, buy the $75 part, slap it on and be done...
On the other end of the spectrum is seeing what I can do about getting her and as much of her bloodline as possible deported... because.. #fuckthisshit.
I don't get it. If I was in like Sweden illegally, and didn't have a license or insurance or speak the language, I would drive like a saint. It's like those idiots who do 90 in a 55 while transporting a shit tun of drugs.
ICE Tip Form
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Think of it in terms of microbiota. If you eradicate a mild opportunistic pathogen, it creates a vacuum for less desireable and more viral pathogens. Just give them the plate back in exchange for cost + dinner and flowers for Lady Haus, get the part and fix it and be glad you live in the land of the free. Cheers.This week I had my first business trip since covid started that required flying. No, nothing about the flying actually rustled me. Meeting is a complete beatdown and most everybody agrees it could have just as easily been a few Zoom session, or maybe even done in email.
I fly back in on Wednesday night. Flight is delayed around 40 minutes, but nothing horrible. Streaming is working on the flight so I'm watching NHL playoffs and things are pretty nice... still no rustling....
>BAM<
We get rear ended. Nothing massive in terms of collision, more noise than motions honestly. Seems like person behind us was late to get on the brakes and slowing down when they hit our rear bumper.
Go to the car behind us, lady is driving, window is rolled down and I hear..
"I hit brake!"
then...
"No speak English."
*sigh*
I say "Insurance and license?" She hands me a printed insurance card, and says "No license"
*sigh*
I look and the insurance card... is expired. At this point I tell her "I have to call police". Call the cops. They tell us to pull out of the road and they'll send a car.
20 minutes pass and no cop... waiting.. waiting.... I exchange phone numbers with the woman and tell her I'll be in touch. My fallback in case she tries to vanish is that her front plate came off hitting us and I put it in our car.
Thoroughly rustled....
Luckily it only mildly damaged a small plastic valance piece on the bottom of my wife's bumper. A part I can replace for $75, and doesn't need to be painted. an hour after I get home an unknown number calls me. I answer. It's apparently an English speaking friend of the driver. She's asking me what they need to do, that they want to keep this from escalating because "not everybody is in the country legally...", and she needs her front plate back..heh
Every day something else happens that reminds me that Michael Douglas was the hero in Falling Down.. I swear...
Now, I am torn...
Easiest path is to blow this bullshit off, buy the $75 part, slap it on and be done...
On the other end of the spectrum is seeing what I can do about getting her and as much of her bloodline as possible deported... because.. #fuckthisshit.
Woman at work got smashed hard by a guy driving too fast into a corner. Then he tried to flee the scene and his car quit, then tried to run on foot. He tried to run because he had a handful of traffic violation warrants. DWLS, no insurance...all misdemeanors including his warrants. IIRC, he bought himself a few felonies on that one because the accident fucked her up pretty good.I don't get it. If I was in like Sweden illegally, and didn't have a license or insurance or speak the language, I would drive like a saint. It's like those idiots who do 90 in a 55 while transporting a shit tun of drugs.
ICE Tip Form
OMB Control Number: 1653-0049 Expiration Date: 01/31/2024 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigates more than 400 violations of criminal law, ranging from child exploitation to transnational gangs. Use this form to report suspected criminal activity.
So a bit of an update on this rant
Just heard the reason on this. The board "....wanted to go a more progressive direction, with DEI stuff, and [hr lady] didn't want to, so I guess she kind of resigned?"
Dallas or Tarrant County absolutely nothing will be done about it. I and friends of mine have been in similar situations and I can tell you from personal experience that it is just not worth wasting time and aggravation out of your own life. Only little bit of justice you might be able to squeeze from the situation is extracting a couple hundred $$ from her and calling it a day.This week I had my first business trip since covid started that required flying. No, nothing about the flying actually rustled me. Meeting is a complete beatdown and most everybody agrees it could have just as easily been a few Zoom session, or maybe even done in email.
I fly back in on Wednesday night. Flight is delayed around 40 minutes, but nothing horrible. Streaming is working on the flight so I'm watching NHL playoffs and things are pretty nice... still no rustling....
>BAM<
We get rear ended. Nothing massive in terms of collision, more noise than motions honestly. Seems like person behind us was late to get on the brakes and slowing down when they hit our rear bumper.
Go to the car behind us, lady is driving, window is rolled down and I hear..
"I hit brake!"
then...
"No speak English."
*sigh*
I say "Insurance and license?" She hands me a printed insurance card, and says "No license"
*sigh*
I look and the insurance card... is expired. At this point I tell her "I have to call police". Call the cops. They tell us to pull out of the road and they'll send a car.
20 minutes pass and no cop... waiting.. waiting.... I exchange phone numbers with the woman and tell her I'll be in touch. My fallback in case she tries to vanish is that her front plate came off hitting us and I put it in our car.
Thoroughly rustled....
Luckily it only mildly damaged a small plastic valance piece on the bottom of my wife's bumper. A part I can replace for $75, and doesn't need to be painted. an hour after I get home an unknown number calls me. I answer. It's apparently an English speaking friend of the driver. She's asking me what they need to do, that they want to keep this from escalating because "not everybody is in the country legally...", and she needs her front plate back..heh
Every day something else happens that reminds me that Michael Douglas was the hero in Falling Down.. I swear...
Now, I am torn...
Easiest path is to blow this bullshit off, buy the $75 part, slap it on and be done...
On the other end of the spectrum is seeing what I can do about getting her and as much of her bloodline as possible deported... because.. #fuckthisshit.
