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Post by milee on Jul 17, 2012 19:32:11 GMT -5
Well, I don't text, eat, do makeup, shave, fix hair or hold my cell phone while driving, so that's probably a plus.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 17, 2012 19:35:00 GMT -5
If she gets hit it won't be by a little bitty car. It'll be by a semi.
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Post by milee on Jul 17, 2012 19:38:01 GMT -5
The weird part is that DH and I have been having a bit of debate about the need for weaponry in the house. I don't think we need any, he apparently does.
For Christmas, I got him a single .22 rifle for target shooting along with a huge safe. I thought the safe could be used to store work papers, etc. Hadn't looked in it since Christmas when I gave it to him. Last night, I went to get a piece of jewelry from the safe and discovered that we are armed to the teeth! WTH?!? So I asked if he's planning to start a small war or is simply preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse. He joked back that those zombies are pretty tough and we need to be prepared, plus it's a good thing for home defense in case of natural disasters. I'm not sure, but all I kept thinking when this woman was in my driveway yelling at me was that she probably wouldn't be yelling if she knew about all the guns in the house. But then it also made me think that who knows if this crazy woman carries a gun of her own? See why it's just such a bad idea to roll into someone's yard and start out by yelling at them? Bad stuff can happen and it's just simply not nice.
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Post by moxie on Jul 17, 2012 19:39:30 GMT -5
Well, I don't text, eat, do makeup, shave, fix hair or hold my cell phone while driving, so that's probably a plus. A simple lead foot, eh? lol
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2012 6:45:30 GMT -5
Yup, and she was on your property. I made sure DFs ex knew I was armed and would shoot her if she came onto our property again. She hasn't lurked since.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 18, 2012 7:03:22 GMT -5
I agree the woman's screaming confrontation wasn't helpful. They rarely are.
On the topic of suburban driving, my mom developed quite the lead foot as she got older. She just flew through her quiet little residential neighborhood. Whenever I drove, I stuck to the speed limit and stopped at each stop sign and it annoyed her. Once she yelled at me "I don't know how you ever get anywhere, you drive so slow!!!"
She hit a pothole and damaged her axle and tire and she was trying to figure out how to sue the local government for allowing the pothole to be there. (I saw the pothole, it wasn't big enough to do damage if you weren't passing over it at warp speed). When I suggested she did the damage herself by driving like a bat out of hell through a residential neighborhood she got seriously pissed.
Yes it was a little scary there, before we finally took Mom's car away. I'm very glad she never hit a kid. Most of us drive slower as we age - and then there is my mom.... Not suggesting you drive this way Milee. Hopefully not!
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2012 7:30:56 GMT -5
My aunt always drove like a bat out of hell. She still does. Stop signs are for peons. Leona Helmsley, anyone? I think I'll get her a radar detector for Christmas!
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 18, 2012 7:53:35 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure Florida is one of the most lenient states in giving out carry permits. Hell they'll give them to non residents.
My brother's armed for the zombies as well. He had some of his guns at my dad's for awhile and the joke was dad had weapons for close up, long range and in between.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 18, 2012 8:15:39 GMT -5
While I never agree that screaming and hollering accomplishes anything, I have to say that if I had kids and this woman comes "cannonballing" down the road where my kids play, I'd probably do more than yell. It's still wrong, but if I felt my kids were in danger, it would be an instant reaction. Had I sat and thought about it, I would have probably called the police and asked them to pay you a cautionary visit. I don't have kids but I don't know that most people are initially rational when they feel their kids are in danger. You might have been the 5th person to speed down that road that day and the only one she knew where to locate.
That being said, while everything this woman did was done in the wrong way, you shouldn't HAVE to be told by anyone that you don't go speeding down a street where kids play. You are a grown woman with kids of your own and you should know better. If you do have to be told, it's not her that is the poor neighbor.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 18, 2012 8:19:54 GMT -5
Thats why I said what I said. The trespassing lady wasn't being rational. If my kids were in danger or I thought they were, I wouldn't be rational, either.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2012 8:25:09 GMT -5
I rarely find that strangers telling how strangers how to act or behave to be useful on any level whatsoever. People are going on the defense concerning strangers and it is simply a waste to time, effort and not really worth the effort on either end. I don't go up to people i don't know because people are nuts and you never know who you are dealing with. And, if stranger comes up and stops jawing at me, i either tell them to buzz off or completely ignore them and walk away.
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Post by midjd on Jul 18, 2012 8:35:07 GMT -5
I agree. Growing up, one of our neighbors down the road had a ton of semi-feral cats. A kitten showed up at our house one day and, assuming it had traveled from the house where 20+ other cats lived, walked it back there and dropped it off near the porch. I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. About 5 minutes later the neighbor pulled up in our driveway, got out of the car, and started literally screaming at my mom for letting me "" animals at her house, threatened to call the Humane Society, etc. In retrospect, I know I should have at least knocked and asked if they were missing a kitten before assuming it was theirs - but her reaction was so OTT that I wasn't focused on what *I* may have done wrong, but what she was doing. All that to say, there are better ways to handle things - and like you said, if she'd spoken to you calmly, she probably would've gotten the desired result. Instead, all she has is a pissed-off neighbor with a lot of guns. Yup. I read somewhere that between 7 and 10 percent of adults in this state have a concealed carry permit. So even though I get major road rage, I try to restrain myself from throwing the finger/obscenities, because you just never know with whom you're dealing. That was the nice thing about living in NYC... almost no one had a (legal) gun, so as long as you were out of stabbing/pepper spray range, you could say or do whatever you wanted
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jul 19, 2012 10:18:09 GMT -5
...:::"Swamp's post 18"::::...
I know a little something about asking for what I want in the wrong way. Although its more fun, the success rate is lower.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 10:29:03 GMT -5
Bad driving is not offensive and rude, it is dangerous. You are so completely wrong on this. Especially since you know you drive badly. And in my experience people that continuously speed in residential neighbourhoods never respond well when confronted on it no matter how nice you are.
For normal neighbourhood annoyances (the ones that don't put people's lives in danger) a pleasant approach is usually more effective.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 10:30:19 GMT -5
BTW she isn't interested in being your best friend. She wants you to drive sanely. Are you saying you are going to continue to drive dangerously?
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