Where does he say that?
Read post #42, also take note this is a zombie thread.
This.
Kaio asks: “Do YOU regularly sit outside in a freezing cold car for an hour doing nothing? Do you do it preferentially over finding a warm building to do nothing in?”
I sure do. 5 days a week I leave a warm building to go sit in my car. I often lunch parked on the various streets near the river. In the winter, I’m wearing a coat (and longies) - I don’t need the heater. I also will just sit in the car in the parking lot at lunch.
Yeah, right. Anything in the vicinity of my house becomes my business by virtue of its proximity to my family.
My first thought is that this might be some PI on his first stakeout. One of the neighbors might be cheating on their spouse or something.
I, personally would shout at him from my window and, if he doesn’t move, call the cops. I would not go outside. In every state that I am familiar with, “Castle Doctrine” no longer applies if you exit your home to confront the intruder. Various courts have held that the correct response is to remain in your home until the police arrive.
Based on the movies, the guy in the car was not interested in the OP’s house because he was right in front of it. But if he was across the street and 2 houses up then it’s time to worry.
not this answer.
While one has a right to control over their own residence, a person does not have the right to dictate that another person cant sit in their own car…i have a friend who went out at 11 pm to buy a cucumber, she was having a late night pregnancy craving. she parked in her car greedily eating the cucumber, when she coudnt wait to get home to eat it. Some nosy neighbor asked what she was doing and she smiled and said “what does it look like? im eating a cucumber, lady…” who then noticed her stomach and left her the h alone to eat her cucumber in peace
This is very true with drug dealing houses. Cars pull up down the street and people walk to the house. Like THAT isn’t suspicious all day long.:rolleyes:
This sounds like two children playing a game. One child waves his hands in the other child’s face. The other child complains, while the first one chants, “I’m not touching you! You can’t get mad!”
I’m not going to pull out my property map and say, “Well, he’s two inches over the property line. That might as well be in another country. He can just do whatever he wants.”
If I see someone suspicious anywhere near my family, I’m going to take action. Just because they are in the “public” street does not put them above suspicion.
:rolleyes: I’m sure you do. I’m sure it’s completely lost on you that pretty much no one else does this. And I’m sure you don’t realize it’s even more unusual on a residential street, far from businesses or parking lots, in someone else’s neighborhood, late at night.
Because that couldn’t possibly be the least bit unusual, right?
And a person has the right to call police on a suspicious car parked in front of their house. I realize it’s now a foreign concept of neighbors looking after each other but that’s how it use to be in a small town. If you like to take walks at 3am you would expect a friendly chat with the local policeman.
I’ve had the police called on me for parking in a strange location. I was clearing debris away from an area that eventually became a city park. The person didn’t believe me and eventually I had a very pleasant conversation with an officer who was interested in historical places.
I’ve also had the police called on me for playing frisbee at night. It was an older woman and she heard voices near her house. It resulted in a pleasant conversation with an officer plus we were able to introduce ourselves to her and give her our phone number if she ever needed help.
If you feel indignant that your activities look suspicious that’s your prerogative but it’s also shortsighted. I’ve caught one set of burglars in my neighborhood and stopped 2 other robberies by calling the police. This is how a civilized society works.
Has happened to me in the past. I’d turn on the porchlight and step outside to smoke. Meanwhile I’d be staring at the car and taking notes and perhaps calling the cops. By the way, I usually go out to smoke with my casual jeans on. They seem to fit much better with a Colt 45 tucked into them:D
Do you live in such a high crime area that sight of a person on a public street minding his own buisiness requires you to arm yourself? If not, what do you think is the source of your fear, have you been the victim of violence in the past?
The people at the Boston Marathon were minding their own business. So were the terrorists. Was that a high crime area? What it comes down to is suspicious activity. If someone pulls up to your house and parks there without getting out then that is suspicious.
Very rural area here, checking in: if a stranger is in your driveway in a very rural area, they are either lost, are looking for their dog (or horse, or cows), or up to no good. Daytime, I go out and ask if they need help. Nighttime, I take my large bite-first-ask-questions-later dog (on a leash) and a big flashlight and do the same.
Except for one time a pack of kids looking to for a place to party, in the past 30 years they’ve always been lost. One of the big differences between rural and urban/suburban life is that you really don’t ignore anything or anyone. Strangers are noted and talked about. Odd noises, anything different, ditto.
Im not sure I understand the link between Boston and some guy parked on the street. Also, if he’s really concerned about his safety, he should stop smoking, that’s probably going to kill him before the Chechens.
a friend of mine work for a firm that investigated workers comp fraudulent claims. He would park within line of sight of the suspects home and use a zoom lens to record them doing strenuous work. He even followed them on trips.
He said one neighbor - not the person staked out - but the neighbor, whose house he was closest to, walked up and asked him what he was doing. So he asked me if he could use my car on the next stake out, and parked near a different neighbor.
don’t feel bad. There are a bunch of people in Boston missing limbs who don’t understand it either.
Last week I got home and my laptop was gone. A neighbor told me that an AT&T van had been parked in front of my place that day. The day before, I saw an AT&T van parked in front of my next door neighbor’s place. I have been in Florida all week. My friend that’s feeding my cat said the laptop is back. There were no signs of forced entry and the doors were locked.
That car has been parked outside the house for almost six years!
Call the cops why don’t you?