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Long day at work today; rolled home a bit too fast.

Came around the corner and saw the Maryland State Trooper had me dead to rights. I looked in my mirror, saw him start to move, I pulled onto the shoulder and was stopped before he even turned on his lights.

Interior lights on, driver’s license in hand out the window as he approached.

Him - “Sir, do you know why… you pulled over before I pulled you over?”

Me - “Yep. Speeding like hell. Long day. I would appreciate a break.”

He asked how my record was, I told him it was clean (it is). Gave him the paperwork on the rental. Five minutes later I had my printed warning and a good laugh with the officer, and rolled back on down the road…

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I made up for your lack of pursuit, tugig. I was chased in a foot pursuit, & he thanked me at the end. (BTW, what is it with me & PD this week?)
Despite today being the first day this week I went to irk because of a respiratory infection, & despite it being only 21° out, I decided to go to run club tonight. Since I had to make a stop along the way, I got there as they were heading out, meaning I was (next to) last-man Charlie & therefore, ran alone.

We run along the trail, parallel to the RR trax. About a mile up is a train station, there is a driver on the other side that used the D gear instead of the R gear so his rear wheel is now a foot or two in the air, & while he’s not on the trax, his front end is in the ditch & appears very close to them. While the train might clear him, & it should be going slow as it’s just feet from the station, I can’t keep running by, especially because of yesterday’s Metro-North incident.

I don’t run with a phone, so I detour up the steep hill, heading towards the firehouse that is about 2 blocks away. After I make it up the hill & cross the street, I see a PD car turn the corner & come towards me. Because it’s so cold, I’m wearing an extra layer, a neon yellow jacket with ½" 360° reflective stripes & my usual headlamp (the trail isn’t lit). I move back into the street & start waiving my arms while also moving my head but he’s not really slowing down. :eek: Once he stops & I walk up to the window, I can see I’m blinding him with my headlamp. I say, “car <pant, pant>, tracks <pant, pant>” & am pointing. Between the cold, the hill, & my comprimised respiratory status I just can’t get the words out. Finally, he understands me & pleadingly shouts, “WHERE?” & takes off towards Mr. Lousy Parker.

I head back to the trail & continue my run. On the way back, & loop back over to the other side & since the one cop is out of his car, I apologize for blinding him & explain why I couldn’t talk (while still running). He says it’s not an issue & he himself is a runner but gives it up in the cold. As I head away from him he asks if he can get my info since I was the complaintant. Knowing he’s a runner, I say, “Sure, but I’m not stopping”. (Don’t want to break your pace & stop & get cold) He proceeds to run after me while asking (& writing down) my info. Then he thanked me. :smiley:

BTW, Tugig, you did one thing wrong. When I got my license, my BiL gave me this book. Best ‘text’ book I’ve ever read (in that I’m sure it has saved me $).

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Good story! As it works out the little bit of running the officer did probably was worth the storytelling later.

I’m sure those in the know would disagree with some of my methods. Reality is I am long overdue for a ticket and will not complain when I eventually get one. In fact when it happens I plan to thank the officer, just for fun. (Did that once for a parking ticket near the White House. After being told I could get in big trouble for my parking job I was handed a $100 parking ticket. So I thanked the officer for being so kind - she really had a hard time accepting that I was honestly thankful that she didn’t jack me up further.)

However I get pulled over (on average) every 2-3 months, and the plan of: be nice, admit guilt, ask for leniency has been a winning formula that I don’t plan on changing anytime soon.

Have a good night!

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Don’t pull you license out before he gets to you.

  1. He doesn’t know what you’re reaching for/hiding. Yeah, probably not a gun given you voluntarily lit up your interior, but still…are you hiding drugs???
  2. You have less time to talk him out of it if you’re paperwork’s already in hand. You’re guaranteed a few seconds if you have to dig it out.
    Yes, I learned that from the book!
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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffeinated, and purtified so no YAWN. 'Tis 34 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 56 and sunny for the day. That’s a Winter’s day down heah.

OYKW and I are goin’ to Pearly’s for brekkie as soon as he’s done with purtification. I see we’ve been a chatty bunch overnight. I haven’t read any, but promise I will at some point today with appropriate/inappropriate comments to follow. :smiley:

Ok, sounds like OYKW is ready to go. Pearly’s here we come!

Happy Firday Y’all!

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***COLD COLD COLD COLD COLD!!! *** 13°F/-10.5°C

At least the wind has quit gusting.

**FCD **is off to work. Higgs is fed and snoozing. The dishwasher just finished its cycle (I really should do the dishes at night, but it seems easier in the morning.) I just finished a cheese sammich on oatmeal bread and I’m still caffeinating.

Plans for today: Make a batch of rice crispy squares. Make a batch of stuffed cabbage. Make chickie salad with the leftover rotissed chickie. Pack.

Tomorrow is a big motorcycle show in Timonium, and since my mom lives lots closer to there than we do, we’re going to her place tonight, then she’ll watch Higgs while we wander thru the show. And we’ll be back home tomorrow night. So I need to pack a bag for me and pack up doggie stuff. FCD will pack when he gets home, we’ll have a quick supper, then get on the road by 6. The bad traffic should subside by the time we hit the beltway.

I have never gotten a speeding ticket, because I don’t speed. :stuck_out_tongue: OK, I’ve occasionally found myself exceeding the speed limit, but it’s generally accidental. I’ve gotten so used to using cruise control, I kinda forget when my foot is setting the pace. Someone else in the household, on the other hand…

Back when I was a teenager, my Uncle Walter offered this advice: When you see a policeman ahead and you’re speeding, just take your foot off the gas. Do NOT hit the brakes - your tail lights are an admission of guilt! :smiley: I don’t know how true that is, but every time I see a speed trap, I think of Uncle Walter. He was a character. :smiley:

Happy Firday!

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My wallet sits in my backpack (man purse) in the seat beside me. I had it out before he stopped.

I did wait for him to approach and for us to talk before I went into the glove box for the rental agreement.

Man I’m glad it’s Friday…

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Aahhh, now it makes sense. Have the wallet out of the bag so he doesn’t get a chance to see the drugs you have stashed in there. Got it. :wink:

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[pretend cool] Hey man, I went to college! [/pretend cool]

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Fortunately for you my signature is maxed out, so I had no room to add this remark as a badge of honor.

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I do not love thee, Vunder Boob
The reason why, I cannot tell
But this I know, and know full well
I do not love thee, Vunder Boob.
Dammit, that don’t rhyme.

:rolleyes:

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I’m up and caffeinated ,and off today. It’s also Gordie’s 8ish birthday today.:slight_smile:

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Happy Friday!

It’s friggin’ cold. Cold, just plain cold. So cold that when the dog comes in and walks by I shiver because the cold is clinging to him.

I’m going to my mothers today. It’s her birthday and we are staying until Sunday morning, She needs help with some things around the house and I can pack up a bunch more stuff. I think she found Sah-sons baby pictures.

I speed all the time, but I’ve almost always gotten warnings. I don’t know why. When I was delivering papers I got pulled over a lot but not for speeding, more for zig zagging all over the road, running stop signs and red lights. Once the cops saw the stacks of papers they’d say never mind and wave me on.
Happy Gordie Birthday!!!

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I’ve been bitching (here? monthly mini-gripes? workplace ranting? all of the above?) about mandatory O/T at work, haven’t I? Well, the 1st associated paycheck showed up today. :smiley: :smiley:

Bills are gettin’ straight up PAID, yo, and I’m finally going to treat myself to some of the many “saved for later” items in my Amazon cart: spacer beads for new projects, a couple of new shirts, some really pretty-but-inexpensive gemstone beads, a “random crap” zipper bag for the loose change rattling around my purse, an assortment of earth-tone faceted glass beads, and also more beads. Did I mention beads? I’m really looking forward to the beads!
I want to make myself a nicer thingie to hold my office ID badge than the drab blue Staples-issued standard, so I’m planning a necklace/badge holder combo with white turquoise, amethyst, tiger’s eye and snowflake obsidian beads. I’ve been picturing it for a while so I’m really excited to get my mitts on the materials and get started. Plus, I’m tired of this dumb blue strap!

The weather is supposed to zoom from “holy shit that’s cold” to T-shirt weather so I’m planning to go to the local dog park with my friend and her spaniel tomorrow and bask in the sunshine, and probably see the guy from POF again. (I like this one. Gonna need a nickname, I guess. We cooked dinner together last night, and he gave me a lovely drawing he’d sketched. Of me. For me.)

<Ron White> *It’s gonna be a good day, Tater. *</RW>

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Daughter was walking into the building that houses her dentist’s office - she’s getting a tooth crowned today. Woman outside stops her and says “There are other options.” Daughter is confused till she realized the building also houses Planned Parenthood.

“I’ve got a DENTIST appointment.”
“There are other options.”

Yeah, I guess there are, but dental health is pretty important. :smiley: <— nice teeth

To be serious for a second, I don’t like when abortion is used as retroactive birth control, but I do believe that each woman has a right to control her own body as she sees fit. If someone asked for my views, I’d gladly share them, but going up to someone under the assumption that they’re doing something I don’t like and trying to persuade them otherwise??? Nope, not right. Plus it’s a good way to get smacked in the kisser.

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If that ever happens again, the proper response is “Wrong pair of lips, lady. The doc’s working on the other end today.” :smiley:

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Very good, purp! I’ll share that with her!

Back from running an errand for my sweetie. He wanted me to pick up some steel sheet and angle for him, but the place didn’t have a big enough piece of sheet. They’re getting more on Monday, so they’ll cut what I need and call me when it’s ready for pickup. Yay!

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Decided to stay home today and leave tomorrow.
I have so much to do and all I want to do is take a nap.

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Happy birthday Gordie and SahMom!

Got an ongoing IT issue cleared up this morning. It looks like I’ll knock off early this morning. If I don’t have to make a trip to Indiana, I’m headed to a chili cook off tomorrow (the first time in a few years that I won’t be a contestant). Then it will be off to a coffee house to hear a friend’s Celtic band play. That means that I have to get grocery shopping and chores done today. :stuck_out_tongue:

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A big pot of water takes a long time to come to a boil. As soon as it does, I can start scalding and removing cabbage leaves. Meanwhile, I just wait…