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Bad day of fishin' still better than a good day at work?

Ponyman66

Ponyman66

Yak, yak, yak
Well that's how the saying goes. However, a bad day of fishin' is even worse when you end it like this.....


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Yes, that's my police car and no, it wasn't my fault. It was in a deserted area where we have problems with illegal dumping and suspicious activity. I had just put the car in park after pulling in behind the guy (2 car lengths back) to check him out. He threw his truck in reverse and I laid on the horn. Needless to say, the worn did no good! Come to find out he was trying to unlock his hubs. Guess he shoulda checked behind him first! :doh

Had his boat been 6 inches longer it would have gone through my windshield! What a day. I'd rather have been at home working on the Mustang!!

p.s. Thank goodness my in car video captured the accident. I can watch it over and over! :rofl
 
Unlocking the hubs...hmmmmm...
I'll have to remember that the next time I back into a cruiser.
 
"Ponyman66" said:
p.s. Thank goodness my in car video captured the accident. I can watch it over and over! :rofl
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That's the type of police video that pops up on YouTube.
 
Who carries a boat like that? Have them give Mark a call and he can hook them up with a real nice trailer.

Glad you are okay man. Stay safe out and thanks for being out there on the line.
 
Yes, that's my police car and no, it wasn't my fault. It was in a deserted area where we have problems with illegal dumping and suspicious activity.
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This is where Dunkin' Donuts has been illegally dumping blemished products?
 
Tell us the rest of the story! How did the person react?

Could of been worse, could of been a PT Cruzer with a boat in it :wm?
 
Funny stuff John.

Yes, people around here haul their small jon boats like that all of the time. They're lightweight enough that one person can easily carry it down to the water.
 
To answer a few questions, the contents of the blue and white cooler was the bass the guy had caught. The nosy officers that came out to check everything out took a look at them, but I didn't see them. From what the guys told me, it was a good thing for him the Wildlife guys didn't show up. Kinda on the "small" side! Ooops.

The thing that ALMOST caused some REALLY big trouble was the contents on the small red cooler you can just barely see the top of. Whenever an LE vehicle is involved in an accident in SC, the a trooper has to investigate it. The responding trooper asked if the guy had an alcohol in the truck. He was honest and said there were a few warm beers in the red cooler that his father had left the day before. The problem was, dad wasn;t there and he was only 20. The trooper almost took him to jail for being in possession under 21. He cut him a BIG break and just made him pour them out. Since the guy had just signed his contract to go into the Air Force, the trooper didn't want to screw his life up. Even though the guy hit my car, I was happy the trooper was cool with him.

The hood of the car got dented on the front edge, bowed and scratched almost to the windshield (from the bottom of the boat sliding up it!). The grill and header panel got pretty well crushed and the bumper cover got caved in. The car is still drivable, though I'm happy I work day shift. The right headlight kinda illuminates everything on that side of the car...up to about 4 feet ahead of it! :rofl

I'd love to be able to post the video but I don't have access to a recording. It's a total digital system that downloads automatically to the city computer mainframe. The only way to get a copy is to request it burned to a cd, then sign it out of evidence. As much as I'd love to share it, I like keeping my job!

The guys reaction immediately after the impact is actually the funniest part of the video. He jumped out with his arms folded back over the top of his, jumping up and down yelling "oh crap, oh crap, I'm gonna get a ticket and loose my Air Force enlistment!".

And finally, Randy, I'm a Krispy Kreme fan! Besides, you've seen skinny old me....do I LOOK like I have a doughnut eatin' body?! :naug

Thanks for the nice thoughts guys. Everyone was safe and sound!
 
Crap, now I'm craving kripy Kreme doughnuts. There's only 2 locations here, and both require wearing a kevlar vest to visit.
 
"Gigantopithecus" said:
Crap, now I'm craving kripy Kreme doughnuts. There's only 2 locations here, and both require wearing a kevlar vest to visit.
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Not to rub it in or anything, well maybe just a little, loL. I have a krispy creme four blocks away havnt had one since I was 18 though.
 
The Air force sounds like a good place for him to go... As far as I know airplanes don't have reverse! :)

Nice that you LEOs cut the kid some slack from his mistake!
 
OK so I was reading this post last night when my 17 year old daughter walks into the room just to talk. So I show her this post and she laughs and says I know a better place for funny stories. Here are some samples:

Today, I was outside tanning. Because it was so hot, I was sweating profusely. I felt what I thought was sweat dripping down my body. Turns out, it was baby roaches. 3 dozen of them, all on my body. FML

Today, at work, a little girl was misbehaving. Her dad told her that she would look like me when she grows up. The little girl look horrified while Daddy laughed and kept reassuring her he was "just kidding." FML

Today, I put a tampon in. The string broke. I had to go to the hospital to get it out. FML

Today, my roommate informed me that he took a bet to not shower or bathe until Christmas. The bet is for five bucks. FML

The site is http://www.fmylife.com/

On a side note about the wacky driver, I also have a 4x4 Ranger. The taillight is from a 2001-2005 Ranger, I have a 2003, wtf is he talking about locking hubs? and backing it up? It is shift on the fly. But I agree with cutting him some slack and not screwing up his life, hopefully he learned a lesson.

fd
 
"Ponyman66" said:
The responding trooper asked if the guy had an alcohol in the truck. He was honest and said there were a few warm beers in the red cooler that his father had left the day before. The problem was, dad wasn;t there and he was only 20. The trooper almost took him to jail for being in possession under 21. He cut him a BIG break and just made him pour them out. Since the guy had just signed his contract to go into the Air Force, the trooper didn't want to screw his life up. Even though the guy hit my car, I was happy the trooper was cool with him.
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Nice to see some common sense applied. Some of the laws we have, though well intentioned, don't exactly fit reality of a normal life, particularly when people try to be tough guys and apply terms like "zero tolerance." Yeah right, what that really means is zero tolerance for common sense and judgement calls.
 
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