Thursday afternoon. Here's the story. Briefly. I went to a park that has never been all that great for me. First signal the battery in my Pro-Pointer dies. I make the long walk back to my truck for a new one. Install it. Locate the target. Begin recovery. Slice about a quarter of the way through my finger with my Lesche. Made the long trek back to my truck to clean myself up. Improvised a bandage from paper towels and that modern marvel duct tape. Naturally I kept hunting and the target that I almost bleed to death over was the.........big spike. Finger began to throb. Returned home to recuperate. Some clad, wheat cents, silver earring, silver pendant pieces.
[attachment 163598 052810-1.JPG]
Now I am 41 coins away from 3000 total for the year. Saturday I get up to get 41 coins and when I get home I find that I've dug 39 coins. I can live with that, right? Read on to find out.
[attachment 163599 052910-1.JPG]
Saturday afternoon made Thursday look like a walk in the park. Actually, Thursday was a walk in the park! To begin. I got two tickets before I even left town. The state of New York, in their infinite wisdom, decided to crack down on various minor infractions for Memorial Day weekend. I found out the hard way. I was fastening my seat belt at a light and was spotted, apparently. A quarter mile down the road I get pulled over and ticketed. Also have a small crack in my windshield (stray rock from a truck last weekend) which I was also cited for. The cop was pleasant enough and told me he was doing these things for my safety. I got a little mad. I brought up the dozens of complaints I made in the past about a crack house that is a few streets away that operated for over a year. No arrests, they just eventually moved on. The cop told me about the task force for seat belts and cell phones. I replied that if the police were really merely concerned with public safety a warning would suffice. These tickets average $150 each and that socking it to law abiding citizens financially has nothing to do with public safety. Naturally my driving was perfect as I drove out of town to hunt. Here's the loot. Silver dime. Buffalo nickel. Some wheats. Three junk rings. Other stuff. Loads of clad. Well on my way yo 4000 now!!!!
[attachment 163600 052910-2.JPG]
[attachment 163601 052910-3.JPG]
After hunting I got pulled over again. About 50 miles from home now. I was not speeding. I had my seat belt fastened. My windshield was still cracked, obviously. Same drill. When the officer had checked me out he explained it was another safety stop. I explained about my earlier mishap. He asked if I was cited for my busted out headlight. I was incredulous. I really had no idea. I began to get out of my truck to investigate and he told me to stay put. I asked him to describe the damage. He said your right headlight is missing. I told him I would get it fixed immediately. There was an auto parts store across the street. He said he'd be right back and when he returned he told me how he was going to give me a break by not citing me again for my windshield and he then handed me a citation for my headlight. Same public safety speech. I was not happy. I told him his concern was touching. My truck is the victim of what was probably vandalism and I end up ticketed. I asked him what happened to the days when a cop would help you rather than placing obstacles in your life over a very minor incident. "Hey buddy, did you know you're driver side headlight is missing?" He left and told me he'd sign off on my headlight after I got it fixed. I went over and fixed my headlight and went out looking for him and couldn't find him. I now have to return to his jurisdiction and have somebody on his force sign off on my ticket. 100 mile round trip.
I have until sunset on Tuesday to get a new windshield, have the job inspected, as well as have my new headlight job inspected. I also have a $150 seat belt ticket staring me in the face. I will probably take it to court, and in all likelihood lose. My seat belt was fastened as I passed the cop who ticketed me and he told me I was spotted by another officer. I thought to myself make sure that you're both in court.
I was very aggravated last night. I'm largely over that now. I swapped days with a co-worker to take Tuesday off and take care of all my busy work. I have an MRI scheduled for Tuesday morning that will take up much of my day. I might look into one of those places that fixes windshields at your house.
Onto something important, but I can't believe anybody is still reading. Today is Memorial Day. There is no inappropriate forum to make mention of the sacrifice brave men and women from all around the world made to fight tyranny and injustice. Say a little prayer for a fallen hero.
Chris
RB. Y T L!
[attachment 163598 052810-1.JPG]
Now I am 41 coins away from 3000 total for the year. Saturday I get up to get 41 coins and when I get home I find that I've dug 39 coins. I can live with that, right? Read on to find out.
[attachment 163599 052910-1.JPG]
Saturday afternoon made Thursday look like a walk in the park. Actually, Thursday was a walk in the park! To begin. I got two tickets before I even left town. The state of New York, in their infinite wisdom, decided to crack down on various minor infractions for Memorial Day weekend. I found out the hard way. I was fastening my seat belt at a light and was spotted, apparently. A quarter mile down the road I get pulled over and ticketed. Also have a small crack in my windshield (stray rock from a truck last weekend) which I was also cited for. The cop was pleasant enough and told me he was doing these things for my safety. I got a little mad. I brought up the dozens of complaints I made in the past about a crack house that is a few streets away that operated for over a year. No arrests, they just eventually moved on. The cop told me about the task force for seat belts and cell phones. I replied that if the police were really merely concerned with public safety a warning would suffice. These tickets average $150 each and that socking it to law abiding citizens financially has nothing to do with public safety. Naturally my driving was perfect as I drove out of town to hunt. Here's the loot. Silver dime. Buffalo nickel. Some wheats. Three junk rings. Other stuff. Loads of clad. Well on my way yo 4000 now!!!!
[attachment 163600 052910-2.JPG]
[attachment 163601 052910-3.JPG]
After hunting I got pulled over again. About 50 miles from home now. I was not speeding. I had my seat belt fastened. My windshield was still cracked, obviously. Same drill. When the officer had checked me out he explained it was another safety stop. I explained about my earlier mishap. He asked if I was cited for my busted out headlight. I was incredulous. I really had no idea. I began to get out of my truck to investigate and he told me to stay put. I asked him to describe the damage. He said your right headlight is missing. I told him I would get it fixed immediately. There was an auto parts store across the street. He said he'd be right back and when he returned he told me how he was going to give me a break by not citing me again for my windshield and he then handed me a citation for my headlight. Same public safety speech. I was not happy. I told him his concern was touching. My truck is the victim of what was probably vandalism and I end up ticketed. I asked him what happened to the days when a cop would help you rather than placing obstacles in your life over a very minor incident. "Hey buddy, did you know you're driver side headlight is missing?" He left and told me he'd sign off on my headlight after I got it fixed. I went over and fixed my headlight and went out looking for him and couldn't find him. I now have to return to his jurisdiction and have somebody on his force sign off on my ticket. 100 mile round trip.
I have until sunset on Tuesday to get a new windshield, have the job inspected, as well as have my new headlight job inspected. I also have a $150 seat belt ticket staring me in the face. I will probably take it to court, and in all likelihood lose. My seat belt was fastened as I passed the cop who ticketed me and he told me I was spotted by another officer. I thought to myself make sure that you're both in court.
I was very aggravated last night. I'm largely over that now. I swapped days with a co-worker to take Tuesday off and take care of all my busy work. I have an MRI scheduled for Tuesday morning that will take up much of my day. I might look into one of those places that fixes windshields at your house.
Onto something important, but I can't believe anybody is still reading. Today is Memorial Day. There is no inappropriate forum to make mention of the sacrifice brave men and women from all around the world made to fight tyranny and injustice. Say a little prayer for a fallen hero.
Chris
RB. Y T L!
And that is exactly why I moved from the Boston suburbs to a town of 600 in northern MN. I'm not a paranoid person but it's nice to not feel like I'm being watched all the time. We have a county sherriff sub-station located in our library..just enough of a daily presence to make crime virtually non-existent. And they spend most of their time arresting dumb-@$$ drunk drivers anyways.