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ghost_flash
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:25 PM
 
I have a flag out in front of my house and someone actually tore it down. I am not saying I saw the person but it is torn pretty good. They must have done it during the night. Also, my cover for my AC is gone... WTF? Nice.

I have to get out of this POS neighborhood. Hope the buggers come back for some more and I can catch them... I'm not exactly thinking friendly thoughts here. Any ideas on how to catch the culprits?
...
     
Mister Elf
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:27 PM
 
Step 1. Buy an AR-15 (civvie M-16).
2. Load it.
3. Point it at your vandals.
4. Pull the trigger.
(NOTE: Shoot to kill or they can sue you.)
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xylon
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:30 PM
 
Shoot below the waist and it's not attempted murder. Thank you Chapelle show.

Seriously though, I know the feeling, perhaps even to a greater degree. Some guy broke into our house and ripped us off pretty good. I'm still trying to decide on a wood or aluminum baseball bat.

^Thanks to sealobo
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:32 PM
 
Setup a web cam and try to catch them. Then wait for them to come back, there is nothing a good paint ball gun can't handle.
"Evil is Powerless If the Good are Unafraid." -Ronald Reagan

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ambush
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:52 PM
 
Originally posted by Mister Elf:
Step 1. Buy an AR-15 (civvie M-16).
2. Load it.
3. Point it at your vandals.
4. Pull the trigger.
(NOTE: Shoot to kill or they can sue you.)
American.
     
John F. Smith
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Mar 17, 2004, 04:54 PM
 
Originally posted by Mister Elf:
Step 1. Buy an AR-15 (civvie M-16).
2. Load it.
3. Point it at your vandals.
4. Pull the trigger.
(NOTE: Shoot to kill or they can sue you.)
That reply was almost as worthless as this one.
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Mar 17, 2004, 05:00 PM
 
Originally posted by Mister Elf:
Step 1. Buy an AR-15 (civvie M-16).
2. Load it.
3. Point it at your vandals.
4. Pull the trigger.
(NOTE: Shoot to kill or they can sue you.)

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benb
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Mar 17, 2004, 05:20 PM
 
Originally posted by ambush:
American.
We need a smily motioning his hand over his head.
     
quandarry
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Mar 17, 2004, 06:54 PM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
I have a flag out in front of my house and someone actually tore it down. I am not saying I saw the person but it is torn pretty good. They must have done it during the night. Also, my cover for my AC is gone... WTF? Nice.

I have to get out of this POS neighborhood. Hope the buggers come back for some more and I can catch them... I'm not exactly thinking friendly thoughts here. Any ideas on how to catch the culprits?
pray for your soul and pray for the ones who did this.

where is your compassion and forgiveness?

forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

amen.
     
voyageur
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Mar 17, 2004, 06:58 PM
 
If you are as mean-spirited in real life as you often are on these fora, perhaps it was divine justice.
     
gorickey
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:08 PM
 
At least they didn't burn the flag...
     
dtriska
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:10 PM
 
Originally posted by xylon:
I'm still trying to decide on a wood or aluminum baseball bat.
Aluminum 'cause you can get a lighter bat, which means more bashing.

Uh, I mean, silly American.
     
quandarry
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:22 PM
 
by the way what flag was it?

     
Zimphire
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:25 PM
 
Wow such hate.

You guys suck.

A lot.

Really.
     
lil'babykitten
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:29 PM
 
Originally posted by voyageur:
If you are as mean-spirited in real life as you often are on these fora, perhaps it was divine justice.
     
gerbnl
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:29 PM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
I have a flag out in front of my house and someone actually tore it down.
Hmmm, shouldn't it be "I had a flag..." then?

What flag was it?
These people are Americans. Don't expect anything meaningful or... uh... normalcy...
     
quandarry
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Mar 17, 2004, 07:30 PM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
Wow such hate.

You guys suck.

A lot.

Really.
i feel no hate here, except for the holy ghost...he feels hate and that is a sin.
     
Zimphire
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Mar 17, 2004, 08:07 PM
 
There's only one thing that annoys the hell out of me more than seeing acts of genocide, and that's flag waiving lunatics with their American flags fluttering in the wind. God knows what that is all about, but it's quite disturbing.


Ghost, next time, don't be having a flag in your garden, it's not cool, or smart.
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Mar 17, 2004, 08:12 PM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
I have a flag out in front of my house and someone actually tore it down. I am not saying I saw the person but it is torn pretty good. They must have done it during the night. Also, my cover for my AC is gone... WTF? Nice.

I have to get out of this POS neighborhood. Hope the buggers come back for some more and I can catch them... I'm not exactly thinking friendly thoughts here. Any ideas on how to catch the culprits?

Was it a confederate flag? Maybe you pissed of someone.
Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
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June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
     
Altix
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Mar 17, 2004, 08:16 PM
 
Originally posted by hyteckit:
Was it a confederate flag? Maybe you pissed of someone.
Lol, it might even have been an Iraqi flag, the horror of it.
"Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like tea. Now you put tea into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put tea into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now tea can flow, or it can crash... Be tea my Friend..." -Bruce Lee and Erilaz
     
daimoni
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Mar 17, 2004, 08:46 PM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Any ideas on how to catch the culprits?
String yourself up the flag pole. Flap demurely until they draw near. Then unfurl at close range.

Or... wet one of your corners and snap at them.

That'll show them what for.
     
benb
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Mar 17, 2004, 09:41 PM
 
Wow. All the nice people came out for this thread.
     
olePigeon
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Mar 17, 2004, 09:50 PM
 
Put bear traps in your lawn.
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Zimphire
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Mar 17, 2004, 11:04 PM
 
Originally posted by benb:
Wow. All the nice people came out for this thread.
Notice where most come from.
     
ghotirking
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Mar 17, 2004, 11:26 PM
 
Originally posted by typoon:
Setup a web cam and try to catch them. Then wait for them to come back, there is nothing a good paint ball gun can't handle.
A good FROZEN paintball.
     
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Mar 17, 2004, 11:37 PM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
... Any ideas on how to catch the culprits?
Look in the mirror?
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:18 AM
 
Buy a dog
     
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:22 AM
 
Originally posted by olePigeon:
Put bear traps in your lawn.

very effective.
     
daimoni
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:51 AM
 
Originally posted by benb:
Wow. All the nice people came out for this thread.
Yes. We've come to teach you a sense of humor.
     
ghost_flash  (op)
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:55 AM
 
Originally posted by daimoni:
Yes. We've come to teach you a sense of humor.
Those that cannot do, teach.
...
     
Kilbey
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:57 AM
 
You really should move to a better neighborhood.

We chose our location primarily because it is a working class town with very little crime.

By very little crime I am talking 5 over the speed limit type crimes.

I often wonder if I should lock my house up when I leave, but then I wonder how I'll get in as I have lost the keys a while ago.

Seriously, move.
     
daimoni
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Mar 18, 2004, 01:04 AM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Those that cannot do, teach.
You're just bummed out that you flunked my class.

Should've asked for credit/no credit instead of a letter grade.
     
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Mar 18, 2004, 01:18 AM
 
Rule #1.. don't put any flag in and outside of your house.
     
Zimphire
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Mar 18, 2004, 01:22 AM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Those that cannot do, teach.
     
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Mar 18, 2004, 02:41 AM
 
In my neighborhood there are more Mexican flags than American flags hanging outside.
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Mar 18, 2004, 03:00 AM
 
Did you position your flag with Tables or Cascading Style Sheets? If you used Tables I could understand the outrage.

Or maybe flying the flag was so 9/26/2001. Most of us grew up and started using common sense.
     
OB1
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Mar 18, 2004, 09:11 AM
 
I tore the flag down. But I didn't touch the ac.
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Mar 18, 2004, 09:23 AM
 
Originally posted by Kilbey:
You really should move to a better neighborhood.

We chose our location primarily because it is a working class town with very little crime.

By very little crime I am talking 5 over the speed limit type crimes.

I often wonder if I should lock my house up when I leave, but then I wonder how I'll get in as I have lost the keys a while ago.

Seriously, move.
Where do you live?
weird wabbit
     
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Mar 18, 2004, 09:24 AM
 
Originally posted by theolein:
Where do you live?
     
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Mar 18, 2004, 09:49 AM
 
Originally posted by ghost_flash:
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And those that can't even teach, criticize.
     
Spheric Harlot
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Mar 18, 2004, 09:51 AM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
Wow such hate.

You guys suck.

A lot.

Really.
I thought just that after the very first reply to this thread.

Really.
     
lil'babykitten
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Mar 18, 2004, 11:28 AM
 
Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
I thought just that after the very first reply to this thread.

Really.
A lot.
     
quandarry
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Mar 18, 2004, 11:44 AM
 
Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
And those that can't even teach, criticize.
and those that can't dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bullsh!t.

[cough]ghost[/cough]
     
Zimphire
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Mar 18, 2004, 11:46 AM
 
What really amazes me is the people above are actually trying to say the things they are with a straight honest face.



Pure comedy folks.

Puuuure comedy.
     
derbs
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Mar 18, 2004, 11:58 AM
 
Originally posted by Kilbey:
I often wonder if I should lock my house up when I leave, but then I wonder how I'll get in as I have lost the keys a while ago.
Wow... seriously?

This thread reminds me of Bowling for Columbine, which I only saw recently. I love the way he goes to Canada and find everyone's front door open. Oh and the way there were no gun deaths there, even though they had the same access to guns.

Step 1. Buy an AR-15 (civvie M-16).
2. Load it.
3. Point it at your vandals.
4. Pull the trigger.
(NOTE: Shoot to kill or they can sue you.)
     
quandarry
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Mar 18, 2004, 11:58 AM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
What really amazes me is the people above are actually trying to say the things they are with a straight honest face.



Pure comedy folks.

Puuuure comedy.
fixed
     
Zimphire
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:13 PM
 
Originally posted by derbs:
Wow... seriously?

This thread reminds me of Bowling for Columbine, which I only saw recently. I love the way he goes to Canada and find everyone's front door open.
I don't own a gun. Nor do I lock my house, car, garage. Ever.

When I was a kid I never had a house key. Why? The house was never locked.

And I live in the US. How about that.

I know people who live in Big Cities in Canada that lock their stuff up as well.


Oh and the way there were no gun deaths there, even though they had the same access to guns.


Did he actually say that?

http://www.cfc-ccaf.gc.ca/en/researc...al/default.asp

You've been scammed.

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theolein
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:26 PM
 
Originally posted by Zimphire:
What really amazes me is the people above are actually trying to say the things they are with a straight honest face.



Pure comedy folks.

Puuuure comedy.
Why should you be thinking that? We're rolling on the floor laughing our arses off. I would have paid to have seen his expression when he walked out the house.
weird wabbit
     
daimoni
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Mar 18, 2004, 12:31 PM
 
Originally posted by daimoni:
String yourself up the flag pole. Flap demurely until they draw near. Then unfurl at close range.

Or... wet one of your corners and snap at them.

That'll show them what for.
I'm laughing so hard I just quoted myself.
     
 
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