mamajumps 0 #1 September 26, 2007 As I was leaving work yesterday, my daughter calls me to tell me that their are two large holes in my chainlink fence at home. My daughter (God bless her little drama queen heart) often over-exagerrates things, so I wasn't immediatly concerned. However, when I get home, I see that it is as bad as she was saying. The west side of my pasture is on a sharp S curve. People fly up and down my road and this is maybe a 5-10mph curve MAX. Well, yesterday sometime (while I was at work) someone missed the curve and drove thru my fence. Here's the kicker... instead of driving either thru my gate or back out the hole they just made, they just turned and went thru the fence in another place. I called the sheriff last night and made a report. My landlord is coming out Saturday to fix it. Im so thankful that my horses were in the back pasture yesterday. Some people....I SWEAR!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #2 September 26, 2007 To answer your question, in general people like that are stupid and self centered. If you live in a small town that car should be easy to find. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #3 September 26, 2007 QuoteTo answer your question, in general people like that are stupid and self centered. If you live in a small town that car should be easy to find. Good AdviceI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #4 September 26, 2007 Quote To answer your question, in general people like that are stupid and self centered. If you live in a small town that car should be easy to find. Problem being, I live in a small backwoods country town, almost all of the vehicles around here have some sort of damage. I will be looking this weekend tho.... unfortunantely...I wont have time until then. I took a bunch of pictures with my camera phone... I seriously doubt I will ever find the person who did this. According to my landlord, it has happened 4-5 times over the past 10 years. Maybe concrete posts would help.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #5 September 26, 2007 steel posts filled with concrete on the positive side, you're renting so you don't have to pay for the damage! imagine how your landlord feels... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #6 September 26, 2007 I was fish tailing my car back in the day during a snow storm and slid off the road and hit a little split rail fence. I came back the next day to tell the owner that i would fix it. He about fainted in disbelief. He knew my mom and told me to tell her i was raised right.It took ten minutes and about $10 to fix it. I didn't want a guy mad at the world because i was having a little fun and screwed up. He was cool. edit to add: Moral of story: Front wheel drive cars do not fish-tail like rear wheel drive trucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #7 September 26, 2007 because YOU were cool!reminds me of fixing a couple of speakers at the drive in when I was in high school. and for the kids out there...drive ins were cool...you could sit in your car at the movies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #8 September 26, 2007 Start at the highschool parking lot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #9 September 26, 2007 Quote because YOU were cool!reminds me of fixing a couple of speakers at the drive in when I was in high school. and for the kids out there...drive ins were cool...you could sit in your car at the movies! Drive-ins are still cool... we have one here "The Silvermoon" carload for $3.00 (where can u find that anymore?) And they are always showing the latest movies that are in the big theatres. Its the only way I can afford to take my kids to the movies!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #10 September 26, 2007 Quote Start at the highschool parking lot. The town I live in is less than 1000 people, we don't have a high school.... they are bused 30+ min each way to neighboring towns.... but thanks for the great idea!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #11 September 26, 2007 been there! and I miss the old biker bar down the road from it..almost at the corner of Airport Road??? and Old Tampa Highway...just past the drive in. some cities used to show dirty movies at the drive in! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #12 September 26, 2007 Quote you could sit in your car at the movies! Yeah, and I'm sure you just sat there watching the movie. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #13 September 26, 2007 Quote been there! and I miss the old biker bar down the road from it..almost at the corner of Airport Road??? and Old Tampa Highway...just past the drive in. some cities used to show dirty movies at the drive in! Yep yep thats the one.... it seems like they showed dirty movies there when I was a kid, but now Polk County is anti-porn, anti anything in the adult business. Its very family orientend there, and my kids love it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #14 September 26, 2007 Quote steel posts filled with concrete on the positive side, you're renting so you don't have to pay for the damage! imagine how your landlord feels... All she need is steel I beam driven into the ground. If the beam is around 17lbs per foot she can drive them 10 feet onto the ground, and leave 5' exposed. Then just park a backhoe nearby to bury the carnage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mamajumps 0 #15 September 26, 2007 Quote Quote steel posts filled with concrete on the positive side, you're renting so you don't have to pay for the damage! imagine how your landlord feels... All she need is steel I beam driven into the ground. If the beam is around 17lbs per foot she can drive them 10 feet onto the ground, and leave 5' exposed. Then just park a backhoe nearby to bury the carnage. That would be priceless.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #16 September 26, 2007 Quote Quote steel posts filled with concrete on the positive side, you're renting so you don't have to pay for the damage! imagine how your landlord feels... All she need is steel I beam driven into the ground. If the beam is around 17lbs per foot she can drive them 10 feet onto the ground, and leave 5' exposed. Then just park a backhoe nearby to bury the carnage. That's a lot of work. Easy solution - bring in some big 4 foot diameter boulders and lay them along the fence around that sharp curve. Guaranteed to fuck up a car bad enough they can't drive away. There was a house in my neighborhood when I was growing up. It was at the corner of a "T" intersection, and the people there were having problems with assholes taking shortcuts across the corner of their yard. They got the boulders all the way along the road front edge of their property. Problem solved."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #17 September 26, 2007 man the size of the backseat in a 70's Thunderbird...lean the front seats forward and move them all the way forward too....oh the memories...wait...we just drank beer as I recall... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airkid 0 #18 September 26, 2007 you have horses?? that is so cool... when i was twelve i moved to arkansas and i wanted a horse... but we never got one.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #19 September 26, 2007 I don't know about your super powers, but I can move steel beams much easier than 4 foot diameter boulders... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stratostar 5 #20 September 26, 2007 Then start at the bar..... you can't pay for kids schoolin' with love of skydiving! ~ Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #21 September 26, 2007 Quote I don't know about your super powers, but I can move steel beams much easier than 4 foot diameter boulders... You just need a dump truck and a caterpiller"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #22 September 26, 2007 Quote been there! and I miss the old biker bar down the road from it..almost at the corner of Airport Road??? and Old Tampa Highway...just past the drive in. some cities used to show dirty movies at the drive in! One of my ex GF's used to have a XXX rated drive in adjacent to her property, all her GF's used to come over to her house and watch the movies from a blanket in the pasture behind their house. Boy were those girls fun, I guess watching XXX films for ten years and practicing on each other paid off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #23 September 26, 2007 Quote Quote Quote steel posts filled with concrete on the positive side, you're renting so you don't have to pay for the damage! imagine how your landlord feels... All she need is steel I beam driven into the ground. If the beam is around 17lbs per foot she can drive them 10 feet onto the ground, and leave 5' exposed. Then just park a backhoe nearby to bury the carnage. That's a lot of work. Easy solution - bring in some big 4 foot diameter boulders and lay them along the fence around that sharp curve. Guaranteed to fuck up a car bad enough they can't drive away. There was a house in my neighborhood when I was growing up. It was at the corner of a "T" intersection, and the people there were having problems with assholes taking shortcuts across the corner of their yard. They got the boulders all the way along the road front edge of their property. Problem solved. Billy, the Beams get driven in by the Backhoe, easy work15 foot leftover beams can be had from steel suppliers for very cheap. Space them 15" apart and use another 15' beam to become the horizontal top post, that way you have an ecellent way of keeping the horses in, you can attach the fencing to the posts however you like. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 892 #24 September 26, 2007 there is also tons of old rails from the railroad available for almost free....I have a friend that works for CSX and they will give that stuff away. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #25 September 26, 2007 Quotethere is also tons of old rails from the railroad available for almost free....I have a friend that works for CSX and they will give that stuff away. Exactly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
