I've spent $60 this month replacing stolen Maglites. Grumble.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
But other thieves are...?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Are what?
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Where did you leave them lights?
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
In the dark.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Are they being stolen out of your Jeep? Because, if so, I would point out that most vehicles use certain devices called "doors" and "a roof" to prevent unwanted access to the interior...
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
I keep ... KEPT ... them in the locked trunk. Not completely secure, but still a bit of work to get them out when the top is down because you'd actually have to LIFT the folded top up to get access.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
I was just wondering what made flashlight thieves so despicable as compared to regular ordinary thieves.
And, this is probably a question I'm going to regret asking, but why would thieves go to that much trouble to steal flashlights when they could just steal your Jeep?
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Perhaps it says something about the Jeep.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Yeah, the fact that all the cops in town know it and me by sight wouldn't be a factor. It is a rather distinct looking Jeep, you know? "What color Jeep got stolen? Blue-grey with a yellow grille? Damn, that's the third one today!"
Mucus: "ordinary" thieves leave me alone. Although, I'm really referring to a specific item they are stealing and not the specific type of thief.
[ July 14, 2002, 15:19: Message edited by: Snay ]
Posted by Professor Chaos (Member # 621) on :
How many lights were there?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
/me resists the urge to make a joke about four lights.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Well, I'm guessing that either the torches are visible, or jeeps are known for being easy to get into so it was people just trying their luck.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Jeeps are easy to get into, when the soft top is on. Of course, if the top isn't on at all, well, it's your own damn fault for leaving valuables in your Jeep with the top down
Of course, when the hardtop is on, it'd be like any other vehicle. A little harder, actually, seeing as where Jeep hardtops have plexiglass windows. (I think. Jeff?)
[ July 14, 2002, 21:14: Message edited by: Topher ]
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Of course, the police might just belive that you are such an amazingly cool person, Jeff, that you've caused others to go and buy the exact same jeep you have in order to share in your greatness.
Any reason why they haven't nicked the radio?
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Put large rubber snake in trunk.
Make sure to curl snake's body to make it look as though it is about to strike.
For best effect, I suppose you could rig up some sort of sensor to play a recording of a rattlesnake rattle (assuming people in Baltimore's urban sprawl have ever heard a rattler) when the trunk is opened. That might cost you more than the lights are worth, though.
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Rig a maglite to explode as soon as it's tilted, that'll teach the buggers a lesson. Just go easy on the explosives.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
That would be great fun when driving on bumpy or hilly roads.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Though I do normally recommend responding to theft with lethal force, this isn't one of those times. Blowing up your car to spite the thief just costs you the car, which is bad unless you're James Bond.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
Yes, do try to bring the Jeep back in one piece this time, eh Snay?
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Oh, I ran over another deer tonight.
Except it was already dead and on the far side of the road, so I wound up crushing its head. I would have gone wide, but there was an oncoming car and I didn't feel like getting in a head-on collision. Or stopping. So, hey.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
My God!
At least you are maintaining your rep without damage to body or property..
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
quote:Originally posted by CaptainMike: My God!
At least you are maintaining your rep without damage to body or property..
If we buy the "it was already dead" story. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The other day, a Jeep driving in front of me slowed to about 5mph to cross a set of railroad tracks. In my '88 Honda CRX, I usually take those same tracks at about 40mph. I don't get it. Must be a Jeep thing...
Posted by Nim Pim (Member # 205) on :
"If we buy the "it was already dead" story."
Practically! And perhaps philosophically as well, which is good enough in Sir Snay's book!
[ July 16, 2002, 00:46: Message edited by: Nim Pim ]
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:The other day, a Jeep driving in front of me slowed to about 5mph to cross a set of railroad tracks.
Maybe the driver was showing common sense and making sure a train wasn't coming. They do that on occasion, you know.
Why, you ask? Because who wants to die because the guardbars failed to come down.
"Damn, look at the Honda CV get smashed by a train!"
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I suppose, if we assume that we do indeed live in a quantum universe, that cause and effect may not necessarily follow in that order - in effect, the deer may already have dead before it was actually killed by Snay hitting it. The deer could even be Schrodinger's Deer - it exists simultaneously in a state of dead and not-dead, and you can't say for certain which until Snay hits it.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
It was quite clearly dead already.
It would be like if Rob shot some dude ten times in the chest with his .45 and left him on the road for a couple days, then I came along and ran over his head with my Jeep. He was already dead, but I certainly didn't help his case any, now did I? Can't be a zombie without a head, can he?
Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :
quote: Can't be a zombie without a head, can he?
He could be a headless horseman, if he had a horse.
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kosh:
quote: Can't be a zombie without a head, can he?
He could be a headless horseman, if he had a horse.
It is very clear that he was going to ride upon the deer.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
THREAD OF THE WEEK!!
Posted by Nim Pim (Member # 205) on :
Snoi: "It would be like if Rob shot some dude ten times in the chest with his .45 and left him on the road for a couple days, then I came along and ran over his head with my Jeep."
What a tagteam, you horrible person. :-) 'Well you know, I didn't WANT to flatten his head, but there was this car coming and stouff, so I thought "well what the heck, can't get any dedder'nat"'.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
There are always two. A master and a learner.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I sometimes slow down for tracks, whether in the Focus or the F150. We don't have guardbars here in NB. Most of the level crossings are just that, level. The ones at the end of my road aren't too level, though, and going over them at high speeds will kill your suspension very quickly. Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Hopefully TSN won't be surprised when he has to replace his suspension.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Y'know, if you start crossing the tracks at 5mph, and a train is coming, you're not going to have time to get away. If someone slowed down on their way to the tracks, then sped up when they saw that there weas no train, I could understand. But this person didn't speed up until they were well on the other side of the tracks.
And my suspension is just fine, thank you very much.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
I don't know about the US but here in NB we have lights that flash and a bell that rings when a train is coming. Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
quote:But this person didn't speed up until they were well on the other side of the tracks.
Yes, but if he's coming at the tracks at 5mph, he can stop if he sees the train.
Yes, Topher, so do we. But things can break, and its always a good idea to double check for yourself.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Yes, the only way to display our masculinity and attract the most desirable mates is to prove the worth of our railroad-crossing strategy!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Yup. Lights and bells are for poofs.
Posted by Thoughtchopper (Member # 480) on :
quote: I don't know about the US but here in NB we have lights that flash and a bell that rings when a train is coming.
What the Hell? Why didn't Our Boys think of that? Goddamnit. Brain-drained all our best stuff to those pinko commie bastards.
Bonnie and Clyde, by the way, is a big hit at my house.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I would point out that he said "Why, you ask? Because who wants to die because the guardbars failed to come down.".
And, as I said, the Jeep didn't slow down to approach the tracks. It slowed down when it got to the tracks, then sped up on the other side. So, they already knew no train was coming. Or, if one had been and they were completely oblivious, they would have slowed down just in time to be smashed into itty bitty Jeeplets.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
Then they wanted to save their suspension and/or alignment. Smart for them.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Ah. So, your argument is that a vehicle which is supposedly designed for off-raod driving is actually incapable of crossing a levelled railroad/street intersection w/o damaging itself? Then we're in agreement.
Posted by Snay (Member # 411) on :
No ... I'm saying why fuck your suspension up on train tracks?
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
But TSN has a point there. Why would running over railway tracks at normal speeds ruin the suspension of a jeep - aren't they supposed to be nearly indestructible?
(I remember seing footage of U.S. nuclear tests from the 50's and 60's a while ago. One of the clips showed a jeep that stood 1200 feet away from ground zero being hit by the shockwave. The thing just turned over and burnt. The footage showed the site after the test - and guess what - the jeep was still very well recognisable...)
But of course that was just an atomic explosion and not some baddy-bad railroad-crossing! Posted by Ultra Magnus Pym (Member # 239) on :
Conversing like the elderly is especially sweet when the conversers aren't.
Regardless, I was rearended by a "Truck of Lumber Haul + 1" it effectively neutralized the Armor Class on my 318i.
Elderly conversations fashioned after NeverWinter Nights!
Like a candy-cane.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Austin Powers:
(I remember seing footage of U.S. nuclear tests from the 50's and 60's a while ago. One of the clips showed a jeep that stood 1200 feet away from ground zero being hit by the shockwave. The thing just turned over and burnt. The footage showed the site after the test - and guess what - the jeep was still very well recognisable...)
Rick Jones' jeep is obviously better than Jeff's.
Posted by Austin Powers (Member # 250) on :
quote: Conversing like the elderly is especially sweet when the conversers aren't.
Now what is that supposed to mean when it's at home?
Oh and by the way - I have not yet played NWN. Might have something to do with the fact that my PC is not up to the task...being an AMD K6-II with 450 MHz. (Ok, so I can hear everybody howling, but why should I care, I might not be all that old, but I do enjoy vintage equipment! )
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
It has to be that yellow grill.....
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
If crossing those railroad tracks at greater than 5mph has even a remote chance of "fucking up" the suspension, there's no way I'd ever want to drive a Jeep. I'd be afraid I'd hit a small pebble backing out of the driveway and the wheels would fall off.
Posted by Nim Pim (Member # 205) on :
"Why would running over railway tracks at normal speeds ruin the suspension of a jeep - aren't they supposed to be nearly indestructible?"
Well He-Man was supposed to be the most powerful man in the universe (!) and he couldn't get past a corpse in dark-pink tights. Whose forces consisted mainly of birth defects.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Yes, why fuck up your suspension going over railway tracks when there are perfectly good (and allegedly dead) deer lying around?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nim Pim: Well He-Man was supposed to be the most powerful man in the universe (!) and he couldn't get past a corpse in dark-pink tights. Whose forces consisted mainly of birth defects.
Of course, He-Man also wore pink tights when not doing the tanned and echoey voice bit. Combine that with Skeletor's voice, and the only logical conclusion is that Eternia is the gay capital of the universe.
See ya later Michael!
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
^Right, and the whole cartoon series was a giant metaphor for repressed homosexuality. Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
And that green tiger thing - one minute he's anyone's bitch, the next he's so butch I'm amazed the transformation didn't involve him growing a moustache.
Posted by Ultra Magnus Pym (Member # 239) on :
"His TAN...came from...NOWHERE!"
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Although I bet those furry pants were comfortable.
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