Funny thing is, I know a good amount of police. When I rode sport bikes (crotch rockets), I rode with a few townies and one state trooper. Lets just say, they liked 6th gear too and leave it at that. I went to school with several of my town's finest. My neighbor up the street (chevy guy with a 62 belair) has been harassed in the last year from everything - lawn unkempt, shrubs over hang sidewalk, car overhang the sidewalk (while parked in the driveway), parked car with bad inspection, parked car with expired registration, yada yada- it goes on. He is 63, medically retired last year due to Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and a really cool dude. Yet, "THE MAN" is breaking his balls. My neighbor is forbidden to wrench by doctor's orders. I just did his daughter inlaw's brakes Monday night. So he is in a bit of hell.... can't wrench, cops on his case, and dealing with a possible slow death sentence. He and I believe it is one of the other neighbors, but don't know who. He has lived on the street for 26 years. Last summer he would not let me cut his grass and I would not step on his pride. I have a non motorized sheering mower now, so the mowing fairy will be cutting in the wee hours to keep him legal. He had to put a car cover on the 62 chevy ,which is registered and insured- because it was an eye sore. It is flat blue with a white top sitting on american racing wheels- wheres the crime in that? I think it is great to fit an image of suburbia.... soccer mom's crossover suv (because mini vans are so yesterday) and everyone trying to out do each other. I want no part of the competition. My daily drivers are a 95 ram conversion van and an 01 honda , both are tired looking.... but paid for. I had a Realtor ask me last week if the van was broken down. She was trying to sell a house on the next street. I told her it was not her concern. So I get a bit hostel when someone is critiquing my stuff. Gives me a warm feeling that my van is costing this beotch her commission. Big boats on trailers and R/V trailers in the front of their houses or on the street for years and no one complains. I hide my trailer way behind my house to the point you'll really have to make an effort to spot it. I try to play nice with the neighbors. Some you just can't get through to.
Shame..... it is going up to 60 something today too.
