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Lone......cops travel in pairs Posted by: vlad
Date: May 22, 2018 02:56AM |
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Or maybe they don't care less . Posted by: Tom_in_CA
Date: May 22, 2018 05:18AM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,953 |
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: slingshot
Date: May 22, 2018 08:21AM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,888 |
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: Tom_in_CA
Date: May 22, 2018 03:51PM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,953 |
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slingshot
I was approached by a city park manager and when I told him I didn't dig holes he told me he didn't even want me to poke a hole (with my icepick size screwdriver) in his park! I then told him I was covering up the holes the squirrels made and I would be glad to come back and take them home for squirrel stew. He mumbled something and walked away. So far I haven't seen him again and the mowing crew hasn't bothered me.
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: slingshot
Date: May 22, 2018 07:47PM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,888 |
I think he was a temporary employee filling in- I've searched there nearly 50 years. Seems he was trying for trophy points- judging from the workers' facial expressions. I'm 71 and I've worked and fought to keep careless mder's from defacing property, called police and school officials on pranksters at school, etc. and I feel for the next generation. I even followed a thankless searcher in my former club- covering his holes to chide him- maybe I should say he was shameless. A youngster probably couldn't get away with my gruffness-but who's gonna argue with a helpless lil' ol' man who is careful to the limit. I carry a LITTLE weight in the community as a responsible person and I want to have a voice. FWIW, I went to the wood chip tot lot where no recovery tools were needed to satisfy him.Quote
Tom_in_CA
I was approached by a city park manager and when I told him I didn't dig holes he told me he didn't even want me to poke a hole (with my icepick size screwdriver) in his park! I then told him I was covering up the holes the squirrels made and I would be glad to come back and take them home for squirrel stew. He mumbled something and walked away. So far I haven't seen him again and the mowing crew hasn't bothered me.
Tsk tsk tsk. You got told point blank, by a "power-that-be", that you weren't even supposed to poke the ground. Eh ? Yet you go back and continue md'ing and poking anyhow ? The fact that no one else cares, except for that one lone individual, doesn't matter. It's your duty to turn over heaven and earth and get that one lone manager to love & adore you. Tsk tsk, what's the world coming to ? Next thing you know, you'll be robbing banks, clubbing baby seals, etc....
Then 'slingshot' will have something Posted by: vlad
Date: May 23, 2018 02:27AM |
Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 7,372 |
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: Harold,ILL.
Date: May 23, 2018 01:53PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 2,275 |
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: Tom_in_CA
Date: May 23, 2018 06:41PM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,953 |
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Harold,ILL.
.... Hunt alone ....
Re: Then 'slingshot' will have something Posted by: slingshot
Date: May 25, 2018 09:26AM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,888 |
And don't pick your nose with a shovel. Good posts- as always TomN/T Posted by: Chris(SoCenWI)
Date: May 27, 2018 01:41PM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 1,703 |
And to expand the analogy further Posted by: Tom_in_CA
Date: May 28, 2018 09:23PM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,953 |
Re: And to expand the analogy further Posted by: slingshot
Date: May 30, 2018 07:32AM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,888 |
Well, there would be concern there for a haunted park with all the boogers around!Quote
Tom_in_CA
And to expand the analogy further: If a single person or two stands in the park, picking his nose, he will be totally ignored. But if 15 nose-pickers stood in a formation line, all picking their noses, then someone is sure to say this requires a "parade permit". Or that it violates laws against "annoyances".
So notice how 1) Nose-picking (like md'ing) is not dis-allowed. 2) Nose picking, like md'ing, has "connotations" that not everyone on earth will like. 3) a single nose-picker is totally ignored and not noticed. But 4) when too many people do it in a single confined acreage, ONLY THEN do passing people stop to wonder "gee what's this all about?" and "Gee is that allowed" ?
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: hunt2day
Date: June 02, 2018 01:29PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 105 |
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: slingshot
Date: June 02, 2018 05:02PM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 3,888 |
Wow! Working WITH the citizens instead of marking them all because of a few bad apples. THAT'S the American way!! I'd go for that! Would both create harmony AND weed out abusers!Quote
hunt2day
Orange County Florida, just down the road from Ocala requires a permit to metal detect in a county park. The permit is free and they provide you a list of the parks and those very few where you cannot detect. They also explain why you may not detect at certain parks. I have been detecting the county parks and have found the park employees to be friendly and even offer advice on spots that may be good to hunt. I have no problem with the permit and think the system they have works good. You know the rules upfront as they provide you a list of rules, follow them and have fun. Better than a total ban.
Re: Parks off limits? Guy makes point--Council sets policy not park staffers. Posted by: Tom_in_CA
Date: June 02, 2018 06:21PM |
Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,953 |
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slingshot
.... Wow! Working WITH the citizens instead of marking them all because of a few bad apples. THAT'S the American way!! I'd go for that! Would both create harmony ......