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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 08:55 PM
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That's a lot of bullet holes. Any blood and guts?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 09:18 PM
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Ouch! Jim, good vibes for you.

Fifty150, you could come up here for a surveillance, we are supposed to get up to 6” of snow over the next several days. Of course most calls will be for TCs involving ID10t drivers.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Modoc
Ouch! Jim, good vibes for you.

Fifty150, you could come up here for a surveillance, we are supposed to get up to 6” of snow over the next several days. Of course most calls will be for TCs involving ID10t drivers.

I could never figure out why people think that bald tires and going faster, is how to drive in bad weather.

Imagine bald tires, on rain soaked streets, on the hills of San Francisco. I guess it's not as bad as no tire chains in the snow.

It sure is nice to live in the perfect sunshine of California, where girls are roller skating in short shorts and bikini tops.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 10:08 PM
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Shot gun blasts I am told. Nobody was in the car at the time, why they chose to shoot the windows out is beyond me.

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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 10:21 PM
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You could file a claim against The City. Seek to recover the cost of repairs, and punitive damage for emotional distress. The police would lose in civil court, because the jurors don't like cops shooting their guns. Rarely, if ever, does a jury not award when the police fire their guns. The idea is to get just enough money to settle without going to trial. If you can get $25,000, pay off the loan, then sell the car "as is". That should be enough money to get you in a new Ranger.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 11:11 PM
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Hey Rob from the City, you must not be on a roof top tonight?
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 07:42 AM
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I'm going down to the Sheriff's office today to request a copy of the incident report. Mainly because the insurance company wants it, but also to find out why they shot my car if nobody was inside.

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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 11:43 AM
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They had target practice at your expense. There can't be a good reason to shoot at the empty car.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Young
Hey Rob from the City, you must not be on a roof top tonight?

Bad weather doesn't preclude the need to harvest data.

What bad weather does do, is incentivise management to allow some people to stay home. Which means that someone else is deployed.

Just like high school. Some people are more popular. There's favoritism. The teacher's pet does not have to clean erasers. If you get caught smoking in the boys room, you go to detention. Sleep with a deputy chief's daughter..... You are on rooftops at night, in the rain.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 12:22 PM
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Yikes! They did a number on that car! I would second the opinion of 5150.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 12:45 PM
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Not that I have ever done it...... But if I were to shoot up a recovered stolen vehicle, for fun...... My report would be that I found the car like that. I would not admit to shooting it up.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 12:49 PM
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My SO and I discussed this briefly, and we are of the opinion that there is a very small group of people who we would loan a vehicle to. Those not on that list, we will loan it with one of us as a driver.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 01:05 PM
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Usually, it's the pickup truck. Someone needs to buy an appliance or furniture. Maybe move. In which case, they want me to drive, and help with heavy lifting.

Immediate family, like my dad, siblings, inlaws.....we drive each other's cars all the time. Only nobody ever takes my truck or van, because everyone would rather drive and park a small compact. The only person who would drive my truck or motorcycle is my brother in law. He doesn't mind a large truck. Or the bike. It is a change of pace from the family wagon.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by GlueGuy

there is a very small group of people who we would loan a vehicle to

It's a matter of social economic circumstances. Everyone in my immediate social circle owns more than 1 late model car, and/or motorcycle, in good operating condition. If the car actually has to go into the shop for collision repair or warranty work, they get a rental. People in a different income bracket may not have the insurance which pays for a rental car, or own a 2nd car.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2023 | 06:17 PM
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And the fun continues. Chain control in three cardinal directions from here and people still driving like it’s clear and dry. 🤦🏼‍♂️


This incident is on the long grade dropping down from Mount Shasta
 
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