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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 09:53 PM
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mine was 60 bucks, but parking was plentiful, Some schools charge upwards of 500 a semester
 
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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heres a great site with pics of boots... http://www.denverboot.com/


I know of people who follow the parking cops around in chicago, and charge people 20 bucks to pop the bot offf, where the ticket is usually 50-75
 
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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Wbut then the parking ***** caught on and started checking the envelopes, and now they're too cheap to even use the envelopes!
Wow, that's what we call the Parking Services people here at Virginia Tech, is the Parking *****. They're so bad here that when the meters go offline at 5pm, they'll ride around at about 4:55 and write tickets for everything that's close, on either side of the margin. I've given serious thought to taking a capacitor and wiring it onto the left wiper arm, so that it zaps the **** when he lifts the arm.

Too bad I don't have a few thousand dollars to burn on legal fees.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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I've given serious thought to taking a capacitor and wiring it onto the left wiper arm, so that it zaps the **** when he lifts the arm.
I love it!! That's a wonderful idea! I know they're just doing their jobs, but when they're charging about $250+ for the privilege of parking a mile or more from any of my classes or work, I tend to get a little snotty when I see them cruising around in the brand new blazers or the crappy little mopeds that I've paid for! The greatest thing about A&M is that the PTTS office is actually OFF CAMPUS...guess campus parking was too much of a hassle for them. Ok, I'll stop hijacking the thread now...I just tend to get wound up about the whole parking thing...I've been in college for way too long
 
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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At least it's nice to know nothing's changed in almost 30 years since i was in College.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 09:51 AM
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A permit here is 120/year/campus BUT there are FIVE campuses, and you can have class on all five or just one. Each campus is between 1.5 to 5 miles away. I ride my bike as much as I can. Or just take my plates off and cover the VIN, or park off campus and keep my bike in the back and just ride the .5-1 mile.

There is a bus system, but its insanly slow, its actualy faster for me to ride my bike, but I hate to get sweaty before class. There was talk about a monorail here and there, but the lousy football team's .5 billion dollar stadium probably killed any funds that could be available. This state has enough money to hire 100's of corrupt officials but don't give a rat's @ about its schools, no wonder why everyone goes out of state.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 12:00 PM
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I liked the way Homer Simpson did away with the boot on " Homer vs NY"
just drove his car until it fell apart.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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oh ya I remember that episode, He was driving it with the boot on and screwed up his fender, but that was funny
 
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Old Apr 22, 2005 | 02:57 PM
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I liked the way Homer Simpson did away with the boot on " Homer vs NY"
just drove his car until it fell apart.
I wonder if you could do that If you had a high enough lift on your truck?

A guy had a freightliner semi parked next to the car that got booted, been there for several weeks waiting to be repaired. Didn't see his truck get booted. Of course he said he'd like to see them try to boot a semi, then he'd just drive over it.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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I'd like to see 'em boot Pro's Superbeast.

 
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Old Apr 22, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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Isn't it amazing how every thread eventually becomes about Pro's truck? I'm certainly not saying that's a bad thing!
 
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Old Apr 22, 2005 | 11:32 PM
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The trucks always win around here- no matter how a thread twists and turns.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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The simple solution would be to help your buddy out. Go to the parking office tell them you had to get your bumper replaced becuase of a recent accident so you need a replacment permit. We did this back in college all the time a permit cost $45 @ USC now CSU a replacment one was $5, sell to your friend at cost or make a few bucks .

Me I'd just drive with the boot on a couple feet then make a huge lawsuit over it because I shouldent have to pay attention to somthing someone put on my ride without my knowing.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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The simple solution would be to help your buddy out. Go to the parking office tell them you had to get your bumper replaced becuase of a recent accident so you need a replacment permit. We did this back in college all the time a permit cost $45 @ USC now CSU a replacment one was $5, sell to your friend at cost or make a few bucks .
Actually the permits are displayed on the rear view mirror, but on the otherhand, you could carefully paint over last quarter's permit to match the current color. Those parking guards don't even read the permit, they just glance to see if its the right color.
 
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