Posted by cav on June 19, 2005 at 18:50:39:
In Reply to: he he he posted by tim o on June 18, 2005 at 17:14:09:
Hey, too bad about the wreck. That stuff infuriates me too. But here's a word of caution. My parents had the same problem for a while...they live in a pretty red area, if you know what I mean. But remember that reinforced concrete can crack just as well after an impact. Sure it will do more damage to the car, but you'll still need to replace it and it's far more expensive.
I recommend using landscape timbers to build your fence, do it slanted from the ground like a criss-crossing stockade...you've seen them I'm sure. And just put out a cheap mailbox, but set the post on a few pieces of rebar cemented into the ground. You can even run the rebar up into the box itself so if anyone smashes it, they'll certainly feel it. But you'll only be out a few bucks.
After that, remember that God stays in control of even these situations, so as much as you'd like to pound someone's head in for their audacity and attempt to hide it, trust that they'll get theirs. Of course there's nothing wrong with doing what you can to prevent it happening to you again.
We had some similar trouble in my old neighborhood for a while with a neighbor that we just couldn't find a way to stop, even the police were useless. But a few weeks after it got bad...they got evicted...problem solved. And I didn't have to put into action any of my plans involving a 38 special or malatoff cocktails... (just kidding about that last part but I sure wanted to at the time.)
: the thing is I didn't visualize the accident, all i have is some red paint on my lumber, a headlight, and a car that seems to fit the description based on guesswork as far as what car would take that light. FHP said that without me actualy seeing the accident it would be hard for them to do anything.
: However I saw the above said car on the road today for the first time since the incident and is sounds horrible. The fact that it is now running like crap makes me feel better. I shouldn't have, but I actualy started chuckling out loud at the sound. At least they took the worse part of the damage makes me feel a lot better. The next one will be made out of concrete and reinforced steel. I don't want to build it three times. It will also be accompanied by a four foot concrete wall along the easman in place of a fence, to protect Lily and Steph if they happen to be in the front yard durring another episode. In addition i will put the mailbox on the other side of the trash recepticle to make getting the mail a little bit safer, or at least make me feel a little better.
: thanks for the advice.
: How long is Sara in town for? We'd love to see them, and you of course.
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: : Did you tell the police that you know who did it and give them the evidence and the person's address and license number? Sometimes, even if the police would likely not have acted on a "lesser" crime, if you present them with solid evidence as to the perpetrator, it forces them to act.
: : I had a case where a license plate was stolen from me. To make things worse, the thief was getting parking tickets that were being sent to me to be collected! The police would not act. I took the violation addresses on the parking tickets, set a search perimeter, drove the area late at night and found the car with my stolen plate myself! I then called the police and told them where the thief's car sat at that very moment, and they had to respond. They towed the car. The copy of the police report was the evidence I needed to get the tickets off my record.