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Old 04-23-2012, 09:09 PM
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He, the DB, and the PO know each other personally.
Right, forgot about that little fact...

In that case, steer clear...

unless you think you could hit the car with dog poo without getting caught...

Still might be worth a call, anonymously from a pay phone, to the gendarme to report his erratic driving on the way to the bar...

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Old 04-23-2012, 09:20 PM
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Talk about close proximity.

Another vehicle I know whose driver behaves horribly and has no manners, actually lives one apartment building away from mine.

I don't think he knows my car, but I've seen his acts here and there (another one today). This is another reason to just let things pass.

As they say, there's another driver worse than the one you encounter ("there's always a bigger bully"). He or she will meet their match someday, let karma take care of things.
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Old 04-23-2012, 09:25 PM
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So he laid on the horn, arms up in the air, the usual banter. I looked up in the mirror, and slowed down, waaaay down. There was a space of a good 10 car length in front of me and the car ahead. He was literally inches away, I was tempted to brake check but I decided to just slow down instead. So he motioned to me that he was going to "shoot" me with his "finger gun" - so I shot back with my "finger gun"

Next time whip out something like a Desert Eagle and put a round right threw his shinny hood, that will make him get polite real fast.
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Old 04-23-2012, 10:05 PM
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Next time whip out something like a Desert Eagle and put a round right threw his shinny hood, that will make him get polite real fast.

It's all about the presentation

(You can skip to 1:55 if you want )
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Old 04-23-2012, 11:33 PM
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I think it should be a public service to educate idiots that there actions are having a negative impact on other peoples lives, and they should take a minute in the future to consider this, or life may become painful for them.

In the past this was done, but now being an idiot is rewarded since our society is geared for the lowest common denominator.
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Old 04-23-2012, 11:51 PM
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Next time whip out something like a Desert Eagle and put a round right threw his shinny hood, that will make him get polite real fast.
I like the Desert Eagle a LOT but every time I am at the gun library at Cabela's in Reno, they never have one for sale. (I always asked)
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Old 04-24-2012, 12:00 AM
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They can be hard to find, but they are around.
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Old 04-24-2012, 12:02 AM
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I think it should be a public service to educate idiots that there actions are having a negative impact on other peoples lives, and they should take a minute in the future to consider this, or life may become painful for them.

In the past this was done, but now being an idiot is rewarded since our society is geared for the lowest common denominator.
If you're lucky it would only be community service....
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Old 04-24-2012, 03:04 AM
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Talk about close proximity.

Another vehicle I know whose driver behaves horribly and has no manners, actually lives one apartment building away from mine.

I don't think he knows my car, but I've seen his acts here and there (another one today). This is another reason to just let things pass.

As they say, there's another driver worse than the one you encounter ("there's always a bigger bully"). He or she will meet their match someday, let karma take care of things.
Oh man, that is the way to go but hotheadedness can sure get in the way. I try to meditate on the line in the bible: "Veangence is mine, sayeth the Lord."

Look what happened to the Zimmerperson guy, convinced that Martin was going to get away (with something) he decided to take matters into his own hands.
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Old 04-24-2012, 05:32 AM
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I would head into the bar, attempt to figure out who said db is, then start buying him drinks....
At closing time when he gets in the car, call the mounties.
Subtle, yet effective. I like this idea very much
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Old 04-25-2012, 10:27 AM
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Right, forgot about that little fact...

In that case, steer clear...

unless you think you could hit the car with dog poo without getting caught...

Still might be worth a call, anonymously from a pay phone, to the gendarme to report his erratic driving on the way to the bar...
Well the GF put it in perspective for me.

From an alternate view, i had the pleasure of rear ending this guy with absolutely no consequences. From this alternate perspective, imagine how pissed this guy is that I scuffed up his bumper, and he got no money, and no insurance info, and my crappy little jetta has no damage to it, and on top of that the whole thing happened with official police sanction after the fact.

In the grand scheme of things, his driving was terrible, and consistently bad the 2 additional times ive seen him, but in our altercation, I came out way ahead.
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Old 04-25-2012, 10:39 AM
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Yeah but you wasted a good part of your life and wasted some good karma. And you got off lightly considering the DB might have done a lot worse than jaw when you rear ended him.

Best revenge is living a good life.

The rest of this is fine as long as we just talk about it and really don't do it in real life.

The most I will ever do as for revenge is allow the DB to do themselves in when I could save them.....and they often do. Never underestimate karma.

ONe fellow here that tried to screw me out of a few thousand dollars in a business deal, did not succeed with that but did manage to screw me on another deal from the other side (long story) but it happens he did a foolhardy thing on a scaffold and is now paralyzed from the waist down.

It is way more than I would wish on anybody but he probably was owed a big bill of karma from screwing other folks besides me.
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Old 04-25-2012, 03:35 PM
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Well the GF put it in perspective for me.
My wife does the same to me. I fear I don't thank her enough for keeping me out of trouble.

Though there was a funny story my uncle told me. Another driver cut him off badly but he was able to avoid a collision. Since his window was open he just shouted profanities in my uncle's language (without any obscene gestures). Of course the other guy was dumbfounded

Last night a lady cut us off as we were heading home. My wife was furious and invented new curse words, but she was the passenger.

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