So, I admit I have a slight shoe addiction. I think I have like 10 pairs now. Its not that I love each pair, its just that I have been desperately seeking to replace a really comfortable pair I had before and each pair, while awesome in its own way - from gold sparkle trim, to neon orange letters, to being waterproof - just doesn't live up.
Last week while buying another pair of shoes I found these boots but didn't buy them because they were too expenive. They were like retail $279, then $129 at DSW. Then when I went back they were $99 with an additional 30% off at register and I had a $25 gift certificate and a $10 off coupon. It came to like $34 for a really nice pair of boots.
The fancy leather engraved and wood bottoms look really cool but they are slippery. Especially on ice. I think leather soles get more traction after they are scuffed up a bit.
Okay so maybe the addiction is worse than I thought. I went to the timerland site to see if I could find those shoes and I found these which are all leather and have traction
and these
which just look comfy.
I know some people in the ticketing department and I know people with good relations to that districts police chief. Let me know what days and times this happens and I will forward the information.
Maybe you could let Parking Enforcement know this is a chronic problem and at what basic times and see if they can send thier folks out for a few weekends in a row to hand out tickets. That might get peoples' attention. Of course, there's always throwing handfuls of nails in the street at the end of the driveway. You would have to clean them up before you could go anywhere but that's what a giant magnet is for.
These are my favorite posts. I feel bad for what you have to go through, but I love reading about it.
these things suck, don't they? i want so badly not to be a crotchety neighbor, but my neighbors are forever doing things similar to this that just SUCK! therefore, despite so not being fence people, we're putting up a fence this spring. sucking begets sucking, mf'ers!
The parents at St Joseph's Collegiate Institute of Kenmore/Town of Tonawanda are phenomenally inconsiderate as well [which is funny, because the students - hormonal high school boys - are much better behaved than the parents]. Usually what I do is walk out of my front door, go up to their car, compose the shot with my camera so it clearly shows license plate, car, and driver, take a couple pictures, and walk back inside. Only one person ever left.
One person actually pulled into my driveway and sat there. I came out and asked her what her deal was. She sympathized and prattled on about how she used to live across the street from Lindbergh Elementary and people used to do the same thing to her all the time. So I said great, can you leave? She seemed astonished that I wouldn't let her stay. Finally I told her I was going somewhere and needed to get my car out [I wasn't, I didn't, and I had no intention of pretending]. Then she asked if she could use the driveway after I left. I told her no. So she pulled out and blocked my neighbor's driveway instead.
A guy who lives down the street from me - even closer to the school entrance/exit - has a 2x4 that runs the width of his driveway with nails sticking out of it.
Maybe go outside and put the sign directly in front of their driver-side window and read it to them.
- Z
to bad you don't know anyone in ticketing department. I wonder what would happen if you walked down there took a picture that showed both two plates then walked down to Tupper and walked into the police station and asked to speak to someone in the traffic divison if they would write those two car owners a ticket each. Here is the way I look at it. If you can use cameras to give tickets who run red lights or don't pay tolls why should this be any different? I do know that there are some things that people can be ticketed for but you need proof like a picture. For example a dog shits on the lawn or sidewalk and the person doesn't pick it up $50 fine. Not sure if you take a picture or video it how you prove who they are, well if you know who they are you can tell the cops. I'm not saying to do it but it might be a good idea. You did notice I said walk, how could you drive with the drive way blocked. Also if someone walks out of the house with a phone or camera they might not notice and someone who doesn't even live there could do it.