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We're not talking about law or logic here, we're talking about stupid people sitting at home watching the video on the TV and hearing "not guilty". They don't care about who was charged with what, and was it an appropriate charge - all the know is "beating video" plus "not guilty" equals "gotta tear sh!t up". There is no reasoning with that kind of mentality. Definitely - a guilty verdict would has kept those idiots happy regardless of what the charges were. They could have been found guilty of simple assault and people owudl be happy, or they could have been found not guilty of genocide and there would have been riots. The news media sensationalizes the video, sensationalizes the "not guilty" verdict and suddenly we have a destroyed neighborhood.

Hey, LISTEN... It's not MY fault that I read your note too quickly to fully understand it and therefore responded with a something that's half-cocked and irrelevant IS IT???

The house of commons is full of them, for sure. Grow a pair and stop these criminals.

Itr wasn't just the video, and it wasn't just the verdict - it was the apparent disparity between the video and the verdict. If the video didn't exist then would the riots have happened on the verdicts alone? I don't think so. The video made is very clear that those police officers were beating the ever-lovin' tar out of that guy, and that nothing he could have done while running from them could have justified that. Visuals are powerful - that video was much more powerful than any eyewitness report could have been.

I don't see the london shooting as evidence of a tyrannical government. At least not until i see the result of the inquest. The IPCC is no a police group - they are wholly independent. and the police hate them.

The rioting wasn't about the verdict - if it was they why did they smash and loot in their own neighborhoods? They'll say it was about the verdict, but at the end of the day it's just criminals being criminals knowing they won't get caught if they are one of 10k criminals out there. What about the verdict entitles one black man to ransack a store owned by another black man and put him out of business? If they only attacked police stations, courts or other symbols of the power they accuse of opressing then then I can understand the thinking (although still not an excuse). But the overwhelming majority and just opportunistic bottom-feeders looking to make a quick buck while the police are overwhelmed and ineffective. Looters should be shot on sight. That would stop them.

But what about the fairings?

You got it backwards. This is just the UK's LA riots. The difference is that in the LA riots were prompted by footage that was difficult to refute at the time whereas the shooting in the UK could go either way. Bear in mind that the average Brit is very anti-gun and the idea of the police using a gun against a citizen is always widely condemned regardless of the specifics of the situation. Any exhonoration of the police officer is considered an irrelevance that is probably not even going to be reported. Yeah, they'll give the police guns, expect them shoot bad guys then the politicians will hang, draw and quarter them publicly to appease the voters - even if the shoot was justified. But the rioting here is nothing to do with the shooting. It's just a bunch of criminals who are using safety-in-numbers to get what they want. It happens the world over, has happened for ever and will continue to happen. This is not a 'sign of the times', this is just criminals taking advantage. I'm for a much stronger response from the police. The British government doesn't want to appear like they are cracking down like in Tiannemen Square, but if the alternative is to sit by and watch the criminals then that's no bloody good either. I have no problem with water cannons to disperse crowds that are not using weapons or threatening anyone's safety, and baton rounds as needed to preserve safety. But at the end of the day what are they doing? They are destroying their own towns, their own stores and their own communities. And they they will expect the taxpayer to build them up again, to re-stock the shops they looted. Marshall law, man. If a shopkeeper wants to stand guard in his shop with an AR15 then I'm not gonna lose any sleep over it. You're ruin a man's livelihood because you want to use a police incident as an excuse to get a new TV? If I owned a store in that area I'd be moving the merchandise out. Flood the area with riot police, arm them with something effective (I think the police throw wet tea bags right now) Did I say water cannon? I mean OC cannon.

I did 800mi in 16 hours and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't do that again unless I was doing it for the destination, not the journey. And then I'd probably drive.

The clutch in my Legacy feels like I'm holding Rosie O'Donnell back while she's fighting to reach a cupcake.

Oh, and I lost 10k on the stock market when you count Friday and today. Meh. Oh well. It'll come back.

Drove my normal car up and down the street a little, just to get an idea of how my ankle will handle the heavy clutch. Seemed ok, but it is a HUGE difference between the Gimpmobile ('89 Park Avenue Auto 3.8 FWD) and my regular car ('05 Subaru Legacy GT 2.5 Turbo AWD stick). It's not even funny how different they are. The PA is like being pulled serenely down the street in a recliner on wheels attached by a bungee to Patrick Maruniak. The accelerator pedal acts like a suggestion box (maybe it will accelerate, but not until they open the box at the end of the day and had a good long think about it.) The Subaru is very much sit-the-fuck-down, shut-the-fuck-up and hold-the-fuck-on. It's accelerator pedal has a direct connection to that white house lauch-the-fuckin-nukes red telephone. The shifter is hardwired to teh awesome. If you stomp the gas while the engine is anywhere above 3500 then you better have already gotten your affairs in order and be at peace with your maker because unless you let off pretty damn quick you're gonna meet him. Damn, I've missed this car. The PA is 3300lbs, 165hp and 0-60 in about 10 seconds. The Legacy is 3300lbs, 250hp and 0-60 in 5.2 (if you aren't paying for the clutch).

I heard the words; "Your ankle is healed enough to ride again..." and suddenly the mondays went away and was replaced by the same feeling that you'd get of someone told you you were about to get a blowjob from Megan Fox every day for the rest of the year. OK, not quite that good, but close.

In my thoughts.

When AAA towed my bike they sent a repo truck (the one with the hydraulic arm that can reach under and behind a car's wheels ) with a special attachment for the rear arms that had a channel just wide enough for the tires. Then they put ratchet straps on the top triple that went out a 45deg outwards but went forward in line with the fork tubes so the tubes were compressed in the normal direction. Then he lifted the platform up a bit more to compress the forks and the bike was dead solid. Edit: Found a pic of the same technique - only the straps on mine were more inline with the forks.

The fact that he has been there for several months and paying rent is probably enough to classify him an a month-to-month tenant. You can start eviction proceedings if he is late on rent. Or with a month-to-month you should be able to evict him with enough notice (2 months?) without needing a reason. You need a lawyer to tell you that. As you already live there the physical eviction should be easier becuase you're not going to need to get an FE&D to have the sheriff "forcibly enter" (the FE in FE&D) and physically remove him. Hopefully all you woud dneed would be a civil standby (where the cop just comes and hangs around in case someone kicks off, but takes no active part in the proceedings if everyone remains civilized) If you have a legal eviction and you request a civil standby while you move his stuff out then hopefully the officer can step in an enforce the order if the guy wants to be a prick. Again, a lawyer consult is mandatory because if you mess this up you could owe him damages. (ie if you just have some burly friends kick his ass out then he could sue for the cost of hotels, extra cost of having to rent a more expensive place, storage of property, loss of property, lost wages while dealing with the unlawful eviction... etc)

If you don't think a bicycle is a vehicle, try getting caught drunk on one. Yes, it is OVI.

That's what I was getting at. No disrespect to the OP... But while I would normally find the idea of a 78yr old woman riding 2-up on a bicycle with a 9yo funny in it's own right, the fact that the poor old lady suffered incapacitating injuries means that I don't see the funneh.

Oh yeah, they were having fun.

Worse than that... I re-upped my AAA online one year and had to create a AA online account. Selected RV coverage. 6 months later I break down on the bike and they refuse to tow me because I wasn't paid up. After arguing for an hour I finally had to pay a 3rd party tow company almost $200 to tow me. "Even if you renew now, we won't tow you today." Got home and checked my bank statements - no AAA payments. Went online, the online AAA account was there but listed as not paid. When I went through the payment option again it again gave me the "welcome to AAA" message at the end but in fine red print at the bottom it said; "Card could not be charged". That's obviously what happened first time too. I called up and went through the same process and the card worked fine when the operator did it. Although the error was on their website I couldn't get a refund because I couldn't prove it was an error 6 months ago. Although at the end of the day AAA is losing money on me and my plethora of old beaters, so the best way to piss them off is continue to over-use their services.

http://www.rentlaw.com/eviction/oheviction.htm You really need to at least consult with an attorney if you want to force him out because tenants have rights. The lack of a written lease simply makes him a month-to-month tenant under an oral agreement (IB: is that how he pays the rent?). Like it or not, he is a legal tenant and your eviction of him must be lawful or else he can sue you for damages.

Has he been there long enough to have established residency? It was a temporary thing and he has renenged on that. Consult a laywer, of course, but DON'T wait too long. If he has not establish residency then ask him to move out, gie him a set date/time, get it in writing that he is moving out and when, and get ready to change the lock and set his crap outside on moving day if he's not gone yet.

Oh, and if they are English Bulldogs you have to feed them a different diet than American Bulldogs. Fish and Chips is good for starters, then a spot of tea. Possibly a crumpet.

Update, for those who care: It's 7.5 weeks post-injury. I've been out of the cast for 2 weeks and I just had a follow-up with the ortho surgeon. The ligaments have reattached themselves and are healing as expected. The swelling is all but gone but my range of motion is still only baout 75% what it used to be. I have 3 more weeks of physio before they cut me loose. I'm finally allowed to drive stick again, but have to wean back into it, so I'll be in the Gimpmobile for another 6 weeks before I am totally back to stick. In 6 weeks I'll sell the Gimpmobile - by then I'll have saved 12 weeks of rental car costs. If I get $1750 for it then that's $1500 in savings versus renting. I can ride the bike again!!! But only very short journeys for now (around the block, not too many upshifts as the "dorsiflexion" can be painful), working up to going back to my regular commute in about a month. That'll give me back a month or two of the season, which is better than the "season-ending" injury it was thought to be at first. Looking forward to getting back on 2 wheels. Think I'll take a victory lap around the block this weekend.

Brutal crash, man. Lucky you were tumbling in the ditch rather than slidign it out on the asphalt. Now is not the time to be judgemental, as it is quite clear that the lesson has been learned. Good to see you're ok. It's amazing how quick it all goes to sh!t, huh?