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I love street signs, contruction signs, restruant signs.....etc. I have a number of signs that I cherish and that I believe are art. Here is a list: Stop/slow sign Danger: blasting Keep Away Detour Route 66 Sale Pending Nothing of Value in this room Traffic control: Wait for Pilot Car Uneven Pavement Surface Loose Gravel Handicaped Yes, we're open/ closed Cation: Eye protection required in this area Exit Coca Cola No tresspasing No parking Notice: Autorized Personel only beyond this point The best street related thing I have is the Street light that actualy works. Tell me about your signs and any bizare sign snatching stories. |
We all collect different things and you're right, signs are really cool. I've seen a couple that I wouldn't mind having myself. But I would never kick it down, pull it down and steal it. *Shrug* I don't think I could live with the guilt of thinking how it might impact someone. Not just talking about the people who get in accidents (& are injured, paralyzed, die?...) but also because it adds up and in turn we all end up paying for it. I remember awhile ago, when I was still living at my mom's, for awhile the city we lived in had a lot of problems with people vandalizing, stealing signs. And it was a really nice community. (Blech, yuppies) Well, it got so bad that in turn there were things we couldn't have (improvements to the city) and prices were raised to compensate for it. (Mmmm yay, higher taxes!) If you have to -take- them, I don't agree with it. If you get 'em free from companies goin outta business or changing sign styles or from the dump even, then right on. That's cool. So I dunno, I just think there are other things out there more worth while (& legal?) to be collecting. |
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was put up and over on the side of the road when construction wasn't going on...just so everyone knows..... a friend of mine wanted it because it described her life so well...and continues to describe.. i was on cop watch.. |
END CONSTRUCTION! i remember a story about some kids who stole a stopsign, then a while later a tractor truck drove right through where that stopsign used to be and crushed a car full of teenagers. it was outside tampa, but the details are not coming to me right now. |
Glad to hear you get your signs that way then. =) And well, when we only have the details you give then it's hard to know the full story. *shrug* But then you informed us of the actuality, so there ya go. It's all good. =) *High 5's Mark* NO kidding. The more construction I see, the sicker I become. It's so sad watching all these these beautiful green belts being 'raped' and some cookie cutter apartments tossed up before they move onto the next area and erect that strip mall (cuz we need at least 10 in a 5 mile radius). *shakes her head* |
anyway, a friend and i were driving around late one night looking for something malicious to do when it occurred to us to remove all the signs of a particular candidate who had spoken to our class. she was a dirty whore and talked only about how high school kids suck. well, the second part, anyway. i don't know what she did for a living. so, we started picking up her signs. we drove all over the place collecting them. we didn't stop until we had scoured the city and collected all of them. it took us several nights, and every time we collected 20 or so we'd drop them off at my buddy's house. after that, we picked several more candidates we didn't like and started collecting their signs. we enlisted the help of a few other people, and my buddy's house became sign depot. then, one sunday night, we took all the signs and set them up on the lawn of our government teacher. the next morning in class we talking about how it was a crime to steal political signs. apparently, not a minor crime. and after class, very discretely, the teacher asked us to come get our signs from her house. someone must have fingered us. |
There was a woman running for a position in a small city next to ours and I remember wanting so badly to take down all her signs & burn them or write some not so pleasant *ahem* choice words on them. Twasn't just a random woman either. It was my step-grandfather's daughter. (the bitch) Heh, sorry... some deep seeded hatred there. And I honestly don't -hate- anyone, but if I were to, she would be one of my #1 candidates. Won't go into it why, but there's a VERY good reason. She's still in office there too. How blind the fools are who voted her in. C'est la vie! |
Just a warning before any of you think about taking a stop sign. |
Cost me a couple votes, but you wouldn't believe what the voting public will put up with if you just smile and just promise them sincerely you support everything they do. Or then again, these days you probably would believe it. |
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Ugh, visiting my mom for the weekend to help out with some stuff (garage sale - yay)... reminded how much this computer sucks. (Note to self: buy mom a new computer for when I come to visit. ;p) |
1. Make friends with the Planning Director of the city in which you live (hint: buying lots of drinks usually helps). 2. When a new subdivision comes in for approval, have the PD mention during the review process that it would be nice to have a street named_____________. 3. Buy some more drinks for the person in the Public Works Department who orders street signs for the City. Get extra ones with the chosen's name on. 4. You get the idea. This way you don't have to accidentally kill anyone to satisfy your insane desire to own a sign. If you don't know the Planning Director in your City, call in several times with zoning complaints such as "the neighbor's chickens" and make a pest of yourself until your name is known in the Department. |
My roommate Jack stole a cattle crossing sign (ok, so this was definitely a hick town if they had cattle crossing signs) - pole and all by the way - and planted the sign outside our dorm. Well, we WERE freshman and *I* didn't do it. Heh... 2. 3 years later and I'm now at SUNY at Buffalo and working at Pizza Hut during the summer. We used to have parties after work and there was this girl I sort of had a crush on (even tho I knew I was gay). We're both drunk, probably a bit stoned as well, when we decide to go out and steal some of those blinking yellow hazzard lights. Only problem is that they were still attached to the barriers, or whatever those metal sawhorse type of things are called. So we just loaded them into the trunk of my car, barriers and all. There were seven of them as I recall. So the trunk wouldn't close. And I was driving drunk (and probably stoned). And we decided to stop at Denny's for some food. Now any cop driving by would have (1) seen the riot of blinking yellow lights going off in my partially opened trunk and (2) realized that we had most likely "confiscated" them from a construction site and (3) that I was driving drunk. Luckily we didn't get caught. After storing the lights in her apartment, I brought maybe four of them back to my house to remove the lights from the barriers (which is NOT THAT EASY TO DO!). But I did it. I bring two of the lights with me to school where I place them in my dorm window (9th floor to be exact). And a passing security guard, or maybe it was a cop, saw them and came up and tried to bust my roommate for having the lights. He managed to convince the guy that he didn't own the lights and when the cop saw that the lights were stamped with the name of some Syracuse construction company's name, he let the issue drop. I got rid of the lights soon after because they were a pain to have - know how much those big assed batteries cost? But they were fun to have for parties.... I hearby apologize to any people who were harmed by my taking of those warning lights....those people who probably drove smack into whatever those lights were there to warn them about. Sorry :-) |
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*now what's up with everyone calling me Petey lately?* |
One night was spent, not stealing, but rearranging roadsigns - the ones that just have the names of the streets. Another night we redecorated the fire hydrants. Replaced "No Smoking" signs with "Smoking Section." Then, one night, we too decided it would be spiffy to have one of the yellow blinkers - the one we wanted was on one of those orange plastic barrels. Instead of dragging it home with us to where the tools were, we tried to remove it right where we found the thing, on an island in a three-way intersection. We failed miserably, but we did get the panel on the bottom off. I looked at the now-hollow barrel, and inspiration was to be had. I got down in the foetal position, and had my friend lower the barrel on to me. I asked him to let me know when a car was coming. After a few minutes, I heard: "Car!", and so I stood up. Tried to, anyways. Ended up toppling over and rolling away. I still wish, though, that I could have seen the look on that driver's face... |
I was supposed to visit Potsdam to see my sister next week but I cancelled the trip. If I had known your connection with the town beforehand I would have gone on the trip. Maybe next year. :) |
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I know it's that damn Dani who started this *Petey* nonsense and now where is she? I wanna place some blame here and she disappears on me! Liam - I take it your sister goes to school in Potsdam. Or maybe works for one of them. God forbid she actually lives there but without the benefit of some school connection. The best thing about going to school that far north was the frat parties....200+ kegs and a band for $5.00. Not a bad way to get yerself drunk. Every Thurs. was Dollar Pitcher Night. Every Fri. was Blow-Off Class Day Because You Had Too Much To Drink The Night Before. |
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*Giggles @ Jim* Think of the millions of poor innocent people who ate at that diner, not knowing there was Coke and being forced to order/consume Pepsi products much to their dismay! Oh the humanity of it all.... |
I like reading all 3 of your posts. I turn on Sorabji every morning as I'm having my coffee to see what happened over the last 24 hours. Who needs CNN (or MSNBC which I read is what all the Yuppies like to watch now). PetRock, My sister teaches at SUNY Potsdam. I've never been up there but it sounds a bit rural. The fraternity parties sound found though. Did any of the brothers ever get you drunk on this free beer and take advantage of you (I hope) or were you too busy playing with their paddles *wink* And as for you Jim aka PajamaBoy and your coca-cola sign, I think Carrie Ann was right that all these people at this diner were not getting what they thought they had paid for. It's a sad country when one goes into a diner and orders a Mr. Pibb only to be served Dr. Pepper. Hee hee. |
Hmmm, I could go for a slurpee. Anyone wanna run to 7-11 for me? =) Either peach, Surge, or white cherry. Mmmmmm... |
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But I'm jealous - I have heard of these new Surge Squishees, but none of the 7-11's in my area seem to carry them. Thing is, how can you have a single-flavor Squishee? Mix 'n' match, I say! And when they finally come up with jerky-flavored Squishees... Mmm... |
Yep, but they aren't 'new' really. Been around for at least a year now. So I suppose they're somewhat new. Hey, they are coming out with these cups that have a divider down the middle so if you do want two different flavors but don't want to mix them, *ta-da!* problem solved. But, yeah I'm like you.. unless they're 2 totally different flavors, I like to mix them. Jerky? Heh, ewww. And I thought the peppermint/candycane ones were bad! ;p They're supposed to be fruity tasting (or at least the pop flavors - CokeŽ, SpriteŽ...). I can't imagine DRINKING mint. Blech. |
Sometimes, I eat things for the sheer schlock value. |
you are eating too many potatos. try some gizzards, scrapple, and tripe. |
I always look for your postings too, but not with coffee. *BLECH* Can't stand it. Some kind of juice or water is my wake up call. |
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Liam -- ah yes, the paddles. I'd forgotten about those. No, never got lucky with the frat boys as I wasn't really out back then. Fun fact about SUNY Potsdam -- the original drummer boy from the Partridge Family (what the hell was that kids name?) went to that school I'm told. Remember how he was replaced after the first season by the blonde-haired kid? And they didn't even try to get a reasonably similar looking kid to replace him. Nope, they went from brunette to blonde. Just like that. Now that was funny, wasn't it? Hello???? Anybody still there? Hello? |
I'm still here and yes I remember that change in cast. I was very young at the time but I still was able to understand that this casting change made absolutely no sense whatsoever. I thoroughly voiced my disapproval to my parents at the time but alas they were unable to explain to me the intricacies of network televsion casting. Thank God Mike Lookinland always played Bobby Brady! As for the paddles issue, all I can say is too bad. I was in a fraternity as well in California and I'm happy to say my experience was different from your's. *GRIN* Jim, aka PajamaBoy, Too bad to hear about the coffee. I love the stuff, but I also like a good glass of juice in the morning too. (Liam thinks of other things he likes first thing in the morning but decides against posting). I'm now into Tangerine juice. It's expensive but yummy. |
Mike Lookinland... Tangerine Juice... MMMMMmmmm! So um... like... you gonna dish about the paddles or what dude? |
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hehehe (who was cuter? Chris Partridge #1 or Chris Partridge #2? Or were you a closet Danny fan?) |
As for Chris Partridge, I liked the blond one, but I can't remember if that #1 or #2. I am not, I repeat, I am not a closet Danny Partridge fan. Didn't Danny Partridge get arrested for beating up a prostitute he picked up who turned out to be a man or something? I think it happened a few years back in Phoenix. |
I tried to answer your post a few times last week but it never went up. Anyway, my fraternity was heavily into hazing and one of the things we had to do was make a paddle that we had to get all of the actives to sign. Most would just meet with you and then sign the thing, but some of the others made you clean their car, polish shoes run errands and then they would hit you a few times with the paddle before signing it. We would also get paddled during lines up. If you didn't answer a question right you would get hit, while only in your underwear, ala Kevin Bacon in Animal House. We also got swatted more than a few times during Hell Week. Pretty fun actually. :) |
Blonde Chris was #2, Brunette Chris was #1. I preferred #1 over #2. I believe you are correct about Danny picking up the tv hooker - I heard he was cowering from the police inside a closet under some dirty laundry. Now there's an image I'll take to my grave.... And now poor Arnold from Different Strokes has fallen by the wayside - beating up poor, innocent autograph seeking women while shouting how he hates black people. Excuse me??? Of course she is now suing for the big $$$ to, in her lawyers words, "teach him a lesson that he can't go around beating up women". Yeah, right. Another person trying to take the easy way out to instant wealth. Anyone ever see the SNL episode about "America's Most Wanted Child Stars"? Chris Farley was playing Natalie from The Facts Of Life - that in and of itself was pretty gd funny. |
As for college, if I could have assumed the position and remained there, I wouldn't be here now. Oh well, I can find what I want elsewhere. Maybe I'll just have to go to DC and see you and Jim :) |
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or I'll tell Mom on you. |
Somefriends of mine "stole" and yes they did steal it, on the remote chance that if someone did get stranded they could walk a little ways to the next mile marker... Anyway they stole the MILE 42 sign... The reason they "stole" it was 1) They felt like it... 2) because it confuses people driving on the high way going from MILE 41 to MILE 43..... 3) They were bored... None of this event will hurt anyone smart enough to figure out an alternitive for it... If you die because you are missing the MILE 42 marker, well then as much as i hate to say it... You probably wouldn't have lived long anyway. |
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was when some friends of mine (I wasn't there) stole one of those giant inflatable Ronald McDonald figures (the ones that sit on top of the entire roof of the restaurant) They rolled it up, put it in the trunk of their car, and headed for home. Unbeknownst to them, however, as they drove off, the figure had become partially reinflated and was now trailing for quite some distance behind the car. The cop who pulled them over tried to keep a straight face, but busted out laughing as he advised them, "I'm pretty sure we've got you for McKidnapping." And on an unrelated note, I want to get a yield sign to put over my bed. Yeah, I think that sends about the right message. |
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but did you take a cabbage ptch kid you found on the ground at the fair, cut off its arms and legs, cut its hair down to the skull (revaling a Mr. T haircut), tie a rope around its neck and drag it behind your bikes fo a few days, before sinking it off the dock with a counterweight, to make it float about 6 inches below the surface? Thought so. |
Be Kind and it has like the city of irving city council or something. a friend of mine (a delinquent from the cradle to the grave) took one of these signs. we aren't quite sure what danger people could be in if we took them. but we didn't care. i personally thought maybe we were going against what the sign was about. who knows. |
two if you count my cat. okay, including Yaphet, three. But no more than that! |
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i have only gotten 2 no parking signs and about 45 political ones whats the setence on the political ones? |
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And, no, I don't want a sign. Thanks anyway, though. |
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cute in that Retarded way. |
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and jack i like the airforce more than the army, dumbass. duh be all u can be, army commercials. wow so many fucking tards on this site |
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