Yes, it's been a while since I posted here. I'd love to say that it's because the morons have left, but usually it's just because I couldn't find my camera in time (I don't have a camera phone, unfortunately).
However, tonight it worked out.
Jenn and the kids and I had gone over to Whetstone Library to play on the playground there, and when we got back we saw this. Yes, that's our driveway, and this moron was in front of it.
I still don't get the mindset that tells anyone that this is okay. We almost hit him trying to get into our own driveway. And despite my asserting quite nicely that we get a cowcatcher for the front of our car so we can push guys like this out of the way, we still have nothing to do that with. So we had to sneak around him.
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to deal with such idiots besides this blog. Sure, it's fun, but situations like this are especially annoying.
The police don't respond to these calls, and they probably have better things to do. But who in their right mind does this? Is our society so self-centered now that people don't have common decency not to park in front of someone's driveway?
Sigh... first global warming skeptics, then tea-baggers, then birthers, now this. I have no respect for any of them.
The second vehicle isn't quite as bad as the first, as it's at least a vehicle that is normal sized. A tad dirty, but that's neither here nor there. It's not parked even CLOSE to halfway between my driveway and the next one, but that's pretty much par for the course.
However... check out this parking job. I was always told that you tried to get as close to the curb as possible without touching it. Well... let's put it this way: if this fellow was playing that game that Harold Ramis was playing with the hot brunette in the general's house in Stripes, he'd have lost pretty darned quickly.
And here's his license plate. I've heard of bleach balloons as more fun than egging... give it a try.
The first one is this RLT (Ridiculously Large Truck). Almost in front of our driveway, though I have a difficult time imagining a place where this behemoth CAN actually park legally, outside a truck stop.
Not only doesn't he park properly... he doesn't park well. Check out the angle at which he's pointing at the neighbor's house.
Here's his plate number. I wonder if he can read it himself? He obviously can't read street signs. Four numbers and three letters might be too much for him.
It's been while since I posted here, but that doesn't mean that there haven't been morons. No, and here's the latest example. This fellow apparently doesn't think much of the law at all - not only is he parked in our no-stopping zone, he's not far enough away our driveway to be safe. Sigh.
Here's the latest moron. Yeah, he's parked in front of my house, which is illegal, but he's also pointed the wrong way. Apparently this is also illegal in Columbus, which I discovered when I first moved to Clintonville (my previous house didn't have a no-stopping zone in front of it).
Today's moron is special. As in special needs, or needs a special helmet.
He was still there when Duncan and I took the dog out for a walk. He had to have backed and forthed a few times to get into the spot. Amazing... that much trouble to park illegally. The mind truly boggles.
