Towing Tidbits, This Week In Review

[Jester]

Do NOT get me started on lawyer jokes.

I know far too many of them to stay out of trouble.....

[dendawg]

Do NOT get me started on lawyer jokes.

I Will.

What do you have with a hundred lawyers buried up to their necks in cat shit?

Not enough cat shit.

[dalesys]

What do you have with a hundred lawyers buried up to their necks in cat shit?

What do you tell those lawyers?

Coffee break's over. Back on your heads.

[cinema guy]

Now you just need to learn how to do it with Sylvester Stallones slur =p

Karl Urban, surely?

[wolfie]

This thread had made me think up a lawyer joke:

Q: What do you call a busload of lawyers going off a cliff?
A: A good start!Waste of a perfectly good bus

Fixed that for you.

[PepperElf]

Don't know what the cops said to him, but he showed up 15 minutes later at the front door, cash in hand.

Makes me wonder if he's friends with Sneaky Pete.

[Geek King]

Going back to the title, if the This Week In Baseball short they show at ball games is refered to as T.W.I.B. Notes, Would a regular Argabarga update be T.W.I.T.* Notes?

*This Week In Towing

[Jester]

Then again, one of our colleagues that work in retail could post T.W.A.T. notes: This Week At Target.

Just saying...

[Sapphire Silk]

I'm watching the new episode of Parking Wars. This season they're interviewing private tow companies.

Wow. It's like Argabarga in live action.

Man, I give you props for what you do.

[Jester]

Watched a truck get towed from the parking lot next to The Q this morning. (It's a private lot belonging to a local hotel, and ONLY for the use of their hotel guests and/or staff.)

Guy comes up to me as I'm standing outside, and asks, "Is that your truck?" I smiled and said, "Nope. I rode my bike today."

I know I shouldn't take such joy in other people's misfortunes, but as Argabarga might say, if you're dumb enough to ignore ALL THE POSTED SIGNS, well then, you deserve what you get.

[DiRF]

50% of Lawyers Graduate in the Bottom of Their Class You Know!

Where I work, lawyers come in ever so often, and it's a secured facility... to get a badge to enter the premises, we hold onto their driver's license. They return the badge, we return the license.

You'd be surprised how many lawyers, whose job it is to, uh, know the law, don't have their license on them... after having driven up to the complex. Should probably also mention that, due to the nature of the complex, police frequently drive up and down the road that we're located on.

[mikoyan29]

I wish I were in an area with more rail traffic. We have quite a few yards but they aren't in photography friendly areas. But I guess i make up for that with Lakers....

[2gigch1]

You'd be surprised how many lawyers, whose job it is to, uh, know the law, don't have their license on them... after having driven up to the complex.

True, however a few times I have forgotten my wallet and been pulled over, for some reason I have memorized my Driver's License # and can repeat it on command. Furthermore in Maryland police refer to it as the Soundex #.

Thus in those times when I have said "Sorry, I forgot my wallet, but my Soundex is B-123-456-789-012" I have been let go with a smile for just the knowin...

[Argabarga]

I sometimes wonder how many people around me on a given roadway are driving without licenses, proof of insurance, etc.

I mean, just the number of people I notice driving around on registrations that are up to 2 years expired is astounding.....

[Chromatix]

That sort of thing is what ANPR is often used for in Britain (and probably some other European countries). ANPR -> Automatic Number Plate Recognition.

If you know the plate number, you can look up the insurance and MOT details in the computer, as well as the licence status of the registered keeper, and whether the vehicle is wanted in connection with investigations - the ANPR kit does all of that automatically, and sounds an alarm if it spots something juicy.

Naturally some people cry privacy violation over that kind of thing, but it seems to be used responsibly in the UK, at least as far as policing is concerned. There have been some reported problems over the use of ANPR for enforcing the London Congestion Charge, but these are mostly triggered by people driving on false number plates - hopefully the appeals process has been sorted out by now.