go for it... file charges... see how far you get....

bwahahahahahahahahahaha

It's not very smart to fark with somebody with billions that can be used to make your life a living hell.

/just sayin

"Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."

rich people should be allowed to get away with theft

RocketRod: "Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of that.

Well he is an Aggie after all, or as some call them, Swamp Okies.

Megain: rich people should be allowed to get away with theft

AIG, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan...

That would be irritating and annoying, but why not just ask Pickens very nicely for some $$$? It's not like he would miss a couple grand. Now he's pissed an will send out a team of lawyers to make this guys' life a living hell.


BOOMER SOONER
fark TEXAS

how long has fark = fark ?

Do you really "carve" your name in wet cement? Isn't it more like using a stick to draw it. If he did in fact "carve" his name in the cement when it was dry, then by all means he deserves to take it, because man, you are doing it wrong.

How awesome would it be to live in a world where if you wanted something you just took it and paid off anyone who had a problem with it?
Further, how awesome would it be to not only have the kind of money to pull that off, but the kind of money where shiat like that actually occurs to you? Like, for me I would just think: Man... I wish I could afford to buy my childhood home. For him: I am buying my childhood home, moving it to my property and then going and cutting out a 3x5 slab of concrete from my grandma's old house and put that farker in my driveway because I want to.

Man. They say money can't buy happiness - but it definitely pays the farking bills so you can worry about other stuff.

I've seen "Boner", "bollocks", and "POOP" engraved in the sidewalk near my apartment complex.

I hope they catch the bastard.

grrr *shakes fist @ Drew*

Wizzin: Megain: rich people should be allowed to get away with theft

AIG, Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan...

I was gonna say 'the british too', but egyptians and greeks haven't behaved properly these days.

greaser_77: That would be irritating and annoying, but why not just ask Pickens very nicely for some $$$? It's not like he would miss a couple grand. Now he's pissed an will send out a team of lawyers to make this guys' life a living hell.


BOOMER SOONER
fark TEXAS

Neutral field. OU lost

/And they lost their bowl game so... Back to the topic at hand?

greaser_77: how long has fark = fark ?

Hahahahahaha!

The guy has the right idea. It's not that he wanted the concrete, he could have just asked, or offered to pay for it.

Instead, he just sent out a crew and lifted a huge chunk out of somebody's driveway. Fark him.

Rosebud?

Jay Rosser, a spokesman for Pickens, said the section of concrete was removed when Pickens was in town recently to inspect enhancements to a family plot at a local cemetery.

So he's basically saying, "If I want it, i'll take it."?

Allllllrightythen

Something doesn't add up. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy it rather than hire 3 goons to go take it? Maybe 3 guys were drinkin Miller Lite one night and said. "Lets steal it and hold it fer ransom!" Just sayin...

Hey! That's my stone!!!
Is your name on it?
No.
Well, mine is. Screw you.

He paid for the stadium at 0 state u. let him write in that concrete. A-hole

greaser_77: That would be irritating and annoying, but why not just ask Pickens very nicely for some $$$? It's not like he would miss a couple grand. Now he's pissed an will send out a team of lawyers to make this guys' life a living hell.


BOOMER SOONER
fark TEXAS

Pickens has screwed a lot of people over, especially in the area of his pet university in Oklahoma where he's literally had people forced out of their homes by eminent domain trickery (the fact that he can control the actions of the local government/university enough to force eminent domain seizures being an entire other chapter in the story of his pissing people off). There are reasons people, especially in OK, will go out of their way to inconvenience him at times. Plus,

Treygreen13: The guy has the right idea. It's not that he wanted the concrete, he could have just asked, or offered to pay for it.

Instead, he just sent out a crew and lifted a huge chunk out of somebody's driveway. Fark him.

what Treygreen13 said.

ELBERETH

eqtworld: Treygreen13: Instead, he just sent out a crew and lifted a huge chunk out of somebody's driveway. Fark him.

It says in the article it was city property, you can't pay a guy for city property.

If he stole anything it was probably from the city, which would probably not have let you buy the slab anyway.

Better to pilfer the slab, fix it (it says the sidewalk was repoured and fixed) then deal with any consequences. The worst they are going to do is make you pay more money to do a better fixing job

From the article:

Ken Chestnut, an attorney for the city, said he's not sure if anyone sought permission to remove the slab. But it's "a private matter between the parties" and the city does not need to get involved, Chestnut said.

It is only technically city property because it is near the street, and the re-pouring cracked his driveway. It is a private matter, and it is irrelevant how wealthy Mr. Pickens is. You don't go to someone's house and rip up their driveway because it has sentimental value to you.

I saw "billionaire being sued" and "Oklahoma" in the same headline and was hoping for Clay Bennett. Oh well.

Maybe ol't-bone will shower him with riches.

Megain: rich people should be allowed to get away with theft

Considering the amount of damage he apparently caused illegally fetching his boyhood slab and arrogantly ignoring property rights or even common courtesy, throwing the book at him as an example that no one is above the law might be a good idea here.

So Pickens admits that he has the slab now, so it's very likely he did in fact steal it. I can see where the plaintiff is coming from on this one. Pickens clearly believes in the "better to ask forgiveness than permission" theory.

On a slightly related topic, a church down the street from my house installed a low brick retaining wall when I was a kid. The concrete blocks were filled in (vertically) with cement, and the wet cement was accessible at the top. My neighbor from three doors down wrote my name in the cement, one letter in each block, about three times. My name is Keri, and when I was a kid, I was the only Keri around. Also, the church was less than a block away. Fortunately, I was never accused of anything, but every time I'm visiting my parents and I walk past the cement blocks I think of Shane Eberle, the kid who did it.

Uh, too bad for those hoping for a warm fuzzy ending, but 3'x5' is a pretty big piece of concrete. Drop a car's wheel in there and it can cause a fair amount of damage. And he just took it?

Reminds me of this:

Frankly, at 81 and wealthy, he should just be doing whatever the hell he likes.

T-Luv: Neutral field. OU lost

/And they lost their bowl game so... Back to the topic at hand?

Count the number of football national championships UT has. Now count OU's, so... Back to the topic at hand?

I'd have sued the asshole too.

The guy who owns the property contends that it's his. The city says it was on the right-of-way, their property. Either way, he's going to be paying someone a settlement. The charges will never make it to court.

Yeah right, the guy'll be able to totally rent a 100-year old house in Holdenville. What a hell hole.

/grew up 20 miles away

Dull Cow Eyes

Rosebud?

Yes?

His chances of winning?

Megain: rich people should be allowed to get away with theft

This.

I'm glad I live in a land where people with greater means than I can take whatever I have whenever they like without the fear of prosecution that we lesser folks have -- just like every other place on the planet. It helps me realize that we're all not so different from each other after all.

How long before someone sneaks in and gives that signed section of driveway a nice midnight sledge-hammerin' at it's new location? What a pathetic story about what must be a lonely old man with nothing to speak for him but a piece of cement he signed 70 years ago. So this is his legacy -- probably the last story about him before he dies. At least he didn't have a planned London concert engagement.

eqtworld: Treygreen13: it is irrelevant how wealthy Mr. Pickens is.

no it's not

Treygreen13: You don't go to someone's house and rip up their driveway because it has sentimental value to you.

Yes he did

what are you going to do about it, fine him?

he won't care

Collect a hefty sum for damages to the driveway, recover the stolen property (which they can do, by the way), and tell him it'll cost him $10,000 for the memories. You act like a dick, you get a delicious dose of justice.

The home-owner could bank off Mr. Pickens' arrogance, and it looks like he will.

If I was in charge there'd be a special law on the books for rich farks who think they can do anything they want. It'd be whatever the existing penalty for the crime is times one million. That way, arrogant, thoughtless crap like this would be more than an afternoon's work for a $600 an hour lawyer.

greaser_77: T-Luv: Neutral field. OU lost

/And they lost their bowl game so... Back to the topic at hand?

Count the number of football national championships UT has. Now count OU's, so... Back to the topic at hand?

So your point is... OU used to have a good football team?

Dull Cow Eyes: Rosebud?

Came for this, leaving satisfied.

People don't become billionaires by being kind, thoughtful, considerate and meek.

Stealing a slab of concrete IS an incredibly petty and arrogant thing to do.

Good luck to the guy getting ANYTHING back out of this.

Boone should have spent the money on young poon.

Yeah, you know what, as stupid as all of this is, the homeowner has a point. What if Pickens had carved his name into some woodwork in the house? Would it be OK to have someone go in there and remove it?

Despite what people seem to think, stealing is wrong, even when rich people do it.

T-Luv: greaser_77: T-Luv: Neutral field. OU lost

/And they lost their bowl game so... Back to the topic at hand?

Count the number of football national championships UT has. Now count OU's, so... Back to the topic at hand?

So your point is... OU used to have a good football team?

Its still a great team ( unless its a BCS game)

Treygreen13: eqtworld: Treygreen13: it is irrelevant how wealthy Mr. Pickens is.

no it's not

Treygreen13: You don't go to someone's house and rip up their driveway because it has sentimental value to you.

Yes he did

what are you going to do about it, fine him?

he won't care

Collect a hefty sum for damages to the driveway, recover the stolen property (which they can do, by the way), and tell him it'll cost him $10,000 for the memories. You act like a dick, you get a delicious dose of justice.

The home-owner could bank off Mr. Pickens' arrogance, and it looks like he will. and run it through a rock crusher out of pure spite

Wow, Boone. Really?

Next time you get into one of your "I'm rich and can do whatever I want" moods, how about you just donate another $50M to the university. I like it better when you're trying to buy us a national championship.

/Go Pokes.
//Keep having your OU/UT pissing match, guys. You're both going to be in for a shock this year.

T-Luv: So your point is... OU used to have a good football team?

farking longhorns...
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Gamer Grrrl: So Pickens admits that he has the slab now, so it's very likely he did in fact steal it. I can see where the plaintiff is coming from on this one. Pickens clearly believes in the "better to ask forgiveness than permission" theory.

On a slightly related topic, a church down the street from my house installed a low brick retaining wall when I was a kid. The concrete blocks were filled in (vertically) with cement, and the wet cement was accessible at the top. My neighbor from three doors down wrote my name in the cement, one letter in each block, about three times. My name is Keri, and when I was a kid, I was the only Keri around. Also, the church was less than a block away. Fortunately, I was never accused of anything, but every time I'm visiting my parents and I walk past the cement blocks I think of Shane Eberle, the kid who did it.

Sounds like Shane was sweet on you