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The vehicle had better been towed 300 farking miles...

I understand some of the charges, but charging a man with grand theft for taking something that is in fact his, boggles my mind.

A buddy of mine did this back in grade school. He spent about a month slowly creating a bond with the junkyard dog by giving it treats every time he came by.

After a week or so, it stopped barking when he came near. And after a month it was wagging its tail and begging for the treats.

Finally, he made a ball of hamburger and put a handful of Nyquil gel tabs in it. The dog was out like a light.

He climbed the fence and unlocked the fence from the inside. Drove his Ranger right out and locked up after himself.

He tore up his shirt pretty bad on the barbed wire, and he had to swap license plates with another guy from out of state, but he had his car back.

Was this their guard dog?

EnviroDude: $419 for tow charges and he was the one charged with theft?

Might have been plus daily storage.

/still thieves

AverageAmericanGuy: A buddy of mine did this back in grade school. He spent about a month slowly creating a bond with the junkyard dog by giving it treats every time he came by.

After a week or so, it stopped barking when he came near. And after a month it was wagging its tail and begging for the treats.

Finally, he made a ball of hamburger and put a handful of Nyquil gel tabs in it. The dog was out like a light.

He climbed the fence and unlocked the fence from the inside. Drove his Ranger right out and locked up after himself.

He tore up his shirt pretty bad on the barbed wire, and he had to swap license plates with another guy from out of state, but he had his car back.

He did all this while in grade school? I call shenanigans. Or maybe just horse shiat

So I'm guessing he lost Repo Games?

zedster: //now where did I install that scumm emulator

I have wanted to play that game again for years but the only copy I could find crashes after you drive your bike away from the bar. I have a score to settle with a farking SOB named Ripburger.

Came for a pic of JYD...done in one.

I hope he was wearing some of these in case that plan didn't work.

The Iron Sheik will put the van thief in the Camel Clutch and make him humble, old country way.

Friend of mine got her car stuck so far down in a ravine that it took two trucks to get it out.

Too far for the cable on one truck, so they backed it down far enough to snag the car...basically getting that truck stuck. Then the second truck pulled them both up.
$900 later...

Pepper spray works better btw. Just less humane.

Devil's Playground: AverageAmericanGuy: A buddy of mine did this back in grade school. He spent about a month slowly creating a bond with the junkyard dog by giving it treats every time he came by.

After a week or so, it stopped barking when he came near. And after a month it was wagging its tail and begging for the treats.

Finally, he made a ball of hamburger and put a handful of Nyquil gel tabs in it. The dog was out like a light.

He climbed the fence and unlocked the fence from the inside. Drove his Ranger right out and locked up after himself.

He tore up his shirt pretty bad on the barbed wire, and he had to swap license plates with another guy from out of state, but he had his car back.

He did all this while in grade school? I call shenanigans. Or maybe just horse shiat

Not the smartest tool in the shed. He was held back a couple times.

fark
THAT

I hate towing companies above all other things.

He was retrieving his own stolen property. Don't want to get too ITG here. Would have loved to have burned my tow guys place to the ground.

hahaha that's what happens when you want a guard dog but don't want to pay for the training and refresher courses. A big dog that barks at people is not a guard dog. A real guard dog will not eat food fed to them by strangers, among other things, and do not allow themselves to be distracted. It takes hundreds of hours of training and thousands of dollars to make a good guard dog. If you're not willing pay for the training and work to keep it fresh then don't bother getting a guard dog. Simply getting a big dog that barks and acts aggressive toward strangers and expecting it to guard is both dangerous and stupid.

The cops had his vehicle ownership information. Even Barney Fife would eventually figure it out.

I hear bubble gum works too.

"I would like... cheese... go... to... hell... "

/obscure?

AverageAmericanGuy: Devil's Playground: AverageAmericanGuy: A buddy of mine did this back in grade school. He spent about a month slowly creating a bond with the junkyard dog by giving it treats every time he came by.

After a week or so, it stopped barking when he came near. And after a month it was wagging its tail and begging for the treats.

Finally, he made a ball of hamburger and put a handful of Nyquil gel tabs in it. The dog was out like a light.

He climbed the fence and unlocked the fence from the inside. Drove his Ranger right out and locked up after himself.

He tore up his shirt pretty bad on the barbed wire, and he had to swap license plates with another guy from out of state, but he had his car back.

He did all this while in grade school? I call shenanigans. Or maybe just horse shiat

Not the smartest tool in the shed. He was held back a couple times.


A wee bit smarter and he'd have known you just need two or three towels to lay over barbed wire and you can climb over it without any trouble.

I don't like how the default position of the police is the van they don't own was ever properly in the towing companies possession.


ZzeusS: fark
THAT

I hate towing companies above all other things.

He was retrieving his own stolen property. Don't want to get too ITG here. Would have loved to have burned my tow guys place to the ground.

I'm sure they have those shiathole shacks they work out of over insured for the eventuality that someone they f*cked over throws a molly over the fence.

There's always "Look! Defenseless babies!"

Shocking photo of alleged incident in progress:

Programming works?

;)

Lord Jubjub: platedlizard: hahaha that's what happens when you want a guard dog but don't want to pay for the training and refresher courses. A big dog that barks at people is not a guard dog. A real guard dog will not eat food fed to them by strangers, among other things, and do not allow themselves to be distracted. It takes hundreds of hours of training and thousands of dollars to make a good guard dog. If you're not willing pay for the training and work to keep it fresh then don't bother getting a guard dog. Simply getting a big dog that barks and acts aggressive toward strangers and expecting it to guard is both dangerous and stupid.

I was just wondering about the kind of training these dogs got. I guess this answers the question.

There's 'real life, costs $$$' guard dog training, and then there's 'beating 'em, starving 'em, singing off key' guard dog training. I'm guessing for a junk yard, it's going to be the latter.

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He got grand theft for stealing HIS OWN car ??!?!?!?!

Grumble grumble

zarberg: Was this their guard dog?



You guys are great.

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//now where did I install that scumm emulator

Is that... naw...
wait...
Is that Full Throttle?

Came here for this. :)

Gyrfalcon: Alonjar: I understand some of the charges, but charging a man with grand theft for taking something that is in fact his, boggles my mind.

Go look up "mechanic's lien" on Google someplace. It basically means that you surrender your rights of possession to the mechanic (or tow driver, whatever) until any money outstanding has been paid. If you owe money on a vehicle, and you go take it from the impound yard or wherever, what you're "stealing" isn't your property, it's the money you haven't paid the mechanic or tow company. And if it's over the statutory amount, it's grand theft.

I'm not sure that's universally applicable.

When I was a good deal younger I stole my car back from a tow lot. Granted, I just slipped through the open gate while the guy was distracted, but I was under the impression that once I had the car back in my possession it was a civil matter.

The tow company found out my info and sent some bills/letters but nothing ever happened when I ignored them.