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"I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 01:19 AM
Don't you hate when that happens?

I was on my way back to civilization from bumf**k, colorado...otherwise known as Lamar, CO...think fly into Denver and drive 3 hours to the middle of nowhere.

Apparently even though you could see nothing but grass for 3 miles in every direction, they're still pretty strict about that whole speed limit thing. I mean 90 seems fast when you're in the city...but when you have no frame of reference other than grassy fields for 20 miles....you hardly realize you're going that fast.
Oh well...cop said it must be the engineer in me? wtf..

Another interesting thing I've noticed in my travels, it doesn't matter how small or remote the town you visit..they always have at least one Chinese Restuarant. How is that possible? I've been in some places where people looked at me like I was a national landmark or something..there are so few people of color..lol. Yet, even in these small towns there's always one chinese family living the American dream.

Ok enough of my late night ramblings...carry on with your business. BTW...can anyone think of a good way to expense a $139 dollar speeding ticket...think I could say it was a toll..haha.


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Table of contents
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Asrai, 01:45 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 03:06 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Jims02, 01:51 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,wandacal, 02:02 AM, 04-30-04
      • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 03:04 AM, 04-30-04
      • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Jims02, 11:26 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,kyngsladye, 02:28 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,JohnnieCal, 02:56 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Tiger Lily, 03:20 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,wandacal, 03:27 AM, 04-30-04
      • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 05:34 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 05:31 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,DebCapsFan, 06:15 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 08:03 AM, 04-30-04
  • We can fight the tickies together...,greenmonstah, 08:05 AM, 04-30-04
    • Me too!,beesknees, 08:36 AM, 04-30-04
      • RE: Me too!,CantStandToLook, 08:42 AM, 04-30-04
        • RE: Me too!,beesknees, 09:26 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Breezy, 08:26 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 08:34 AM, 04-30-04
      • or,Breezy, 09:14 AM, 04-30-04
        • RE: or,CantStandToLook, 10:12 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Schnookie Palookie, 09:52 AM, 04-30-04
    • RE: I got a ticket !!!,CantStandToLook, 10:12 AM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,deerhunter, 11:34 AM, 04-30-04
  • Hmmm....,Sagebrush Dan, 12:03 PM, 04-30-04
    • RE: Hmmm....,CantStandToLook, 12:13 PM, 04-30-04
      • RE: Hmmm....,Sagebrush Dan, 12:24 PM, 04-30-04
    • RE: Hmmm....,ginger, 12:13 PM, 04-30-04
      • RE: Hmmm....,Sagebrush Dan, 12:20 PM, 04-30-04
        • RE: Hmmm....,ginger, 12:26 PM, 04-30-04
          • RE: Hmmm....,Devious Weasel, 12:32 PM, 04-30-04
          • RE: Hmmm....,Sagebrush Dan, 01:19 PM, 04-30-04
  • RE: I got a ticket !!!,Lost Scottsman, 02:52 PM, 04-30-04
Messages in this discussion
"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Asrai on 04-30-04 at 01:45 AM
Why were you speeding, mister?

The chinese food hit ya in a bad way?


You just had to get home where internet access was better so we could chat, huh?

*Smoochies babe!*



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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 03:06 AM
I told the officer that it was a life or death matter and if I didn't talk to Asrai soon, I would have to be admitted..hehe.

Actually...I knew I was probably speeding but it really doesn't feel like you're moving when there are no buildings, trees or animals within miles to give you a reference for how fast you're going.


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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Jims02 on 04-30-04 at 01:51 AM
I thought you said that you got the golden ticket. A very different matter.

$139 expense? Just pretend like you don't acknoledge the number 139, cover your ears, and scream "LALALA" repeatedly. I do that all the time. People seem to leave me alone after that.


Jims02: Hates speeding tickets

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by wandacal on 04-30-04 at 02:02 AM
Sweetie? That's NOT why people leave you alone...



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Sorry about the ticket CSTL. Officer DH suggests you use this oldie but goodie: "Your honor, I would like to know the date and time the arresting officer's radar gun was last re-calibrated." If it's been more than 3 months, you may have a chance. Google "Colorado Radar Gun Laws" or something of that ilk. In California, you'd have a 40/60 chance in your favor.

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 03:04 AM
lol...thanks...but I dont know if I want to spend $300 to fly back to Denver so I can contest the ticket..lol. It just really sucked cause there really is nothing out there and I didn't see him because he was behind a semi coming the other direction. I figured with the almost absolute zero traffic along that highway they would cut me some slack.



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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Jims02 on 04-30-04 at 11:26 AM
They're threatened by me. That's it. They're just jealous.


*waves to the wandababe*

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by kyngsladye on 04-30-04 at 02:28 AM



Sorry you got a ticket! My friend has to take a driving test every other month because of her speeding tickets.


La Métropole
"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by JohnnieCal on 04-30-04 at 02:56 AM
I sent you a pm.

John

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Tiger Lily on 04-30-04 at 03:20 AM
Heh. Didn't you just love the scenery? Cows, cows and more cows.

Those long stretches of field after field are a b!tch, and the cops looove to sit and create speed traps. Sorry about your ticket, dude. But just think, if you came back to Denver to contest the ticket, you could visit JV, Pinky and I! (I mean, $300 is sooo worth it, right?)


*waves* to CSTL!

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by wandacal on 04-30-04 at 03:27 AM
<Just took a look at CSTL from Asrai's pictures thread>

And I would definitely fly in from California!

Growwwwwllllll.....


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CSTL knows that JohnnieCal won't mind, right?

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 05:34 AM
you are too sweet. I was just happy the camera still worked after being aimed at my mug..lol


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cool but will he let me sit up front and play with the siren

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 05:31 AM
LAST EDITED ON 04-30-04 AT 05:31 AM (EST)

I think the aliens turned the cows inside out cause I went for a good stretch where there was just nothing at all.

and you're right $300 is chump change to see great peeps like you. I can bring you guys in as character witnesses



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how YOU doing?

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by DebCapsFan on 04-30-04 at 06:15 AM
LAST EDITED ON 04-30-04 AT 06:15 AM (EST)

Well, I can't help you with the ticket.... but I know something that will make you feel better.

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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 08:03 AM
Would that be a check for a meeeelion dollars? lol


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so how YOU doing? ;)

"We can fight the tickies together..."
Posted by greenmonstah on 04-30-04 at 08:05 AM
I got a ticket just the other day...$150.00. And the State Trooper? A complete cranky pants...

And not a Joan Jett fan...
"Me too!"
Posted by beesknees on 04-30-04 at 08:36 AM
My first ticket ever. I commute about 150km a day, every week day, and have for the last 5 years. I tend to have a lead foot, and this is the first time I've ever gotten a ticket. Even though I knew it was bound to happen, it was still traumatic! I was doing 115km in an 80km zone. Everyone else does it- they just didn't get caught. The cop tsk tsk'ed me (very irritating) and gave me a lecture and a 100$ ticket.

I hear that highway cops need to fill a certain quota of tickets every month. It's the end of the month and hello! there are cops all over the place. They have completely taken the joy out of driving for me.

My husband (who is a metalsmith) was so sweet- he made me lead foot (literally, a foot shape out of lead) as a memento.

"RE: Me too!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 08:42 AM
Let's all boycott our tickets together...we'll ride the bus from now on..that'll show them. Ok maybe not..but yeah...they do the quota thing here in Atlanta too.

I think I was just very unlucky...there's so much open road and nothingness where I was in colorado that it's hard to believe he was out there trying to make a quota. My copper made a comment about me being an engineer and engineers having a thing for speed..ummm ok. I did have a rad Widetrack Pontiac Grand Am rental. It looks a lot faster than it actually is so maybe that was part of it but then again when you're one of only well one car on that stretch of road...guess you're gonna get noticed.



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he on the other hand was hidden behind the 18 wheeler coming in the other direction

"RE: Me too!"
Posted by beesknees on 04-30-04 at 09:26 AM
I think I was unlucky too. The stretch I was on is also really flat and straight. Following the speed limit on this road is excrutiating (and I would know, because the cop followed me after he gave me the ticket- I hated every stinking minute of it). The cop was actually on the opposite side of the road, driving in the opposite direction from me when he put on his flashy lights and signaled me to pull over.

That's why I like to travel in pods (with a bunch of other cars)- even if the pod is speeding, it's harder to pick one car off. I was trying to catch a pod when I got caught.

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Breezy on 04-30-04 at 08:26 AM
Turn in the ticket on your expense report with the explanation of...
you were speeding, because you were late for the airport and if you would have missed your flight it would have cost the company even more money to get you home.


*waves*


"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 08:34 AM
lol...I like that one. You know I missed my flight out to bumf**k on monday. Had to pay the $25 thingie to get on a later flight. Funny thing though, I ran into another co-worker yesterday who also flew into Denver on monday and was on my original flight. They had someone get sick midflight and had to turn around and fly to memphis and wait two hours before they could take off again for Denver. I missed the flight, caught a flight 2 hours later and made it to Denver before him.

I'll just tell the judge I couldn't see the spedometer because I had visions of all you lovely OT peeps running through my head.


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maybe I can add to the rental cost and say it was a performance luxury tax..hehe

"or"
Posted by Breezy on 04-30-04 at 09:14 AM
you could add it on and say that the rental company took one look at your big feet and tacked it on.


Just say no to trolls.


"RE: or"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 10:12 AM
*snort* I love that one

reminds me of the toyota commercial with the guy that goes to the doctor with a lead foot after buying a new camry


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they shoudla took one look at where i was going and said we'll just go ahead and add the ticket price now..lol

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Schnookie Palookie on 04-30-04 at 09:52 AM



Welcome home neighbor! Sorry about the ticket.

LOL at trying to expense it as a toll

"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 10:12 AM
Howdy back neighbor....looking forward to not having to look over the fence and finally getting to meet you tomorrow


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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by deerhunter on 04-30-04 at 11:34 AM
You should have told him you had to go POTTY!

Just tell him it was the Chinese food.
"Hmmm...."
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 04-30-04 at 12:03 PM
An interesting alternative name for that town. Now I know why Sweetie calls me "Lamar."

CASH Secretary of Hospitality

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Aren't you a national landmark?

"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by CantStandToLook on 04-30-04 at 12:13 PM
maybe she confused bumf**k with f***ingbum...lol



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I'm a landmark in South Dakota..people were more interested in me than Mt. Rushmore..lol

"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 04-30-04 at 12:24 PM
Not in the context it was said.

CASH Secretary of Hospitality

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Sweetie's a he. I'm one of them three dollar bills.

"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by ginger on 04-30-04 at 12:13 PM
I dunno, Dan--might just be obscure "Reading Rainbow" reference.

I thought of golden tickets when I say your thresd, too, CSTL -- your tale is one more reason why I don't drive. You can get a hefty ticket for riding MUNI without proof of payment, though -- had to talk my way out of one of those recently.



I act like I'm about to cry. Actually, it's not an act; I can't afford $75-150 fine.

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"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 04-30-04 at 12:20 PM
Was our little Ginger being naughty and trying to bankrupt the joint by not paying?

CASH Secretary of Hospitality

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"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by ginger on 04-30-04 at 12:26 PM
I actually do pay for MUNI, with great hostility and bitterness. But I couldn't find my transfer. I don't usually get fast passes because I lose them mid-month.

I had so many old transfers fluttering out of my purse that the cop eventually concluded I do, generally, pay, and the transfer was probably in there somewhere.



"Any government that would deny a gay man bridal registry is fascist." Margaret Cho

"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by Devious Weasel on 04-30-04 at 12:32 PM
That was you?

"RE: Hmmm...."
Posted by Sagebrush Dan on 04-30-04 at 01:19 PM
"Fast passes" and "Ginger" in one post. Sure you wanna do that?

CASH Secretary of Hospitality

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"RE: I got a ticket !!!"
Posted by Lost Scottsman on 04-30-04 at 02:52 PM
Whew! 90 MPH. I too have travelled the vast open prairie lands of the mid west and it is easy to get going too fast. 2 words:
Cruise Control. Set it, relax and enjoy the scenery (translation: try to stay awake as the miles of nothingness creep by).

I am reminded of the joke / urban ledgend of the guy who was sent an automated speeding ticket with a picture of his car, the spped he was going and a ticket. He took a picture of the money and sent it back. The cops sent a picture of handcuffs. He sent the money.