Comments on: Gallery 2.3, Akismet, Cats & Burglars http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/ Camo Pants with a Lavender Fringe Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aaron http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 Aaron Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13700 Well, then I just read this. http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=17035 Well, then I just read this.

http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=17035

]]> By: Aaron http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13698 Aaron Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:42:30 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13698 Oh, there are bad cops up here too....lots of stories of wedding parties getting beat with batons, people getting shot in the back for no reason, drugs planted..........but it's nice to hear a good story every now and then. :) (I got mugged and punched at the end of a .45 a couple years ago...the detective that solved the case and caught the brats was cool as hell AND smart. There's lots of good cops up here....some of the beat cops in Fells Point are pretty nice too. That said, the Wire ain't making stuff up either...) Oh, there are bad cops up here too….lots of stories of wedding parties getting beat with batons, people getting shot in the back for no reason, drugs planted……….but it’s nice to hear a good story every now and then. :)

(I got mugged and punched at the end of a .45 a couple years ago…the detective that solved the case and caught the brats was cool as hell AND smart. There’s lots of good cops up here….some of the beat cops in Fells Point are pretty nice too. That said, the Wire ain’t making stuff up either…)

]]> By: Michael http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13697 Michael Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:39:26 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13697 The story about the cops is completely and totally awesome. After being in a local convenience store after it got held up (I wasn't there when it happened, I just happened to wander in to buy a granola bar and a soda as the cops were interviewing the clerk) I was left with a lot more respect for them than my inner teenager had previously allowed. They were really professional and human. The story about the cops is completely and totally awesome.

After being in a local convenience store after it got held up (I wasn’t there when it happened, I just happened to wander in to buy a granola bar and a soda as the cops were interviewing the clerk) I was left with a lot more respect for them than my inner teenager had previously allowed. They were really professional and human.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13695 Aaron Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:44:51 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13695 I figure the kid probably could have sold it to someone in the neighborhood.......interesting side-note to the story, it involved one of the coolest things I've ever seen two police officers do. The girl (not pretty) whose bike it belonged to was upset since the bike was her way to and from work and she didn't have the money for a new tire. After attempting to find the kids for 20 minutes, the cops came back in a van, threw open the back doors and said, "We couldn't find them, but we've got ten tires from past robberies that no one could ever identify. Take one of these." The entire outside patio of the bar stood up and gave a round of applause....the expression on the cops' faces was actually heart-breaking...you got the impression that NO ONE had ever said thankyou before, much less given them a round of applause. It definitely made me pause in my habitual, "Don't trust the fuzz, man! They is after you! No, they is! They don't CAAARE, man, all they care about is other bacon!" It was pretty neat. For that matter, the kid was pretty impressive in his theft as well. He basically reached down with one hand and had the tire off the bike in seconds....little brat had obviously had practice. I figure the kid probably could have sold it to someone in the neighborhood…….interesting side-note to the story, it involved one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen two police officers do.

The girl (not pretty) whose bike it belonged to was upset since the bike was her way to and from work and she didn’t have the money for a new tire. After attempting to find the kids for 20 minutes, the cops came back in a van, threw open the back doors and said, “We couldn’t find them, but we’ve got ten tires from past robberies that no one could ever identify. Take one of these.”

The entire outside patio of the bar stood up and gave a round of applause….the expression on the cops’ faces was actually heart-breaking…you got the impression that NO ONE had ever said thankyou before, much less given them a round of applause.

It definitely made me pause in my habitual, “Don’t trust the fuzz, man! They is after you! No, they is! They don’t CAAARE, man, all they care about is other bacon!”

It was pretty neat.

For that matter, the kid was pretty impressive in his theft as well. He basically reached down with one hand and had the tire off the bike in seconds….little brat had obviously had practice.

]]> By: Michael http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13694 Michael Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:01:54 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13694 I have the crossbow somewhere or another but I don't even know where at this point. Heck, for all I know it's still tucked in some corner of a closet out at Compound X. Kudos on tryin to chase a tire thief! I don't even get why someone would steal one tire. How does one turn that around on craigslist, anyway? "For sale: one half of unicycle?" I have the crossbow somewhere or another but I don’t even know where at this point. Heck, for all I know it’s still tucked in some corner of a closet out at Compound X.

Kudos on tryin to chase a tire thief! I don’t even get why someone would steal one tire. How does one turn that around on craigslist, anyway? “For sale: one half of unicycle?”

]]> By: Aaron http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/2008/12/02/gallery-23-akismet-cats-burglars/comment-page-1/#comment-13692 Aaron Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:18:46 +0000 http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/?p=853#comment-13692 Well, damnit, I thought you had a gun. You'd take off running too. Kudos on the car chase btw. :) I chased a bicycle thief (ie, he stole a bicycle wheel AND he was on a bicycle...bastard was cycling one-handed) a few weeks ago for about a block. After that block, I baseball-outfielder-dived for the back of his hoodie and got nothing for my troubles but a slide across asphault, some ripped jeans, and a bunch of blood. If I'd had a lick of sense I would have Crocodile Dundeed him in the back of the head with a beer bottle or ash tray from the outdoor seating of the restaurant we were at. [sigh] You still have that old crossbow, btw? Well, damnit, I thought you had a gun. You’d take off running too.

Kudos on the car chase btw. :)

I chased a bicycle thief (ie, he stole a bicycle wheel AND he was on a bicycle…bastard was cycling one-handed) a few weeks ago for about a block. After that block, I baseball-outfielder-dived for the back of his hoodie and got nothing for my troubles but a slide across asphault, some ripped jeans, and a bunch of blood.

If I’d had a lick of sense I would have Crocodile Dundeed him in the back of the head with a beer bottle or ash tray from the outdoor seating of the restaurant we were at.

[sigh]

You still have that old crossbow, btw?

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