TRP: The Speed vs. Comfort Conundrum

[UMDBulldogHockeyIsKing]

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On top of spaghetti all covered in cheese

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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The roommate and her fiance are having the quietest fight ever with me sitting right here...

 

[The Rube]

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Well, I know there's one in the Blaine, MN area, but now MN apparently has more (just missed where, though; it was just on the news):

unmarked souped-up Dodge Chargers. There's lights in each corner of the back window and front window IIRC. That's about it, and you can't see those (when unlit) until it's too late.

I only know about the one in the Blaine area, because I saw this SUV speed past me at about 80 or so (limit is 65) and then this Charger do the same. Then boom, Charger pulls over the SUV. I was rather surprised.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Well, I know there's one in the Blaine, MN area, but now MN apparently has more (just missed where, though; it was just on the news):

unmarked souped-up Dodge Chargers. There's lights in each corner of the back window and front window IIRC. That's about it, and you can't see those (when unlit) until it's too late.

I only know about the one in the Blaine area, because I saw this SUV speed past me at about 80 or so (limit is 65) and then this Charger do the same. Then boom, Charger pulls over the SUV. I was rather surprised.

What were you doing in Blaine?

And I think I saw that Charger this afternoon - white one.

 

[The Rube]

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What were you doing in Blaine?

And I think I saw that Charger this afternoon - white one.

This was awhile ago, but I was at my bro's inlaws for some holiday dinner or something. They live up that way. I saw the car at the 169/610 merger or so, on the 610 stretch.

 

[St. Clown]

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Well, I know there's one in the Blaine, MN area, but now MN apparently has more (just missed where, though; it was just on the news):

unmarked souped-up Dodge Chargers. There's lights in each corner of the back window and front window IIRC. That's about it, and you can't see those (when unlit) until it's too late.

I only know about the one in the Blaine area, because I saw this SUV speed past me at about 80 or so (limit is 65) and then this Charger do the same. Then boom, Charger pulls over the SUV. I was rather surprised.

They never buy just one.

Dakota County Sheriff's Office has some Chargers that are marked. It's either Lakeville or Apple Valley that has at least one unmarked Ford Mustang. I saw it along 160th, the border between the two cities.

My brother used to work for a company called Road Rescue. It's one of the two or three contractors in the state that installs the emergency equipment on the squad cars, unmarked and marked, and the various other ambulances and fire trucks. When he worked there, he would tell me some stupid story about some of the cars he'd worked on if we would pass it. He could usually tell me the name of the cop to whom the squad car was assigned. My brother was a gross underachiever.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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This was awhile ago, but I was at my bro's inlaws for some holiday dinner or something. They live up that way. I saw the car at the 169/610 merger or so, on the 610 stretch.

Ah, gotcha. I just noticed it again today, and then some woman called a fundraiser into KQRS a few minutes later.

 

[St. Clown]

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Did anyone else get an Email from USCHO about a survey? If so, did you attempt to sabotage the survey?

I received two emails through USCHO today. One was the survey and the other was to thank me for voting Dorkisak in the retirement lodge poll.

 

[The Rube]

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They never buy just one.

Dakota County Sheriff's Office has some Chargers that are marked. It's either Lakeville or Apple Valley that has at least one unmarked Ford Mustang. I saw it along 160th, the border between the two cities.

My brother used to work for a company called Road Rescue. It's one of the two or three contractors in the state that installs the emergency equipment on the squad cars, unmarked and marked, and the various other ambulances and fire trucks. When he worked there, he would tell me some stupid story about some of the cars he'd worked on if we would pass it. He could usually tell me the name of the cop to whom the squad car was assigned. My brother was a gross underachiever.

See the Blaine area one is totally not marked. It just looks like some doosh's pet project. Until the lights turn on.

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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See the Blaine area one is totally not marked. It just looks like some doosh's pet project. Until the lights turn on.

Who knows, maybe someone got a bit too flashy with his meth money, and Blaine decided it'd be better than another Crown Vic?

 

[The Rube]

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Who knows, maybe someone got a bit too flashy with his meth money, and Blaine decided it'd be better than another Crown Vic?

True dat.

Crystal/New Hope have unmarked but the lights are very visible in the back window. And the cars look too....plain, I guess is the word. I don't recall what cars they have, they look like a normal 4 door sedan.

 

[St. Clown]

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See the Blaine area one is totally not marked. It just looks like some doosh's pet project. Until the lights turn on.

Yeah, they make some light racks for unmarked cars that will even pop out of the front and rear dashes now, too. Those are just totally unfair. I've come across some unmarked cars - only realized what they were when I got up close to them - that even have normal state plates and not ones that read "Police."

 

[Dude Love]

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I'm over 18.
18 and 12 dayyyys.

You wish, little girl.

And after reading back, I hope none of you live in glass houses.

 

[St. Clown]

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You wish, little girl.

And after reading back, I hope none of you live in glass houses.

I have aluminum siding!

 

[bigblue_dl]

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See the Blaine area one is totally not marked. It just looks like some doosh's pet project. Until the lights turn on.

Just because its a cop car doesn't mean it isn't some doosh's pet project.

 

[goldy_331]

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Did anyone else get an Email from USCHO about a survey? If so, did you attempt to sabotage the survey?

I got it. No, I didn't try to sabotage it because it's been many, many years since I was a junior high school student.

 

[The Rube]

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You wish, little girl.

And after reading back, I hope none of you live in glass houses.

There's a saying that goes "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones." That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation." Don't do it. There is one exception though. If you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone, then throw it. What are you, an idiot? So maybe it's "Only people in glass houses should throw stones, provided they are trapped in the house with a stone." It's a little longer, but yeah.

 

[Dirty]

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There's a saying that goes "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." Okay. How about "Nobody should throw stones." That's crappy behavior. My policy is: "No stone throwing regardless of housing situation." Don't do it. There is one exception though. If you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone, then throw it. What are you, an idiot? So maybe it's "Only people in glass houses should throw stones, provided they are trapped in the house with a stone." It's a little longer, but yeah.

You should also be able to throw stones at people who don't have credit cards.

 

[Sloe Gin]

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You should also be able to throw stones at people who don't have credit cards.

you'd fit in in Iran

 

[Beer Pong Horn]

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you'd fit in in Iran

But not everyone in Iran is hostile and abusive.