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Drunk in public?
June 3, 2005
| self / vanity
Posted on 06/03/2005 10:20:28 AM PDT by The Other Harry
Several of my recent threads / comments have related to a DUI arrest I recently had. I will not defend that.
One of the more interesting subjects which came up when I was in jail was whether you can be arrested for "drunk in public" when you are on your own property.
My position is that this should not be possible. I like to sit out on my front porch, have a drink or three, and study my shubbery. I am not driving or doing anything else which I consider to be wrong.
The overwhelming consensus among my cell-mates is that you can be arrested for doing that. "They" will arrest you anytime they want for anything they want. You will also be convicted.
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To: The Other Harry
Dude you are creeping me out. Big-time.
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posted on
06/03/2005 11:20:44 AM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Never give in. Never, never, never, never! Never yield in any way great or small.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I want a bathroom out back on the deck so I do not have so far to run when I have to go. Get a bedpan. Sucks being a chick, huh?
SD
To: The Other Harry
So that was you, eh?
Link.
43
posted on
06/03/2005 11:26:37 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: bmwcyle
To: SoothingDave
Get a bedpan. Sucks being a chick, huh? Real soothing, Dave.
45
posted on
06/03/2005 11:27:08 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Real soothing, Dave. I meant that in the light-hearted Friday afternoon way. I could have suggested just peeing in the hot tub, but that would be gross.
SD
To: SoothingDave
I meant that in the light-hearted Friday afternoon way. I figgered ya did, but I had to be a wiseass about the irony.
47
posted on
06/03/2005 11:30:55 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: SoothingDave
Yeah, after dark, squatting in the woods is OK, but if the bear is roaming it can be dangerous!
48
posted on
06/03/2005 11:38:23 AM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: RushCrush
A person can be an alcoholic without being a child molester.
49
posted on
06/03/2005 11:41:23 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Wielder of the Dread Words of Power, "Bless your heart, honey!")
To: Fierce Allegiance; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim
Time for a tagline change
50
posted on
06/03/2005 11:41:36 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Shirtless at the 7-11)
To: martin_fierro
Good choice. Y'all are warm weather dwellers. The only shirltess-at-the-7-11 here are the hard hardcore drunks.
51
posted on
06/03/2005 11:45:50 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This is not your granddaddy's America...)
To: Tax-chick
I know. But the feeling I got from his message is that he has to stay away from kids- creeped me out.
52
posted on
06/03/2005 11:46:29 AM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Never give in. Never, never, never, never! Never yield in any way great or small.)
To: The Other Harry
53
posted on
06/03/2005 11:48:37 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The Republican Party is the France of politics.)
To: RushCrush
I didn't feel anything funny, and I've got seven kids. I thought he was just commenting on the social climate.
Some people are drunks. My Grandpop was one. I've known some others ... stone cold alcoholics. Some of them chased women, when they could stand, but I've never known one who went after kids.
I'm not saying you couldn't be right, just that it didn't hit me that way.
54
posted on
06/03/2005 11:50:25 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Wielder of the Dread Words of Power, "Bless your heart, honey!")
To: The Other Harry
Once there was an alcoholic lost in the desert. He was in real trouble, dying of thirst and exposure. Just as he was about to give up hope, he stumbled across a genie's lamp. He picked up the lamp and rubbed it. Out popped a genie who said "Looks like you could use a little help. Today's your lucky day! I'll grant you two wishes."
The alcoholic looks around at the blazing sand, licks his lips and says "I want a magic bottle of vodka that's always ice cold, and no matter how much I drink, it will fill itself back up again".
Genie says "Done!" as the bottle appears before him. The alcoholic cracks the top and chugs half the bottle, then watches as the level rises back up to the top. Wow, he thinks. This is great.
"And for your last wish?" the genie asks.
The alcoholic replies "I'll have another bottle just like the first!"
To: The Other Harry; Lazamataz
To: exile
But, sitting outside naked?!!! WTF! That's just creepy. It gets hot here (Virginia) sometimes. Hot as in HOT.
I don't do that to bother anyone else. I am very careful about that.
To: RushCrush
I know. But the feeling I got from his message is that he has to stay away from kids- creeped me out. I don't *have* to stay away from kids. I have no problem in that regard.
The reality these days is that you must be very careful about your contact with children. That isn't lovely, but it's real.
There is a very nice 12 y.o. girl who lives next door to me. She sometimes comes around wanting a donation for some cause or the other.
I give her the donations, but the chance I would ever let her in my house does not exist.
To: Jack of all Trades
The alcoholic replies "I'll have another bottle just like the first!" That would be right.
I think there is a gene that predisposes some of us to addictions. My mother could get a bottle of booze no matter what you did to her.
To: bmwcyle
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