Posted on 02/17/2005 9:21:26 AM PST by kemathen7
Durango - Herb Young turned the telephone off again Tuesday after it rang at 12:40 a.m.
One recent caller had told him that "you should be found dead in a ditch."
Nine out of 10 calls to his house are from "crackpots," he said, ever since a plate of cookies and a case in La Plata County Small Claims Court turned life upside down.
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The grouchy people in our neighborhood would get twine tied to their house and during different times of the night it was rubbed.
This would set up a strange sound and one old lady thought her house was haunted.
I was a mean old man even in the fifties.
I think the nut fringe is everyone but the person you addressed your post to.
The hatefulness of the people on this thread is disgusting.
I think this lady is getting a little bit of a bum rap-
She was terrified by someone delivering cookies at 10:30 (at night) who did not reply when she asked who it was.
So far that seems reasonable behavior.
She then became physically ill and incurred medical bills- this is a little far-fetched, maybe but she could be legit.
She admits the girls is usually nice and she did not think she meant to cause harm... but who pays her out of pocket expenses?
I dont think I would have SUED though (didnt the girls offer to settle first?) But to have people call and give death threats? thats stupid..
Someone with sense. Thanks
Except if you read on, it looks like there were two conditions: 1. seeing the bill (makes sense to me that they would want proof of the expense before paying it), and 2. the woman had to agree not to sue for additional money. The second condition also makes sense, otherwise paying could, I think, be seen as automatic admission of liability and, rather than resolving the issue, would open the door to more damages. Both of those conditions seem reasonable to me...
Really? Would you include yourself in that since you weren't the person that post was directed at? Interesting.
And you are taking what this harpy says over the sworn testimony in court??
I understand your point, and I had a little initial sympathy for the woman. An unexpected knock at the door at night would make me anxious too.
But, after the girls families offered the 900 payment and the "victim" refused because she didn't want to sign a waiver against future action, she lost any sympathy I may have had regarding her anxiety.
You are out of you mind as well it appears.
Murdering girls for ringing a doorbell.
These are some of the most despicable people I have ever heard of. I hope they suffer the rest of their miserable lives for this absurdity.
Definite RAT supporters.
As for this writer, I think this is the kind of sloppiness that used to get caught, but now I guess we're so used to it that most of us just read right past it.
Only when he crawls out from under the bed. Then he would probably have a heart attack from the gun's noise. Or be shaking so much he would blow a toe off.
I think one should put on clothes when they deliver cookies. That's why :o)
Is this sarcasm or is dts32401 a real lurker?
you're ALL NUTS...if a knock at the door terrifies you then you will completely shxt yourself when the real thing, which DOES NOT KNOCK, comes at you....how stupid!!!
Even here in Tennessee, if you shot and killed some kid who knocked on your door at 10:30, ran without trying to break in, did not even try to vandalize your property, and left you a plate of home made cookies she'd made, you'd end up dong some serious time and being successfully sued for just about all you own. You darn better well your target and have a genuine fear of home invasion before you use lethal force. I'm a retired lawyer, have a CCW permit, live alone in the country, and keep a loaded pistol readily available.
Yes, a random act of kindness, albeit carried out in a fairly clumsy fashion, warrants their being shot and killed.
With attitudes such as yours, I have a pretty good idea of what you deserve for the rest of this life AND the next. God will not take advocating the murder of innocents terribly lightly. Don't bother taking a sweater, you'll not be needing it.
Sure. Lethel force against a couple of kids with a plate of cookies RINGING the door bell. If that's your understanding of what self defense law is get rid of your guns for everybody's sake especially your own.
Not a fringe here, called a liberal by conservatives and a conservative by liberals....forget the politics...you make me have to PUKE
People like you are the best argument for gun control anyone can come up with. If you really think that way, you are not rationally able to make the choices needed.
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