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Post by KerryC on Sept 11, 2006 17:47:58 GMT -5
I was watching the news last night and they reported on a big apartment fire. The only animal to survive was a canary. They showed the "canary" in it's cage. It was a young mocking bird! Yea right I can see how someone could mistake those two birds, NOT! (insert incredulous snort)
I wonder if anyone from the Fish and Wildlife department were watching. That's a $500 fine if those people don't have a permit for that bird.
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Post by Sheila on Sept 11, 2006 19:09:11 GMT -5
Where was it at? Isn't that the state bird, for Texas?
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Post by henryswife on Sept 11, 2006 19:40:22 GMT -5
I believe that any wild bird is illegal to keep without a permit. I too wonder if the Wildlife Depart. will catch it on TV. Mockingbird is the state bird.
It's like 'Where's the cop when you see someone run a red light or stop sign and we got stopped for not putting the sticker on the license-plate. Lucky we had it on visor, just didn't get around to it. Daughter does't put hers on because they steal them in the ramp garage. Alice
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Post by KerryC on Sept 12, 2006 10:59:41 GMT -5
It is illegal to own or keep any bird native to the U.S. without obtaining a permit from the Fish and Wildlife Department. The only exceptions to this rule are pigeons and starlings.
Alice,
We had that same problem here in TX when we had those dinky year dated tags on out plates. What was recommended, after you put the sticker on take a razer blade and slice through the sticker from corner to corner in an X. No thief wishes to deal with 4 parts of a plate sticker.
For the last 3 years our license stickers are on the inside of the front windshield under the inspection sticker.
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Post by henryswife on Sept 12, 2006 18:56:31 GMT -5
Yea, than They'll get us for being a day late for inspection. LOL
That's a good idea with putting an X on the sticker. I did here about doing that before but forgot about it.
If we have to put another sticker on the windshield along with inspection [which is a lot bull to me with all these disel trucks blowing smoke & cars older than 67 don't need them] along with the town sticker to use for the bulk trash & the one for season pass to go to the Rec. Park, we won't see out the window. LOL Alice
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Post by Michael B on Sept 12, 2006 20:18:28 GMT -5
I liked your snort, Kerry. A fine snort.
I am shocked, -nay, shocked and disappointed Alice, that you were gallivanting about, flaunting yourself in public without a license sticker.
Actually, I once got pulled over as I exited my driveway for something similar. I can't remember the details as to how they spotted me so fast.
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Post by Sheila on Sept 13, 2006 18:20:37 GMT -5
This brings back memories!!! Years ago, when I was in my late teens, at the driving age.... I was going to work, and a cop was going the opposite direction from me. My car was in need of the state inspection, and had an expired sticker. Now let me remind you, the cop had passed me, going the opposite direction, and he made a U-TURN and gave me a ticket, for expired inspection sticker!!! PLUS what was so embarrassing, I had pulled into my work's parking lot, and it was in front of my co-workers! AND!!! To top it off, I THANKED THE COP, FOR THE TICKET!!!!  |
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Post by henryswife on Sept 13, 2006 19:10:12 GMT -5
Michael, at least I didn't 'moon him' LOL I got my lisence at 16 and now turn the #'s backwards I never even got a parking ticket. Loved my '67 chevy'
Sheila, that must have been embarrassing in front of your co-workers, and you thanked him?
Son had the same lisence plate since he was 16 and at age 30 had it stolen at a mall parking lot. He was mad as Hexx. Daughter still has hers from 16.
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Post by Sheila on Sept 17, 2006 18:52:44 GMT -5
Sheila, that must have been embarrassing in front of your co-workers, and you thanked him? Yes, I must admit, I was in a hurry, and at work all day long I thanked customers... So out of habit, I said thank you. and as I walked away, I thought to myself, why in the world did you thank him, for a ticket! How stupid can I be....  |
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Post by KerryC on Sept 18, 2006 13:19:14 GMT -5
[/quote] I thought to myself, why in the world did you thank him, for a ticket! How stupid can I be.... [/quote] Ok girl I will let you off the hook....you are NOT the only one to do this. I believe it HAS to be a retail thing! Many moons ago when I worked in retail I had a similar thing happen to me. It was after work, there was a nice friendly family type bar in the mall. A few of us decided to go have a drink before heading on home. I had a beer and lots of good conversation. When the gab fest ended I put a dab of tooth paste in my mouth (didn't have breath freshener with me at that time) and drove toward home. It was about 11 pm no one was really on the road, but by that time that beer had "gone though me." This cop pulled me over, said he noticed I was ridding the white line (of a 6 lane road that didn't have reflector dots) as I rounded the curve. He talked to me for 45 mins before he noticed my inspection sticker was outdated. Man I r-e-a-l-l-y need to a bathroom, but only answered his question. He told me that he was going to be nice and ONLY give me a citation for the sticker being out. I too thanked him, he looked at me sideways and asked WHY I had thanked him for the citation. The first thing that came to my head was "Oh, I guess you could have been a LOT meaner about it." Some years later I told (most of) that story to a friendly female cop that use to walk past my counter at Dillard's. She was pretty outraged that the guy "had the nerve to give you a citation after talking to you for 45 min.!" |
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Post by Sheila on Sept 18, 2006 18:56:45 GMT -5
OK Kerry, you and I must really admit why we thanked the cops!!!
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Post by henryswife on Sept 18, 2006 19:00:01 GMT -5
" Thank you" does seem to come out our mouths or "why did I say that remark"
Today we're told not to stop, even for a cop untill you came to the first house with lights on or a gas station, store etc. where there are people around if you are alone and it's dark out. You just don't know today. Alice
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