What grinds my gears:
Police, Police that have nothing more to do with their time then to pull young people over for no reason.
I.E. I was home on leave in maine before I moved to Europe. I was asked by a friend if i could pick him up after his shift was done and I agreed. While i was looking for where he worked I got pulled over and the cop walks up "good evening sir, do you know why i pulled you over?". . . . "No, not really. I wasn't speeding, nor did I run a stop sign or a red light. . . " ......."true, but you were crusing". . . ."crusing? what do you mean? I've been trying to find where my friend works so i can pick him up, he asked me for a ride". . . "well sorry sir but you've driven back and forth on this road more then twice so i'm going to have to write you a ticket". . . ."what? you've got to be kidding me!,". . . that dang ticket was $80. But because i'm active duty and i chose to take it to court the date is differed until i'm off active duty which won't be until '09 and thats ruffly 3 years after I got the ticket. Some times i pays to be a soldier stationed in Europe (obtw thanks to the Soldiers and Sailors Relief act). I'm not using it to get out of the ticket but it would be hard for me to get home for the court date when ever Maine wants to set it. ESP now that i'm in Iraq
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