btaylor
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Post by btaylor on Jun 7, 2012 16:02:16 GMT -8
I remember once, my dad accidentally dialed 911 in the middle of the night. Because he was asleep and silent, the 911 dispatcher immediately sent a unit to our house. LAPD arrived within minutes and began banging on the door. I used to have a phone mounted to the wall, and for some reason it was not that high off the floor, and I was in the kitchen with my oldest, who at the time must have been less than 2 years of age. I see him holding the receiver and saying "bye" and then reaching up to hang it up. I assumed he was pretending. The phone immediately rang and it was a 911 dispatcher saying they received a call that involved a quick disconnect and they wanted to know if there was a problem. I was totally thrown off by this, and then realized my son reached up and touched some 911 shortcut button was a different color and separate from the main numbers - perfect for a kid that age to target. I said something like "I..cant believe this just happened. It is like some kind of dumb joke. My kid must have done that" to which the dispatcher said tersely "Sir, what is a joke?" [obviously they are not trained to engage in basic, witty banter - this stuff is not to be taken lightly] and I again explained that basically a baby just called her and I had no idea about it. Right after hanging up the doorbell rang and it was a sheriff's deputy at the door. I was pretty fucking impressed with the response.
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mpa
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Post by mpa on Jun 7, 2012 16:15:13 GMT -8
cops respond quickly generally. when I was in college I got my car stolen from the driveway of the house we were renting (tangent: my dumb broad roomate parked next to me for over a year, I was eating breakfast and reading the paper and she was imparting to me her usual hot broad meaningless thoughts and never said anything as she went in and out of the garage while loading her car, then said, close the garage I lost my clicker (again, dumb hot broad) I close the door and there is a big gap where an SUV usually is) the next day my other roomate drove as we were going to play golf, he made an off hand comment isn't that your car pulling out of the liquour store 3 blocks from the house, it was, I called the police and we trailed him through the neighborhood giving the dispatcher directions, about 90 seconds later before the guy could get out of the neighborhood their were 10 cop cars with more arriving or driving past the next two minutes.
If they think it's important and/or they'll be some action, they'll be there.
Post script. Everything was taken out of the car except 3 things: golf clubs, a 2pacalypse now cd and an old cheap fossil watch scratched up witha light green dial that was used to identify jesus martinez because before we got to the exact spot he bailed and the dumbshit still had it on - I didn't want to just identify a mexican guy I only saw through the mirrors. The white cops said, hea, you can use your own clubs today, the black cop: teu-pack-a-lips now, ya down with the brothas
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Post by Neil T on Jun 8, 2012 1:28:57 GMT -8
Here are the reasons/excuses Adam gave today, in order: - 50% my fault
- 50% God's fault
- I turned the ringer off on the phone in the bedroom
- I drank a shitload of Mangria
- Lynette had headphones on
- I had earplugs in
- I hit the panic button instead of the "going to bed button"
- The "going to bed button" wasn't illuminated
- I thought I had cancelled the Panic Button (it doesn't work like that, Adam)
- I put the earplugs back in
- Lynette put headphones back on
- Alarm company calls, no-one can hear
- Cops are called
- Cops call the house -- no answer
- Lynette: "There's dudes outside grunting and pounding on the door!"
- I'm humiliated, but I didn't do anything wrong
- Hermetically sealing yourself in your room and removing all input is probably not the way to go through life
- The lesson I learned: Back off on the booze...or double down!
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btaylor
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Post by btaylor on Jun 8, 2012 5:31:05 GMT -8
This sounds like a series of massively retarded moves. I cannot wait to hear this story.
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Post by kenstalk on Jun 8, 2012 5:33:36 GMT -8
Maybe the intruder is still in the house!
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backsack
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Post by backsack on Jun 8, 2012 7:16:46 GMT -8
He almost took full responsibility. Of course, he did have to get in one good "who makes an alarm keypad that doesn't light up" jag.
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Post by Neil T on Jun 8, 2012 7:19:19 GMT -8
He almost took full responsibility. Of course, he did have to get in one good "who makes an alarm keypad that doesn't light up" jag. Despite the fact that he hits that button every night. And was hammered.
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bigfan
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Post by bigfan on Jun 8, 2012 7:41:11 GMT -8
He almost took full responsibility. Of course, he did have to get in one good "who makes an alarm keypad that doesn't light up" jag. His rich white guy complaints are usually stupid, but I actually agree with this one. An alarm pad is usually used at night and has the potential to call a police squad to your home, so it should be easy to read in the dark
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backsack
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Post by backsack on Jun 8, 2012 7:48:32 GMT -8
Okay, you got me. I actually do agree with that. However, I don't know what b.s. alarm company he is using, because the keypad for my alarm does light up.
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Post by Neil T on Jun 8, 2012 7:58:28 GMT -8
Okay, you got me. I actually do agree with that. However, I don't know what b.s. alarm company he is using, because the keypad for my alarm does light up. HE MANAGED TO PRESS THE RIGHT BUTTON THE OTHER 2,555 TIMES! The only reason he couldn't do it was that he was hammered on his gay drink!
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backsack
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Post by backsack on Jun 8, 2012 8:04:59 GMT -8
I have pressed the wrong button before, not drunk, cancelled and then received a call from the alarm company (that actually came not through the phone, but through the speaker on the control panel). I told the operator that things were fine, gave them my code and crisis was averted.
So I can understand being drunk and pressing the wrong button. Being hermetically sealed and drunk was probably the least defensible part of the story.
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Post by tardbasket on Jun 8, 2012 19:48:39 GMT -8
hypocrite carolla TM
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