What would you do if you met the guy who dinged your door?

[moribundman]

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I gotta order some body side moldings for the new car.

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Chances are your door gets always hit just above or just below the protective molding. Those molding are usually also ugly.

I remember seeing a list of car models that would ding each other, where one would ding the other without getting dinged itself, etc. Luck is an angry lady.

I definitely avoid parking next to beaters, because their owners have less reason to be careful than a guy with a new luxury car. I also avoid parking next to cars with huge doors that have to be opened wide to let somebody in or out. After ten years, my car has one small driver's side door ding. [/QUOTE]

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Carrying a gun just because you can is not a good idea IMO. We're all human and an argument with the wrong person could escalate into a killing pretty quickly. After you pull yer piece and cap someone there's no turning back.

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You might also

1. cap yourself
2. cap a bystander
3. get capped first

Now, if we all were to carry lightsabers like "in more civilized days" (Thanks, Ben Kenobi!), we all could lop off arms and legs in the supermarket parking lot. Alas, life isn't a fantasy (for most people).

 

[MarkC]

Lightsabers, huh?
How about sticks?
Not that I'd any sooner smack anybody with a stick than I'd shoot them. As I said, a car isn't worth a life.
And if one really were to follow the old "eye for an eye" routine, there's still be no reason to do more than put an identical ding in the offending person's vehicle.
But this is silly and childish.
One thing can often lead to another.
There was mention of people needing to have a sense of repercussions for their acts. The same goes for those who would seek payback. Your trifling act of vengeance may result in a bigger one coming your way.

 

[Shannow]

moribundman,
given the aveage skills of the average guy, there would be a whole mess of light sabres zinging and clashing at the Earth's core.

Think about it, what happens if you drop it ?

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Bad breath and body odor are dangerous weapons, boys.

I'm sure a few folks here have used flatulence.

 

[MarkC]

Hey, leave Pablo out of this.

 

[MarkC]

All this talk of revenge and weapons. This type of thinking may land you in

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by cousincletus:
All this reminds me... I gotta order some body side moldings for the new car. Carrying a gun just because you can is not a good idea IMO. We're all human and an argument with the wrong person could escalate into a killing pretty quickly. After you pull yer piece and cap someone there's no turning back.

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Never pull a gun on anyone unless you're willing for the other person or yourself to end up dead over whatever hissy fit one is having at the moment.

 

[JHZR2]

Oh come on everyone... dan4510 is intelectually superior and has the world figured out... trust what he says, he knows the path to the promised land...

JMH

 

[MarkC]

Don't follow leaders.
Not that Dan has claimed to be one.

 

[Dan4510]

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Originally posted by JHZR2:
Oh come on everyone... dan4510 is intelectually superior and has the world figured out... trust what he says, he knows the path to the promised land...

JMH

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I am glad you recognize that fact....

Dan

 

[Dan4510]

double post

 

[JHZR2]

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Originally posted by Dan4510:

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Originally posted by JHZR2:
Oh come on everyone... dan4510 is intelectually superior and has the world figured out... trust what he says, he knows the path to the promised land...

JMH

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I am glad you recognize that fact....

Dan

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Well you DO have a lot of very good insight... and are extremely well read, shedding yet more precious insight onto a lot of topics...

But sometimes youre a bit out there for me... just as I know that my thoughts are out there to others, likely even yourself. I guess that is what makes a site like this so good.

Just don't forget that a lot of the safeguars that protect the idiots from themselves also protect us from the idiots!

JMH

 

[Dan4510]

JMH,

I can say much the same about you. I just couldnt resist that comeback on that one.

Dan

 

[oilyriser]

The screw gun guy was being altruistic. By screwing shut the doors, he was ensuring nobody else would ever get dinged by them.

 

[moribundman]

Mwahahaha!

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

Flatulence and Pablo, who would have thought?