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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:36 PM
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Woman uses her bare breasts to quiet neighborhood
Topless woman uses bare breasts to stop ATV noise feud
June 24, 2010 • 12:18 pm

By Diana FasanellaA Canadian woman fed up with her neighbors’ 5-year-old grandson driving a loud ATV vehicle up and down her quiet street for hours has decided to deal with the two-year feud by flashing her bare breasts at the child.

Marika De Floria of Seeley’s Bay near Toronto told CNews that because police wouldn’t do anything about the “maddening” ATV noise, she decided to go outside topless every time the kid rides the vehicle on her street.

As soon as she’s spotted naked from the waist up, the boy’s horrified grandparents pull the child inside.

De Floria says it’s the bravest thing she’s ever done. The 56-year-old is not breaking the law, according to police, because it in legal for women to be topless in public in Canada.

Neighbors Mike and Nancy Berry claim that there needs to be a “little give and take” among neighbors because “it’s not right to go around topless in front of kids.”

http://blogs.app.com/saywhat/2010/06/24/topless-woman-uses-bare-breasts-to-stop-atv-noise-feud/
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:38 PM
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1. Another naked old woman for peace (and quiet)
Old Fat Naked Women for Peace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZscxQyNiUU
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leftofcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:14 PM
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40. That's gonna be my next gig!
The hell with being a retired school teacher! Gonna hire myself out as a breast bearing granny to unruly neighborhoods.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:57 PM
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51. she's awesome and so is Canada. God, they lead the world. Again. :-D
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:14 PM
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54. I'm having a chuckle over your subject line....lead the world? LOL
:rofl:

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TrollBuster9090 Donating Member (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:09 AM
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90. Canada leads the world again because, not only is it legal to smoke pot in
Canada, but it's also legal for women to go topless. Add to that universal single payer healthcare, ten years of federal budget surpluses (made possible by the horrible socialist policy of taxing the rich at a rate 4% higher than the middle class rather than 15% lower), and spending only 2% of GDP on the military, rather than 4% and the place is a liberal paradise.
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Leftist Agitator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 06:34 AM
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96. "not only is it legal to smoke pot in"
From which universe do you hail? Because that's not the case in this one.
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rationalcalgarian Donating Member (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:08 PM
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146. Yeah, not exactly 'legal'
Edited on Fri Jun-25-10 08:13 PM by rationalcalgarian
it's just that most cops don't want to waste their time on it. And, by reciprocation, most pot-smokers don't flaunt it in public. Sort of an unspoken agreement. Win-win situation.

I remember watching an episode of "To Serve and Protect", the Canadian version of "COPS". Two Calgary cops caught a couple of young dudes smoking a joint in an alley, They "arrested" them, gave them a lecture, made them dump their pot down a catch basin, then sent them on their way. No guns, no chase, no handcuffs. :smoke: Hilarious.
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wolfgangmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:54 AM
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130. Ummmmmm.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the US spend considerably more than 4% GDP if you add up all the military contracts, military itself plus mercenaries and other corporate pigs sucking at the public trough?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:55 PM
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61. What a GREAT video! thanks!!!
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 03:15 AM
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93. Hey, 56 ain't old
so let's be a bit more sensitive.

:hi:
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MissDeeds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:01 AM
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100. Ditto
56 hasn't been old since my grandparent's day. :P
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Pat Riot Donating Member (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:35 AM
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109. 56 hasn't been old
..since I turned 49.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:45 AM
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116. love the video! n/t
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:27 AM
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124. Wow, thanks for that.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:38 PM
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2. Whatever works.
A creative solution to a difficult problem. And all legal. Good job, Marika!
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:39 PM
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3. I think she is extreme in her actions but.....
I can't help but laugh at the same time, forgive me!

:rofl:
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:42 PM
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9. The five year old on an ATV --
riding up and down the street is pretty extreme. I like her solution.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:51 PM
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28. Oh, I think it very creative...
don't get me wrong but I wonder what steps she took before calling the police and then baring her breasts as the article doesn't say.

I love that my country (Canada) doesn't see bare breasts as Satan's tools, lol!
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ehrnst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 10:46 AM
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121. Here's the original article with photo...
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 10:54 AM
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122. Thanks for this...it seems she and the grandparents have been...
feuding for a couple of years as opposed to only beginning with the ATV noise. The grandparents need their heads examined, imo, to even let a 5 year old drive an ATV.

I love creative solutions and hers is certainly creative.

Thanks again for the link, it is appreciated.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:41 PM
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48. I agree! But she has only a few years before that kid ain't goin' NOwhere! ;-)
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:03 PM
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75. no shit...
my dad used to work ER. He said to never buy my grandson an ATV- buy him a dirt bike. When you wreck on a dirt bike you break a leg (or arm). ATV's tend to land on top of you and crush your chest.
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:57 AM
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117. My cousin lost his 15-year-old son
to an ATV accident. I would NEVER allow a five-year-old to ride one.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:39 PM
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4. My 61 year old gals would scare the crap out of the kid!
After that just threatening to show em would be enough.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:44 PM
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15. ROTFLMAO!!!!
Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 02:44 PM by BrklynLiberal
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mrcheerful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:44 PM
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17. Good thing you don't live in my neighborhood then............the kids would start throwing dollar
bills at you, lol. They keep trying to get peeks at my SO's butt when shes running around the house in her T shirts when we open curtains. SO's butt is required by law to have a wide load sign on it lol. Ducks for cover.
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Crystal Clarity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:04 PM
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38. LOL!
:rofl:

You guys are a riot!!!
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:04 PM
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77. I hope she doesn't read DU...
you may be on the couch for a while :)
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:50 PM
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24. This is the cougar age!
You may develop an unexpected fanbase.
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gleaner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 07:19 PM
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65. I got ya' ....
I'm 62, and mine are scraping the ground. I'd have to get a hoist, but they would scare anyone who saw them.;)

The kid's grandparents ought to be more considerate of the neighbors too. I've got a pinhead who likes to sit outside my gate and wait for his friend, boom box thumping for however long it takes. It literally shakes the house. I went out one day and let out a scream. He heard me and looked over. I put my finger to my lips and he turned it down. Then I beckoned him over and asked him please not to do that because he was getting me crazy and my husband is sick and bedridden. He forgot once, I went out and put my finger to my lips and he turned it off. Mostly he is pretty good now. The grandparents of that child should be at least as thoughtful as a male adolescent in a hot little car with a brand new sound system he is very proud of.
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:02 PM
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74. oh my god, you just made my day.
:loveya: i truly needed that laugh.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:03 PM
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76. some things get better with age
:hi:
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:40 PM
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5. Brilliant! Hey you pesky kids, look at these!
Beats firing a gun in the air.

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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:06 PM
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78. boobs are always better than guns. nt
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:28 AM
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125. A good philosophy of life right there! n/t
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 03:14 PM
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147. wage boobs not war
:)
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:40 PM
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6. Good for her.
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Toucano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:41 PM
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7. The power of a couple of bazookas never disappoints.
Good for you, Marika.
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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:41 PM
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8. I approve.
The little shit should be riding a bicycle.
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pipi_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:42 PM
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10. OMG I need to forward this to a friend who went through a similar situation...
:7

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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:43 PM
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14. heh heh
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:42 PM
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11. Kudos to Ms DeFloria!!! She did what she had to do, and IT WORKED!!!
Being topless around kids is certainly not as bad as endless noise when one is trying to relax in one's own home!!!!

:toast: :thumbsup: :fistbump: :applause: :woohoo: :rofl:
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:43 PM
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12. Good for her!
I am sick and tired of this attitude that all should be child centered.
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:43 PM
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13. K&R. How "uniquely Canadian".
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:44 PM
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16. Great idea. There was a local couple on the news a
few days ago with the same problem. The kids ride the ATVs across the road from them on vacant property, if they yell at the kids they get the finger, they tell their parents they tell them to go f-- themselves. They call the Sheriff the little suckers take off thru the woods and get away. It's been going on for a couple years and they can't stop it.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:46 PM
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20. Extreme situations sometimes call for extreme measures...




KIDDING!! ONLY KIDDING!!!!
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:06 PM
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52. That is the biggest collection of
nipple clamps I have ever seen...how will that help?






Oh. Oh!





Nevermind.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:15 PM
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55. ..
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:07 PM
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79. ...
:spank: But you probably liked it :)
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 10:37 AM
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120. buy the lot and fence it in
that's the way you stop that.
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wolfgangmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:03 PM
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131. Spike strips on the trails the little fuckers use.
Just be sure to purchase them using cash.


Honestly, the little pricks are doing it because they get away with it. If the cops wont do anything then go to war - just do it covertly.
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:45 PM
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18. This Method Has The Beetwasher Seal Of Approval
n/t
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:09 PM
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80. Mine too...
if a woman wants to whip them out there, then she should be allowed. Hell, I have seen some men with rather big ones (and I wish I hadn't).
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:46 PM
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19. Gawd damn it! Where were these ladies when I was little annoying kid?
I always missed the fun stuff dammit. :hide:
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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:47 PM
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21. What business does a 5-year-old have on an ATV in the first place?
I hope she also placed a call to Canadian Child Services or whatever they have up there to deal with adults who endanger the safety of young children?
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:49 PM
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22. Exactly what I was thinking.
That's against all kinds of laws around here.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:49 PM
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23. EXCELLENT QUESTION!
I have wondered about the 7-8 year old kids that are out in my neighborhood with motorized vehicles...that sound like motorcycles...and could probably kill the kids if they fell off...or if they hit someone. The stupid parents do not even have the sense to put a helmet on the kids...
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tpsbmam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:35 AM
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114. I've worked with a lot of those kids after they end up in the hospital with
mild to severe head injuries. Their parents' stupidity costs the more injured of them a lifetime of hell, for those who live. Yeah, others get off more easily but it's like playing Russian roulette with your child's life.


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DailyGrind51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:56 PM
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139. Any person with "Mandatory Reporter" status is legally obligated to report the kid's parents.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:54 PM
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32. My 5-year-old nephew rides a little "kiddie bike" with training wheels, and
his Mom is fretting the entire time! Can't imagine ANY 5-year-old with enough of a sense of responsibility to ride something like an ATV safely.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:40 PM
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47. I live in low rider and ATV country
and there was a mercifully brief period when all the kids in the 'hood were buzzing around on pocket rockets. http://www.minipocketrockets.com/

I think some kid in town ended up as street pizza because you really couldn't see these things zipping around the streets, roaring out of driveways and popping out from between parked cars. They seem to have been banished to off street tracks at skate parks.

Those things scared the absolute crap out of me. You could never see them coming and we all know what wonderful driving judgment school age kids have.
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JoeyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 07:07 PM
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64. Yep, it's illegal in a lot of states, and Canada has more consumer and child protection laws than
we do.

I was always pissed at my mom for refusing to let me ride one of the things when all my cousins had them from the time they were 5 or 6. Of course I'm the only male out of the bunch that isn't missing a toe, a finger, or ended up with broken bones or dead from one too.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:09 PM
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81. answer- NONE. nt
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:27 AM
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104. He's already figured out how to get a pair of knockers pointed at him.
Edited on Fri Jun-25-10 07:33 AM by TheCowsCameHome
Are we sure he's only five?

:rofl:
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:56 PM
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138. Yeah...was wondering about that.
Far more than the boobs.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:50 PM
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25. ......suddenly the kid never wants to stop riding
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trusty elf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:50 PM
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26. self delete
Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 03:30 PM by trusty elf
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:50 PM
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27. Priceless! Kudos to her. nt
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:52 PM
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29. That would have made me ride more as a kid!
Seriously, motor sports AND boobies?! Talk about a two-for-one! (Or three for one, to be precise.)
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:11 PM
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82. the only thing better...
than motor sports and boobies is motor sports, boobies, and beer :)
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:52 PM
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30. Good for her!
Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 02:53 PM by GoneOffShore
And the whole notion that bare breasts are somehow not acceptable is ridiculous.

What is not acceptable is a 5 year old on a noisy ATV. Actually a noisy ATV ANYWHERE!
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:11 PM
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83. Very true...
we are very puritanical about such things.
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:52 PM
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31. I approve of this noise control methodology
:thumbsup:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:55 PM
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34. Definitely a clever way to nip that kind of (dangerous) behavior in the bud.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 07:25 PM
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66. Ouch!
"nip", heh.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 06:42 AM
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97. ...
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:54 PM
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33. Decisions, decisions....
Tots or tits, tits or tots, what a dilemma.....:think: I know what I'd pick.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:58 PM
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35. Now instead of saying "get off my lawn, kids"
I can just whip it out for extra effect. Somehow I don't think that will end well.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:12 PM
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84. thanks a lot...
I just had the image of John McCain whipping it out flash through my head. I may throw up now.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:59 PM
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36. I had a problem with ATVs while Ice Fishing.
I was the only one on the lake fishing and they decide to use my traps as slalom markers. Luckily, I had a couple of caltrops in my kit, and while they were at the other end of the lake, I buried them in the snow on their course among my traps.

Within an hour, I had bagged 3 ATVs and a snowmobile. They ran home and got daddy, who came down and threatened to call the Police.
He looked like he wanted to get violent but the loaded .357 on my dash convinced him otherwise. I had a carry permit.

I told him to go ahead and call. They were the ones breaking the Law.

End of story. They limped home and I didn't catch any fish for all the noise.
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druidity33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:13 PM
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39. Really?
You carry caltrops?

weird...

but cool.

:)


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Dogtown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:28 PM
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41. You don't?
How do you slow down the samurai chasing you?
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:38 PM
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46. They were old OSS items from WWII
Made of high Carbon steel plate triangles about 75mm on a side with a slot down the middle and razor sharp edges. Two triangles fit together so that no matter which way it lands, one of the points is always pointing up. They were designed to slash the tires on heavy trucks.
The Germans would execute anyone caught with them.

My father parachuted into France just before D-Day and fought with the french underground. He was a member of the OSS and a native French speaker. They were souvenirs.

It ripped a 3 foot gash in the snowmobile tread.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:13 PM
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85. "How do you slow down the samurai chasing you?"
I post porn :hide:
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:47 PM
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134. Just pull the Ninja Lever.
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era veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:02 AM
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89. I made caltrops from cardboard & roofing nails
Worked a lot better than calling the cops.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 02:59 PM
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37. i love it. nt
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:35 PM
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42. Wow. You really know how to write an effective subject line!
Kudos. :wave:
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 09:44 PM
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70. lol. Thanks.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:38 PM
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43. HAHAHA!!!!
Prudes in the U.S. could not take that. Their heads would explode.
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krabigirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:39 PM
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44. awesome :)
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 03:39 PM
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45. "the boy’s horrified grandparents pull the child inside"
:rofl:

Wonder if any of the neighbors are trying to encourage the boy to go ride again.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:44 PM
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49. “it’s not right to go around topless in front of kids.”
HOW ABOUT, its not right to maintain a 'noisy nuisance' in one's neighborhood??? JEEEESH!!!
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wolfgangmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:07 PM
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132. Proof postitive that rednecks exist everywhere.
I beleive up north they are called Jack Pine Savages.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 04:56 PM
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50. creative!
ATV noise does not belong in neighborhoods...
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SunnySong Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:07 PM
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53. Certainly better than my "piano wire" solution. nt
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GoneOffShore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 08:56 PM
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69. I liked it. Think of it as evolution in action.
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Locrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:45 AM
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105. yes it is
>>Certainly better than my "piano wire" solution.

Yes, it's definitely a better booby trap than piano wire.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:16 PM
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56. This thread is worthless without pictures!!
:evilgrin:

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:46 PM
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58. I cannot believe how long it took for this exact post to appear in this thread!
I have been waiting and waiting. I thought it would be the very first post!!!!

;-)
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:23 PM
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57. so this one time...
Edited on Thu Jun-24-10 05:24 PM by ourbluenation
my teenage son would not leave me alone about something he was after that I adamantly was opposed to. He would not let it go after like 40 minutes or some such craziness. I threatened to flash my mom boobs at him if he didn't stop. He thought he would call my bluff and kept at it. Big mistake.

It's been about five years now and if he is really bugging me all I have to do is grab the bottom of my shirt like I'm gonna lift it up and he stops.

So with my teenage daughter who has her own boobs this doesn't work at all and my hubs is not so inclined to flash his man bits so...with her we just started making out and it shut her up. Anything to get us to stop. Same as with the boobies, all we have to do is say were going to do it and they stop.

:rofl:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:48 PM
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59. You are wonderful!!!!
I am sure your kids will still be telling stories on you when you are in your nineties...
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 05:50 PM
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60. love this
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SmileyRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 06:27 PM
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62. I heart Marika De Floria
snicker
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 07:03 PM
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63. Canada, eh! n/t
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 08:11 PM
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67. I love how all of the sudden NOW the parents are worried about
1. The well-being of their child.

2. Neighborly etiquette.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 08:35 PM
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68. +1. nt
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Still Sensible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 10:57 PM
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71. Tits for Tots, eh? n/t
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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:02 AM
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101. Ok...that's the funniest line ever.
:spray:
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 10:58 PM
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72. Mike and Nancy Berry should realize that it's not right for 5-year-olds to drive ATVs.
Not anywhere, and especially not on public property. It can't possibly be legal, can it, kids driving motor vehicles?
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:01 PM
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73. I salute our good neighbors to the north...
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herbm Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-24-10 11:43 PM
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86. So I am guessing the kid was a bottle baby?
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WileEcoyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:16 AM
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87.  No mention of size?
Worthless without a picture...

We don't even get to know how large they were. Not that size matters so much but sure makes for an interesting conversation!
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Stumbler Donating Member (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:27 AM
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88. Wow. Very cool
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shellgame26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:09 AM
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91. She's badaas
Good for her!
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bobburgster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:43 AM
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92. Thanks, for the wake up smile!
:-)
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 04:10 AM
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94. I see this story is getting
A lot of exposure. :hide:
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 06:29 AM
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95. That story was very titillating.
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NBachers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:52 AM
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129. This could be the start of something big
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 06:48 AM
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98. That's hilarious.
I love it... she's lucky the grandparents are afraid of breasts... if they didn't pull him inside that might just encourage him to ride more often.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 06:54 AM
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99. Bravo to De Floria for creative problem solving
Who let's a five year old drive an ATV up and down the street? Idiots, that's who.
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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:09 AM
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102. Besides thinking this is a funny story...
Edited on Fri Jun-25-10 07:09 AM by ClusterFreak
I can't help but wonder what kind of comment it makes about DU - and about Canada - that it takes a post about a topless woman in her fifties flashing young children, to push a thread posted in the 'Canada Forum' to the front page of this website?

With 119 recs or whatever?

I guess sex sells!:crazy: :shrug: :rofl:
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:01 PM
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140. We had lots of posts about Canadians when we debated HCR
Legal medical MJ, gay marriage, health care, and topless women. What's not to like?
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rambler_american Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:20 AM
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103. One could truthfully say
she nipped the problem in the bud.
heh
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 07:57 AM
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106. Of all the choices she had
what made her choose this "solution"? i think this is a bit perverse

there. I said it.
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:15 AM
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107. This woman has my utmost respect and admiration..way to solve a problem!
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polly7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:30 AM
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108. Mine too. I can't count how many small children we've seen seriously
injured or killed driving ATV's. One large rock, bump or a quick turn can spell disaster. The grandparents should be ashamed, not only for allowing them to be noise nuisances but letting them risk their lives. Whether they believe it or not, the woman actually did them a favour ..... peacefully.
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orbitalman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:38 AM
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110. Maybe they'll put a god-damned MUFFLER on that thing...
All other vehicles (with the exception of some trucks) require mufflers to quiet engines. Why can't ATV's & motorcycles run quieter?? There's NO EXCUSE for the noise IMO. I am on a city highway, and it is maddening. Cars go by and the only sound you hear are rubber tire road noise.
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h9socialist Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 08:54 AM
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111. This sounds like a story line in Zap Comics about 40 years ago.
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:05 AM
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112. Well done. And nice take on nudity laws, Canada!
breasts are not a crime. :)

She should take on SeaDoo abuse next. Freaking obnoxious.
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liquid diamond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:14 AM
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113. 56 years old? Ewwwww. n/t
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rambler_american Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:18 PM
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142. 56?
My wife is 65 and she's still beautiful. Your time is coming, y'know.
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 03:01 PM
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143. Why Ewwwww? What an agist comment.
Don't worry, unless you die an untimely death, your time will come and somebody will "Ewwwww" you. You probably won't like it much.

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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 09:44 AM
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115. So that's offensive but all that racket is okay.
People have weird "values."
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 10:01 AM
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118. LOL ...good one.
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 10:34 AM
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119. the neighbors are just as fucked in the head
Breasts are the first thing shoved into a newborn's face.

No, the problem is a child riding an ATV for hours on end up and down the street. The grandparents need to go buy some property somewhere out in the sticks so the kid can ride out there. It's insensitive and pompous of the grandparents to stoop to such a passive/aggressive tactic because they can't bring themselves to instill some damn discipline in their grandson... either that or spend time with the kid instead of turning him loose in the street for hours on end.

And well done for Canada for allowing women to go topless.
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JEB Donating Member (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:15 AM
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123. Much nicer
than nails in the tires. Or baseball bat.
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Beartracks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:29 AM
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126. Wait, I thought breasts cause earthquakes...? n/t
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TommyO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 03:03 PM
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144. OMG, Toronto just had an earthquake.
The Islamic cleric was right!
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Riverman Donating Member (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:36 AM
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127. Excellent Solution! I take my shirt off in public and my fleshy 58 yr old
man boobs scares children and old people too! Scares me whne I look in the mirror
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 11:48 AM
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128. Oh Canada!
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paulkienitz Donating Member (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 12:46 PM
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133. wtf are they doing letting a five year old drive such a vehicle???
If it's that noisy, that implies it's powerful enough to be pretty dangerous.
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polly7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 02:07 PM
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141. Yep
It also means they wouldn't hear a vehicle approaching from behind as easily. ATV's are big up here, but mostly on farms. Sooo many accidents with them.
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:06 PM
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135. I really have no use
for adults who can't control and teach their children/grandchildren respect for other's space.

Mike and Nancy Berry need to get a brain....and I guess shouldn't have reproduced. Their gene pool needs some chlorine.

That's why there needs to be 'Noise Codes.' Unfortunate that common sense and civility doesn't work anymore.
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riverbendviewgal Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:13 PM
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136. Canada is pretty enlightened.
I breast fed my boys in the 70's and it wasn't weird then and it isn't weird now.
I find obnoxious noise offensive and I thought this was a novel idea to get to stop it.
I wonder if it would work for annoying barking dogs?


Toronto has a nude family beach on Toronto Islands park. No problems with it as far as I know.

Since it is not illegal to go topless in Ontario a few women do at the beach but I only saw a couple walking along the streets and they really shouldn't have been topless. LOL.

If anyone is in Winnipeg in July check out the breast fest there.

http://www.sandboxmag.com/culture/breast-friends/


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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 01:54 PM
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137. It's also not right to let your kids terrorize the neighborhood either.
I don't blame the kid. I blame whatever adult is responsible for him.
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Tutankhamun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-25-10 03:52 PM
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145. To do list:
1) Buy ATV
2) Ride around in front of neighbor girl's house

Note to self -- Next time, make sure her grandmother isn't home.

My eyes! It burns!!!!!
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