On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:38:58 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 7/5/2010 1:01 AM, Lisa BB. wrote:
The Daring wrote in
:

On 7/4/2010 7:44 PM, HeyBub wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:

I wish more people studied history. When I was younger, I spent
hours at the public library reading anything that caught my eye but
alas, now homeless cretins have taken up residence at many of them
and if the librarians run them out, there are screams of racism and
the protests marches startup again. Welcome to the real world.


Well, YOU could tell them to leave. If they ask you just who you
think you are, simply say, in a LOUD voice:

"I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three
continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from
horses and swords to artillery and tanks. I've seen the headwaters of
the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before.
I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN and loved only
one woman with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to
understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!"

They will instantly conclude you are crazier than they and decamp.



I've actually used the crazy man ploy on panhandlers. When they
make their approach to me I sort of cock my head and do the wonky,
wild eye look and start crying "EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee, EEEEEEEEeeeeeee"
as I walk toward them with my arms outstretched, fingers wiggling
and my tongue wagging. The other thing that works quite well if
they're far enough away is for me to reach for my black Mini Mag
in its holster as though it was a pistol. They tend to turn around
real quick and leave.

TDD


While I was filling my truck, I heard a voice on the other side say
"sir I need a favor." A woman came around the front and when she saw me,
was oops, err, ma'am. She asked for money and immediately I said No. She
kept standing there and I had to shout at her NO! She finally left, but in
the meantime I was thinking if she tried to attack me I was going to use
the nozzle to spray her with gas.

They usually don't attack and a stern NO will get rid of them but I did
pickup some police issue pepper spray at a uniform supply house. I've
had to give a few of them pepper spray baths when they made threats. I
also caught a drunk breaking into my van one night and sprayed him down.
It turned out to be his third felony. It's a three strikes state here.
I do believe the DA cut him a deal because they're filling up the prison
system with three strikers. An interesting solution would be, when the
prison gets full, kill em all and start over again. What a deterrent
that could be. Daily postings of the number of prisoners and a count
down until flush time. I'm being fecesious[sic] of course but what a
scary thing that would represent.

Nah, the "prison" step is too expensive. Skip it and your plan works just as
well.