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soundfreak1 wrote: »Shoot a couple of these thieves and this crap will stop.
I'm a bit more merciful. I like aprazer's post about fences. I say, electrify them bad boys also. That should prevent what that one thief tried to do cutting into it.
Things are getting carried away in lots of places while the powers that be just go easier on these thugs and let them get away with their criminality. Meanwhile, it's the law abiding citizens that pay the price. I could say more, but y'all know how it goes...
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@mrbigbluelight thanks for a good lead-in for this Chicken structure in Georgia below. I read this story in middle of June and had not found time to post.
George Peabody Library in
Baltimore.
Wonder how much use it sees
The Chicken structure is a perfect example of how our governments work to waste our money.
Government At Work Chicken with possibly overnight rental space
in Fitzgerald Georgia.
Wonder if it will ever be used
Small Georgia city will keep ‘largest’ chicken, but clips record topiary
Georgia News
By Matt Kempner
June 13, 2023
Fitzgerald city leaders voted Monday night to clip plans to finish what would have been the world’s largest topiary.
But Mayor Jason Holt said the small south Georgia community will keep the metal frame that he says may be the biggest chicken statue.
The rusting roadside attraction sat unfinished for years, raising some local concerns but also garnering national media attention over dreams for the 62-foot-tall chicken topiary. The original plan, championed by a previous mayor, called for overnight rental accommodations inside the beast.
Holt said the project, paid for from a special tax fund, has cost the city nearly $300,000 and it was unclear how much higher the tab could go. The rebar structure and much of the rental unit was built, but adding plants on the exterior to make it a topiary would have added still more unbudgeted bird costs.
Holt said the city council voted 8-0 to follow the advice of an appointed citizen committee, which essentially recommended freezing the chicken: Secure the structure, paint it red, remove interior tanks that were part of a water system, encircle the fowl with a 6-foot fence to keep kids from climbing it, add LED accent lights as decorative flourish, and install landscaping.
Putting feathery-looking pampas grass near the base might eventually make it look as though the big chicken is sitting on a nest, the mayor said. Or so that is the hope.
“I guess we will still be the largest chicken but we won’t have the largest topiary,” Holt said.
Fitzgerald, a community of about 9,000 people about 20 minutes from I-75, has long embraced chickens as its sort of spirit animal. Long ago, wild chickens gravitated to the area. Some residents decorate their yards with small chicken figures. And a photo of chickens is the main image on the city’s website.
Nothing was as big as plans for the big chicken, though. After the project languished, some wanted to tear the whole thing down. But Holt said city leaders have been told that could cost another $40,000, which would have added to what he said was already “a colossal waste” in building the bird.
It was unclear what it would cost to complete the topiary, Holt said. Officials were told maintenance costs alone would have been $50,000 annually, not including staffing expenses. Even then, horticulturists who were consulted predicted that shade from two nearby trees would limit sunshine on part of the structure, limiting plant growth.
“We would have the world’s largest chicken with a case of mange,” Holt said.
City leaders also were told it would be costly to make additions to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to rent out the interior living space.
Still, it’s conceivable that the idea of the Fitzgerald topiary chicken might fly again.
Holt said none of what the city council approved would preclude one day making changes, such as adding plants as originally planned or completing the rental unit.
But, he added, “I don’t see that happening.”"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
We've had a pretty interesting batch of thunderstorms roll through today. Nothing too severe, but about 5/8 inch of rain and some nice visuals.
I snapped some photos towards the end. They're fair at best.
We did have a faint double rainbow for a little while, too.
(rain on the lens -- oops)
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A long time favorite of mine!
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"want's" ??? *facepalm*
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Brian
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Brian
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Contractions where they don't belong. No contraction where there should be one. The human race can't end soon enough.
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You just explained how childbirth will end, and, therefore, the end of the human race.Contractions where they don't belong. No contraction where there should be one. The human race can't end soon enough.
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Contractions where they don't belong. No contraction where there should be one. The human race can't end soon enough.
Makes me crazy, as well!
Brian
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My head just literally exploded.
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aprazer402 wrote: »Many Home Depots are the same way with a lot of items now. PIA!
Tom
My brother is a mgr. at a local HD. They've been locking up power tool cartons in cages for a couple of years. He said the thieves knew where the Li-Ion batteries were placed inside each product box. They would simply slice the box open and steal the expensive battery and leave the box untouched on the shelf. He said he's already seen one person with wire cutters trying to cut open the cage fencing. He said the cages have definitely limited losses for the stores.
His store is in a safe suburban area. Nowhere is safe anymore it seems. He has hundreds of theft stories.
He gets so very upset that he can't do much. Each store has a few specialized personnel that are the only ones allowed to apprehend a suspected thief. They must know they have taken something and they must be stopped within the building. So very much is still lost, it's just sad!
It has gotten bad. The other day, I had to pick up materials for a couple of houses. First locked cage? I went to the pro desk and had them announce that help was needed on isle "X". I waited 15 minutes.
Then, I looked on the HD app to look for attic stairs......wasted time tracking down 4 or 5 employees who didn't know where they were. Finally sent my employee back to the pro-desk to have them physically take them to the attic stairs because all HD associates had no clue where they were. Another wasted 20-25 minutes.
By the time I got to the electrical section to grab a 15' roll of Romex, I see that it's now locked up too.
This time, I didn't bother to track down an associate. I stood there, in the middle of the isle and literally yelled, "is their an associate in electrical?". Within a minute, someone came by and gave me the Romex.
Time is money and these damned criminals are wasting my time. I will no longer walk up to the desk. I will stand there in the isle and become my own personal broadcast system for the store. I know my voice is loud enough to hear from one side of the store to the other, so it is what it is.
I don't have all day to shop and I'll no longer be "polite" about it. I simply don't have the time, nor do I have the patience anymore.
At least they let me get a Red Bull (that story on another post) without paying for it first. I had a professional but very stern talk to them about that BS. They were hesitant but eventually made an exception when I told them my spending over the decades and why I should not be treated as a criminal. After our talk, they understood fully where I was coming from and agreed with me.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...
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From the Stellavox fan page:
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Not an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...
I know this is a video and not a picture, but …
https://youtu.be/klDe8iNwwxs
Brian
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This is yet another prime example of the law protecting the criminals. This is illegal to do and the criminal has a right to sue you when they break bones (which they will) trying to hit your mailbox with a bat.
On the flip side, if you have a brick or concrete mailbox, no worries. But, as I understand it, in some jurisdictions, if a vehicle hits your brick mailbox with their vehicle, you assume responsibility for damage to the vehicle. Even though they hit a stationary object.
We live somewhat out in the country and have a mailbox on the other side of the road from the house. Luckily for us, I believe the mailbox we have has been standing since the home was built in 1982. It's an oversized, well built, custom looking mailbox that appears to have never been hit with a bat. That said, if I went through mailbox after mailbox living in an area where this kind of activity (sport for teens) was prevalent, I'd do the same thing as the photo depicts.
Damned the consequences and I would have zero empathy for the person who got hurt.
Tom
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Contractions wear they don't belong. Know contraction wear their should be won. The human rays canned end soon enough.
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I had a brick mailbox get nailed by a car. In Texas at least, they paid.
It lasted 10 years. I replaced it with a stylish aluminum post
and box (lockable). It got hit just about every year after that.
I started keeping a spare in the garage. Always hit by a vehicle.
I guess I should of painted a target on it."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
But an amusing one as you pass in a TacomaNot an inspiring sight when you're in a Mazda...
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Eeeyawn… Time to make the donuts
The sunflowers are starting to pop, and the bees are are busy.
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With just months away from being a 20 year old truck. Original A/C unit I just repaired. Chevy trucks of this era ROCK. Total cost? $24 and about 20 minutes of my time.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
