"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"James S. Prine" wrote:

Did you ever think that the policeman was
describing the individual as being bald on
top with gray on the sides? Of course not,
you're too busy laughing at your own 'wit'.

If's easy to sit on your ass and criticize other
people who are trying to do a serious job
without being crippled or killed doing it.

Your 'donut shop' quip was so original and
amusing, too.


You need to lighten up, James. The thought of a bald man described as
having grey hair is indeed funny, regardless of the real intent of the
description. There is no criticism of anybody in that. As for the comment
about the donut shop, Dwayne (the person who posted the "grey hair"
message
you replied to with the above) didn't say that - someone else did. And,
around here, because cops still do tend to hang out at donut shops on the
night shift, those jokes still have some humor left. While local cops may
be
slightly irritated by those jokes (because there may be some truth in
them),
I haven't met one yet that is truly that offended.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/


Our local cops take a real ribbing on various things... donut shop, etc. IF
you're not using it to insinuate something, they could care less and roll
right along with you on the jokes. They too are human and like to poke fun.
They get their job done and they do it well. There are a few who don't like
them, but gee, can you guess who the crowd consists of? Those who've been
busted.
G.W.

"Ghost writer" wrote:

Our local cops take a real ribbing on various
things... donut shop, etc. IF you're not using
it to insinuate something, they could care less
and roll right along with you on the jokes.
They too are human and like to poke fun.
They get their job done and they do it well.
There are a few who don't like them, but gee,
can you guess who the crowd consists of?
Those who've been busted.


Oh, I agree. Most of the cops I've met are pretty decent fellows. I got to
know a lot of the local cops one summer after I started grilling late at
night after work (two or three in the morning). Obviously, it wasn't long
before cops started driving by to see what the heck I was doing. That
eventually led to passing conversations and even to several getting out of
their cars to talk for a while. On some nights, I had three or four police
cars parked in front of my house and five or six officers sitting around the
yard talking. A couple of them even started bringing hamburger, buns, and so
on, to throw on the grill.

Of course, all of this led to some very strange looks from people driving
by (perhaps because the cops were just sitting around - a cop in uniform
grilling in the middle of the night may have looked a little strange also),
and questions from some of the neighbors, but I didn't care - I had the
safest house in town while they were there. I also knew more about what was
going on around town than most. And, finally, I also got the radio
frequencies for every police, fire, and law enforcement, agency in this part
of the State (including many frequencies I didn't even know about) and lists
of the codes they used.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"Ghost writer" wrote:

Our local cops take a real ribbing on various
things... donut shop, etc. IF you're not using
it to insinuate something, they could care less
and roll right along with you on the jokes.
They too are human and like to poke fun.
They get their job done and they do it well.
There are a few who don't like them, but gee,
can you guess who the crowd consists of?
Those who've been busted.


Oh, I agree. Most of the cops I've met are pretty decent fellows. I got
to
know a lot of the local cops one summer after I started grilling late at
night after work (two or three in the morning). Obviously, it wasn't long
before cops started driving by to see what the heck I was doing. That
eventually led to passing conversations and even to several getting out of
their cars to talk for a while. On some nights, I had three or four police
cars parked in front of my house and five or six officers sitting around
the
yard talking. A couple of them even started bringing hamburger, buns, and
so
on, to throw on the grill.

Of course, all of this led to some very strange looks from people
driving
by (perhaps because the cops were just sitting around - a cop in uniform
grilling in the middle of the night may have looked a little strange
also),
and questions from some of the neighbors, but I didn't care - I had the
safest house in town while they were there. I also knew more about what
was
going on around town than most. And, finally, I also got the radio
frequencies for every police, fire, and law enforcement, agency in this
part
of the State (including many frequencies I didn't even know about) and
lists
of the codes they used.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/


Well! If they were on lunch break, what would it matter? They have to eat
too! Who knows, could be their last! I have no problem with it. The
neighbors should have felt safe too! G.W.