So I, um, "acquired" two parking meters today...

[Wallydraigle]

I'm not at liberty to explain how, but I am now the proud owner of two slightly used parking meters. They are connected in such a way that it would not be practical to separate them. The coin receptacle is missing. They were both in working condition, but a buddy was poking around in one with a pen knife and I think he might have broken one of them, I'll have to take a better look at it. I'm hoping to be able to pick the lock on one of them and see how it works. Is there anything I can do with these things, or am I stuck with a very cool, if not very practical conversation piece? I might post some pics later.



**EDIT: Here's a pic.

 

[theNEOone]

pics now, not later damnit.


=|

 

[iwearnosox]

Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

 

[acemcmac]

More power to you :beer:

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions about how I came by these things 😀 Do I detect just a hint of jealousy? 😛

 

[AaronB]

I might post some pics later.

As if there is a doubt in anyone's mind that we will soon have several dozen pics of sufficient quality to allow the grain structure of the parking meter's casing to be seen by a geriatric bat.

 

[Dacalo]

;cookie:

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions about how I came by these things 😀 Do I detect just a hint of jealousy? 😛

Yes, you caught me. I'm jealous of your life of mystery in acquiring parking meters.

What are you, 13?

 

[Schadenfreude]

I don't understand - how are they connected?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: AaronB

I might post some pics later.

As if there is a doubt in anyone's mind that we will soon have several dozen pics of sufficient quality to allow the grain structure of the parking meter's casing to be seen by a geriatric bat.

You win the reply of the day award, IMO. 😀

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: AaronB

I might post some pics later.

As if there is a doubt in anyone's mind that we will soon have several dozen pics of sufficient quality to allow the grain structure of the parking meter's casing to be seen by a geriatric bat.

LOLOL

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions about how I came by these things 😀 Do I detect just a hint of jealousy? 😛

Yes, you caught me. I'm jealous of your life of mystery in acquiring parking meters.

What are you, 13?

I doubt many 13 y/os have the skill or money required to take pictures the way lirion does.

 

[ucdnam]

I had one from the city of Berkeley a couple of years ago. I removed the housing and looked inside... nothing special. I used it as a timer, but that's about all it was good for. This was before the electronic ones they have now with the flashing lights.

 

[jemcam]

You really need to see the movie "Cool Hand Luke". I instantly thought of that as soon as I saw the title of the thread.

 

[Bulk Beef]

How many hard-boiled eggs can you eat?

 

[jemcam]

Originally posted by: sward666
How many hard-boiled eggs can you eat?

What was the number in the movie? 20? 50? It was a hell of a lot.

Anyway, don't steal parking meters because you'll die in the end.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions about how I came by these things 😀 Do I detect just a hint of jealousy? 😛

Yes, you caught me. I'm jealous of your life of mystery in acquiring parking meters.

What are you, 13?

LOL, you come into my thread, call me a thief, and when I try to laugh it off as a joke you insult me again, and then pretend not to be interested. I must be doing something right! 😀


Anyway, here's a pic of them. Just a snapshot, probably not even worth the consideration of a bat, geriatric or otherwise 😛

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

What we have here is a failure to kumoonicate............🙂

 

[jemcam]

The opening scenes of Cool Hand Luke shows Luke drinking beer while cutting the heads off parking meters with a pipe cutter. He's arrested and sentenced to two years on a chain gang. The Captain asks him upon his arrival at the camp, "What'd you think that was going to get you?" He admits to Dragline later that he was settling an old score when he did it.


Review here, rent it, it's one of my favorite movies of all time

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: jemcam
You really need to see the movie "Cool Hand Luke". I instantly thought of that as soon as I saw the title of the thread.

When I first saw them I was like, "Woohoo! Now I can play the Cool Hand Luke home game whenever I want!" Awesome movie.

 

[iwearnosox]

Tell me how any sane or reasonable person sitting on a jury would not consider you a thief when your only testimony is: "I'm not at liberty to explain how, but I am now the proud owner of two slightly used parking meters." You incriminate yourself. If you don't want people drawing that conclusion then express yourself in a less suspicous manner.

"I'm not at liberty to explain how, but I am now the proud owner of two slightly used pairs of the neighbors underwear."

Guilty, no matter what you fill in the blank...

 

[Fausto]

So what now? Surely the ATOT collective can come up with an uber-nerdy use for these things. 😀

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Thank you for stealing tax money out of the pockets of ATOT members everywhere.

Thank you for jumping to conclusions about how I came by these things 😀 Do I detect just a hint of jealousy? 😛

Yes, you caught me. I'm jealous of your life of mystery in acquiring parking meters.

What are you, 13?

LOL, you come into my thread, call me a thief, and when I try to laugh it off as a joke you insult me again, and then pretend not to be interested. I must be doing something right! 😀


Anyway, here's a pic of them. Just a snapshot, probably not even worth the consideration of a bat, geriatric or otherwise 😛

Wow, you're too cool. I wish i knew you.

 

[BadNewsBears]

How come ive never heard of half of these lifers?

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Tell me how any sane or reasonable person sitting on a jury would not consider you a thief when your only testimony is: "I'm not at liberty to explain how, but I am now the proud owner of two slightly used parking meters." You incriminate yourself. If you don't want people drawing that conclusion then express yourself in a less suspicous manner.

"I'm not at liberty to explain how, but I am now the proud owner of two slightly used pairs of the neighbors underwear."

Guilty, no matter what you fill in the blank...

Hi. This isn't a court of law. Personally I look at anything someone posts on the internet as fiction unless I know otherwise. I have to admit I presented myself in a suspicious manner, because having these things under any cicumstances is, well, suspicious 😀! I just thought it would be good for a laugh. To put your mind at ease these things are 100% legitimately obtained. That's all I'll say.

Oh, and I don't want you to get the wrong idea, you can say anything you want, I don't care. That's why I posted this the way I did. It's just a little bit of excitement on a boring Wednesday evening. I just didn't expect anyone to take it so seriously. Have fun.