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Drunk in public?
July 26, 2005 | self / vanity

Posted on 07/26/2005 1:37:14 PM PDT by The Other Harry

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1 posted on 07/26/2005 1:37:15 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: The Other Harry

I prefer DWI - Driving With (an) Indian.


2 posted on 07/26/2005 1:41:19 PM PDT by b4its2late (Suicidal Blond Twin Kills Sister By Mistake!)
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To: The Other Harry

I like the way you always put your vanities in "Chat." So many people aren't that courteous.

I sometimes carry a glass of wine across the street to visit with the neighbors. Guess I'd be in trouble if the Deputy Sheriff happened by right then.


3 posted on 07/26/2005 1:41:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
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To: The Other Harry

I once combined a DUI with the mighty UBAL (unlawfull blood alcohol level) making a felony.

As far as people drinking in their own homes or in their yards the law should back off.


4 posted on 07/26/2005 1:42:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: b4its2late

Williams and Ree fan?


5 posted on 07/26/2005 1:42:31 PM PDT by JennysCool (Be good, and you will be lonesome. - Mark Twain)
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To: Tax-chick
I sometimes carry a glass of wine across the street to visit with the neighbors

I couldn't find my way across the street to my neighbors without one in my hand. It's like my own little personal GPS.

6 posted on 07/26/2005 1:44:55 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (As for the types of comments I make,sometimes I just, By God,get carried away with my own eloquence.)
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To: The Other Harry

When I was in the Navy, one of my buddies got three hits at once on base: A DUI, speeding and running a stop sign... on a bicycle.

Yes, he was blitzed and yes, he was going over the 10 MPH limit and yes, he ran the sign.

But... Come On!


7 posted on 07/26/2005 1:47:40 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: ShadowDancer

LOL! The previous folks across the street were anti-social, but the new people sit in their garage and drink beer in the evening :-).


8 posted on 07/26/2005 1:47:44 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
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9 posted on 07/26/2005 1:50:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: The Other Harry
We (my cellmates and I) got into a protracted discussion about the meaning of “in public”

LOL
10 posted on 07/26/2005 1:50:26 PM PDT by PaulaB (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile .. hoping it will eat him last--Winston Churchill)
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To: The Other Harry

Who wants the obligatory shot at fat Ted?


11 posted on 07/26/2005 1:50:43 PM PDT by quantim (I'm at the point now where I refer to all liberals as "insurgents.")
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12 posted on 07/26/2005 1:52:32 PM PDT by PaulaB (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile .. hoping it will eat him last--Winston Churchill)
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One of my cellmates once got busted for driving his car in a Wall-Mart parking lot.

Good. There are probably more little kids running around there than on the roads.

Personally, I regard DWI as equivalent to felony reckless endangerment.

13 posted on 07/26/2005 1:52:58 PM PDT by Sloth (History's greatest monsters: Hitler, Stalin, Mao & Durbin)
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14 posted on 07/26/2005 1:53:41 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: The Other Harry; Owl_Eagle; Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Please add us to your ping list if you have one. If not, would you please consider starting one?

Thanks.

15 posted on 07/26/2005 1:53:48 PM PDT by Sam's Army (Would the Professionally Offended just go home and get drunk, or something?"--Tax-chick)
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Still, there is ambiguity. Driving what, where? A bicycle? A horse cart? One of my cellmates once got busted for driving his car in a Wall-Mart parking lot.

There's no ambiguity, really: the idea is to punish those whose inebriated state causes them and their conveyance to pose a danger to others. You can easily think of scenarios for each of the named vehicles where "drunk driving" will pose such a danger.

"Drinking in public" is one of those where the threshold is most likely defined as "it's causing a problem." In some cases (such as where it's clearly marked as prohibited), there's no ambiguity. Drinking and obnoxious in a crowd seems generally to consist of a first warning, with a ticket to follow if the problem persists.

Drunk in public is pretty straightforward if the fellow's passed out or vomiting, or running into people.

16 posted on 07/26/2005 1:54:46 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: The Other Harry
As a veteran drinker, all are relevant to me

Veteran drinker? Have you quit?

17 posted on 07/26/2005 1:56:19 PM PDT by chapin2500
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To: The Other Harry
Otis, is that you?


18 posted on 07/26/2005 1:58:53 PM PDT by Feiny (Why won't liberals try practicing random acts of intelligence and senseless acts of self-control?)
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To: The Other Harry

I wasn't drunk in Publi-----CK!

They caught the tater


Harry some days its just worth it to follow your antics.

Thanks

Did you get that first aid kit squared away?


19 posted on 07/26/2005 2:00:16 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (<><)
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To: cripplecreek

They call me Tater Salad....


20 posted on 07/26/2005 2:03:10 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (Proud member of Planet ManRam)
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