I doubt the city would pay for the repairs on my bike if I approached them, a phone call would probably not hurt but it would be pointless
I have no idea how he pulled it off. Well, I know he went to the town manager's office and complained. He was polite, not loud - but insistent, and had documented the hole as well as the repair costs. The hole was there because they were working on a water line or something and they didn't have it marked with cones or anything. That much I recall.
But. yeah, they actually paid for the damage. I've never seen that before. I've never seen it since. Then again, he's the only one I know that has tried it - and mentioned it to me. I mean, others may have done so and just not told me. Everyone else would just suck it up and figure the town wasn't gonna pay them shit.
It's not like this is widely tried or discussed! So, yeah, he's the only one I know who has been able to pull it off.
Was he friends or acquaintance or related somehow with someone close to the city manager?
Not that I'm aware of. I suspect he'd have mentioned that. In fact, I'm sure he'd have mentioned that. He had lived in the area a while when he was younger and was just back for a while when he got out of the Navy.
I could never be Jewish. I fucking love pork too much. As a Buddhist, I should probably avoid eating meat - 'cause it causes suffering. Ah well... I suck like that...
I'm still kinda perturbed that the dude not only thought it was a C8, they argued that it was a C8 as though I didn't know what kinda car I was driving. Now, if anyone on the planet is going to forget what car they're driving - it's gonna be me. I simply have too many. But, one doesn't forget that they're driving a goddamned Ford GT.
I rudely pointed out the blue oval on the front and made it a point to tell Biff that it was 'just some idiot that thinks they know cars' as I got back in. (She went with me this morning, mostly 'cause it's a Ford GT and we were gonna eat brunch while we were out.)
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