My elderly parents have a cabin in the woods north of Barrie, Ontario. Apparently, even in such a rural spot, you are obliged to hang out a street number on a government-issued sign. The only problem is that the sign keeps getting stolen. Their neighbours' signs aren't stolen -only theirs. Repeatedly. The government is now charging them a replacement fee.
They had no clue as to why ... as it turns out, their number is "420". Which is allegedly some sort of stoner code-number. No doubt the missing signs are decorating some asshole stoner's room. :mad:
Maybe you should stop stealing your parents' signs.
:lol:
You need to hang it much, much higher.
My house number on our street is 1377. Dunno how many times I've mis-typed it as 1337.
electrify it :P
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Oddly specific ... :hmm:
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Quote from: Barrister
All fucking potheads must fucking hang.
I have a question, Malthus.
The new sign, is it issued to your parents? Or a government worker nails in place & they get a bill?
Because if it's issued to them, I would just delay installation as long as possible. If the Ontario government is anything like any other government, years are going to pass.
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Quote from: Barrister
All fucking potheads must fucking hang.
Could kill two birds with one stone and hang a pothead as the road sign ... :hmm:
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2012, 01:30:02 PM
I have a question, Malthus.
The new sign, is it issued to your parents? Or a government worker nails in place & they get a bill?
Because if it's issued to them, I would just delay installation as long as possible. If the Ontario government is anything like any other government, years are going to pass.
They get issued a sign & have to hang it themselves.
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:34:06 PM
Could kill two birds with one stone and hang a pothead as the road sign ... :hmm:
Pin the street number on his chest.
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Quote from: Barrister
All fucking potheads must fucking hang.
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:34:50 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 04, 2012, 01:30:02 PM
I have a question, Malthus.
The new sign, is it issued to your parents? Or a government worker nails in place & they get a bill?
Because if it's issued to them, I would just delay installation as long as possible. If the Ontario government is anything like any other government, years are going to pass.
They get issued a sign & have to hang it themselves.
I see. Then the solution is to not hang a sign.
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Proportionality is a matter of opinion. :P
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Proportionality is a matter of opinion. :P
like I said, electrify it. You can even set up a streaming cam. Tazed pothead thieves live. It'd be an Internet hit!
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 01:27:22 PM
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2012, 12:28:57 PM
See! This is what I've been telling you people!
You've been telling us to steal Malthus' parents' sign?
Quote from: Barrister
All fucking potheads must fucking hang.
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
You're killing them because they're fucking potheads, not because they're theives. Duh.
They're mainly harmless, a few stolen signs aside. Besides, they keep the snack food industry alive :D
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:03:52 PM
They're mainly harmless, a few stolen signs aside. Besides, they keep the snack food industry alive :D
Meh, we got couch potatoes for that.
Quote from: dps on September 04, 2012, 02:38:39 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:03:52 PM
They're mainly harmless, a few stolen signs aside. Besides, they keep the snack food industry alive :D
Meh, we got couch potatoes for that.
High overlap.
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Proportionality is a matter of opinion. :P
like I said, electrify it. You can even set up a streaming cam. Tazed pothead thieves live. It'd be an Internet hit!
:thumbsup:
Castle doctrine them. Open fire from the second story.
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Proportionality is a matter of opinion. :P
like I said, electrify it. You can even set up a streaming cam. Tazed pothead thieves live. It'd be an Internet hit!
Heh not a bad plan ... I guess the only question is - voltage. Fatal or non? :menace:
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 03:31:16 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 01:51:05 PM
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Proportionality is a matter of opinion. :P
like I said, electrify it. You can even set up a streaming cam. Tazed pothead thieves live. It'd be an Internet hit!
Heh not a bad plan ... I guess the only question is - voltage. Fatal or non? :menace:
Well given that you are in Canada...
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 01:45:44 PM
killing people for stealing signs seems a bit out of proportion to the crime :P
Seem proportional to me, though the constant of proportionality is a tad high.
Can't you just paint the number on the curb? Kinda hard for potheads to steal that.
Not if the potheads are on PCP as well.
Quote from: HVC on September 04, 2012, 02:03:52 PM
They're mainly harmless, a few stolen signs aside. Besides, they keep the snack food industry alive :D
What if pot were legalized only in brownie-form? :P
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 10:44:59 AM
My elderly parents have a cabin in the woods north of Barrie, Ontario. Apparently, even in such a rural spot, you are obliged to hang out a street number on a government-issued sign. The only problem is that the sign keeps getting stolen. Their neighbours' signs aren't stolen -only theirs. Repeatedly. The government is now charging them a replacement fee.
They had no clue as to why ... as it turns out, their number is "420". Which is allegedly some sort of stoner code-number. No doubt the missing signs are decorating some asshole stoner's room. :mad:
I thought you were a pot head in your youth. Are you sure that
you aren't getting all fucked up and stealing it.
Legalise weed and stoners won't have to be using code numbers (never heard of this 420 stuff and I know a fair number of stoners, is it new?) and getting high in the wilderness. :contract:
Quote from: Razgovory on September 04, 2012, 07:28:27 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 10:44:59 AM
My elderly parents have a cabin in the woods north of Barrie, Ontario. Apparently, even in such a rural spot, you are obliged to hang out a street number on a government-issued sign. The only problem is that the sign keeps getting stolen. Their neighbours' signs aren't stolen -only theirs. Repeatedly. The government is now charging them a replacement fee.
They had no clue as to why ... as it turns out, their number is "420". Which is allegedly some sort of stoner code-number. No doubt the missing signs are decorating some asshole stoner's room. :mad:
I thought you were a pot head in your youth. Are you sure that you aren't getting all fucked up and stealing it.
Yeah, that probably explains why his parents are the ones getting targetted.
Quote from: Tyr on September 04, 2012, 07:53:36 PM
never heard of this 420 stuff and I know a fair number of stoners, is it new?
:lol:
I'll will never cease to be amused by the things you don't know.
Quote from: Tyr on September 04, 2012, 07:53:36 PM
Legalise weed and stoners won't have to be using code numbers (never heard of this 420 stuff and I know a fair number of stoners, is it new?) and getting high in the wilderness. :contract:
I can give a pass on Malthus not knowing because of his age (though I was surprised he didn't know since he was a smoker), but really?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 04, 2012, 08:38:36 PM
Quote from: Tyr on September 04, 2012, 07:53:36 PM
Legalise weed and stoners won't have to be using code numbers (never heard of this 420 stuff and I know a fair number of stoners, is it new?) and getting high in the wilderness. :contract:
I can give a pass on Malthus not knowing because of his age (though I was surprised he didn't know since he was a smoker), but really?
Wiki suggests it is a North America thing.
Quote from: garbon on September 04, 2012, 08:06:55 PM
Quote from: Tyr on September 04, 2012, 07:53:36 PM
never heard of this 420 stuff and I know a fair number of stoners, is it new?
:lol:
I'll will never cease to be amused by the things you don't know.
It makes me wonder, what does he know?
Ignoring the stoners for the time being, a policy which has served me well over the decades, this law about cabins in the Great Canadian Wilderness having to have government approved signs seems a bit intrusive and asinine. Do they also have periodic checks to make sure that the toilet seat has been put down and that the verandah has been swept?
I find it odd that residents and home owners have to put up government street signs. If the government wants to put up signs, it should send people to do it.
That 420 thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29)
I can't help thinking only stoners would have picked up on something like that :hmm:
Quote from: Brazen on September 05, 2012, 04:44:41 AM
That 420 thing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29)
I can't help thinking only stoners would have picked up on something like that :hmm:
I remember the Real Time episode from april 20 this year. Bill Maher puffed himself up and declared that it was april 20 and don't you all know what was going to be celebrated?
I was in shock, my jaw dropped to the floor I was amazed.. celebrating hitler's birthday?
but then again, trust the stoner not to look up april 20 on "this day in history" before declaring it a celebration of weed.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 04, 2012, 04:56:36 PM
Can't you just paint the number on the curb? Kinda hard for potheads to steal that.
Painting on a gravel road is unrewarding. :D
Quote from: Razgovory on September 04, 2012, 07:28:27 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 04, 2012, 10:44:59 AM
My elderly parents have a cabin in the woods north of Barrie, Ontario. Apparently, even in such a rural spot, you are obliged to hang out a street number on a government-issued sign. The only problem is that the sign keeps getting stolen. Their neighbours' signs aren't stolen -only theirs. Repeatedly. The government is now charging them a replacement fee.
They had no clue as to why ... as it turns out, their number is "420". Which is allegedly some sort of stoner code-number. No doubt the missing signs are decorating some asshole stoner's room. :mad:
I thought you were a pot head in your youth. Are you sure that you aren't getting all fucked up and stealing it.
First I'd have to invent that time machine ... ;)
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 03:51:12 AM
Ignoring the stoners for the time being, a policy which has served me well over the decades, this law about cabins in the Great Canadian Wilderness having to have government approved signs seems a bit intrusive and asinine. Do they also have periodic checks to make sure that the toilet seat has been put down and that the verandah has been swept?
Way I heard it explained is that it is a safety thing. There are no real landmarks for fire or ambulance around, so if someone calls in an emergency (as happens from time to time), people need to know where it is more exactly than "somewhere on Bass Lake Sideroad, west of Line 8".
Yes, 911 service requires street addresses. The area I grew up in was still somewhat pioneer country until my mid teens and didn't have niceties of civilization like 911 service. When that went in, it was required that all dwellings have a number and it had to be displayed on an approved sign.
Quote from: Maximus on September 05, 2012, 09:59:24 AM
Yes, 911 service requires street addresses. The area I grew up in was still somewhat pioneer country until my mid teens and didn't have niceties of civilization like 911 service. When that went in, it was required that all dwellings have a number and it had to be displayed on an approved sign.
911 service, or at least some improvements thereto, resulted in my parents' house finally getting a street number (1234 Highway 12) rather than simply having a rural route code for mail (Rt. 1 Box 123).
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 03:51:12 AM
Ignoring the stoners for the time being, a policy which has served me well over the decades, this law about cabins in the Great Canadian Wilderness having to have government approved signs seems a bit intrusive and asinine. Do they also have periodic checks to make sure that the toilet seat has been put down and that the verandah has been swept?
the cabin is not the Great Canadian Wilderness. If it requires a stree number, it means it's on a street. There are no streets in the Great Canadian Wilderness.
Only Mantracker.
Quote from: ulmont on September 05, 2012, 10:35:42 AM
911 service, or at least some improvements thereto, resulted in my parents' house finally getting a street number (1234 Highway 12) rather than simply having a rural route code for mail (Rt. 1 Box 123).
Yea, when I was growing up, our mailing address consisted of:
(Name)
RR1
(Town)
(Postal code)
The "town" didn't actually exist. It was a post office in a general store beside the highway.
Interesting. Though I thought these cabins were to get away from it all, they are more connected than I thought.
When I lived on a cabin by a lake I didn't have a house number. If someone insisted they needed a "real" address, and not a PO Box, I had to give them the legal land description.
Quote from: viper37 on September 05, 2012, 10:45:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 03:51:12 AM
Ignoring the stoners for the time being, a policy which has served me well over the decades, this law about cabins in the Great Canadian Wilderness having to have government approved signs seems a bit intrusive and asinine. Do they also have periodic checks to make sure that the toilet seat has been put down and that the verandah has been swept?
the cabin is not the Great Canadian Wilderness. If it requires a stree number, it means it's on a street. There are no streets in the Great Canadian Wilderness.
Yup. It's on a road, between the towns of Barrie and Orillia. You can drive out and get pizza in 15 minutes. :D Mind yoiu, it consists of a 100 acre woodlot.
Our families' *other* cottage is in serious wilderness - it's on an island in lake Kipawa, in Northern Quebec. It lacks a street number (and for that matter, a street).
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 11:09:49 AM
Interesting. Though I thought these cabins were to get away from it all, they are more connected than I thought.
Depends on the location of the cabin. In my family's case we have two - this is the "close" one, and it's not really all that remote - given it is on a gravel road and you can drive there easily. The "far" one is truly remote (though we did get tourists ariving at our dock to see if my aunt was around!).
Is that the one she lived in half the year because of her Dad's job? I remember her talking about it on Desert Island Discs a while ago.
Quote from: Gups on September 05, 2012, 11:54:02 AM
Is that the one she lived in half the year because of her Dad's job? I remember her talking about it on Desert Island Discs a while ago.
Yup. Every once in a while, we get tourists.
Quote from: Barrister on September 05, 2012, 11:31:07 AM
When I lived on a cabin by a lake I didn't have a house number. If someone insisted they needed a "real" address, and not a PO Box, I had to give them the legal land description.
Yes, that was used when province-wide 911 was rolled out- I think in the late 90s. Of course "420 X road" is a lot easier to communicate over the phone than "PB NW7 T72 R4 W5"
Having a 420 sign stolen every once in a while pales in comparison to the hell I have to live through Every April 20th when all the potheads congregate across the street from my office.
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 12:44:05 PM
Having a 420 sign stolen every once in a while pales in comparison to the hell I have to live through Every April 20th when all the potheads congregate across the street from my office.
*drum*
Hemp is cool! Makes clothes from hemp!
*drum*
I have an eye disease! MEDICAL MARIJUANA NOW!
*drum*
Dude, you gonna eat that?
*drum*
Quote from: Malthus on September 05, 2012, 11:40:15 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 11:09:49 AM
Interesting. Though I thought these cabins were to get away from it all, they are more connected than I thought.
Depends on the location of the cabin. In my family's case we have two - this is the "close" one, and it's not really all that remote - given it is on a gravel road and you can drive there easily. The "far" one is truly remote (though we did get tourists ariving at our dock to see if my aunt was around!).
I see, I was thinking about your family's remote cabin which I remembered you talking about because of your aunt staying there. There were also some cool pics of Carl there IIRC, or was that the less remote cabin.... :hmm:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 01:11:01 PM
Quote from: Malthus on September 05, 2012, 11:40:15 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 05, 2012, 11:09:49 AM
Interesting. Though I thought these cabins were to get away from it all, they are more connected than I thought.
Depends on the location of the cabin. In my family's case we have two - this is the "close" one, and it's not really all that remote - given it is on a gravel road and you can drive there easily. The "far" one is truly remote (though we did get tourists ariving at our dock to see if my aunt was around!).
I see, I was thinking about your family's remote cabin which I remembered you talking about because of your aunt staying there. There were also some cool pics of Carl there IIRC, or was that the less remote cabin.... :hmm:
Those would probably been at the remote one, which is more scenic and so makes for better pics.
So, when are you going to buy your own cabin instead of smooshing off your family?
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 05, 2012, 01:22:53 PM
So, when are you going to buy your own cabin instead of smooshing off your family?
Have you seen the price of recreational property these days?
I have a ton of fond memories of childhood summers spent out at the lake. But that's something my kids aren't going to have...
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 05, 2012, 01:22:53 PM
So, when are you going to buy your own cabin instead of smooshing off your family?
Never. Know why?
My parents are in their late 70s; my dad's sibs are equally elderly; and my brothers and pretty well all of my cousins live abroad. It is already a pain to take care of
two cottages. If I bought another, in a few years guess what? I'll be taking care of
three. :lol:
Quote from: Barrister on September 05, 2012, 01:29:25 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 05, 2012, 01:22:53 PM
So, when are you going to buy your own cabin instead of smooshing off your family?
Have you seen the price of recreational property these days?
I have a ton of fond memories of childhood summers spent out at the lake. But that's something my kids aren't going to have...
Without being tied down to one property you get to go to lakes all over the world with the added bonus of avoiding potheads.
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:34:58 PM
Without being tied down to one property you get to go to lakes all over the world with the added bonus of avoiding potheads.
Are potheads afraid of the water or something? :huh:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 05, 2012, 01:37:53 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:34:58 PM
Without being tied down to one property you get to go to lakes all over the world with the added bonus of avoiding potheads.
Are potheads afraid of the water or something? :huh:
They generally cannot cross international boundaries with the same ease that I can.
Quote from: Malthus on September 05, 2012, 01:34:33 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on September 05, 2012, 01:22:53 PM
So, when are you going to buy your own cabin instead of smooshing off your family?
Never. Know why?
My parents are in their late 70s; my dad's sibs are equally elderly; and my brothers and pretty well all of my cousins live abroad. It is already a pain to take care of two cottages. If I bought another, in a few years guess what? I'll be taking care of three. :lol:
Good Reasons. Smoocher.
Share?
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:38:38 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 05, 2012, 01:37:53 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:34:58 PM
Without being tied down to one property you get to go to lakes all over the world with the added bonus of avoiding potheads.
Are potheads afraid of the water or something? :huh:
They generally cannot cross international boundaries with the same ease that I can.
Wanna bet?
Quote from: katmai on September 07, 2012, 01:10:18 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:38:38 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on September 05, 2012, 01:37:53 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 05, 2012, 01:34:58 PM
Without being tied down to one property you get to go to lakes all over the world with the added bonus of avoiding potheads.
Are potheads afraid of the water or something? :huh:
They generally cannot cross international boundaries with the same ease that I can.
Wanna bet?
Yes