JerseyHarold Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Here in Freehold, we have a really nice parade going the length of Main Street. Lots of veterans groups, service organizations, marching bands, and old cars participate and make it an enjoyable event. Just curious what's happening to celebrate this important day in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 don't expect any festivities outside of clearing and decorating the family graveplots..I will be traveling some 1500 miles round trip..between lil' sis taking dad from SC to WV on her way home to Ohio..I will travel from Ga to WV and take him back to SC and then back to my place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YukonJack Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 I just finished cleaning gang grafetti off my garage door. Taggers defaced about 7 garages on my block, welcoming in another Chicago summer. Going to have to repaint the door as the chemical remover destroyed the doors finish. Really starting to hate this city. Time to move to the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hemingway Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Cleared an acre & 1/4 today have another acre to do in the morning before it gets too hot. It's 100 here right now so I'll stay inside for awhile. Dennis:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 I just finished cleaning gang grafetti off my garage door. Taggers defaced about 7 garages on my block, welcoming in another Chicago summer. Going to have to repaint the door as the chemical remover destroyed the doors finish. Really starting to hate this city. Time to move to the country. I don't know how prevalent this problem is in your neighbourhood. However, you may want to consider splitting the difference. Find out who one of the better urban artists in your area, and allow him (with some guidelines) to paint your garage door. Odds are good that no one will mess with your property again. If any one does, you will have some one there almost immediately repairing the damage. Just something to think about if you've had a lot of trouble with graffiti. The other option is getting an M-14 and growling, "Get off my lawn!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatesSedan Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Our town is having a festival called Boatnik. It is a weekend of Boat Races on the Rogue River, parade, and drunk yahoos. I prefer to avoid it all together as Rednecks+BeerGarden= Trouble. We had a few problems with our Garage that was fixed by a motion sensor light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Neon Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 The idea is to hire a gangmember to do a mural. If and when some one else tags it, the guy who did your mural in the first place will repair his work. If he's really good (and has lots of street cred), no one will mess with it. I had a friend with a church in inner-city Philadelphia that went that route. If he, or some one else in the church, were to have painted the mural it would have been tagged before the paint was dry. Having the local gang do a mural, however, offered protection to the church property and their work. A lot of these guys are hoodlums, but there is at least one guy in each of these street gangs that is actually a pretty good artist and takes his art seriously. I bet if you talk with your local beat-cop, he will help steer you to some one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hemingway Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Here are the murals that are painted on the buildings here in Barstow. Mural #2 is painted on the building that my wife works in and they have to redo it at least once a week due to taggers. They have put cameras on the building, but the local police won't take action, even when they are given copies of the video showing the taggers. Dennis:mad: http://www.mainstreetmurals.com/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Here are the murals that are painted on the buildings here in Barstow. Mural #2 is painted on the building that my wife works in and they have to redo it at least once a week due to taggers. They have put cameras on the building, but the local police won't take action, even when they are given copies of the video showing the taggers.Dennis:mad: http://www.mainstreetmurals.com/index.htm Dennis; I am surprised that in Barstow (being a somewhat remote small town) that there is gang activity. What is the population of Barstow? In Murfreesboro I have never seen any "gang" activities. Very little taging mostly seen on flat rocks on the interstate and never in the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Hemingway Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Don, The problem we have here is that LA sent a lot of their gang bangers out of town and they settled in the High Desert areas. Here they are only an hour away from their home gangs in LA and only 2 hours away from Vegas. The area population is about 43,000. Dennis:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 not home yet..planning on hitting the road to home from Charleston SC in a few minutes..those who have sent PMs..stand by, will get with you when I get home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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