Just something to say about tow truck drivers. Think of them what you will, but if you've developed an aversion to them, chances are you've done more than a few boneheaded things to force them into action. Perhaps you had Mercedes dreams but Mazda income and skipped a few payments. Perhaps you have a penchant for parking in tow lots or against yellow curbs. Maybe you haven't caught onto the fact that most parking meters take quarters.

This isn't the tow truck operator's fault. Most wreckers are independent contractors who make their living off of long lists of lease defaulters and an endless supply of scofflaws. Property managers love calling them when permit-only lots are too full, municipalities are more than happy to help them locate restricted spaces through signage and blinking meters and the recession has been especially helpful in sorting out the payers from the poseurs (top two repo demographics: College students and twentysomething finance guys -- sounds like Boston).

I wouldn't pin this incident on "skaters" in general. The kids at Jackson Mann are fairly docile and disperse in a hurry when the cops come (unlike the rockabillies and oi punks who have no problem raining bottles on people who bust up their parties at Ringer Park). It takes a special kind of prick to answer words with violence, and those kind of pricks come in all shapes and sizes. This driver just happened to come across two idiots looking to play Terry O'Reilly for the night.

You don't have the right to go beating up a tow truck operator, but that operator certainly has the right to do his job. We gave my cousin an Obama doll to strap to the front of his truck.

That way, when car owners say "You can't take my car, the check's in the mail!" or "You can't take my Hummer, I was just going to move it" or "You can't take my Beemer, it's not even that much in the yellow zone," he can point to the Obama doll and offer a simple response:

Yes we can.

...doesn't really work?

What the heck am I supposed to do with the 63-pound bag of troll food I bought at Costco yesterday? I just opened it, fuhcrissake!

Just to clear things up-

First of all never been here before under a different name, i think i joined about 4 months ago or so and have had the same username since. I've never been to the wicked good conference nor do i even know what that is. So you are mistaking me with someone else.

Secondly I'm not the one with the self-righteous attitude of "I'm right and the rest of you suck shtik" like you claim. Once again wrong guy. I've never stated anything like this.

What I do is comment on subjects like the rest here, but I get insulted, judged, and personally attacked by other bloggers because my opinion is simply different.

Maybe I dont agree with the majority on issues sometimes, but that doesnt make me a "troll" If you want this to be an open forum than you should welcome all viewpoints.

I've had a lot of experiences with different places and people in my life so please don;t rush to labeling me and judging me just because you don't like my comments. I hate that.

And another thing- i'm not a kid.

I don't name call or personally insult any user here unless they come at me first.

See above: Don't feed the troll. In the long run, you'll feel better. Trust me.