On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 07:03 AM, Trei, Peter wrote:
Reality precedes fiction. Around Boston I sometimes see
cars with an odd little sticker in the back window, white, round,
with a stylized blue car in the top half (it can also be read as
the face of someone wearing a fedora, peering o
At 08:24 PM 12/9/2002 -0800, Tim May wrote:
Last night had a plot device on "The Practice" (a generally bad show...I
ought to stop watching) where nearly all residents in an upscale burbclave
had signed a pledge--reminiscent of my opening point--where owners of cars
would invite the police to s
> If you put one of these stickers on your car, you are giving the
> police permission to pull the car over without probable cause if
> they find it on the road late at night (1am-5am, or something like
> that), just to check that all is in order.
>
> I think it's being promoted as an anti-theft to
> Trei, Peter" wrote:
>
> If you put one of these stickers on your car, you are giving the
> police permission to pull the car over without probable cause if
> they find it on the road late at night (1am-5am, or something like
> that), just to check that all is in order.
>
> I think it's being p
> Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote
[...]
> Last night had a plot device on "The Practice" (a generally bad
> show...I ought to stop watching) where nearly all residents in an
> upscale burbclave had signed a pledge--reminiscent of my opening
> point--where owners of cars would invi
> I'm watching a New York television news show reporting on one of the
> recent cases where people sign away their rights. This is about
> requests sent out by schools that parents of students sign a pledge
> that alcohol, loud parties, and late night activities will not be
> permitted at their
I'm watching a New York television news show reporting on one of the
recent cases where people sign away their rights. This is about
requests sent out by schools that parents of students sign a pledge
that alcohol, loud parties, and late night activities will not be
permitted at their homes and
