As a police officer, were you ever wrong?

Yup. I sure did. We're only human. One night while on patrol, I was running plates on the computer, which was common when I wasn't out on a call for service and a completely legal way to find s…

Top stories for Long   As a police officer, were you ever wrong? Jim Conner, Software developer by day, LEO by night, TPU Soldier, LDS. • Updated July 6 Yup. I sure did. We're only human. One night while on patrol, I was running plates on the computer, which was common when I wasn't out on a call for service and a completely... Read more » 800 20   Is it rude to refuse food when it is offered to you by a neighbor that you don't know very well? Nana Stallings • Answered May 20 I have a neighbor who turned her garage into a bakery. She's got all the commercial appliances to run her business. She's even licensed by the town. They apparently never a... Read more » 4.4K 204   Will hybrid cars last and be reliable after 10 years? Nate Carmody, Parent of Three Awesome Kids (2001-present) • Answered June 26 I bought my wife a 2005 Gen 2 Prius with 106K miles on it 6 years ago. It had some hail damage on the roof, so it was nearly worthless as a trade in. I picked it up for $17... Read more » 38 7   Do any members of the British royal family cook for themselves? Asked in His Majesty's Realms • Answered by Ronnie Hoye • July 4 Lt Colonel Johnny Tompson said that while Her Majesty was at Balmoral, on more than one occasion, he and his family were invited to dinner by Her Majesty. However, it wasn't... Read more » 2.1K 72   A dump truck mistakenly dumped a pile of gravel in my yard. They refuse to remove it and are demanding payment for it. I did not ask for this gravel. My yard is unusable and they are becoming belligerent. What can I do? General Chaud Caliente, Ph.D. Physics & Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin (1997) • Answered May 24 My brother had a belligerent neighbor who made everyone's lives hell. There are lots of stories about how this guy screwed over person after person in the neighborhood. So ... Read more » 4.1K 242   My daughter assumed we would watch her 9 and 7-year-old children 5 days a week. When told it was too much for us, she was angry. We are not allowed to see the children now. What can we do? Brenda Jones • Updated July 18 I have a total of 7 grandchildren (oldest have 2, middle have 1 and my baby have four). The first five is always with me. The sixth one I use to see often. By the time the ... Read more » 3.6K 195   Why don't doctors put dying patients under a medically induced coma to suppress the pain? Why can't the patient and/or family members opt to do that so that the person will not have to be conscious while they die? Ralph Wells, Master of Engineering Electrical Engineering, University of Louisville (1978) • Updated 21h ago I actually asked my Mother's doctor as she was in the hospital dying from Cancer to do exactly that. I caught the doctor and asked could he increase her pain medicine to kno... Read more » 130 48   What is the most obscure reference you noticed in a movie or television show? David Sandbrook, lives in Northeast California (1979-present) • Updated July 26 In episode of M*A*S*H the new character of Major Winchester was mentioning his wealthy family's home on Cape Cod. He made a reference of a family that lived down the street... Read more » 63 13   What screams "I'm new to California"? Andrew Cary, lives in California (1951-present) • Answered November 30, 2018 Mispronouncing the local place names. Many place names are more or less anglicized Spanish, but not pronouncing them using the local version is a dead give away. For exampl... Read more » 254 94   Why did my top performing employee quit after write up? Kathy Casey, Retired, Cantankerous, Wise Lady at Life on Earth • Answered July 5 I did it. I was a 6 year beloved employee at a Golf Course whose name you would recognize. I ran a state of the art type of snack bar. During a member/pro tournament of 200... Read more » 3K 47   What did someone do to their home that you just can't understand? Brian Alexander, former Aviation Electronics Technician at United States Navy (2008-2015) • Answered January 27 There's a whole story behind this, but here's the long and skinny: When I started with the divorce process from my ex-wife, I stayed with my parents. Thing is, our house we ... Read more » 813 12   I have neighbors on either side. One has already fenced their backyard. When I hired a (different) fencing company and they were working on it, the neighbor insisted that I share the cost of common side fence with them. What should I do? Ron Jacques, Landscape Designer, Salesman, Owner, 30+ Years • Answered June 1 I deal with this all the time when doing fence work. Neighbors are more likely to disagree than agree, in my experience. To clarify, you're saying the neighbor that already ... Read more » 5.8K 359 Read more in your feed

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