Richard
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(sigh)
Had (my wife's) family reunion this past week. Bit of a backstory.....
She's got a nephew who's had substance abuse issues before. He talks a good smooth story but I/we never believe him. Seen too may cries of Wolf for that to happen. Truth be told, I suspect he's STILL wheeling/dealing with substances. He's selling "Cratum" or something like that. Has it delivered in packages full of coffee grounds (hmmmm.....I've heard about that one before too)
Brother in law wanted to liquidate a portion he owns in some family land.....nephew says he'll buy it (trying to wash the money a bit?) Shows up with over $30,000 in cash.
Yeah, call me a doubter on any/all he says which is unfrotunate. He's a bright kid (pushing 35 years old so kid doesn't work so much anymore)
He's here wants to go out with his brother (each on a ski). You can see what happened. The official story is:
1. "I was riding down the lake when the rope flailed up, got stuck INSIDE the throttle lever opening, locking it wide open.... I know they say the best thing to do is jump off and let the dead man wire kill machine HOWEVER
2. "The Dead Man strap had wound itself AROUND the handle so when I jumped off, it just broke in two, allowing the machine to go full speed into the rocks and it hit a tree"
There IS a rope on it. What they use to moor it to the dock. Rope gets wet...gets a bit more heavy. I'm dubious that the rope was "flailing about" to get caught in the opening of the throttle (though to be fair to him, I checked and it WAS long enough to have done that) But his comments that I heard suggest he/they were meandering down the water....at which point it's a slower speed. So the rope shouldn't be flailing about.....and if this is true, then it certainly did NOT jump up and wedge itself into the throttle.
The owner of the Skis (my wife's cousin who lives next door) is probably the first person in line when it comes to who's the nicest, least confrontational person you know. We all know this about him so EVERYONE was telling him to NOT let the kid off the hook. (who is fine by the way, not a scratch on him)
This 35 year old kid has skated without taking responsiblity through many many things in life. In fact, on this same visit....I walked by his car (he lives in North Carolina) he still had his Tennessee tags on the car...... that had expired FOUR YEARS ago. I asked him about this and through the 'giggle' and commentary, you realize he's doing it because he can. He wants to "stick it to the man". Even laughed that he's been stopped (where he lives) and been asked why do you have a N.C. Drivers license and a TN plate? He comes up with some story about having just obtained the car... That didn't make too much sense to me. (no bill of sale)
So his response after driving this into a tree? "We need to get back to the house.....Ira and myself need to leave to head back to NC" Absolutely zero apologies (that I heard) about what he did. Finally, my wife (who's been onto his antics for years now as he once lived with us until I essentially booted him out) raised cane with him about replacing the ski... "Well, Tom said everything was ok as long as everyone was safe and not hurt"
Oh, he DID utter "I've got $3,000 cash in my pocket I can give to Tom" (to compensate for the damage)
I think she lit into him at that point (deservedly so).
So now, he's supposedly looking for a replacement. I'm very tickled he's not my kid.
Since he is laughing at the local authorities (about them doing nothing regarding his 4-year expired tags) I'm debating on sending them a picture of the tags and let the 'Chief' know what a mocker he's being made of..... I'm hoping that they finally pull him over, bust him for the expired tags...perhaps a non-registered vehicle (?), probably no insurance (but I don't know that).
So, your thoughts? Let it go or call their local Police/Sheiff dept and give them some scoop? By the way, this is in Asheville so if you are in that area then he's potentially your problem too
(PS: if you notice the tags on the Ski's are out of date.... they are but the updated tags exist, just not affixed yet. So it seems to run in the family lol.
Had (my wife's) family reunion this past week. Bit of a backstory.....
She's got a nephew who's had substance abuse issues before. He talks a good smooth story but I/we never believe him. Seen too may cries of Wolf for that to happen. Truth be told, I suspect he's STILL wheeling/dealing with substances. He's selling "Cratum" or something like that. Has it delivered in packages full of coffee grounds (hmmmm.....I've heard about that one before too)
Brother in law wanted to liquidate a portion he owns in some family land.....nephew says he'll buy it (trying to wash the money a bit?) Shows up with over $30,000 in cash.
Yeah, call me a doubter on any/all he says which is unfrotunate. He's a bright kid (pushing 35 years old so kid doesn't work so much anymore)
He's here wants to go out with his brother (each on a ski). You can see what happened. The official story is:
1. "I was riding down the lake when the rope flailed up, got stuck INSIDE the throttle lever opening, locking it wide open.... I know they say the best thing to do is jump off and let the dead man wire kill machine HOWEVER
2. "The Dead Man strap had wound itself AROUND the handle so when I jumped off, it just broke in two, allowing the machine to go full speed into the rocks and it hit a tree"
There IS a rope on it. What they use to moor it to the dock. Rope gets wet...gets a bit more heavy. I'm dubious that the rope was "flailing about" to get caught in the opening of the throttle (though to be fair to him, I checked and it WAS long enough to have done that) But his comments that I heard suggest he/they were meandering down the water....at which point it's a slower speed. So the rope shouldn't be flailing about.....and if this is true, then it certainly did NOT jump up and wedge itself into the throttle.
The owner of the Skis (my wife's cousin who lives next door) is probably the first person in line when it comes to who's the nicest, least confrontational person you know. We all know this about him so EVERYONE was telling him to NOT let the kid off the hook. (who is fine by the way, not a scratch on him)
This 35 year old kid has skated without taking responsiblity through many many things in life. In fact, on this same visit....I walked by his car (he lives in North Carolina) he still had his Tennessee tags on the car...... that had expired FOUR YEARS ago. I asked him about this and through the 'giggle' and commentary, you realize he's doing it because he can. He wants to "stick it to the man". Even laughed that he's been stopped (where he lives) and been asked why do you have a N.C. Drivers license and a TN plate? He comes up with some story about having just obtained the car... That didn't make too much sense to me. (no bill of sale)
So his response after driving this into a tree? "We need to get back to the house.....Ira and myself need to leave to head back to NC" Absolutely zero apologies (that I heard) about what he did. Finally, my wife (who's been onto his antics for years now as he once lived with us until I essentially booted him out) raised cane with him about replacing the ski... "Well, Tom said everything was ok as long as everyone was safe and not hurt"
Oh, he DID utter "I've got $3,000 cash in my pocket I can give to Tom" (to compensate for the damage)
I think she lit into him at that point (deservedly so).
So now, he's supposedly looking for a replacement. I'm very tickled he's not my kid.
Since he is laughing at the local authorities (about them doing nothing regarding his 4-year expired tags) I'm debating on sending them a picture of the tags and let the 'Chief' know what a mocker he's being made of..... I'm hoping that they finally pull him over, bust him for the expired tags...perhaps a non-registered vehicle (?), probably no insurance (but I don't know that).
So, your thoughts? Let it go or call their local Police/Sheiff dept and give them some scoop? By the way, this is in Asheville so if you are in that area then he's potentially your problem too
(PS: if you notice the tags on the Ski's are out of date.... they are but the updated tags exist, just not affixed yet. So it seems to run in the family lol.
