A bullet just came through my skylight

#21
Well, obviously I'm glad you and Mrs. Slobake are OK ... and the stained glass window ... and that you had a positive experience with your local police force ... but seriously?

slobake said:
It was 8:45 on a cool night in San Francisco...
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You start a post with such a fantastic opening line and nobody dies or nothin'? :wideyed:
Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett would've had a field day with that !!! :)
 
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tkonbass said:
I manage a large distribution facility on the Gulf Coast and we have an ongoing problem with bullet holes in the metal roofs of our warehouses. After the 4th of July and New Years or Alabama (ugh) wins another championship we'll have new holes in our roof. The fact that people are so idiotic as to fire a weapon into the sky without any concern of the consequences, while unsurprising down here, is still infuriating.
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Lawful gunowners don't do this. It's the chuckle-heads who couldn't make it to the fireworks stand. They're probably already felons, and have a gun illegally.
 
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#23
Glad to hear that you & the missus weren't hurt. I am sure that you weren't a target but an unfortunate victim of someone's idiocy and, though the result is the same, I hope it was thoughtlessness rather than indifference that caused the random shooting into the air.

You must tell me how you manage to get Mrs. Slobake to do the household repairs. My wife won't even empty an overflowing recycling bin.
 
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#24
Wow thats crazy! I'm glad to hear your all ok and the house had minor damage.
I was out mowing this summer when at a nearby park (three minute walk from my house) a young punk pulled out a 9m handgun and fired 7 shots into the air at a crowed park. There was a fight and he was trying to break it up at a full park with youth baseball going on. Nobody got hurt and they arrested him. I wondered later where those bullets went and felt lucky one didn't come down and hit me in the yard when I was mowing.
 
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I usually do the repairs but Mrs. Slobake likes ding things like that too. Over the years she has helped me rock and mud walls and other household projectors.
After the police left she asked me how I was going to fix the floor. I told her about the wood filler we have in the garage. She works quickly and i didn't know what she was doing. When I fished writing my little tome she told me the repairs were done. Both spots will need another layer, sanding and touch up.
She likes doing things around the house, has her own small toolbox.
 
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Gorn said:
Glad everyone's okay. I wonder what kind of bodily damage it could've done after going up and then down through, what, some kind of polycarbonate right?
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Good question. The skylight is glass and I am suprised it didn't shatter. The cops said that is not uncommon.
Mrs. slobake was saying she was glad no one was on the stairs when it happened. I said it was just a falling bullet and probably wouldn't have done much damage. She pointed to the gouge in our oak flooring and said, "I know you have a hard head honey but can you imagine what that would have done if it bonked you on your skull? You would be in the emergency room right now."
On second thought she was corrrect.
 
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Oddly said:
Well, obviously I'm glad you and Mrs. Slobake are OK ... and the stained glass window ... and that you had a positive experience with your local police force ... but seriously?



You start a post with such a fantastic opening line and nobody dies or nothin'? :wideyed:
Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett would've had a field day with that !!! :)
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My wife wanted me to ficitionlize this and I will probably do that when I get a chance. We had a good laugh about some of the versions I could tell. She wanted me to say I ran out into the street with my pajamas on.
 
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Are you sure that it didn't have anything to do with with Fashion Icon "Un"?

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slobake said:
My wife wanted me to ficitionlize this and I will probably do that when I get a chance. We had a good laugh about some of the versions I could tell. She wanted me to say I ran out into the street with my pajamas on.
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Okay...Here we go with the title suggestions: A Hole in the Sky (Alternate title: Drop the TNC or I'll shoot!)
 
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