[geeks] Fight with computer brings SWAT team

[Dave McGuire]

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 10:51 PM, Michael Schiller wrote:
> Well the last car I shot was one of my old cabs. At the time I had a 
> partner, and together we had 12 cabs, they were all either Dodge 
> Diplomats, or Chevy Caprices, except this one car we had, that was a 
> different model chevy, and it had something like 400k miles on it, and 
> it broke down. So My partner & I and the owner of the company our 
> fleet was leased thru were sitting in the office talking about the car 
> when the big boss says "You know, you guys should just shoot that car, 
> and put it out of it's misery", so I'm like "That's a good idea", I 
> get up, walk out into the yard, pull out my .45 and empty the clip 
> into the car! Needless to say, they were both standing at the door 
> with their jaws hanging down, until the police arrived, and I calmly 
> explained that we had a car that had to be put down! I wish I had a 
> camera to see their faces, they expected me to say something stupid 
> like it was one of the cabs backfiring, or something like that! The 
> cop just asked if I had a license to carry the gun, which I showed 
> him, then he said "Have a nice night" and left!

   You worry me sometimes, Mike.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire           "She's a cheek pincher.  I have scars."
St. Petersburg, FL                          -Gary Nichols