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gack Bad Karma on the Green Today New

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Date: Apr 18 2004, 18:31 GMT
From: tcookson

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I got an early morning run down the Upper this morning, and the folks who took off just behind me returned to the parking area to find their vehicle left with 2 flat tires.

They aren't keyholders, and apparantly no one was around to let them in, so they were parked in one of the WRC spaces.  Someone let the air out of the front two tires of their car.

Now, maybe they should have had a key, but they were within their rights parking there (of course WRC would have been within their rights towing them, since they weren't hunting or fishing, but that's another issue).  Whoever is responsible sure didn't do much to encourage them to chip in.  If it had been my car, I'd have said "screw you guys, I'm taking my boat and my money to another river" but they sounded like they indeed do plan to buy a key, but didn't know they needed one until they got to the gate this morning.

Believe it or not, there are people who don't read BT or hang out with Green locals that don't know a key is needed, they only know about the run from a guidebook, or some buddy who ran it years ago.  These people could be encouraged to come and play (and help pay) or we can just tell them to fuck off (apparantly what someone decided to do this morning).

Luckily, their tires were just deflated, not slashed, so they were only out the 45 minutes it took me to go home and get a bicycle pump for them to blow them up again.  Whoever's responsible, just remember that karma is a bitch sometimes...

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gack nothing a pair of bolt cutters can't fix. <NT> ad_nazi New
note How about you dont' break the chains at the putin. Pay the money and get the key <NT> fahimaz7 New
doh never said i would...just said it was a solution ad_nazi New
disagree I haven't tried that to be sure, but I don't think bolt cutters can fix a flat tire. <NT> Tallman New
note No personal offense to anyone, Talldude... ad_nazi New
note Bolt Cutters Not Required tcookson New
note Would someone explain how to get a key? Flagge New
note Sure thing, see inside tcookson New
warning I HIGHLY doubt paddlers did it JB New
th_up Agreed.  Doubtful it was boaters.  This happened alot in the past from reports I heard. <NT> Tallman New
feedback Kinda strange how some people jump to conclusions... moonunit New
note go to the east coast....boaters are way cooler more friendly <NT> Whitewaterdude New
disagree uhh, that is east coast... <NT> G-Dave New
th_up Bad news... merryPster New
question Dumb question from someone who has only run the lower Green.   ezwater New
note Its been done, but the preferred access is in the middle. <NT> tcookson New
note hey haji New
note I'm fairly happy with the new system, I'm just saying, boater or non-boater, its bad karma to screw with someone's car <NT> tcookson New
note Next time, hide a cheap videocamera in the woods Stifler New
warning I think the guy who did it goes by the name of...... paramita New
feedback What REALLY happened was... LukaBrazzi New
more That sounds fair.... paramita New
question Question about your (friends') run canoeman New
note 1 unit, cut off around noon <NT> tcookson New
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