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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 12:58 PM
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Angry Whatever happened to respect?

This morning I went out to my car (parked outside ), and someone had smeared this red sticky stuff all over my windshield. I have no idea what it was, but it took me like half an hour to get off. It ran down the windshield and gooped up the windshield wiper. Some of it also got onto the paint. I was pissed...it's no fun cleaning your windshield with a bottle of windex when it is 24 degrees outside.

So anyways, why can't people respect other peoples' property? I don't go around messing up cars that I don't like! I really don't understand it. My car is 14 years old! It's not like I'm driving a brand new $80,000 car that other people get jealous over....

Anyone else ever have experiences like this?
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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Respect went down the toilet when Reno sang it a recently. :-(

But yes, in your case, it was even worse since you didn't have a volume
control to mute the event. I wonder what it is that compells people to
do the things they do? I had spit/milk on my car and, as far as I knew,
didn't have any angry old girlfriends and pissed of coworkers, I didn't take
up two parking spots, or cut anyone off. I dunno. {sigh}

ugh....24º really? i'm sorry you had to go through that.
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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what to do...

ihad the same problem ... but it was a loooong scratches by a key "maybe" or what ever it was along my car's right door... (the Wax was shining )

any how , i feel sorry for you Legoinsaniac ... forget it - it is life
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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i've had my car egged while i was at school..for no reason too...not as bad as 24 degrees, but it was during the winter and washing the car that late was coldd..
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Old Feb 5, 2006 | 11:56 PM
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my car was egged a few weeks ago. hasnt washed off, even with a high pressure washer one inch fro the paint surface..

oh well.
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by neanderthal
my car was egged a few weeks ago. hasnt washed off, even with a high pressure washer one inch fro the paint surface..

oh well.
What it probably was that the egged had baked into the paint, giving that lifted effect to where the paint is. Egg is quite corrosive and horrible for paint. It should be taken off immediately. I once parked in the parking area in my friend's apartment complex. I had the only decent car in there. The rest were just buckets. When i come back there is egg over my driver side door while the rest of the ghetto mobiles were just dirty as usual. I was furious. but just went home and washed it. What could i have done?
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 12:27 AM
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hmm ... someone keyed "FU*K YOU" on my car once.
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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 01:19 AM
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one time I came out of the pool hall and I guess it was because of my sticker on
my small windows (AsianScene), I had spit on my car and that really pissed me off. Other people dont have respect anymore.
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