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2017-10-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Texas Lawyer Says Neighbors Need To Stop Complaining About His New Tank
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 02:34|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 In Fort Worth? I'd have figured they'd just be jealous - like around here.
Posted by Glenmore 2017-10-04 04:23||   2017-10-04 04:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I betcha its the neighbor across the street who sees the tank's gun barrel pointed at his front door every time he looks outside who can't seem to get used to the setup.
Posted by Threatch Jeamp8135 2017-10-04 04:55||   2017-10-04 04:55|| Front Page Top

#3 "Sorry. The HOA rules don't say I can't park a tank on my lawn."
Posted by gorb 2017-10-04 10:49||   2017-10-04 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "I betcha its the neighbor across the street who sees the tank's gun barrel pointed at his front door every time he looks outside who can't seem to get used to the setup"

Possibly by design.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-10-04 11:04||   2017-10-04 11:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Obviously what is needed is desensitizing. This can be accomplished by encouraging more private tank ownership.
Posted by Iblis 2017-10-04 12:14||   2017-10-04 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 If he's staying out of other people's lawns and he's not fired the main gun.... what is the issue ?
Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 12:19||   2017-10-04 12:19|| Front Page Top

#7 the tank "impedes traffic"

Clearly the issue is street parking.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-04 13:11||   2017-10-04 13:11|| Front Page Top

#8 "Yeah! How do I get one?!"
Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-04 13:21||   2017-10-04 13:21|| Front Page Top

#9 Ok then. If you need a good lawyer I know an attorney down in Texas that owns a tank.
Posted by Threatch Jeamp8135 2017-10-04 14:02||   2017-10-04 14:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Ok then. If you need a good lawyer I know an attorney down in Texas that owns a tank.
Posted by Threatch Jeamp

Some of you Texicans need to introduce him to Fred and the Rantburg U. Having an attorney on staff along with someone who knows armor and can advise on changing road wheels and tracks, what's not to like? Good chance he's a conservative.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 15:07||   2017-10-04 15:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Mr. B - I called a native Texan that once, and he was deeply offended. I do not recall the explanation, I have lived I the state for 20 years - off and on,
Posted by Bobby 2017-10-04 15:20||   2017-10-04 15:20|| Front Page Top

#12 He must have been a 'soft shell' Texan Bobby.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-04 15:26||   2017-10-04 15:26|| Front Page Top

#13 It takes about 3 generations ("My granddaddy drove his herd to the rail head in Kansas City and got so drunk his horse had to find the way home!") to really be settled in. I'm still a newcomer going on 10 years now.
Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-04 16:37||   2017-10-04 16:37|| Front Page Top

#14 Meh. I want a KV-2. Or a Soviet T-35.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2017-10-04 17:52||   2017-10-04 17:52|| Front Page Top

#15 It is Dallas/Ft. Worth, you'd need one just for the traffic. Or a Churchill Crocodile.
Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-04 18:11||   2017-10-04 18:11|| Front Page Top

#16 I don't know how Ft Worth got into the story on ZH.
The tank is in Houston on River Oaks Blvd.
Posted by ed in texas 2017-10-04 18:30||   2017-10-04 18:30|| Front Page Top

#17 LVT-4 Ronson it is then.
Posted by swksvolFF 2017-10-04 18:37||   2017-10-04 18:37|| Front Page Top

#18 I've often considered acquiring a decent surplus commuter tank. The pre WWII Czech 38(t) is attractive in that as a light tank it has the desired fuel economy but mostly, it's the American designed Christie suspension that proves the clincher as it provides unparalleled comfort and stability.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-10-04 18:53||   2017-10-04 18:53|| Front Page Top

#19 And they are so easy to parallel park!
Posted by gorb 2017-10-04 19:05||   2017-10-04 19:05|| Front Page Top

#20 Speaking of LVT-4's with a Canadian Ronson flamethrower, this is the amphib my dad used to commute to work with at Peleliu. Park that one on the front lawn, all gassed up.

USMC-M-Peleliu-Dads Amphib
Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-10-04 20:04||   2017-10-04 20:04|| Front Page Top

#21 Urban model, Rex
Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-04 20:20||   2017-10-04 20:20|| Front Page Top

#22 Or the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle (from Stripes)

em_50
Posted by Alaska Paul 2017-10-04 20:35||   2017-10-04 20:35|| Front Page Top

#23 Skidmark, please remember to set width=500. I fixed it for you.
Posted by trailing wife 2017-10-04 22:30||   2017-10-04 22:30|| Front Page Top

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