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so i saw this article that flint, mi will start writing tickets for baggy pants
http://www.wnem.com/news/16725020/detail.html
so i was thinking,
WHAT WOULD YOU TICKET ON THE AT?
what drives you crazy out there?
those who very noisily get up at 4am
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 10:45
hardcore snorers....
Not right to ticket people for things they have no control over.
Are you going to ticket people for being ugly?
Maybe you should ticket folks for being to stupid to carry earplugs if they are going to be shelter dwellers.
enviro,
My reply was meant as a joke.
You must be one of the snorers......
Storyteller56
06-27-2008, 10:49
Litterbugs!!!!!
RedneckRye
06-27-2008, 10:50
Purists with attitudes.
naked happy hikers anyone:-?
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 10:52
enviro,
My reply was meant as a joke.
You must be one of the snorers......
Yup...but I don't stay in shelters full of people, and that's one reason.
Didn't realize it was just a joke.
People who don't hike my hike, damn it!
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 10:53
People who don't hike my hike, damn it!
Great book BTW, and a value at any price.
... Are you going to ticket people for being ugly?...
Not a bad idea.
Illegal drug users in public places, such as shelters, tent sites and other places where hikers go to socialize and where kids may be present or could show up at any minute.
4eyedbuzzard
06-27-2008, 10:55
Somehow, this has to deserve a fine. There's gotta be a law somewhere.
http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/files/1/0/0/9/4/AT014.jpg (http://whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=12619&original=1&c=searchresults&searchid=15869)
OMG, is that a nalgene? At least he isn't using any Lekis! :rolleyes:
Isn't there some kind of high council that decides these things?
Anyhow, I'd like to add the mental cases that somehow you can't seem to avoid to the list.
Isn't there some kind of high council that decides these things?
Anyhow, I'd like to add the mental cases that somehow you can't seem to avoid to the list.
WB'ers for High Council. Plenty of openings. In fact, everyone is invited to participate.
There are many laws governing the Trail as well as general public laws. There are also rules and regulations. But it never stops people from whining about current ones or suggesting new ones.
phenimore
06-27-2008, 11:14
Somehow, this has to deserve a fine. There's gotta be a law somewhere.
yeah, it's call being hardcore, yo! my first thru was inside that pack! you should see the lounge!
If only if only we could just collect money directly from people who litter!
there's an initiative to install cameras along the trail to ticket anyone for "speed hiking" :p
Footslogger
06-27-2008, 11:21
there's an initiative to install cameras along the trail to ticket anyone for "speed hiking" :p
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...and passing on the right !!
'Slogger
Are you going to ticket people for being ugly?
Yes ;)
4eyedbuzzard
06-27-2008, 11:24
...Are you going to ticket people for being ugly?...
Ugly fines should be tripled on hike nekkid day.
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 11:29
Ugly fines should be tripled on hike nekkid day.
Institute a strict permitting system that requires pre-inspection.
those who very noisily get up at 4am
Shoot, you should already be awake. Best part of the day.
sherrill
06-27-2008, 14:54
Unleashed pot smoking gun carrying dogs in shelters. :p
People who tell you you're doing everything wrong......:rolleyes:
People who tell you you're doing everything wrong......:rolleyes:
i jsut have to say that is too funny beucause with your hat on you remind me a little of the guy who did that in the movie southbounders when i glance at your avatar picture...have you seen that movie
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 15:01
People who tell you you're doing everything wrong......:rolleyes:
You're only supposed to put three periods at the end of the sentence to indicate continuation. :sun
Monkeywrench
06-27-2008, 15:08
there's an initiative to install cameras along the trail to ticket anyone for "speed hiking" :p
The definition of which is, of course, anybody who hikes faster than me. :-?
Odd Thomas
06-27-2008, 15:22
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=25800&c=555
Hope there's no scenes like this anywhere. :mad:
i jsut have to say that is too funny beucause with your hat on you remind me a little of the guy who did that in the movie southbounders when i glance at your avatar picture...have you seen that movie
I haven't, but I want to. I keep hearing hilarious stuff about it.
You're only supposed to put three periods at the end of the sentence to indicate continuation. :sun
Really?! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/dots.gif Congratulations! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/lijstje.gifThe first ticket goes to E.D!!! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/rockon.gif
Hikers who refuse to carry maps, stoves, water filters, etc. but want to use yours.
Hikers who refuse to carry a tent/tarp/hammock and think that means you should give up your space in the shelter for them.
Double the fine if the aforementioned brag about their ultralightness and high daily mileage.
envirodiver
06-27-2008, 15:35
Really?! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/dots.gif Congratulations! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/lijstje.gifThe first ticket goes to E.D!!! http://www.appalachiantrailservices.com/pics/smilies/rockon.gif
I just couldn't resist :banana
Nicksaari
06-27-2008, 16:12
ticket weekenders out during the week.
and people who look at me
gazeebo's and swimming pool keep popping into my head when i read this thread:cool:
OutdoorsMan
06-27-2008, 21:59
Unleashed pot smoking gun carrying dogs in shelters. :p
I have never seen a dog carrying a gun and smoking pot in a shelter.
Homer&Marje
06-27-2008, 22:35
Hikers who refuse to carry maps, stoves, water filters, etc. but want to use yours.
Hikers who refuse to carry a tent/tarp/hammock and think that means you should give up your space in the shelter for them.
Double the fine if the aforementioned brag about their ultralightness and high daily mileage.
Oh my god. You are my new best friend. seriously, to the kids in VA who showed up with their whisperlite in the package still, and asked me to help them put it together because i had one... dudes, it was 25 degrees! I froze trying to help you and interrupted my own dinner... and gave you 2 lbs of gorp that i didnt need right before the whole incident!!!!
I have to stop that rant. And just so i know, pots not an illegal drug right... i mean i'm dutch, my grandfather lived in amsterdam, so i'm "grandfathered" in right?? i'll walk down the trail tho... it's what i do, walk away!
Homer&Marje
06-27-2008, 22:37
No but seriously i would ticket the late nighters vs. the early 4 o'clockers, because i am one, but quiet, and when you get up if your at a shelter and i'm there, there will be a fire and firewood waiting for you ala manana
No but seriously i would ticket the late nighters vs. the early 4 o'clockers, because i am one, but quiet, and when you get up if your at a shelter and i'm there, there will be a fire and firewood waiting for you ala manana
ya dont say;)
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/vbg/showimage.php?i=25696&catid=member&imageuser=17846
Bearpaw88
06-27-2008, 22:41
Tourists on Clingmans Dome that think it's funny I am out of water and thirsty while there sipping away on a 1 liter of Evian THEN have the nerve to ask if they can take your picture....
Oh and people who masturbate in shelter... next to people...loudly
Eeeek
The Old Fhart
06-27-2008, 22:47
Bearpaw88-"Oh and people who masturbate in shelter... next to people...loudly"I believe that person was complaining about people who sleep in shelters and don't bring earplugs!:D
Bearpaw88
06-27-2008, 22:49
I believe that person was complaining about people who sleep in shelters and don't bring earplugs!:D
I could hear it with earplugs:eek:
dragonfeet
06-27-2008, 22:56
I like to light candles and put on soft music when I masturbate in the shelters, but not too many candles because I don't want to offend the other hikers.
SunnyWalker
06-27-2008, 23:26
i agree, I would give a ticket for littering.
Odd Thomas
06-28-2008, 06:04
I have never seen a dog carrying a gun and smoking pot in a shelter.
It's not a pretty sight
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/wobblie/im_DogsPlayingPoker.jpg
Nearly Normal
06-28-2008, 08:29
Gearhead gram weenies that can't shut up.
Homer&Marje
06-28-2008, 09:09
People who pee on the trail, walk ten feet away behind one of the many trees, naked hikers don't bother me as long as they have some sort of tasteful bandana around their.....head. You know, to keep the sweat out of your eyes. If you had to take all your clothes off you must be extremely warm so stop and relax for a few minutes, and let me pass on the right!:banana
envirodiver
06-28-2008, 09:12
I believe that person was complaining about people who sleep in shelters and don't bring earplugs!:D
I was in my tent and if you don't make noise how do you let yourself know that you're doing it right.
Hiking naked also has the effect of keeping those pesky nats away from your face.
Homer&Marje
06-28-2008, 10:34
Look at John Gaults photos, I don't want a nat doing that to any other part of my body, and plus... Deet is not good lube:eek: Oh no I made a masturbating joke
:datz
saimyoji
06-28-2008, 10:36
Masturbating in a shelter? Isn't that a lewd act and worthy of a real ticket? YUK. :eek:
I was going to say I'd ticket anyone handing out tickets, but that right there is just wrong.
The Old Fhart
06-28-2008, 10:45
I got to a shelter (where I didn't stay!) and saw this guy pouring beer on his hand. I said: "What are you doing?" He said: "Getting my date drunk." :eek:
The Old Fhart
06-28-2008, 11:07
I got to a shelter (where I didn't stay!) and saw this guy kissing his hand-repeatedly. I said: "What are you doing?" He said: "Foreplay." :eek:
You guys have an "interesting" approach to the straight forward forum. :rolleyes:
I'd ticket anyone whining about wild animals that shouldn't be killed when they are a threat to humans.
Homer&Marje
06-29-2008, 01:54
Nothing is a threat, everything is an obstacle. Find a way around, they have more right to the forest than you do. Knife carrier, I would ticket gun holders on the trail and i think i shall. For every gun i see on the trail i'll make you wish you didnt have it. Thats my ticket on the trail, and really if you feel threatened by a bear, carry some pepper spray they hate the stuff... or stand tall, make noise, act dominant and you will prevail. Unless all of those last fortitudes of life escape you which i imagine they do.
I would ticket multiple days of 55*F and fog.
Someone change the jet stream for me.
I would ticket multiple days of 55*F and fog.
Someone change the jet stream for me.
Global warming is changing the jet stream, didn't ya know? :rolleyes: Fog an issue? Stop eating beans.
Nothing is a threat, everything is an obstacle. Find a way around, they have more right to the forest than you do. Knife carrier, I would ticket gun holders on the trail and i think i shall. For every gun i see on the trail i'll make you wish you didnt have it. Thats my ticket on the trail, and really if you feel threatened by a bear, carry some pepper spray they hate the stuff... or stand tall, make noise, act dominant and you will prevail. Unless all of those last fortitudes of life escape you which i imagine they do.
YOu've just been ticketed.....:D
Global warming is changing the jet stream, didn't ya know? :rolleyes: Fog an issue? Stop eating beans.
Well, climate's changing; that may or may not have something to do with what's going on in Northern CA at the moment. It's of interest to me because my intended hike, about five weeks from now, is somewhere under that smoke....
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/06/28/wildfires.ap/art.wildfires.ap.jpg
Here's a link to the article (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/28/wildfires.ap/index.html). The smoke is blanketing much of northern CA, and is causing all sorts of havoc -- schools closing, events cancelled, folks with respiratory problems, etc.
Terrapin, hope that clears before your hike, but more importantly I hope it clears before many more CA residents are affected.
People who sing and play a guitar, that think they can sing and play a guitar.
Jim Adams
06-29-2008, 22:08
People making treads about ticketing......I read the first 5 or 6 entries.....I'm a little old fat man that isn't good looking, wears a kilt, snores loud enough to wake the next county and yes, gets up loudly to pee at 4am.
I probably couldn't afford to thru anymore with all the fines and such!
geek
People making treads about ticketing......I read the first 5 or 6 entries.....I'm a little old fat man that isn't good looking, wears a kilt, snores loud enough to wake the next county and yes, gets up loudly to pee at 4am.
I probably couldn't afford to thru anymore with all the fines and such!
geek
That's why a tent is important - to reduce the fines. :)
People making treads about ticketing......I read the first 5 or 6 entries.....I'm a little old fat man that isn't good looking, wears a kilt, snores loud enough to wake the next county and yes, gets up loudly to pee at 4am.
I probably couldn't afford to thru anymore with all the fines and such!
geek
i assure you i will be wearing shorts...and they wont be baggy.......the ticket i got was for putting this thread in the wrong forum :o
CrumbSnatcher
06-29-2008, 22:34
People making treads about ticketing......I read the first 5 or 6 entries.....I'm a little old fat man that isn't good looking, wears a kilt, snores loud enough to wake the next county and yes, gets up loudly to pee at 4am.
I probably couldn't afford to thru anymore with all the fines and such!
geekgeek, your not that ugly!
Jim Adams
06-29-2008, 22:37
geek, your not that ugly!
LOL ! Thanks Crumb but the ticket police would have the odds stacked against me....still work'in on the Steeler tickets...looks positive.
geek
CrumbSnatcher
06-29-2008, 22:50
People who sing and play a guitar, that think they can sing and play a guitar.
thats some funny ****
CrumbSnatcher
06-29-2008, 22:54
LOL ! Thanks Crumb but the ticket police would have the odds stacked against me....still work'in on the Steeler tickets...looks positive.
geeki actually wanted to say your a damn good looking man,didn't want people to get the wrong idea. the tickets would be for my brother. that would be cool. what i need is some yuengling lager! hiking with you, makes me better looking though:D
noone snore like da.. my GOD... that guy was waking up folks clear across camp sites. I would love to fine him ! I on the otherhand snore angelically if at all..:) did someone mention the Steelers ?? !..
minnesotasmith
07-16-2008, 17:18
For quitting a thruhike before completion? (Proceeds to go for hiring jackhammer and blasting crews in PA, and making posters with diagrams reading in large type "This is a switchback--GOOD" and "This is a bog--BAD" for Maine trail designers.)
That'd raise some money, and it'd be well spent IMO... ;)
Plodderman
07-16-2008, 17:32
Got to ticket the snorers. Man at Partnership Shelter we had a choir going and they were fighting over who was going to take the lead.
SGT Rock
07-16-2008, 17:41
Snivelers.
Snivelers.
You tell em.:)
I have heard mentioned that I start snoring BEFORE I fall asleep. I deny it all the way. I hear it gets worse through the night. I dunno:-?
buff_jeff
07-21-2008, 13:09
People who complain and follow you everywhere.
sheepdog
07-21-2008, 13:55
Moochers, a good yogi is cool, but begging needs a ticket.
buff_jeff
07-21-2008, 16:33
Snivelers.
Does complaining about complaining count?
D'Artagnan
07-21-2008, 16:54
People who criticize your choice in footwear. Bugger off, I'm wearing them, not you. :D
taildragger
07-21-2008, 17:22
Dayhikers that lecture my use of a water bottle instead of the latest greatest camelback that hydrates for you.
whitefoot_hp
07-22-2008, 12:34
i would ticket those who carry big packs. it makes my knees hurt looking at them
saimyoji
07-30-2008, 17:55
i would ticket those who carry big packs. it makes my knees hurt looking at them
I would also ticket people like you who complain about other's choices.
Plodderman
07-31-2008, 10:49
I would ticket those who seem to live on the trails and are constantly asking to borrow something.
Odd Thomas
07-31-2008, 11:25
I would ticket those who seem to live on the trails and are constantly asking to borrow something.
I would ticket those who don't live on the trails and are constantly asking to borrow something. :D
doggiebag
07-31-2008, 11:49
I would ticket those who don't live on the trails and are constantly asking to borrow something. :D
I beg to differ, most weekenders and sectioners are usually over provisioned. I've never seen one "constantly asking to borrow" anything.
Odd Thomas
07-31-2008, 12:00
I beg to differ, most weekenders and sectioners are usually over provisioned. I've never seen one "constantly asking to borrow" anything.
Case in point, you just begged to differ :p
I have an HH ULasym I bought here from the gear forum (in april?) that's been lent out 12 times... and I haven't even used it yet!
Purists who diss non-purists.
Kirby
Purists.
Kirby
You might consider amending that to: purists who diss non-purists
that's up to you
As far as I am concerned, non-criminal tickets should only be given to those who think that they are better than any one else in any way. Oops, guess most would get a ticket for something, if nothing else, for thinking they are better than those who deserve a ticket.
saimyoji
08-01-2008, 22:23
moderators
there are moderators on the AT?
which would you ticket first?
there are moderators on the AT?
which would you ticket first?
Sure, that's why they is backup moderators - in case one actually slips on some boots and slides out the backdoor...
I'd ticket the ones in order of who deleted the most posts, of course.
Just kidding. I love moderators... in moderation.
Plodderman
08-02-2008, 15:11
People who want to talk to me when I am getting into an up hill grove and they are heading down hill and want to stop and talk. And then they ask me how far is the next shelter and whats the tail like.
I am reminded of when I was doing the through hike in the Smokies and we asked a guy at Newfound Gap how the trail was. He said it was mostly level even though it was up hill the next 3 miles or so to the shelter.
And then they ask me how far is the next shelter and whats the tail like.
.. And how was the tail? ;)
saimyoji
08-02-2008, 18:14
.. And how was the tail? ;)
off topic in a straight forward forum
Plodderman
08-03-2008, 17:22
Man I guess I better learn to type terrapin, even spell check doesn't help. It my be more interesting to talk tail than trail but I meant trail.
Plodderman
08-03-2008, 17:25
I would ticket people who smoke in the shelter while I am sleeping. Actually happened in the Smokies.
people who litter and leave cig butts everywhere
CaptChaos
08-05-2008, 23:30
If given the power to write tickets in the Smokies I would have to say that when I came across Idiots that I would have to cite them with a ticket.
What is an Idiot you might ask? If you search you will find a story by me that occured many years ago with a couple that lived in Glasgow, KY and I ran into them while backpacking up around Spence Field.
No butt packs, no water, no packs, no food, no flashlight, etc., etc.. They ended up trying to sleep on the trail when the sun went down and they could not see where they were going.
The night before a very cold rain had occured that lasted for hours. If it had been the night before someone could have died.
Oh, if I only had the power to cite an idiot. But then I would have to cite myself as well if I was going to be honest with myself for I have done my share of stupid things as I was leanring about backpacking.
Capt Chaos