Camping pet peeve

rk911 wrote:
(weed) a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

I would hope the police have better things to do.

paulsang wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:
Only one thing really annoys me... those that have no idea how much the smell of weed can permeate throughout a campground. I've never had the unfortunate opportunity to camp beside someone who partakes, but I've been where I have been hundreds of feet from where someone was, and they were surprised that people around them were complaining about it. It's not like cigarette smoke that dissipates in the air within a few feet, this stuff can be smelled a long way away.

a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

Not really a high (no pun intended) priority call. By the time they get there in an hour or two, it's done and all evidence is gone or very well hidden.

depends on the jurisdiction. we took those calls seriously. besides, illegal activity is illegal activity and reporting it shouldn't depend on how fast the authorities will respond or if they will respond at all.

Unfortunately, It does depend on local authority and their speed of respose/priority of reponse. Example:

When the Real Estate masrket took a******back in '06/'07, that created a HUGE rental martket. One house way down the street from us were clearly selling drugs out of the house. (my Dp is a retired police officer - he spotted the tell-tale signs) We, and several neighbors, called the local police several times, and were told every time that there is nothing to be done until a law is broken.

One neighbor took matters into his own hands, and had signs made and posted on all access to our street that all cars are photographed. He rigged eye-sensors to set a flash off every time a car went by. Great personal expense for him, but he justified it as he had little ones at the time. But, it worked. Traffic dwindled, and about 2 weeks later, the selling house was vacant.

While not really an RV story, it does illustrate that not all police depts consider drugs a high-priority as illegal as they may be.

good for your neighbor. I might've been tempted to contact the local media when the police didn't act.

austinjenna wrote:

Peeves don't make very good pets. I had a peeve once, but it slipped its collar and ran away.

You should use the leash that fits around the whole body and not just a collar leash. I have had my pet peeves for as long as I can remember, I don't think they will ever leave me. I have had a few folks complain at the CG 'Hey get those pet peeves outta here' but thats about it.

I really don't like campgrounds that charge extra if you bring your pet peeves. Mine rarely leave the RV. And I always clean up after them.

There is nothing that leaves a stink like a Peeve. Bothers everyone.

As a workamper, my pet peeve is the drunks who have blow-outs in the john the next morning. They can't seem to sit up so it goes down into the toilet water (or vault) but rather slouched over so it's aimed at the back of the toilet where it stays until the toilet/vault is scrubbed and hosed down by someone. And, I am amazed at the number of people that can not use the toilet without getting "stuff" on the seat. Really, you were never taught to wipe yourself without smearing it on the toilet seat as you did so. Glad I don't live with some of these people!

People burning their trash in the fire ring. This past weekend the people behind us had a bushel of steamed crabs. After eating them they burned the crab scraps in the fire pit!! Rank doesn't even come close to the smell that made:E

My camping pet peeve is all the sticks in the mud that go camping and complain every breathing minute about some mundane, innocuous and harmless event that they have no control over.

One word: Boondocking.

paulsang wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:
Only one thing really annoys me... those that have no idea how much the smell of weed can permeate throughout a campground. I've never had the unfortunate opportunity to camp beside someone who partakes, but I've been where I have been hundreds of feet from where someone was, and they were surprised that people around them were complaining about it. It's not like cigarette smoke that dissipates in the air within a few feet, this stuff can be smelled a long way away.

a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

Not really a high (no pun intended) priority call. By the time they get there in an hour or two, it's done and all evidence is gone or very well hidden.

depends on the jurisdiction. we took those calls seriously. besides, illegal activity is illegal activity and reporting it shouldn't depend on how fast the authorities will respond or if they will respond at all.

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One neighbor took matters into his own hands, and had signs made and posted on all access to our street that all cars are photographed. He rigged eye-sensors to set a flash off every time a car went by. Great personal expense for him, but he justified it as he had little ones at the time. But, it worked. Traffic dwindled, and about 2 weeks later, the selling house was vacant.

While not really an RV story, it does illustrate that not all police depts consider drugs a high-priority as illegal as they may be.

Ya' just gotta' love ingenuity. Great idea.

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:
Only one thing really annoys me... those that have no idea how much the smell of weed can permeate throughout a campground. I've never had the unfortunate opportunity to camp beside someone who partakes, but I've been where I have been hundreds of feet from where someone was, and they were surprised that people around them were complaining about it. It's not like cigarette smoke that dissipates in the air within a few feet, this stuff can be smelled a long way away.

a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

Not really a high (no pun intended) priority call. By the time they get there in an hour or two, it's done and all evidence is gone or very well hidden.

depends on the jurisdiction. we took those calls seriously. besides, illegal activity is illegal activity and reporting it shouldn't depend on how fast the authorities will respond or if they will respond at all.

Unfortunately, It does depend on local authority and their speed of respose/priority of reponse. Example:

When the Real Estate masrket took a******back in '06/'07, that created a HUGE rental martket. One house way down the street from us were clearly selling drugs out of the house. (my Dp is a retired police officer - he spotted the tell-tale signs) We, and several neighbors, called the local police several times, and were told every time that there is nothing to be done until a law is broken.

One neighbor took matters into his own hands, and had signs made and posted on all access to our street that all cars are photographed. He rigged eye-sensors to set a flash off every time a car went by. Great personal expense for him, but he justified it as he had little ones at the time. But, it worked. Traffic dwindled, and about 2 weeks later, the selling house was vacant.

While not really an RV story, it does illustrate that not all police depts consider drugs a high-priority as illegal as they may be.

dieharder wrote:

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:
Only one thing really annoys me... those that have no idea how much the smell of weed can permeate throughout a campground. I've never had the unfortunate opportunity to camp beside someone who partakes, but I've been where I have been hundreds of feet from where someone was, and they were surprised that people around them were complaining about it. It's not like cigarette smoke that dissipates in the air within a few feet, this stuff can be smelled a long way away.

a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

Not really a high (no pun intended) priority call. By the time they get there in an hour or two, it's done and all evidence is gone or very well hidden.

depends on the jurisdiction. we took those calls seriously. besides, illegal activity is illegal activity and reporting it shouldn't depend on how fast the authorities will respond or if they will respond at all.

rk911 wrote:

dieharder wrote:
Only one thing really annoys me... those that have no idea how much the smell of weed can permeate throughout a campground. I've never had the unfortunate opportunity to camp beside someone who partakes, but I've been where I have been hundreds of feet from where someone was, and they were surprised that people around them were complaining about it. It's not like cigarette smoke that dissipates in the air within a few feet, this stuff can be smelled a long way away.

a call to 9-1-1 solves that problem right now.

Not really a high (no pun intended) priority call. By the time they get there in an hour or two, it's done and all evidence is gone or very well hidden.