It turned out that when my bodyshop had my S for a day on Monday to fix and paint the scraped front spoiler kit, it ended up with overspray all over the front end and entire right side. They took it back and buffed out and waxed the entire car. Basically, I got a free detail job. Done in 3 hours, dropped it off this early AM, got a ride back to the office (four blocks), and got picked up at the office. All the swirl scratches are gone. It looks beautiful. Now I'm really a happy camper -- and no, Andy, I'm not a puffter.

Still had time to take my prescription sunglasses that broke yesterday to get fixed -- broken frame, they can solder it, have a nice lunch with Mrs. Raptor, and pay a visit to the Glendale Police -- to tell them we''ll be on vacation and to shoot anyone who comes near our house.

 

Good that somethings are working out for you George. Did you break a mirror recently?

 

Are the cops gonna watch your stash for you, too, George?

 

SSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH S2K Redhead, you never know when the Geo is watching.... *squints*

 

What's this about "stash?" Are we talking about The Raptor possessing an illegal controlled substance?

 

Do the police over there really patrol your house if you are away.
The English police used to do that but don't bother any more

 

The English police have got so bad that I would be worried that THEY would burgle the place if you told them you would be away

 

The safest place to buy drugs here is from Police.

 

The police in Glendale are pretty responsive. Monday is trash day in our neighbohood and last Monday early AM I confronted some really sleazy guy who was carefully sorting through my next door neighbor's trash -- not recyclables, trash. I was thinking identity theft. I said "What the f*ck are you doing in my neighbor's trash?" He replied "You cursed at me sir, there's no reason to curse at me.' I said, "I'm going to do a hell of a lot worse than that if you don't get your ass out of here now." He left, cursing at me. I called the police and two patrol cars were there in less than 5 minutes." Every year Glendale is rated as one of the 10 safest cities of 100,000 or more in the US.