Not my fault I had to break the law....

[AriRashkae]

Which is why I could learn to drive my Dad's big ol' stock hauler pickup as soon as I could reach the pedals, sit on the seat, and see over the steering wheel at the same time.

Now, if you call them for trespassing when they park on your lawn ...

[Music Mo-Gal]

Oh yes they do. You are not exempt from the law simply because you are on private property. And "vehicular trespassing" - which this OP clearly was - is something the police can and will write a ticket for.

And in general, you can be fined for things you do on private property, such as serving alcohol to minors at a party, being in violation of fire codes, and a variety of other things.

My neighbors where i used to live (more than 20 years ago now) were severely fined for having an illegal bonfire in their yard that was left burning out of control all night (after my father called the fire department on them ). The idiots were renovating and decided to burn the construction trash - including paint cans - rather than pay to have it hauled away.

OK; I guess I should have been more specific and said that cops do not / can not write tickets for parking violations or moving violations on private property, at least not in any state I've ever lived in.

[Chromatix]

Really, it's more that the snow simply doesn't melt properly until between April and July, depending on just how far north you are. Needless to say, Lapland doesn't get much of a summer, but it *does* get a pretty decent autumn.

At the other end of the year, November is notoriously dark, because the days get very short but the new snow hasn't fallen yet to lighten things up.

[derangedperson]

Finland has four seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. But Winter is longer than the others.

So winter changes to spring, spring changes to summer, summer changes back into winter, and winter gives spring and summer amiss and heads straight on into autumn.

Lovely.

[Argabarga]

The cops here will not write you a ticket on private property, but, they will call a wrecker to remove you. It's in the borough ordinances that any private owner can request a vehicle be removed from thier property after it hasn't moved for 15 minutes.

[Dave1982]

Cops don't write tickets on private property.

Oh yes they do. You are not exempt from the law simply because you are on private property. And "vehicular trespassing" - which this OP clearly was - is something the police can and will write a ticket for.

And in general, you can be fined for things you do on private property, such as serving alcohol to minors at a party, being in violation of fire codes, and a variety of other things.

My neighbors where i used to live (more than 20 years ago now) were severely fined for having an illegal bonfire in their yard that was left burning out of control all night (after my father called the fire department on them ). The idiots were renovating and decided to burn the construction trash - including paint cans - rather than pay to have it hauled away.

[Chromatix]

Finland has four seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. But Winter is longer than the others.

[protege]

"Delays Likely, Tune Radio to 1650AM"

Are we talking traffic delays, or *construction* delays?

[Argabarga]

Pennsylvania's roads just suck. Ask anyone who has been on the Turnpike lately--there's always something torn up. In fact, Penndot has tried to nominate their orange and white construction barrels as the official state flower many times

What's the official state motto?

"Delays Likely, Tune Radio to 1650AM"

[crazylegs]

It would appear that our seasons are running as thus

Rain
Cold Rain
Roadworks (and rain)
Rain and soggy leaves.

[protege]

I always loathed the traffic issues that were a year round problem.

Pennsylvania's roads just suck. Ask anyone who has been on the Turnpike lately--there's always something torn up. In fact, Penndot has tried to nominate their orange and white construction barrels as the official state flower many times

[Music Mo-Gal]

She's lucky the owner didn't call the police to start with. They could have added a ticket or two for her to pay as well on top of the towing charge.

Cops don't write tickets on private property.

[technical.angel]

The four seasons of Missouri

Early morning - Winter. Get out those coats and mittens!
Mid-Morning - Spring. Oh what a beautiful morning!!
Afternoon - SUMMER. Being outside for more than 5 minutes is not wise.
Mid-evening - Fall. Bring a jacket.

It's all about layers, folks.

[derangedperson]

In Chicago, when you shovel snow out a parking place on the street you have 'dibs' on that place--mark it with folding chairs or other items.

The unwritten rules are:
First offense: Pour water over the offending auto.
Second offense: Let air out of tires
Subsequent offenses: break outside glass

Best of all, Mayor-for-Life Daley defends this practice.

The Daley family kicks ass. After Bilandic, there'll never be another "not Daley" in Chicago City Hall.

[EmiOfBrie]

Funny enough, in the Twin Cities we don't have the "dibs" thing on street parking even though we get the snow.

However, we have our own variation of the seasons of the year:

1) Winter
2) Potholes
3) Construction
4) More Winter

or the other variation:

1) Almost Winter
2) Winter
3) Still Winter
4) Construction

1) Winter
2) Still Winter
3) Construction and OMG IT'S SO HOT MY HAIR'S ON FIRE!!!!
4) Still Construction