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Finally have settled down from the situation thought id share my story. Running through curbco last Wednesday I swing through my last addition that has only turned up one aluminum handle ever. I always ask myself why i waste me time on this one. Low and behold there is Libman mop handle poking out a can. get out grab it toss it in nice easy quick didnt even have to touch the can. Getting back in truck i hear a guy holler HEY YOU. I just holler yea and get in truck as most people just stare and I wave or they thank me for getting the eyesore out of their drive. Tired and wife is wanting me to hurry up and get home I dont hang around to see if they wanted to give me more scrap or not. Driving down the street i see a car flying up on my tail and than flips on cherries. Great. Knowing its not a cop for the town i was in as it is not against the law to pick scrap from the curb. Have friends on the dept and state police that confimed my questions years ago. So i pull over and he walks up to car not presenting himself just asks what am i doing. I say whats it look like?? picking up scrap. His response ya wanna make this real we can make this real, real quick. I laugh and ask him what do ya want. He asks for ID i give it to him as i have nothing to hide. So he goes to car sit there for five or so min finally he comes back gives me my license and tells me go find a different neibhorhood to scrap in said ok and il be back thru next week. He scowls at me and I ask his name and badge number he says it back to me as im writing it down. So im just annoyed by the whole situation. Thinking about it later i should have called 911 while i was sitting there as he did not present himself as a police officer. But ive always respected the police to do their job correctly and figured the whole situation wasnt worth being bothered over a 3 pound mop. BTW i made sure i honked as i drove by his house friday morning to go to the 3 garage sales down the street from him. sorry for the long rant just thought id share.
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