Twitter fast response

I love Twitter, and it’s fast become more fun than blogging (no worries, still love the blog, too). This weekend, I twittered about a teenage speed demon who lives in my neighborhood. He uses the route past my house as a drag strip tearing about with little thought to those he disturbs or those he endangers.

I’ve seen him and heard about him from my neighbors but I’ve never directly faced him until yesterday. As Gardner and I were walking around a blind curve in my neighborhood I heard him enter the neighborhood. It’s a good thing I did as he was flying. I waved my arm and motioned for him to stop. I’d planned to use that opportunity to confront him face to face, to ask him to slow down in the neighborhood.

At that point he swerved to the other lane and SPED UP, revving his engine and tearing past me. I’m thankful there wasn’t a child in the way (they play in that area of the street… there are several families down the street with small kids).

In the end I’ll end up confronting him directly to protect my family and my neighborhood. But for some input, I put it out there to my twitter peeps to see their advice / suggestions. I must say, the comedic response did make me a little less angry, but there were some good offers I might take them up on (the legal, Godly ones of course).

robinsc @avclub ive got egg throwers and paintballers. If you get any good ones i’m listening. I got recourse but it aint legal or christ like.

jodicwilliams @avclub do his parents not care? yikes!

trevorcox @avclub ask one of the sherif deptuties that help at newspring to scare the :&+-! out of him.

Mingpd @avclub my uncle is an Anderson Co Police Officer.

SpencerTucker @avclub Shotgun usually works.

navets @avclub try one of these – http://tinyurl.com/3mn5pb

dnimmons @avclub However, I do like the idea @jaysizzle suggested! You are a pretty “buff” man you know.

mcdzl @avclub midnight tire slashing. Or burning bags of poop.

dnimmons @avclub A box of roofing nails will do the trick. They stick upside down rather effortlessly . ( Just saying )

garylamb @avclub I recommend the ass whipping that @jaysizzle mentioned.

jessejanderson @avclub some of these are a bit extreme, but maybe a good starting place http://is.gd/3uPV

thejrod @avclub You could get a bb-gun and start sniping him as he flies by

Soundman460 @avclub get a cop to sit in the neighbor hood to pull him over

thejrod @avclub I agree with @jaysizzle…Spike strips in the road would take care of him

jaysizzle @avclub I suggest walking down the street and whipping his *!#. Or spike strips.

jessejanderson @avclub egg his house!

kjellnygren @avclub find a police car at a junkyard and park it in driveway. That always gets people to slow done. Or spike strip. wait, legal? hmm.