Living in the "boonies"! - Page 4

pmcgrady · December 19, 2017

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Originally Posted by Worth1

People on weed just sit around and eat from what I have seen.
Drunks are a different story.
One drunken brawl and you are off the island for good, no three strikes.
Worth

If I'm on the island and have an equal vote... I vote for the above, after all it is Worth's island!

pmcgrady · December 19, 2017

I had a chance to buy a 9 acre island about 15 years ago... Skull Island close to Hamburg Illinois... $35,000. I passed, do to the person I was with objected to it. It's worth a small fortune now with a big sand beach a cabin and numerous duck blinds that are leased for big bucks.

pmcgrady · December 19, 2017

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

"Torts" is the law school class on this subject. I remember them teaching a few different models for the law. One of them was "loss-spreading." The idea was that if someone had a loss, like an injury, then someone had to pay. There was no "well it was your own darn fault, so you deserve it." Personal responsibility was not part of the calculation.

Another reason that accidents almost always equal getting a check is the high cost of legal representation. Insurance companies know that they are better off paying out smaller claims without question, because as soon as they go to trial, they will quickly spend more on lawyers than it would have taken to settle the case.

There needs to be Darwin Award Tort Law... if you have been awarded a Darwin Award
You or your family should never be able to profit from it...

pmcgrady · December 19, 2017

This brings up a sad subject that happened here this weekend... a SUV (side by side four wheeler) wreck.. driver was 12 yo, 1 adult (44 yo) was holding a 4 yo in the front seat... two other 8 yo's were riding in the dump bed. 12 yo died an 8 yo is in critical.

Who is to blame? Driver? SUV owner? Land Owner? Adult riding on SUV, letting this all happen? How many Darwins should be awarded here?

The person with the most insurance will be the ones the ambulance chasing lawyers go after first!

Cole_Robbie · December 19, 2017

The person with the most insurance

That would be the company that manufactured the side-by-side. I've never seen anyone without a helmet on while operating one...in a tv commercial. In real life, I have never seen anyone with a helmet.

AlittleSalt · December 20, 2017

Since we're dreaming - A clothing optional island where there is a fountain of youth, and money has no meaning. There's no sickness or worries.

Worth1 · December 20, 2017

There used to be some people that lived up the street.
They had a big 4 wheeler.
They let the wee ones scream up and down the street in it no helmet or anything going as fast as it could go.
I almost called the police on them but didn't.
The idea of letting kids do this with no helmet really ticked me off to no end.
When I say kids I mean like 10 years old at the most.

That bunch always had some sort of loud motor something or other going on all the time.
It is my only complaint of anyone that has lived here all this time.
I am so glad they left.

pmcgrady · December 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Cole_Robbie

The person with the most insurance

That would be the company that manufactured the side-by-side. I've never seen anyone without a helmet on while operating one...in a tv commercial. In real life, I have never seen anyone with a helmet.

You are right Cole, none of the 5 involved had on a helmet...

Worth1 · December 20, 2017

Grownups that ride this stuff without helmets have children that grow up to ride without helmets.
My father bought me a motor bike and a helmet when I was in grade school.
I wear a helmet.
Worth

pmcgrady · December 20, 2017

You plant potatoes... you get potatoes...

Illinois has a strong motorcycle lobbyist group called ABATE that lobby's against motorcycle helmets... you're required to wear a seatbelt in a car, but no helmet on a motorcycle.

Cole_Robbie · December 20, 2017

And it's the same in Illinois for children on a motorcycle. Small kids in cars now have to be buckled down like an astronaut, and it's child neglect to not do that. But your little one can ride on the back of a motorcycle in a swimsuit and sandals, and certainly no helmet.

Worth1 · December 20, 2017

Are you sure about that in Texas a miner under 21 has to have a helmet passenger or not.
In some towns like Austin anyone under 18 has to have one on a bicycle.
Worth

pmcgrady · December 20, 2017

Cole is right, helmets aren't required in Illinois for anybody.

pmcgrady · December 20, 2017

Worth1 · December 20, 2017

I had one of those ABATE people get mad at me one time because I wore a helmet.

Worth

December 19, 2017	#47
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	I had a chance to buy a 9 acre island about 15 years ago... Skull Island close to Hamburg Illinois... $35,000. I passed, do to the person I was with objected to it. It's worth a small fortune now with a big sand beach a cabin and numerous duck blinds that are leased for big bucks.

December 19, 2017	#50
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	The person with the most insurance That would be the company that manufactured the side-by-side. I've never seen anyone without a helmet on while operating one...in a tv commercial. In real life, I have never seen anyone with a helmet.

December 20, 2017	#51
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Since we're dreaming - A clothing optional island where there is a fountain of youth, and money has no meaning. There's no sickness or worries.

December 20, 2017	#52
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	There used to be some people that lived up the street. They had a big 4 wheeler. They let the wee ones scream up and down the street in it no helmet or anything going as fast as it could go. I almost called the police on them but didn't. The idea of letting kids do this with no helmet really ticked me off to no end. When I say kids I mean like 10 years old at the most. That bunch always had some sort of loud motor something or other going on all the time. It is my only complaint of anyone that has lived here all this time. I am so glad they left.