The Cellar - View Single Post - 4/29/2003: Translating device for military

Whit · 04-29-2003, 02:32 PM

     Forget the device for the second and look at the pic! 15-20 years or so ago that could have been my friends and I dealing with a cop. I mean look at the expressions on the kid's faces. Studied, non-threatening politeness punctuated by the irritation of "Can we go now?"
     Exactly like American kids dealing with small town American cops when I was young. Of course in a small town you knew that the chance of having a witness if the cop decided to whip your ass was no greater than 0%. So we were always polite. I don't know what it was like for you city folk. Maybe the cops had better things to do.

04-29-2003, 02:32 PM	#3
Whit Umm ... yeah. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 949	Forget the device for the second and look at the pic! 15-20 years or so ago that could have been my friends and I dealing with a cop. I mean look at the expressions on the kid's faces. Studied, non-threatening politeness punctuated by the irritation of "Can we go now?"      Exactly like American kids dealing with small town American cops when I was young. Of course in a small town you knew that the chance of having a witness if the cop decided to whip your ass was no greater than 0%. So we were always polite. I don't know what it was like for you city folk. Maybe the cops had better things to do. __________________ A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.