You all are going to love this one

[ripcord]

I fly large high power rockets as a hobby and part of what I do is make my own motors, I hold permit from California as a pyrotechnician, a low explosive users permit from the federal government and live on 10 acres in the desert. My neighbor is upset that I am liberal and not willing to support Trump and saw a delivery marked explosives, which I have stored on my property for over 10 years and called the Sheriff. He says that I am receiving explosives as part of a project run by the Biden administration to violently suppress Trump supporters in the area and need to be taken out as quickly as possibly to protect real Americans, the Sheriff's office knows about the explosives since they are permitted and refused to respond so he came out and asked me how much it cost to buy off the local cops and that this isn't over.

[SlogginThroughIt]

1. I would be wary of that guy

This won’t likely be the end of it. I would keep an eye out for him. These folks are nuts.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Ditto...nt

[CaptainTruth]

26. Yep. You never know what these nutcases will do.

[TheBlackAdder]

27. THIS! 👍

.

That guy has a screw loose, and if you say anything in jest, to mock him, he'll take it as you being serious.

These idiots lack nuance, critical thought and the ability to detect sarcasm, especially if directed at them.

.

[spooky3]

35. Might be worth investigating a protective order. Nt

[usaf-vet]

51. Might be worth pointing one of your "high powered" rockets at his direction. Paint the terms.....

...... Mutual Assured Destruction on the side.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. +1

[Wawannabe]

53. And report the threat!

Get it on record in case something happens. If it does this person would be suspect #1.

[hlthe2b]

57. I can't agree with you more. This guy is likely to be major trouble. I'd ask the sheriff to talk

to him--which will likewise serve to put him on their radar.

[Warpy]

65. 99% of the time, they're just internet cranks, bone lazy

What I'd be more worried about his the crank telling his not as lazy buddies about the rockets and explosives on the property.

I'd probably beef up security for that reason.

[MontanaMama]

3. Holy buckets.

I think I’d have cameras on the property. Those people are as nuts as they get.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Did you explain what was going on? That guy could be serious trouble for you.

[ripcord]

6. He knows what I do

He seems to think my 22 years of flying rockets was all a cover to get to for this moment.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. You're a liberal Soros Obama HRC Biden cell, planted by Antifa before it and MAGAts existed!

Clever time travellers, all!

[LazySusanNot]

31. +1

That's the only possible answer, of course.

[soothsayer]

5. Yikes

[Initech]

7. Holy crap, that guy needs to turn off the internet and put down the bong.

[Ferrets are Cool]

38. No, he needs to start using a bong and lighten up

[Initech]

44. That could go both ways!

[panader0]

66. Pot doesn't make you violent, stupid or republican.

'Reefer Madness' was not real.

[Initech]

68. No but there's plenty of other drugs that can you can inhale.

[plimsoll]

82. I don't know,

Quite a few of the really big stoners from HS are Trump fans (that covers all three). So it may not make you violent, stupid or Republican, but it won't help if you already are.

[Captain Zero]

95. He's Paranoid. Be careful.

His mind will take him farther than your rockets.

[leftofthestorm]

8. Are you that guy we have been seeing

flying over L.A. airport?

[ripcord]

10. Not me

But I did work on the new electric Ford Ranger commercial

[Arthur_Frain]

11. Wow

You must have spent the night at a holiday in express before doing that.....


very cool.

[grantcart]

13. Very cool

Btw the new Lucid is projecting 500+ mile range and a 20 minute 300 mile recharge.

How many takes did they have to make for the commercial?

[ripcord]

18. I'm not sure how many takes

We were out there for 4 days although the first one was just covid testing, they rented out facility and paid a bunch of us to handle the rocket and all the safety.

[grantcart]

20. How many rocket launches were there?

[ripcord]

21. We burned 7 motors making the commercial

[GeoWilliam750]

79. Seriously cool

I always thought that the people on DU are rocket scientists.....

[leftofthestorm]

19. Did you stay at a Holiday Inn last night?

[TNNurse]

32. I will always love the variety of people and their experiences

that I have encountered on this site. It is like nowhere else in my life.

Thank you so much for your post and then this. How very cool.

And you are a Democrat!

[progressoid]

43. Way Coolio.

[not fooled]

58. Obviously Biden paid Ford to make that commercial

as a clever front for his real agenda.





That commercial is mega-cool.

[aggiesal]

72. OK, that was extremely cool. ...

You know, now everyone is going to try to make their own rockets.

Maybe you should email this video to your dumba$$ neighbor.
He obviously belongs to the Qanonsense think tank group.

[Gore1FL]

76. Neat rocket footage.

The commercial was sort of silly, but your part is fantastic!

[littlemissmartypants]

92. I'd love to see you blow up a television.

Jokes aside, I am attracted to noise and danger.

Very cool commercial. Of course, everybody knows that rockets are an aphrodisiac.

[nykym]

12. Point a dummy rocket at his house

when he asks about it just tell him it is automatically triggered to fly if he starts anything.

[Traildogbob]

48. Exactly what

I was thinking as I was reading these posts.
Screw him. Get a fake huge rocket fuselage like the one on the movie Astronaut Farmer with Billy Bob, and aim it directly at the neighbors house.
Sick of allowing terrorist to terrorize. Turn that fear back in their faces. Most are loud mouth cowards just like their Messiah.

[SmartVoter22]

14. You paid with Bitcoin I hope !!

That would certainly send your neighbor off into becoming his own Mars Rover.


hahahaha

[ripcord]

15. This isn't new for him

He led a bunch of neighbors who freaked out about a new cell tower going in because if was 5g, after 2 months of tantrums turns out the tower wasn't 5g.

[pandr32]

29. Have to admit I'm laughing reading about this guy

But then, I'm not living next to him. There are similar wackos around, though--just not next door.

[Mariana]

16. This isn't funny.

This sounds like he might just decide to take you out himself. I think you should call the Sheriff and report this little exchange, complete with the veiled threat. They probably can't do anything since he didn't make a specific threat, but it's probably not a bad idea to get this on record, so if it escalates, there's a documented history.

[cp]

50. Yes, good idea to communicate with sheriff

Calmly, conversationally, and on the record.

[ancianita]

67. Definitely. And keep notes, then record his words on your phone if he shows up again.

Fearful people who threaten can and will follow through when you don't expect it. You could be a target by anyone else he's told, too.

Stay on the lookout. Install no trespassing signs and cameras in the area; those could also help.

[Evolve Dammit]

84. Agree 100%

[safeinOhio]

17. I'd put up a fuel tank on legs

and print Baby Blood on it.

[progressoid]

45. And leave some boxes laying around with "Clinton Foundation" printed on the side.

[barbtries]

22. omigawd.

i'm sorry you need to go through this bullshit.

brainwashed trump cultists are not in their right minds.

[33taw]

23. What about your 2nd amendment rights?

[LiberalArkie]

24. Put up some signs that say "Liberals for Cruz". Might cause him to melt down his brain

[Rabrrrrrr]

55. LOL. "Commies for Hawley!" and "Radical leftists for Reagan!" and "Dems for Limbaugh!"

one could have all sorts of fun.

[634-5789]

25. Keep us posted!

[TheBlackAdder]

28. I'm surprised that he didn't accuse you of being a spotter for that fire-causing Jewish Space LASER.

[Volaris]

30. So YOURE THE ONE who put the jewish laser up there for Soros!!!.

Dont try and deny it, you know what you did!

[MagickMuffin]

33. I hope your explosives are safe from him targeting it

That could be disastrous. Although I'm sure you have precautions in place.

I recently rediscovered Jack Parsons role in JPL (jack parsons lab, inside joke heh) he was a very interesting character. CBS All Access did a series on him. Yep strange but very interesting guy.

[FakeNoose]

34. You're it! You're the AntiFa! They finally found you

[gibraltar72]

36. Projecting is what they do.

[JohnnyRingo]

39. Awesome hobby

Wish I could hang there for the next project.
Isn't science wonderful?

[WheelWalker]

40. Say... your rockets don't launch with warheads do they?

[orangecrush]

41. Good thing you aren't a ham radio operator

If he saw all the antennas on the roof, he would accuse you of controlling his mind with radio waves...

They don't use tin foil hats for nothing!

[VWolf]

42. Too funny! HPR is one of my hobbies as well,

but I have cool neighbors.

Going for my Level 3 certification this summer

[Rincewind]

96. Good luck on

your Level 3, I'm level 2 myself.

[Jon King]

46. How did so many Americans get so dang stupid?

Goodness, 40 years of right wing propaganda has resulted in a nation full of idiots.

[TeamPooka]

47. Get a restraining order on him. He is unstable.

[lpbk2713]

49. Buy him a box of tin foil.

He could probably use it.

[nilram]

94. But be sure to gift-wrap it in tin foil.

Otherwise it’s untrustworthy.

[BobTheSubgenius]

52. While bizarre bordering on the comic, I hate to say that I don't love it.

This guy seems like a potentially dangerous lunatic. Maybe get someone to suggest he calls ATF. Perhaps a stern talking to by the feds might penetrate the cinder block he carries around on his shoulders where his head should be. I doubt it, but it might.

Another move I'd consider is making a sign for my property substituting his surname for "Canaveral."

[BobTheSubgenius]

54. Also, please post any significant updates. While I don't love this story, I do confess to liking it.

Aberrant behaviour is often interesting. This is one of those times.

[kimmylavin]

56. So familiar...

I’m a liberal out in the California desert, too.
And we seriously worry about any sorts of fights with our Trumpy neighbors, because we wouldn’t put it past them to bring their guns.

It’s hard!
All we want to do is enjoy the quiet & wide open spaces - it’s a nice break from our “liberal elite Hollywood” jobs - but it’s always a shock how ugly people can be!

Good luck with your neighbor.
He sounds like a nut.
There are so many of them out here!

[ripcord]

86. He has retreated to his house

Now I get this whenever I go outside

?itemid=17221742

[AwakeAtLast]

59. Get him on camera

I'm sure you have thought about it, but please don't let him talk to you again without recording it. Or have someone with you as a witness. It could go bad so very quickly!

I assume the Sheriff knows about the threat?

Take care of yourself!

[sinkingfeeling]

60. Be careful. These morons are dangerous.

[Grins]

61. Report that. As a just-in-case.. NM

[ismnotwasm]

62. Be careful about that guy

But what an awesome hobby!

[getagrip_already]

63. wait until he figures out you have been launching jewish lasers into orbit....

above his house.

Maybe you could order something clearly marked as a space laser.

The light bulb will shine in .........

[dmr]

64. You could screw with his mind by placing a "Q" here & there around your property.

You could blow his mind without the use of explosives!

[Joinfortmill]

69. Be careful. These people are crazy.

[NellieStarbuck]

70. I hope you reported this guy's comment to the Sheriff, as well.

[Lars39]

71. I know you know this, but lock up the explosives.

I wouldn’t trust him at all.

[aggiesal]

73. Just let him know that you are Q ...

and that you'll let him know when the insurrection starts.

The rockets are used to put up a new GPS system so that when you take out the DOD GPS system,
you'll can still guide your missiles to their primary targets.

[wcollar]

74. Ah Ha,

so you're the one launching the Jewish space lasers!

[EarnestPutz]

75. For anyone interested in amateur rocketry, here is a good website that got me started years ago.

https://www.nakka-rocketry.net/

[cab67]

77. how long has been a neighbor?

If he's been there a while, he surely must know that you get these deliveries for legitimate purposes.

[SWBTATTReg]

78. Make sure you record every conversation you have w/ such idiots. You never know when one of

those recordings of yours can help in defending you, w/ phony claims from this neighbor idiot. I usually ignore such people like this too (I'm sure that you do too), since usually, they end up causing grief for themselves in doing something else usually just as stupid and getting thrown the book at them or worse.

[MrScorpio]

80. Hopefully you've got some guns

For self-protection, of course.

[eppur_se_muova]

81. Years ago I read about a group of amateur pyrotechnicians out West ...

... who used to set off all kinds of explosions in the desert for amusement (post 9-11 regulations put an end to all that). One of them put a ring of dynamite around a gas can and set it off, producing a huge mushroom cloud like a miniature A-bomb. I can't help but think how your neighbor would react to that !

[Laelth]

83. I think I would file for a restraining order.

This situation sounds dangerous to me.

Mercifully, he has a local reputation for being a loon, but I would want to take every precaution with him.

-Laelth

[roamer65]

85. "This isn't over" is a threat to your safety.

You need to slap the idiot with a restraining order.

Laelth is right.

[FreepFryer]

87. Paint it baby blue w a UN logo on it. Seriously though, set up some cams and protect your property.

[brewens]

88. We had the usual model rockets as kids and my brother was involved in some Utah club

as an adult for awhile. I'll have to ask if he still does that.

I remember about 1970 I think, Estes came out with the D engines. I built the new Cherokee D and we were amazed. On a clear day, we had to wait to even see the parachute and start the chase. Before that, my V2 had been my favorite. Those were a lot of fun.

[Rincewind]

98. I still have the Cherokee D

I built in, I think is was 1970.

[TalenaGor]

89. LOL

[Bluethroughu]

90. Be careful, he seems like he has a few screws loose.

You don't want to be around when he wrecks.

[tymorial]

91. Call lawyer ask for restraining order

He will f' with you. They can't help themselves because they are brainwashed by trump and q cult of personality. If they weren't so dangerous I would feel sad for them.

[rdking647]

93. i used to be a tripoli member

before they won the lawsuit with eth ATF.
quit flying after 9/11 it goto to be to much of a headache getting the motors even with a leup

[Hortensis]

97. Your neighbor's feeling emboldened by the craziness. That'll pass.

For now, though, how about asking your sheriff's department to have a patrol car come by each day for a while? Let your neighbor believe they're in your pocket as long as he also believes they'll be on him if he does anything.

Agree, "awesome hobbby."