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mopinko

(70,090 posts)
18. me too. but the glow was already off for me this summer.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 08:41 AM
Jan 2021

next door neighbors did a big rehab. i was fighting w them over masks.
turns out the head guy was a firefighter.
old guy, assume retired. but had his ff plates on his work van, instead of the b plates he should have.

didnt even have masks on doing demo. tearing out 100 yr old walls, no masks.
one day i was yelling at them. i couldnt be in my front yard most days.
he started to come at me. happened to have a hose in my hand, so i turned it on him.
threatened to call the cops on me.

i suspect this being chicago, we have more than our share of asshole ff, but...

Better Get That Resume Ready Bub sfstaxprep Jan 2021 #1
Hopefully he'll be putting out fires behind bars rpannier Jan 2021 #4
Exactly OldBaldy1701E Jan 2021 #20
Agree! Wuddles440 Jan 2021 #29
Enjoy making license plates Sparky. (nt) FreepFryer Jan 2021 #2
TY to Everyone Involved in getting Cha Jan 2021 #3
Firefighters have always been heroes to me ailsagirl Jan 2021 #5
Firefighters fall in the hero archetype category SheltieLover Jan 2021 #6
me too. but the glow was already off for me this summer. mopinko Jan 2021 #18
That's terrible ailsagirl Jan 2021 #21
it's been so 2020 in my life. mopinko Jan 2021 #24
Way to flush your job, life, and future down the toilet, MORON. 634-5789 Jan 2021 #7
ETTD Roy Rolling Jan 2021 #8
Buh bye! orangecrush Jan 2021 #9
Hopefully, this terrorist will be tried as an accessory to murder. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2021 #10
Why are these (alleged) seditionists being released on bond? Layzeebeaver Jan 2021 #11
Because of all the tRump judicial appointees Cozmo Jan 2021 #27
It takes fuckin crazy people.... Maxheader Jan 2021 #12
These are just initial charges... Jon King Jan 2021 #13
I hope you are right twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #15
I am puzzled how you get low bail twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #14
IIRC BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #16
Thanks, I thought overthrowing the government was twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #17
They'd have to have enough evidence to show that intent BumRushDaShow Jan 2021 #19
"It's the people's placard!!" JohnnyRingo Jan 2021 #22
You can bet he's not the only one in the department that's a Nazi. Hotler Jan 2021 #23
there should be a national register of these names so that they AllaN01Bear Jan 2021 #25
US Magistrate that let firefighter walk is a tRump appointee What a surprise Cozmo Jan 2021 #26
He ruined a good career and his freedo0m and for what? Some orange colored wanna-be Mussolini. Marrah_Goodman Jan 2021 #28
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