Jeff
Stop Staring!!!!!
Hey Jeff. I am sure you are a really nice fella & all but honestly between you posting every accident known to mankind & Nhboy and all his really strange news stories and whoever posted that awefull thing about a baby who had his nads eatin by a dog, I must admit most times I am so depressed, discouraged, disgusted from reading the thread title my stomach churns. I am not trying to offend, but really man I am a scanner nut myself but I can turn it on or tune it in. I don't need every detail here in print too. JMO.
BTW, I hope all people involved will be okay.
Tigerlily,
I did not have time when I got home from work this morning to respond to your post with the detail I felt it deserved.
If you really watch my posts I think you'll realize that I don't post about "every accident known to mankind". For accidents, I try to only post about major accidents where injuries are involved and I suspect road closures or power outages may cause traffic snarls for our fellow forumites. Heck, I could not post about every accident I hear on the scanner. I am a hunt & peck typist.
I do post peridiocally about a major fire event if I think it's something that is going to be visible by alot of folks and some may be curious. Or if roads are going to be closed.
For the police stuff I am pretty hesitant on posting anything at all unless it is a lost child or some nut suspected of running around with a gun in a specific area. Our officers have a hard enough time doing what they do without having to worry about whether or not some scanner enthusiast is going to quote them. Possibly even hindering an investigation.
But, I think if you will look you might actually see that "I" may average one post a day related to what is going on. Allot of folks don't want the constant stream of noise being generated by a scanner. And as our local radio stations do such a poor job of putting local issues out in a timely fashion, I like to think that my little posts might help a few folks avoid getting tied up in traffic. One person may be home, see my post, and a call a loved one and tell them to "take the long way home" or "take your time cause the road is closed." Or maybe the Bridge is closed down due to an accident and someone is getting off work trying to go home. Heck If I have my choice between sitting in traffic or using that time to my advantage and maybe getting some shopping done or stopping for dinner. I think I would like to have the option of making that choice.
I do respect your opinion here, and I have the feeling you are not the only one on the forum that feels this way. But, judging from the very polite and thankful PMs, Karma and public comments I get I get the feeling that, at least of the folks willing to express their opinion, that what I do seems to be appreciated by the majority.
BTW, Thank you all for the kind thoughts.
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And I agree there is plenty of bad stuff out there. I just like to be aware of it and it seems others do as well.
your post are so much better then some guy called Dan 
who was on here last year.
