RogerBy Roger the Scanner Guy
The other day I was crossing in the crosswalk having the right of way when suddenly and without warning a 1995 White Dodge Ram pickup extended bed with a cowboy behind the wheel lunged toward me. I jumped back and yelled my favorite cuss word, he continued on driving through the left hand turning lane on Milpas, had anyone been there he woulda hit them. I said a couple choice words, I had every right since this guy chose to try and take me out in the crosswalk for whatever reason. I gave him a little hand gesture down the street as he jumped on the 101 Southbound, not the middle finger. Na I got a little more class than that. I gave him the “Little Weenie Big Truck” salute.
The next day Saturday he was sitting in the Hamburger Habit parking lot watching me from the lot. I just looked back at him. I don’t know what his problem is I don’t know the guy. I don’t know if he was drunk or under the influence of drugs or hates old people or knows I’m Roger Dodger and wanted to run me over so all his friends will buy him drinks till Midnight on UNhappy Hour. I did not do a damn thing to deserve when he did. It was a cheap shot at a crippled guy that cannot run across the street anymore or get out of the way of a 3,000-pound vehicle before being splattered all over a crosswalk. Kinda like that other cheap shot getting down on my shit for taking free money for being disabled. Hey trade places with me you can have it all: complications of meningitis, neuropathy, permanent nerve damage, the possibility of losing one or both of your legs and possible M.S. Yes you have that free cash and sit on your ass too try to cross streets with drunkin manics trying to run you over! 700 Bucks a month all yours! It doesn’t matter that though I had many, many jobs I paid into the system for 30 years but that doesn’t matter. Take my disablity and shove it, I’d rather WORK! That little mention about the Silly Council wanting to cut off alcohol sales at midnight, it might be a good idea I know the drunks might not think so but most of the crimes committed in our town are committed by drunk people. The houseless would get to sleep earlier not be wandering around till the wee hours, Cottage hospital would not be as full you can still drink at home jus saying.
Scanner Reports, Friday:
- 242 Assault on Thursday evening but reporting FRYday 700 Block of East Yanonali.
- Premises check 600 Block of East Cabrillo.
- Suspicious WMA in his 40’s in a blue cargo van passenger door open seen around SBHS and SBJR reported to be at Quarantina and Canon Perdido.
- 415 Fight between 2 subjects 32 East Haley.
- An intoxicated subject at Goleta Beach.
- Indecent Exposure at Nookie Rock Park.
- Amtrak radio talking about an idiot playing chicken with the trains.
- Subject yelling at Montecito and Milpas.
- Bad Odor in the 3000 Block of Lucinda Lane SBPD says it’s rotting garbage.
- Subject 242ed Assaulted by his boss Elm at Carpinteria Ave so I guess that raise is out of the question?
- Med call in the 1700 Block of Clear View eye issues.
- Med call chest pains front of the police station 215 East Figourea.
- 415 Over a non-injury accident Modoc at Los Positas.
- 415 Homeless subject harassing others at McKenzie Park 3000 State street
- Bicycle stolen in the 900 Block of East Haley.
- Non-injury hit and run 100 Block of Sycamore Terrace.
- Med Call female having DT’s 600 Block of North Sapsitudes.
- Check the Welfare of a female down 100 Block of West DLG.
- Subject locked in the bathroom at Rustys Pizza on Milpas don’t know why sounded like the police wanted him for something too bad he could not escape through the commode go for a swim.
- 242 Assault in I.V. at Budda Bowls.
- Beer Run 4000 Block of State street 18- Pack from Arco.
- Road Rage guy on Harley tried to force someone off the road then he went into Gelsens in the 3300 Block of State street.
- Suspicious circumstances but they did not say what they were 100 Block of North Hope.
- 459 Burglary to a residence on Calle Palo Corarado.
Scanner Reports, Saturday:
- 415 Verbal argument between 2 subjects at McKenzie Park.
- Code 2 Medics responding for a subject at McKenzie Park nothing to do with the 2 arguing.
- Highway one at Brown road vehicle accident head on.
- Med call for an ill child 400 Block of East Micheltorena
- Possible theft of mail green mini van involved Painted Cave van heading East down 154.
- 459 to a vehicle in the 1400 Block of Chino.
- 415 Argument at La Mesa Park after a dog bit a 2-year-old child
- Premise check Plaza Del Mar
- Check the welfare of a subject on the Los Positas overcrossing with another subject who might be intimidating him with a golf club.
- Med Call for a fall victim at Mara Villa.
- 4 Subjects shooting dope near Los Banos Pool what a way to enjoy the great outdoors!
- 484 Theft from CVS 1835 Cliff Drive.
- Fall victim med call in the First Block of Bath street near the beach.
- FOOD ON THE STOVE 200 Block of Quinto.
- Overdose in the bathroom at Oak Park.
- Subjects loitering in the Garden Department of Home Improvement 415 East Guiterrez.
- 5150 Transport Cottage Hospital to PHF.
- 242 Assault at the Marriott on Storke Road Fire department and Medics responding.
- Subjects yelling 400 Block of West Guiterrez.
- 1000 Block of Wildwood overdose.
- Highway 246 at Campbell road vehicle accident.
Scanner Reports, Sunday:
- 415 Fight between 2 females on West Carrillo.
- 415 Subject refusing to leave at the 76 Station. 200 block of South Milpas. The call was canceled; he left.
- Suspicious circumstances. They did not say what they were. 1200 Block of Cacique.
- Stray dialog from one cop to another…”Got your hand cleaner we gotta have our hand cleaner right?”
- 5150 Male running in traffi.c 25 West Guiterrez probably just had a cup of State street roast from RoCo.
- A body was found at the end of a driveway on Foxen Canyon near the San Ramon Chapel in Sisquoc.
- 20002 Hit and run. A wall and a pole. 4200 block on Encore.
- A suicidal subject in the 200 block of West Mission.
- Med-Call on West Valerio. Missed address.
- Possible 459 in the 700 block of Lynwood.
- Loud music in the 300 block of West Arrellaga.
- 415 Homeless guy yelling and raising his cane in the 800 block of Santa Barbara streets.
- 415 Domestic in the 1700 block of Sunset. Male and female in a white SUV.
- Homeless guy down in front of Starbucks. 1990 Cliff Drive. I wonder what he was advertising?
- Harbor Patrol with a subject at 132 Harbor Way.
- Para Glider down with a broken leg on Rattlesnake Trail.
- 1145 Suicidal female on the beach in IV trying to drown herself. Took the SO awhile to catch up with her and her boyfriend, but I think they finally did.
Well, that is all outta me for now. Have a lovely Monday…Saint Peter, Belinda, Angel Baby, Pooh Bear, Tom Cat, Clancy, Thomicina, Tiger, Midnight, Merlin, Lola, PoPo, Fish Head One, and Two, Poncho, Jerry, Walter, Fred, Jonathan, C.J., Brad, Billy, Carl, Stan, Kent, ELMO, Patrick, Christy, Diana, Jim, Rambo, Sherry, David Cox, Poe, Marty, Cop John,, Eddie, Bambi, Ricky, Bengy, Bommy, Poppy, June, Muskie, Pat, Mavis, Lafayette, Ted, Magruder, Don, Edwin, Cory,, Isabelle, Jerry, Debbie, Ken, LUCY! John Hancock, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Ron Santo, Tom Petty, and Chris Willing we will see you on Wednesday. Later, Roger
Beautifully written, Roger. I concur. Gratitude to you for stating, “Hey trade places with me you can have it all.” And gratitude for your statement, “It doesn’t matter that though I had many, many jobs I paid into the system for 30 years but that doesn’t matter. Take my disablity and shove it, I’d rather WORK!”
As, most assuredly, would I. Although I labored and worked and paid heavily into the systems for decades, a compassionate employee of the government disability offices inevitably explained to me that ‘you pretty much have to be down to your last dime to qualify.’ I paid in tons – I don’t draw an ounce. Surprise.
I contributed tons to well regarded charitable organizations providing housing, food, healthcare, caregiver support, medical research, and the like. Since being ill, I was taken advantage of by the most surprising people; by ordinary, everyday, nice people. I was driven from the residence I owned in Santa Barbara. I was harassed by a malign personality disordered individual in power in an HOA. Shivers at the recollection. I sing a song from “The Wizard of Oz” dedicated to the witch. Hundreds of thousands burned for no good result for me. A special thanks to the Santa Barbara courts for that. Surprise.
Since then, two rented residences. The first, chronic sewer back-ups into the living space. Oughtta be against laws and customs. A nightmarish concierge move gone horribly wrong. The second neglected, it poisoned and sickened me far worse than I was. Oughtta be against laws and customs. Now onto a third. It’s devastating to move household when one is very, very ill. Surprise.
My illness is due to no fault of my own. A *good looking, robustly strong and active individual up until becoming ill, I’d exercised conscientiously, faithfully, and rigorously. Respectful of my physical being, I was never a smoker; never a drugger; was only an occasional imbiber of alcohol (had none for many years); didn’t engage in risky activities; volunteered informally to benefit my neighbors throughout my life.
Social Security doesn’t reflect proper recordation of all of my employment. Odd, because the IRS unfailingly received payments resulting from the work that’s unrecognized by Social Security. The one doesn’t consult the other. Surprise.
Listen up you healthy-enough to hold jobs peoples of the US, because you’ve the same pending. It’s on lay-away in Your Name. Be fitfully assured, it’s in store for You. Count on it. You will cease being productive = you’re worthless + you’re invisible. Invisible, unless the disease process that has You wreaks an alteration upon your physical appearance warranting disdain. You get slow = loathing of you. You get obese = *repugnance of you. You get hoary gray = disgust of you. Surprise.
You suppose that you continue being the one-and-the-same Someone who you were, but no one *looking at you supposes you’d been “very successful”, meaning worthy of respect. The fairy tale recitation plays in the onlookers heads, “you must have done something bad to deserve your lowly state-of-being. You brought this on yourself”. No. Surprise.
The heavily politically propagandized, individual to You, safety nets of lux government distributed monies are fairy tales. Because first, you must be bankrupted by doctoring and prejudicing, by “health-caring” and health insuring, and by taxes. All of that, plus the aforementioned malign vulture-ing, will see bankruptcy accomplished. Then second, you must fight through thickets of nigh impenetrable red tape. Finally, third, debased, you receive a poverty level, trickling down of pennies in exchange for all of your decades of striving & diligence; for all of your years of over-attendance; for all of your contributed ingenuity, ideation, creation, & production. Surprise.