Any daylight activity here?
I rolled through this area yesterday around noon, all was quiet. Any activity during the day ? Seemed kind of quiet to me as their was a van full of police, possibly cadets, up at princeton & torresdale. Would like catch up with your find (jamie) any particular area she is fond of?
Melanie's still out there
Ran into one of Supereloquent's ladies, Melanie, the 4'11" pixie last week down by Cambria. Everything he reported is still true as she is easy to deal with and none of the hardness that comes with this biz. I suspect she will be around for a while as she is having no luck finding a regular job I am sorry to say.
One odd thing happened as I dropped her off at her spot. Her manager/boyfriend came out of nowhere swinging a 2 by 4 and yelling at me that he was going to kill me. Not actually feeling threatened since I could (and did) drive away, I was expecting hm to whack my car but since he didn't it was obvious he was just putting on a show. Have no idea what that was all about. Will stop and ask Mel when I see her again.
Re: Melanie's still out there
[QUOTE=Texaco Tim]Ran into one of Supereloquent's ladies, Melanie, the 4'11" pixie last week down by Cambria. Everything he reported is still true as she is easy to deal with and none of the hardness that comes with this biz. I suspect she will be around for a while as she is having no luck finding a regular job I am sorry to say.
One odd thing happened as I dropped her off at her spot. Her manager/boyfriend came out of nowhere swinging a 2 by 4 and yelling at me that he was going to kill me. Not actually feeling threatened since I could (and did) drive away, I was expecting hm to whack my car but since he didn't it was obvious he was just putting on a show. Have no idea what that was all about. Will stop and ask Mel when I see her again.[/QUOTE]Good report, Tim. Melanie sounds like my kind of girl, and I'll be on the lookout for her in the area you described.
I guess many people here have stories about threats from angry boyfriends. Mine was potentially more dangerous: the guy was in a car! And he did indeed pull alongside and shouted that I was with his sister and to pull over immediately. Fortunately his "sister" had her wits about her and said just to keep driving and head to the local police station, which she apparently had visited before. We did just that, with him tailgating us, and pulled into the 26th district parking lot near the entrance door. He was still behind us, and I was ready to blast my horn if he got out. But recognizing where we were, he turned around and drove away. Whew!
Another story: a real boyfriend was able to get his arm into the driver side window, grab my arm, and demand my wallet. Fortunately he was a dufus and didn't realize I had most of my cash tucked under a flap and $55 (my hobby money) above the flap. He took the $55 and after pleas from his girlfriend gave the wallet back. The microsecond that she got out of the car I gunned it down the avenue and eventually reached over and closed the door. Double whew!
So the moral of my stories is:
• know where the local police station is. (If you've been to the Patio you know Whitaker Ave...the 24th district is at 3901 Whitaker)
• keep your window rolled up
• know where your spending money is and keep any other cash/cards in a separate place
Well, this is the streetwalker reports thread and I've overstayed my visit, so I'd better go find Melanie so I can report on her...
My Thoughts on Protection and How I Deal With Bad Situations
Just something to think about, 1st I have never had a real bad situation and I always warn the girls if you rip me off YOU will not make it out of the door. You guys spend a fair amount of $$ on the hobby so why not protect yourself? I ordered a Cheetah 650, 000 Volt Retractable/Rechargeable Stun Baton
Here is a link and info to what I carry for protection:
[url]http://www.kingofswords.com/Self-Defense/Stun-Guns/Cheetah-650000-Volt-RetractableRechargeable-Stun-Baton.html[/url]
I modified it to deactivate the load alarm it has. This is a nice unit and it works with out having to extend it and when extended it sends electrical voltage sparks up and down the tube a real nice feature that will make anyone thing! Plus let them try to grab it It will also go thru 1/2" material clothing. But one note if you play with it to much you will wear down the 4 batterys. I normally carry a gun but with the laws today its not worth it, Plus if your not experienced in weapons and self control stay away. This Baton maybe? Or Maybe not? Legal in your state or states? Even if it were not whats the worst that can happen? I am sure if you had to go to court over having one you could always use the excuse you were tired of being robbed and its safer then a gun! Plus a good lawyer can make a good case. I keep mine next to me hiden and on and ready anytime I am in a bad area or when someone gets into my vehicle or approaches. Should someone try to rob me or run with my money she would not get out the door. The more you hold it on the more mobilizing it is as stated in the manual. Its just an idea as most of you guys live in big cities and you should have the right to protect your self. But you need to keep it ready and hiden but quickly accessable. Above the visor or down on the side of your car seat would make it quickly accessable. So many might aggree and some might not. But with things the way they are today I would never walk down a street in a big city without. One other note some states that do allow them say it must be holstered and some even allow concelled, This one comes with a holster or it can be carried in the back of your pants under your shirt. So you can help keep your ass safe or just be another victim. Excuse the spelling. Always be ready for the worst I say.
Letting our guard down and mistakes...I've made
I think we all have stories like this. I know when I started mongering and wasn't aware of this site or the rules, I made a few mistakes....here are a couple.
1) Left my wallet in the middle glove box in my car. After the SW and I finished, I started cleaning up, turned my head...she found the wallet and took my cash (3.0). OUCH! I still had no idea what happened and while I was driving to drop her off, she warned me, " You really need to be careful".
2) Left too much money on me. I went to a SWs house and she preceeded to complete a BBBJ. My pants were around my ankles and I was sitting on the couch. She was on the floor. She was shifting a lot, but I just figured she was getting comfortable....as it turned out, she was going through my pants pockets, while doing the BBBJ. By the time I found out, she pulled out an additional .6
3) With another SW, paid her, started the BBBJ...then she said that we could get more comfortable at her place...she left to check the house and make sure that everything was ok with her roommates...never saw her again...incomplete service.
4) Left change in the ash trey of my car...many Sws will check and ask if they can keep the change. (sometimes there was an extra .05). Much easier to just remove the tempation.
Of course, I've learned from all this, but maybe someone else will learn from my early "stupidity", ignorance, and bad experience.
Good Luck and Keep Safe
Lanky is right about Friday
Saw several guys pulled over and got pulled over myself and asked why I had driven up the street and back down again. My bad for not picking up the lack of girls and the LE presence and leaving immediately. Question for the board. If they don't ticket you, are the legally allowed to retain any information that they pulled you over for no reason? Was a little surprised as he admitted he had no probably cause other than driving up and down the street.
I was There also about the Same Time
[QUOTE=Lanky43]Did a quick cruise on the "K" this afternoon. Bone dry + lot's of LE, including on Bikes - not a good sign.[/QUOTE]I was working in the area and also did the K stroll several times During the Day Fri, most of the time I saw 6 or more but around 2 or so did not see any, then later in the afternoon there were more, including Cookie-Jar's Jackie's Report, Down by the book store, Having seen her before with another girl a couple days before standing by the book store I thought she was LEO, but after reading his report I know other wise, but she was by her self on fri, next time I'll try and do the pick.up
Here are some things I learned from the Ave
1) How to correctly go down a one way street the wrong way. ! You drive past the street then throw it in reverse and back down the street the wrong way, this way you will be facing the right way if you get stopped
2) Don't Piss off the crossing guard at Allegheny & K, She will come over and blow that whistle hard while in your face and spit will cover your windshield. (my ears are still ringing, my wipers were on from the rain, good thing) I made a turn where there is a sign saying you can't. I Did this because of a Major traffic Jam cause of construction several blocks away on the K, She was swing her arms around, and I followed several other cars just fleeing the area cause of grid lock. After Blowing the whistle in my face, She said follow the signs, I said sorry, I thought you were waving for me to get out of the intersection, She gave me a nasty look, If I Didn't move, nobody was going anywhere.
3) Don't turn down any side streets during garbage pick-up times (which seems to be every day of the week) I saw a WSW wanted to pick up, made loop and got behind a Garbage truck, could not back up cause there were a couple of cars behind me already I should of just got out of my car and helped, then made a detour down another street and rolled up behind another, well by the time I got back to the ave, she was Gone.
4) And speaking of garbage, I was on the Ave the next morning after the Needle report on K and Somerset, I made a commit here That I never seen the ave so Clean, there was an army of Clean up people there, they were wondering around looking for something to pick up, I looked around and the street was spotless, I felt bad for them, and looked to see if I had anything to throw out of my car, But I had my breakfast and threw my garbage out at McDonalds in the Garbage can There. ! By late afternoon the ave that was spotless was already looking back to It's old self, and where does it all come from?
5) Can any body tell me the speed limit on the K? If you see a car with a truck tire with no rim tied to the rear bumper that would be me. That will be to lessen the damage from some body running into me, When strolling the K and going 24 MPH and there is nobody in front of me, why are all the locals blowing there horn and waving the hands at me. And the LEO the other night who got behind me and Drafted ME all the way down K and Front and pushed me onto 95, (I have out of state plates) I swear to Christ he turned off his car and rode my draft, could not even see his head lights just his white hood and him talking on the radio, he must had a remote control to keep the lights green all the way, if I would had hit my breaks, he would of been on top of me.
What did you tell LE why your trolling the K
[QUOTE=Fun Jersey]Saw several guys pulled over and got pulled over myself and asked why I had driven up the street and back down again. My bad for not picking up the lack of girls and the LE presence and leaving immediately. Question for the board. If they don't ticket you, are the legally allowed to retain any information that they pulled you over for no reason? Was a little surprised as he admitted he had no probably cause other than driving up and down the street.[/QUOTE]Ok when I first started that was one of my Questions, If stoped what would I say, I see you have Jersey in your Handle so I guess you have jersey plates, as I do, One of the answer's here was looking for a ATM, I can just see LE , What no ATM's in Jersey
I have yet to be pulled over, I don't drive A Van, SUV or Pick-up with dark tinted windows ( Do you have one of these ? )
I Had my excuse for being on the K handed to me on the K Ave.....!!!
A while back while strolling there is a furniture store on the corner of K & Boston, on the K ave they were handing out flyers while waiting at the traffic light on there sale items, I keep a copy on my front seat so if I'm ever stopped I can just hand it over to leo and ask for directions to the store and if I happen to be in front of the store I would say I doing some Price comparison from the store from the other end of the K down by the car dealers I think its called Chrissy's furniture outlet
Now maybe a little help from some other members, As to take a SW on a car Date, I've got the Notel Ok, and Places to Park at Night I have several, But they are not good for daylight hours, I've used SW places where they say it's safe and so far my luck has not run out during daylight Hours, But still need a place to go during day light hours if the SW does not have a place and were not going to Notel. Any Help You can PM me as not to give to much away
Thanks
I Did not Do that, Just to set the record Straight
1) How to correctly go down a one way street the wrong way. ! You drive past the street then throw it in reverse and back down the street the wrong way, this way you will be facing the right way if you get stopped
(Ummm, no, just don't do shit like that. No wonder the PPD tailed you.)
Ok, I did not do that, but I've seen it done so many times you would think it's Ok, Just like the cars in front of me, If they see something they like on the ave they just hit the brakes and do a you turn on the K, No mater what the conditions are like. I never did That either
There was a post here about some SW going out around 5AM, I did the stroll around then and only a couple on the ave, when I did the Loop back Boston, Jasper and streets up etc. WoW there must of been one on every corner and some in between, made a pickup and my first words were where did everybody come from, she laughed and said some times more an less, told me alot of guys go to work early, easy to get out of the house, and looking for a Quick one, Need to get to work on time.
There was more Traffic on Jasper then on the K, Vans, SUV'S Pickups.
C'mon people, let's be smarter than this
Lanky, you're a newbie so maybe I should cut you some slack. But in asking his question Vin Wall clued you in on how you should have responded. Talking about parking spots is way up there in my list of monger pet peeves. I don't want to hear somebody tell me how LE knows this spot. Yeah that's probably true. It's not the first time it's been posted here either. But when somebody posts a parking spot location, others read it and it will increase the number of mongers who go there. That sooner or later will increase the heat on that location. We've seen it happen before - good locations ruined by somebody being stupid. Parking spots should be shared via PM only.
As long as you're advertising, for your next report how about you go ahead and list your name, phone number, vehicle description, and license plate number. While you're at it be sure and upload a current head shot of yourself in the Photo Gallery.
First of all I'd get that Brake light fixed...!
[QUOTE=Fun Jersey]It's weird actually know someone on Cumberland and said I was going to visit them. They would vouch for me. He gave me a raft of crap and then at the end said he pulled me over because my brake light was out. My bad. The brake light thing is hard to check on your own.
Question for the group. How long should I lay low before going back out. SHould I just shift my time to a different shift?[/QUOTE]If you have a reason to drive the K, Just do it, Of coarse Just don't over do it, You can stop & get a coffee & roll at martians, an soft drink at 7-11, buy your cover's and wips at Rite-Aid, Keep the Bag & receipt, to show LE your doing commerce on the K, From the looks of the K, they could use all the Commerce they can get!
I will attach a copy of the "Interior Furniture Outlet, Inc" to this post, You can print this out and keep on your front seat so when you get pulled over again as the officer approaches your car, Just hand it to him "I'm looking for this Place" Of course during Day light hours.
As for what you drive Helps to, I drive a 4 DR. Family looking NON Tinted window car, so " YMMV " on this one. I've noticed that the Tinned window mini vans get pulled over the most. ! Also don't be carring anything, In the last two weeks I saw K-9 Dogs sniffing stop Vehicles
And don't change your stories, In your first post You wrote;
" Was a little surprised as he admitted he had no probably cause other than driving up and down the street. "
And your second post You Wrote:
" He gave me a raft of crap and then at the end said he pulled me over because my brake light was out. My bad."
Ok Thanks, Thought it was 25
[QUOTE=Davey1965]If you stay around 30 you will keep the locals not only off of your back but from passing you on the right. That holds true for the Septa buses as well.[/QUOTE]OK 30 MPH but what scares the hell out of me is the people waiting for the bus, the closer you get to a intersection the more they walk into the street, I am now starting to drive in the other lane just to avoid them, now they give me a nasty look as if I was in there way, Walking into the middle of the street does not make the bus come any faster, and look at the size of them, how could you miss them. ! I stopped several times for them to wave them across the street, and they give me the look like I'm not Crossing, THEN stay away from the front of my CAR. !
On another post I was looking for some help in a place to park during day light hours, I was not expecting for some one to give up there own personal place, just some different areas to try out close to the K, It's the UPS, FEDEX, PWD, CABLE, PHONE, POWER Truck-Van delivery person that needs to hide to kill some time during the day that rolls up on Me while Busy, They seem to know all the good hiding spots,
My next Mongering Ride Is Going to be a Tasty-Cake Van, This way I will Blend in where ever I Go.
Our DP in flagrante delicto?
[QUOTE=Dark Phoenix]At least she was out there until last night, when we got nabbed in the act by Uncle Leo. Cool cop, let me get out of there without any hassle, but kept her around with him. Seems to me he probably just got to enjoy the BJ I'd just paid for, but whatever. Still a free man, so I'm not complaining.[/QUOTE]I guess not, Mr. Casual :). Wow, you just drop that little tidbit of news on us in passing like it's a secondary topic.
Seriously you were caught right in the act? BTW am I corrrectly remembering the legal term for it in my title? I'm sure you know that could have ended worse than it did. Congrats on skating away with your record and reputation clear. Even though I recently reported how I got robbed, having cops roll up and catch me red-handed (or red-dicked) in mid-suck or mid-fuck is still probably my worst nightmare about this hobby.