Thanks for the invite but I'll join ya in absentia from my place here out in the sticks thanks.

For the same reasons I don't go to public car club gatherings anymore, I likewise wouldn't go somewhere publicly and cop a buzz just to flaunt things in the cops face, most especially at the capital.

I just don't enjoy bein hassled by cops so I really don't see the sense in puttin myself in a position that outright allows them to flex/abuse their powers with myself as a whipping pole.

I don't like cops, never have. What they seem to be really proficient at is gettin in the way of me havin a good time. The problem these days is that once you get put onto the legal merry go round by bein arrested for somethin is that the ride lasts waaaaay longer than I can enjoy.

Now a conviction doesn't end in just payin a fine and headin on your way. They tack on things like manditory drug and alcohol awareness classes, psychologial evaluations, anger management courses, extended probations, periodic manditory urinalisis and community service hours that are designed to keep you under their legal thumb for extended periods of time well past the court/conviction end of it all.

With all that in mind I just can't rationally justify tempting the cops to put me back on that merry go round ride again. Been there, done that, and it ain't fun