Chris Pucci - Ambassador of IH-ness

Matt G

Matt G

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So I just got back from a lunch appointment at hillsboro civic center. When I walked back to my Scout parked in the city lot, I noticed a small card under the wiper. First is the panic: "did I park in a no-no spot?" then Matt astutely notes to himself, "that looks awfully small to be a parking ticket." when I flip the offending paper scrap over I realize it's an IHSTO pr card - somebody wants my sweet ride to be part of IHSTO!

But who could the mysterious ambassador be? Then it hits me: probably a certain washington county surveyor! Which of course prompts me to laugh out loud (despite the worried look from the young mother who quickly hustled her little ones away from the weird dude with the strange orange iron beast laughing to himself in public...) because if it was mr. Pucci then he gets an "a" for club pride but a considerably lower score for memory, since he took several pictures of this same rig just last month at the bee and posted them on the club web site! :gringrin:

then I noticed that I had in fact parked unknowingly in a 12-minute parking spot... And had left the Scout there for 90 minutes. :icon_eek: it was much nicer to see an IHSTO logo than a parking ticket! :icon_sweatdrop:

abassador pucci, if it was indeed you, I salute your broadcasting of goodwill!
 
I just left an IHSTO card on a very nice yellow Scout traveller in a safeway parking lot on north Lancaster dr in salem, or today on my lunch hour.
 
I knew it was your truck -- and I knew you were illegally parked :d my work truck was illegally parked a dozen spaces away....

I just thought it would be fun to see how long it took for a post or pm...

Fyi - since our last run in at the hillsboro civic center - I now work for the city of hillsboro as a surveyor.
 
Well, all I can say is I'm glad you're a surveyor and not a cop!

Turns out that when I left there was an officer standing on the plaza by the entrance to the garage, probably 50 feet from my Scout, observing someone and jotting notes down on a notepad. He, he, he... Ooops. :) he missed me.

I also hooked a left into that garage from washington st., across both max tracks. I barely noticed the small curb (Scout, you know) but when I got halfway across the tracks it suddenly dawned on me that that turn was also illegal - and I did it right next to the sherriff's office.

And all I got tagged with was an IHSTO card! Seems it was my lucky day...
 
Matt g said:
well, all I can say is I'm glad you're a surveyor and not a cop!

Turns out that when I left there was an officer standing on the plaza by the entrance to the garage, probably 50 feet from my Scout, observing someone and jotting notes down on a notepad. He, he, he... Ooops. :) he missed me.

I also hooked a left into that garage from washington st., across both max tracks. I barely noticed the small curb (Scout, you know) but when I got halfway across the tracks it suddenly dawned on me that that turn was also illegal - and I did it right next to the sherriff's office.

And all I got tagged with was an IHSTO card! Seems it was my lucky day...
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The city just added a 2nd parking inforcement person in the last 6 months or so -- tickets in the civic center and around the downtown area are way up. So be careful.

The left turn across the tracks is legal -- everyone does it even the cops. My lil' car doesn't like to do it though, pretty bumpy :d ...
 
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