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Satellite Weaponry: many many years away still

  • 12-06-2009 7:42pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭


    http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19715994/detail.html
    CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. -- This is a story that may leave you shaking your head.

    A Sandy Springs man got a phone call Monday that his family home in Carroll County was gone. Torn down. Demolished.“We had heirlooms in there…my mom’s dining room set…her hutch with her dishes in there,” said homeowner Al Byrd.Byrd said he cannot believe his eyes.The house his father built, brick by brick, with his own hands has been mysteriously demolished.“You can’t imagine. It’s just incredulous that something like this can happen and no one contact the owner,” said Byrd.Byrd grew up in the home with his nine brothers and sisters. It’s a three bedroom house on a little road bearing his family’s name.“We were taught that you could do anything that you wanted to do as long as you were willing to work hard and pay the price,” said Byrd.

    Byrd’s cousin shot video Monday of a bulldozer in the yard of the house with dumpsters loaded with rubble.The demolition company said it had paperwork.“I said, ‘Paperwork for what?’ and he said, ‘For the house, to demolish the house.’ I said, ‘I’m the owner of the house, I haven’t given anybody any authority to demolish this house,’” said Byrd.

    Channel 2 Action News reporter Jovita Moore asked Byrd if the demolition company had an address.“I said, ‘What address did you have?’ and he said, ‘They sent me some GPS coordinates.’ I said, ‘Don’t you have an address?’ (and) he said, ‘Yes, my GPS coordinates led me right to this address here and this house was described,’” said Byrd.Byrd said he suspects the intended target was actually across the road.

    Byrd said his house held decades of memories. While he was talking to Moore, the enormity of what is now gone appeared to set in. Byrd could hardly speak.The man who cuts the grass told Byrd about a month ago that the power box was missing and there were holes punched into the walls. They both thought it was vandalism. Now, Byrd believes it was part of the preparation for the demolition.The demolition was done by a Marietta company who told Byrd it was hired by a company out of Texas. Moore tried to contact the Texas company, but her calls have not been returned.

    I could have told you that. I tried using GPS to get to a Steakhouse restaurant, and no joke, it told me to turn left @ my destination, which turned out to be a cow field.


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    I hope you saw the irony in that, because I did.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I hope you saw the irony in that, because I did.
    They had a great menu but there was nobody to take us to our table :mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,126 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    There's a war brewing up. Those aliens are up there pegging meteorites at us and messing with our signals


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    I wish people still fought their wars in boats


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    People fought wars in boats?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    People fought wars in boats?
    you know, like the navy and ****


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    The cousin was a bit of a dick to just sit there videoing it rather than stopping them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭Captain-America


    phasers wrote: »
    you know, like the navy and ****

    And Pirates.

    Yarr.


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