So, yesterday I was sitting in my cave at work contemplating the next way to waste time until I get to leave when I receive a call from my X Father-in-law.
As it turned out, it was my very first "Extortion Call".
He actually tried to extort money from me by saying that he would "forget" about a $2500 debt (a very dubious claim to say the least) in exchange for a payment of over $400 to his daughter (my X wife). When I didn't immediately cave in to this "offer" (I was actually stunned by this tactic), he attempted to strong-arm me with the threat of a lawsuit to recoup his "$2500". His parting words to me were, "If she takes you to court, I'll fund her. I have a lot more money than you do, and I'll take everything you have. I'll destroy you."
Needless to say, I'm not going to cave in to this obvious attempt at extortion (they tout themselves as "Christians", too), and I'm not so sure he realized what he had done...
So, have you ever been blackmailed? (I prefer the term "extortion" - it's much more civilized).
Have you ever gone to court over money matters?
I'm thinking of having William Shatner's character on "Boston Legal" as my defense attorney.
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If not he doesn't have a leg to stand on unless you admit to owing the debt in court and ignorance can be bliss for the defendant. If he has so much money for "funding" his daughter to take you to court why doesn't he just give her the $400 she seems to be in need of now not 6 months down the road? Sure would be a lot cheaper IMHO.
I love these guys who swear to destroy and take everything someone has by using the legal system - 9.9 times out of 10 they lose plus losing all the time, effort and money they spend trying to do it.
I pointed this out to him and he said he has witnesses, his wife and their daughter (I almost started laughing).
The "loan" was to help my then wife and I buy our first house back in 1988. My wife paid back a bit of it by giving him $50 a month for a few months, but then we stopped paying them due to additional financial hardship. he hasn't mentioned the debt since 1989, that is until he came up with this extortion scheme.
If he has so much money for "funding" his daughter to take you to court why doesn't he just give her the $400 she seems to be in need of now not 6 months down the road? Sure would be a lot cheaper IMHO.
I thought if this, too...but if he wants to try to take me down, heck, it's HIS money.
The $400+ is half of the 2005 Property Tax Refund that my X wife seems to think belongs to her and apparently is whining about to her dad. I paid the mortgage and all the bills from Spring of 2004 thru 2005 (seperate checking accounts) and didn't even live in the house the last half of 2005. I asked her if she put him up to this scheme and she said, "no" and that she had asked him to stay out of this.
He said that since her name was on the mortgage, that she was entitled to half of the refund and that her name was on the refund check as well (which is true IF I had been issued a check). We completed and submitted all the Income tax and Property Tax forms in the Spring of 2005 and chose to direct deposit all revenue. She signed off on all of the Tax forms...and the direct deposit information was routed to my account. He seems to think this was illegal.
I might point out that extortion is illegal if he calls agaain and them kindly ask him to stay the f*ck out of our business.
He can put that in his pipe and smoke it.
These guys?
Hello good evening and welcome, to BLACKMAIL! Yes, it's another edition of
the game in which you can play with *yourself*. (applause)
And to start tonight's show, let's see our first contestant, all the way from
The Van Down by the River, on the big screen please: MR. ONAN THE BARBARIAN!
She also kept a gun under our bed and was a crack shot.
Boy, THAT was an interesting breakup.
Sigh. I'm sorry you have to put up with this b*llsh*t, Onie. He sounds like a real f***er. Actually, this may explain a lot concerning his lovely daughter.
If your divorce is done with and the refund wasn't in the distribution then I wouldn't think you owed it to her.
I am SO SICK of being SICK!
I made my costume last night and I've been giggling all day.
I CALL DIBS ON TOMORROW'S LOUNGE THREAD.
Frick, I thought you were going to be my sycophant.
The Van Down by the River, on the big screen please: MR. ONAN THE BARBARIAN!
Thanks you Miles...and you know...I CAN play with myself.
And I thought I won the "Start this thread" election - remember, Frick KISSES babies...I EAT them...
Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!
With or without raisins??
Remember Onie, if he lent both of you the money, he can only go after half from you. Just try to remember the children come first and let them find out how much of a weasel their grandfather is, from someone other than you.
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Heh...or none since this was like 15 years ago and the Satute of Limitations for this is 6 years.
I've sued and won!
As have I...and within 2 months of the judgement, the company I sued went belly-up...That was pretty sweet...
Z (waving hand wildly in air): I'll tell, I'll tell!
Satute = Statute
The only thing I'm annoyed with now is that Adobe is no longer supporting the crappy photoediting software I have, so I couldn't download any updates. Oh well, guess I'll keep dreaming about Photoshop.
Ponce, don't sue me, but I'm copying and pasting that one.
I've been to court, but never been sued.
The judge was the best! A curmudgeonly old guy who looked like Judge Wapner. You could tell he hated his job and didn't put up with any guff from the people who came before him. My favorite encounter during the case was a man who hadn't shown up to a previous court appearance for driving without a license.
Bailiff: Next case, Docket # 2438893 Anderson, Thomas
Judge Wapner (reading the case): Tom! Good to see you! Glad you could finally join us! How come you weren't here before?
Plaintiff: Well, I had this..
Wapner: Shut up! Don't need to hear it. So, you're charged with driving without a license. How to you plead?
Plaintiff: It wasn't my car.
Needless to say, the courtroom broke up and he got fined and all that good stuff. What a maroon!
Other than that I've only been to court hearings with a judge over the wacko neighbor we took the restraining order out on.
Had to go to court on a disorderly charge against the neighbors. Apparently the cops cannot charge someone with disorderly conduct unless there is a complaining witness. They had already moved, but I testified against them and would do it again, even though I was scared.
You are to be commended for testifying against your neighbors. A lot of people would have been too scared or would not want to "get involved".
A friend of mine got a fix it ticket quite a few years back. His emergency brake didn't work. Since he had no money, no job, and lots of free time he went to court to contest the ticket hoping the officer wouldn't show up. He also brought the concrete block he used to block his wheels when he parked on an incline. The judge asked him if he'd gotten the car fixed. He said "No, your honor, but I try to park safely. Here's my emergency brick." The judge had a sense of humor and let him go.
As for getting involved, the people were using very threatening body language with the cops, and I couldn't believe the cops didn't arrest them as I thought they touched one of the cops chest to chest. One of the perps was just over the top screaming, so I went to the cops and offered to back them up since this time the cops did nothing wrong. I remember clearly the Kitty Genovese case where she was murdered while screaming repeatedly for help and no one even called the cops even though many could hear her. Of course they didn't know she was "family" or they might have been more scared of not calling.
It was all due to my penchant for Earl's Popcorn, sold at a corner market a block from my dorm. I couldn't resist it, and would often write checks there for $2.13 or $3.54 - this was pre-ATM days, folks. I also didn't realize that the bank charged me for bounced checks, so I never figured that into my calculations. D'oh!
Now I'm an AVP at a bank.
[music starts]
*Bow - chicka - Bow- Bow*
*sniff
I'll do that next year. This year, I'm a fairy princess. I don't feel very princess-like right now. My nose is raw from blowing it, my eyes look like pissholes in the snow, and I'm wearing my glasses ('cos my contacts hurt too much). One of my co-workers just told me my face is pale but my cheeks are really flushed. Blerf.
Ta, Kenny.
Maybe you are the Booger Fairy?
Unfortunately she is on quarantine from me until after the move on Saturday...I don't need to get sick before the move and I have told her to stay home on Saturday if she is still sick...the moving folks don't need to get sick...
I'm giving out soup for Halloween...either that or smokes...
...I was also thinking various calibers of ammo...just one bullet per kid, though...
Thoughts??
I'm starting to feel like a lorn, lonely waif.
*sob
Where's Jackie with the gruel?
You DO realize the only reason I am quarantining you is due to the impending move, right??
Any other time and I'd be MORE than happy to baby you...
I s'pose. Sniff. I'm just feeling sorry for myself, I guess.
Just ignore me, while I eat this bowl of gruel in the corner.
I was figuring either ladle the soup into their bags, or one cigarette each...I was thinking of getting a couple cartons of butts - Lucky Strike Straights and some Kools for the younger crowd...
I just have to maintain self-control, because if I don't watch myself, I could easily eat an entire bag of mini Butterfinger bars.
Mmmmmmm (drool)
We plan to give out condoms. They are lightweight, come in a variety of flavors, inexpensive and individually wrapped, so they handily meet the tamper proof packaging requirement. And you know that dads love it when the kids come home with a bag of prelubricated, ribbed Trojans™!
Ribbed, for HER pleasure...
(I wear them inside out 'cuz I'm a selfish bastard!)
Gold...comedy GOLD!
[I almost spit my 7-up out on my keyboard...well played!]
Back to the mines
Hey auntie, can you bring me a cup of tea with honey? Also a comforter or afgan? And maybe read to me?
Ahem...
One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish
This fish has a little car
and this fish has a little star
my, what a lot of fish there are!
Well, I have to go to the WRC now. Would someone please come relieve me from my nursing shift now?
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