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Winnipesaukee Divers · 06-08-2004, 06:58 PM

Here’s where the rubber meets the road, sort of speak… Years ago when I was a naive young captain I was illegally park (anchored) where I should not have been, I didn’t know about the house boat law… Who would have though they would have such a law? How well I know the law today, I can recite it word of word even in the middle of the night…. So here is the drill: every one on deck and don the life vests, god help those the grew to big for them in the last growth spurt… Well one of my daughters had just such a problem (good to find out then and not when we really needed them the most)… But, 2AM was not a good time either, but nonetheless I got a DE tag and escorted to the nearest dock and told not to be caught without them or it would be a big fine, not the $32 one I just got. So, the next morning I hot footed it, 3 miles corss lots to the nearest store and got the right size one. I then proceeded to hunt down the next MP I saw and get the DE tag checked off. And the next day sent in my payment for the fine and the guilty plea to the Laconia district court… After all, I was clearly in the wrong and it was a lesson well learned… So I thought….

Three years later I didn’t get the renewal form in the mail for my driver license, so I call Concord to see what was up. That’s when they said there was a bench warrant out on me for failure to pay an out standing traffic complaint…. Well, after a little investigation I found it was for the life preservers issue some three years earlier…. Yes, they did cash my check; they didn’t know what it was for since the paper work was not turned in by the MPs and when it was finally turned in a year later they long since closed the books on the receipt of my check. It took weeks to get it sorted out and a trip to the courthouse to boot to prove my case. So, what do I think of the MPs now? Well, not much, they are a force to be reckoned with… Today, I’d take names and document everything. If they press an issue, I make sure they follow through. Although, I haven’t had to, since that incident, I now go out of my way to avoid and contact with them because you can’t win, no mater how right you think you are for what ever reason. It’s to bad to live in such a police state, but I can see their point… They have to show such a strong present or every one would walk all other them.

06-08-2004, 06:58 PM	#30
Winnipesaukee Divers Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Exeter, NH or @ WCYC on weekends Posts: 250 Thanks: 7 Thanked 46 Times in 28 Posts	A little Mps goes along way with me. Here’s where the rubber meets the road, sort of speak… Years ago when I was a naive young captain I was illegally park (anchored) where I should not have been, I didn’t know about the house boat law… Who would have though they would have such a law? How well I know the law today, I can recite it word of word even in the middle of the night…. So here is the drill: every one on deck and don the life vests, god help those the grew to big for them in the last growth spurt… Well one of my daughters had just such a problem (good to find out then and not when we really needed them the most)… But, 2AM was not a good time either, but nonetheless I got a DE tag and escorted to the nearest dock and told not to be caught without them or it would be a big fine, not the $32 one I just got. So, the next morning I hot footed it, 3 miles corss lots to the nearest store and got the right size one. I then proceeded to hunt down the next MP I saw and get the DE tag checked off. And the next day sent in my payment for the fine and the guilty plea to the Laconia district court… After all, I was clearly in the wrong and it was a lesson well learned… So I thought…. Three years later I didn’t get the renewal form in the mail for my driver license, so I call Concord to see what was up. That’s when they said there was a bench warrant out on me for failure to pay an out standing traffic complaint…. Well, after a little investigation I found it was for the life preservers issue some three years earlier…. Yes, they did cash my check; they didn’t know what it was for since the paper work was not turned in by the MPs and when it was finally turned in a year later they long since closed the books on the receipt of my check. It took weeks to get it sorted out and a trip to the courthouse to boot to prove my case. So, what do I think of the MPs now? Well, not much, they are a force to be reckoned with… Today, I’d take names and document everything. If they press an issue, I make sure they follow through. Although, I haven’t had to, since that incident, I now go out of my way to avoid and contact with them because you can’t win, no mater how right you think you are for what ever reason. It’s to bad to live in such a police state, but I can see their point… They have to show such a strong present or every one would walk all other them.