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An employee at Walmart got caught embezzling. He was fired, and charges were filed against him. What makes this particular
case noteworthy is that his adult daughter had been arrested for pretty much the same thing about a year earlier, when she had
also been an employee at Walmart.

Y’all know what a “water hammer” is? It’s a hydraulic shock that can happen when fluid in motion – like water in pipes – is
brought to a quick stop, which can create a back pressure surge/shock wave and sometimes a hammering noise. If, say, there’s
a house fire and the fire department taps into a fire hydrant and when the fire is over maybe a rookie firefighter shuts the hydrant
off too abruptly, the pressure surge can go backward a couple blocks and completely blow out really old public utility pipes
underground. Which is where I come in; to shut down the street because a chasm has erupted open in the middle of the road
and water is pouring out, along with large amounts of dirt and mud and rocks and gravel, making a real mess of the road.

I pulled over a guy because the registration stickers on his car were expired by almost a year a half. He explained the car was
owned by his ex-wife, and she was refusing to transfer the title or pay for new tabs. Poor bastard, it reminded me of the gal I
pulled over once who had expired tabs; her excuse was that her ex husband had driven the car past toll cameras several dozen
times and never paid for them; the fines and fees making it impossible for her to renew her registration.

There once was a cop in a nearby agency who left the force to pursue a career as a lawyer. Which is actually not uncommon. But
he wound up specializing in, of all things, filing lawsuits against cops. He had two sons; one was a war hero and the other was a
complete loser. At age 20, the loser son had been arrested for hosting an under-age drinking party in his apartment. Dad sued
the officers involved– my coworkers - for violating his son’s rights; saying they had no authority to go into his apartment. The
city settled the case out of court for a $10,000 check, and loser son learned (again) that dad would help him out of any trouble.
Fast forward 20 years; the lawyer suffered a series of debilitating strokes and had to retire. His assistant confided to me one day
that the lawyer was expressing great regret that he spent so much time and effort bailing out and defending his youngest son,
who never amounted to anything. I was glad to hear that the enabling dad was sorry about that. Because he absolutely should
have been sorry– he did that kid no favors.