Odd / Tags / Parking

ODD / NEWS Mon Jan 14, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

Yahoo News -- A man who wrote a vulgar message on the memo line of a check he used to pay a $5 parking ticket has apologized in writing, leading police to drop a disorderly conduct charge against him. Clerks were offended by the message, and the disorderly conduct c.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Mon Jul 30, 2007 @ 7:34am neoform

FOX News -- The city is selling 500 pounds of foreign coins that found their way into its parking meters this year. "We have pretty much every denomination from every continent," said Anthony Alfano, the city's deputy chief of meter collections. The most common co.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

FOX News -- A man died while trying to outdo a rival with an acrobatic move while "battle dancing," police said. Robert Stitt, 48, and his rival were competing in a parking lot Monday night when he tried a forward flip and landed on his head. "It was just two g.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Mon Mar 26, 2007 @ 10:07pm neoform

SF Gate -- A $1 parking ticket from 1980 has finally been paid off, after the offender sent the payment along with a $3 late fee to police without giving a name. "It's kind of cool that someone took the time to take care of their obligation after 26 years," police C.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Mon Feb 12, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

CBS News -- NEW YORK Several Brooklyn residents woke up to find their street empty — because someone had posted a No Parking sign and police had towed their rides. The sign, which bans parking on a street in the DUMBO neighborhood from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays,.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 2:51am neoform

FOX News -- A peacock that roamed into a fast-food store parking lot was savagely attacked by man who vilified the bird as a vampire, animal-control authorities said. Beaten so fiercely that most of his tail feathers fell out, the bird was euthanized, said Richard.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Tue Mar 27, 2007 @ 12:14pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A $1 parking ticket from 1980 has been paid off, after the offender sent the payment along with a $3 late fee to police — without giving a name. "It's kind of cool that someone took the time to take care of their obligation after 26 years," police Cap.. Read More

ODD / NEWS Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 3:24pm neoform

CBC -- Those high-tech parking pay stations scattered around Winnipeg may be smart, but even they have felt the chill during the recent cold snap — and that's been good news for some lucky drivers. There have been four days so far this winter when the machi.. Read More