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I was nearing the end of a touring holiday 2 days ago, through France (down the eastern side), followed by a trip into Spain, then back up along the coast of France to get home to the UK. A few KM north of Biarritz we pulled into a layby for a rest break. Ahead of us blocking the road was a French customs (Duane) who asked me to pull over. They proceeded to search the van from top to bottom, causing damage in multiple areas (pulling off the interior – breaking the poppets), opening all my food and letting the dog at it (which caused me to vomit, when I discovered a dog hair in a cake) and finally, allowing the sniffer dog to put its foot through one of the speakers on the front seat (mains speakers that run off a leisure battery). Total damage will run to hundreds or euros, for repairs, replacement food, replacement speakers and mental anguish.
I have photos of the damage caused, and took the photos in the places they occured. (They don’t let you near your vehicle when they are searching so I could not have filmed ‘live’) I also have a stop motion video of them pulling me over, with identifyable faces (number plates are a little blurry). These photos also show the exact time and date.
I need to know who to contact to start proceedings against the French customs, they can’t just go around breaking innocent people’s property, and causing mental trauma to tourists.
When they found nothing, they jumped into their vehicles and zoomed off, so I had no chance to question them at the time. I didn’t actually notice the damage until they had left.
Many thanks for your answers.
Stagner remains in mental health facility
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Stagner remains in mental health facility
RIFLE — It’s been eight years and six months since Steven Michael Stagner was sentenced to serve one day to life at the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo (CMHIP) for shooting seven Latino residents in Rifle on July 3, 2001.
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Community took back mental health by redefining needs
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Community took back mental health by redefining needs
Tucked away on the Kenai Peninsula’s back roads of Cohoe is a therapeutic eco-community called Ionia. Recently several hundred visitors took advantage of a Kenai Resilience open house at Ionia to learn about sustainable living. I was among them.
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What is my ‘mental issue’?
Posted by: | CommentsToday, my crappy 92 Buick had died after paying $250 for repairs, although it is a bummer, I take full responsibility for this.
Truth is, I can make it to work using two buses and a walk. That I can deal with, but the sad thing is that I have to wait 3 hours (1 1/2 hrs there and back) to get home. Also, I will be saying goodbye to the 60 hours a week I work, and will go down to 50. That I hate.
But, for the first three hours, I was filled with doom & gloom about this, since when the car died (figuring out it is a fuel pump problem & I also put $25 of gas in it. BUMMER!). I was so pissed off, I was thinking of killing myself and other negative things, including a great deal of anxiety with a breathing struggle.
It wasn’t until that three hours later when I stopped and began to think on how I could get to work and also accept that I will not be getting those hours I would like. And the positive thinking came out when listening to my favorite band Rush, also thought to myself that I could make it, even without a car and everything will be fine. I can just donate my piece of crap (which is parked on residential road nearby a friends house) to a charity motors place. Good for me and good for the place to sell the parts of that piece of crap to help others who don’t even have a job (and work overtime). And I don’t have to pay car insurance (a $110 a week I’ll be saving, I’m in Detroit).
For those first three hours, I was upset as hell. But now, I feel better and could take the on the situation.
My question is, what would be the proper name for my ‘disorder?’ (if so you could call it one).
