Moving to Fort Campbell and the Home of the 101st ABN ?

Glad to read that Clarksville is finally Soldier friendly.  That has not always been the case Sir.

In the early '60s I was a member of the 101st (a Geronimo).

On one Saturday morning my wife and I went to Clarksville to shop.  I parked our car and off we went.

Upon return to our car I saw that a tow truck was hooked up to it.  There was a policeman nearby.  I told that policeman that there was no need to tow my car because I was here.  He replied that I was illegally parked and he had "turned the car over" to the tow truck driver.  I then spoke with the tow truck driver and he (graciously) lowered our car and unhooked it.

I went back to the policeman and asked why he had given me a ticket.  He pointed to the sign and said nothing.  The sign read "No Parking Weekdays between ________ and _______" and remember I wrote earlier that it was a Saturday.  Needless to say I was a bit angry but held my (usually loose) tongue.

My wife and I decided that we should appear in court rather than mail in the $10 fine.

When I went before the judge (all dressed up in my Class A uniform) I answered "Not Guilty" when asked how I plead.  "Explain why" the judge responded.  "Well, sir, this ticket was issued on a Saturday and Saturday is on the weekend" was my reply.  "Does not that sign read No Parking Weekdays? and tell me son, is Saturday a day of the week?" he asked.

Nuff said?

Sounds like a bad joke, Ed!  Honestly, I was anticipating a different ending to your story.   When my husband was deployed to Vietnam and I was in California, 3,000 miles away from home, I knew the Officer's sticker on my car was an invitation to the war protestors for vandalism. 

Charles, I'd love to add you to the Military Base directory for Fort Campbell, if you're interested.  Just go to http://activerain.com/blogsview/335948/Last-Call-for-Military to read the critiria, and put your info into comments of the appropriate post.  This woould be a qualifying post - you'd just have to tag it "military relocation" and make sure you mention Fort Campbell or military relocation in your profile.