As I browse my usual news sources it dawned on me – what about my little piece of the world where I reside? Not the state news, not the city news, but our news – here in my neighborhood. We have a little bit of it all here.
The police and fire dept. spent hours across the street at the school the other nite. Such fun. They found a bomb of sorts. I was curious so I walked across the street to ask the firepersons what they were doing there. They pointed to an orange cone that was next to a large beer can. Strange looking with it’s two stripes of black electrical tape wrapped around it and something else stuck to the sides. I would be careful where you walk, pointing to it one of em said, it is a small pyrotechnic device – in other words – a beer can full of explosives. Seems of all the big bangs we have been complaining about – one did not go boom. I am not talking about small bangs here. I mean the kind that you wake up on the way down back to your bed type. Hours later it was dismantled and the remains removed.
The slumlord next door keeps running the malfunctioning airconditioner while he cleans the place up. Trouble is it freezes over and leaks all over. His solution is to place a bucket in the center of the living room to catch the drips – more like a steady flow of water. Now the water has managed to make its way into our townhouse via a main beam. My upstairs floor is warping – need I say this is not a good thing! Now I get to play the association CCR’s and who is liable games.
A group of teenagers has taken to hanging around in my carport. Yep and if you nicely ask them to not lean on your cars and truck they very not so nicely tell ya to go f yourself. Then they pick up all the fallen cherries around and bomb your dogs in the backyard. Ghezzzzzzzzzzzzz…..
I did get some revenge (not that revenge is a good thing) last night when they gathered in front along the sidewalk. Lots of noise, foul language, and teasing of my and my neighboor across the streets dogs. With all my windows and doors shut I still had trouble hearing my television over their noise. So- I snuck out and located the inground sprinkler control box for my front lawn and turned them on – hahahah a blast of water screams and they moved. My lawn may end up being the greenest in the area if this keeps up. Now if I only could water my carport! During the day playing Simon and Garfunkle really load seems to keep em away.
From the local area news:
The woman accused of being involved in a hit-and-run crash the killed a motorcycle rider and then triggering fires that destroyed two homes in El Dorado County has more than 20 charges against her. For some reason I like it when irresponsible people have to face the consequences of their actions. FYI- she was drunk.
In the Natomas area it seems a Peacock is becoming quite annoying. Since it is not in my yard I find it humorous – I wonder if it would chase off the kids? Emmm