Well, I just changed my plan for Bob's power tool present and ordered it from Ace and they will deliver to my local store. So there you go, Lowes!
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Dec 12, 2011 3:34:48 pm PST #11222 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
sarameg - Dec 12, 2011 3:39:50 pm PST #11223 of 30001
askye, so glad your little dumbass adventurer came home!
ION, I just brought down the Hammer of Justice on three little boys walking home. One of them was whaling on a bag of leaves my neighbor cleaned up today, strewing them all about the alley. I heard them. "What in the HEY-ELL do you think y'all are doing??!! Where do you live? Y'all are cleaning that shit up RIGHT NOW." And threw down a broom. Two of the boys were very apologetic (it was their little brother, and in their defense, they were telling him to quit it) and waited until I came down with another broom and a scoop so they could put it in the trash cans. The culprit ran as soon as I started down.
They cleaned it up all right. I scared the SHIT out of them, they were practically stumbling over each other, and shaking. One of them earnestly told me he would tell his mom.
They were probably all under 10 or 11.
Jesse - Dec 12, 2011 3:42:01 pm PST #11224 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sara's a Neighbor Lady! Hee.
Speaking of neighbors, mine is back from 2.5 weeks out of town! So glad. She's my commuting buddy, so it has been bo-ring!
sarameg - Dec 12, 2011 3:47:05 pm PST #11225 of 30001
Apparently so. I was all, Brian just cleaned all that up (including in front of my house) OH HELLS NO. Had they been older, I might've called the cops, but they had on a local elem. uniform, so... Just one of those dumbass things little kids do when traveling in packs. Given their demeanor, I don't expect they'll be trying that again soon. "Ma'am, yes, ma'am. I apologize for my brother, ma'am. Ma'am, do you have another broom so I could help, ma'am? Please?"
Good call, Lisa!
Polgara - Dec 12, 2011 3:47:57 pm PST #11226 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Sara, you are truly awe-inspiring. And yeah, I'd've been scared to death too!
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2011 3:50:10 pm PST #11227 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My neighborhood is full of satellite trucks now, for Sandusky's hearing tomorrow. A little while ago, I could hear helicopters circling. And, for added ambiance, there was a Christmas thing this past weekend, and Santa's house is still on the courthouse lawn.
sarameg - Dec 12, 2011 3:54:38 pm PST #11228 of 30001
I might also be a little whackadoodle.
Jesse - Dec 12, 2011 4:01:03 pm PST #11229 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Nah, you're awesome. It takes a village!
sarameg - Dec 12, 2011 4:14:15 pm PST #11230 of 30001
Pretty sure it freaked out one of my neighborhoody friends on fb. But I have a pretty good gauge for confrontation, I think. And I'm just not one to turn a blind eye.
I've told you about the early morning I heckled a (really inebriated, I guess) guy who kept trying to take a piss under people's decks, right? OMG, that was hilarious. "HEY! WTF MAN! That's not a toilet either! Take it to the field!" He finally took a leak on the sidewalk FACING Ellerslie. As a cop drove by. And stopped.
Atropa - Dec 12, 2011 4:23:53 pm PST #11231 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Heh! sarameg is the awesome neighbor lady!
ION, I now remember why I stopped making chex mix. Because I will eat it ALL.