sounds like you need to video surveillance the front lawn! we just had a similar situation in TX, it even got on the local news. The people lost 8 of the large blow up decorations.
It sure would be nice to catch the idiots...... On 12/11/06, Brian Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what do I do? > > Last x-mas, a few punk kids jumped out of their car and proceeded to crush > and destroy some of the x-mas lawn ornaments we had out. Specifically a > blow-up moose family and snowman. > My neighbor caught the tail-end of the incident, but didn't get a license > plate number. > > My 1.5 year old daughter was saddened that the ornaments were no longer > around, but quickly forgot about them. > > Last night, some punk kids (I assume) struck again. They destroyed a new 8 > foot polar bear and winnie-the-pooh blow-up decorations. > > My now 2.5 year old is going to be devastated. It won't be as easy to > explain away this year, and with so much x-mas season to go. > > I swear to god if I could my hands on those punks, I'd frickin' kill them. > They're pointless to society and could never amount to anything. They > wouldn't even be good at cleaning public urinals because they'd do such a > lousy job at it. > > So, I'm open to suggestions. My wife is currently calling the police to file > a complaint, we didn't last year. > > I was thinking of putting up a big sign in my front yard which reads: > ============================= > Merry X-mas To The > Neighborhood Punk Vandals > Who Destroyed Our X-mas Lawn > Decorations Again This Year. > Your Parents Must Be Proud. > ============================= > > Anyone got anything better? > > I do live in a deed-restricted neighborhood, but it is not gated. It's > supposed to be a nicer neighborhood in Tampa, but obviously has it's share of > jerks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222011 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
