There's a Harley a coupla doors down and he gets on that thing, revs it up, then TAKES OFF .... real fast and real loud! It makes my windows rattle as much as some of those boom cars. At least the boom cars are just passing by but that Harley comes and goes, comes and goes .... and most often late at night. I like motorcycles, too, but this is really annoying.
And I stopped a group of about 6 kids playing in front of my house the other day. First of all, they were pulling leaves off my flowers and they were all screaming at one another merely in conversation. So I chatted with them for a bit about my pretty front yard and how I planted it for them to enjoy and how this part of the block right in front of my pretty yard and colorful house was known as "The Peace Zone". I learned all their names, told them mine, taught them the names for the flowers and plants in my yard, told them about the mural on my fence, let them swing in my hammock and just generally made friends with them. I shouted once or twice in our conversations to show them how crazy it sounds and reinforced talking in a quieter voice. My hope is that they'll honor my yard this summer and leave my things alone .... and also maybe that somehow that I made a good impression on them. And then an adult (obviously intoxicated) showed up to herd them back home and was yelling at the top of his lungs so ... perhaps my points fell on deaf ears?!? What really surprises and shocks me is how many really young kids are out playing alone in my neighborhood. I chatted with a little girl one day who was picking landscaping rocks from the neighbor's yard (let's ban those things, too!) and asked her to be sure they didn't end up in my yard or on my sidewalk. I asked her age .... she's three years old and playing all by herself in a neighborhood that houses the majority of registered sex offenders in the city! When I talked to the kids I caught throwing rocks and sticks at my dogs, they were from five to 12 years old. It's absolutely unbelievable to me how some people parent (or don't) their child(ren). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Connie Beckers - Folwell Tired of the Noise, Tired of extra taxes, Tired of loud neighbors, Tired of City Living "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
