tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post513025062966934974..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Truth in Advertising 1Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-27504911837553179152018-09-17T18:17:11.160-04:002018-09-17T18:17:11.160-04:00Leigh, it was one of our best fundraisers EVER.Leigh, it was one of our best fundraisers EVER.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39694242162003114032018-09-16T17:01:21.858-04:002018-09-16T17:01:21.858-04:00That's brilliant, Eve! I think I witnessed som...That's brilliant, Eve! I think I witnessed something like that when I was a little kid staying with my grandmother. Her house was adjacent to the high school, where teens inexplicably attacked a wildly painted car with sledges. I was so little, it didn't make sense at the time, but now I understand what was happening.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85692318159560431162018-09-16T16:11:34.039-04:002018-09-16T16:11:34.039-04:00Love the ad.
Yes, kids do love smashing stuff. We...Love the ad.<br />Yes, kids do love smashing stuff. We were doing a fundraiser at a small town fair one time, and I proposed getting an old junker car from someone (donated, of course), and selling whacks at it with a crowbar ($1.00) or sledgehammer ($5.00), $10.00 to smash a window. We made a mint.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52455728187338264172018-09-16T15:10:40.701-04:002018-09-16T15:10:40.701-04:00Janice, that's about the way I viewed it, at l...Janice, that's about the way I viewed it, at least write about the thing!<br /><br />Barb, the kid lives in a single-mother household. While she tries to be a good mother, she don't pay attention to the things she should, like her kids running wild. Astonishingly, his younger sister holds her own when his riffraff buddies show up. Fortunately (for the neighborhood), they moved a few months ago.<br /><br />Elizabeth, kids (boys?) seem to take particular joy in smashing things. Sexist as it sounds, maybe it's not only boys– I'm thinking of Sean Baker's <i>The Florida Project</i>, starring Willem Defoe.<br /><br />Elizabeth, eons before installing security cameras in January, I built fakes out of spare parts. (Damn, I miss Radio Shack!) It blinked an LED and served as a deterrent as long as I remembered to change its batteries 3-4 times a year. Orlando has a great store called Skycraft which is loaded with peculiar parts salvaged from technical gear. It makes a great geeky resource for such projects.<br />Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-83651527264941643092018-09-16T14:40:09.900-04:002018-09-16T14:40:09.900-04:00I think it's only kids who smash windows. Some...I think it's only kids who smash windows. Somebody put a rock through our big picture window back in June. I think it was a neighbor who is about 10, but I didn't see him do it. In any case, people around here tend to be unmotivated & it took us <b>6 weeks</b> to get someone here to replace the window. We paid a bit more but the replacement window is plexiglass.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-83986474890046096222018-09-16T10:48:33.124-04:002018-09-16T10:48:33.124-04:00You know who did it? Why not make him/his parents ...You know who did it? Why not make him/his parents pay for the repairs?Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-13035614565053884152018-09-16T09:01:18.640-04:002018-09-16T09:01:18.640-04:00What a shame it was vandalized!
But you may get a ...What a shame it was vandalized!<br />But you may get a story out of it yet even if you don't get a running sports car.janice lawnoreply@blogger.com