Same here. I will just say, what an awful thing to happen, especially with Christmas right around the corner. I pray for all those families and the residents of Prague.
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I hope, sometime, she gets caught.
Lucky here in Watertown. Packages galore left all the time but have never heard of theft.
A small thing, but I like to bring in packages outside the front door and leave them for safe retrieval inside. Neighbors in the building do the same.
It's nice.
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I hope, sometime, she gets caught.
Lucky here in Watertown. Packages galore left all the time but have never heard of theft.
A small thing, but I like to bring in packages outside the front door and leave them for safe retrieval inside. Neighbors in the building do the same.
It's nice.
My HOA has a maintenance person take packages out of the entryway and into the locked lobby a couple times a day. Hasn't stopped all theft, but it's been drastically reduced.
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Our apartment management used to accept packages for us at the clubhouse but stopped doing it, so now they are left at our door. So far, I haven't had any problems, surprisingly.
A couple of weeks ago I got home around 6 pm after dropping my daughter off at logan. I stopped at the bottom of my driveway to check my mailbox. There was a car there (there are 4 mailboxes) and some guy had my mailbox open and was going through my mail. I said WHY ARE YOU GOING THROUGH MY MAIL. he said...Oh I thought maybe mine was mixed in. It was dark but I did not know him. I said NOT COOL...and he drove away. I should have gotten his car plate #.
Some people just suck
Some people just suck
Be one thing I guess if it was one of your neighbors (since you said there are 4 mailboxes together) and you knew them, but yea if you didn't know them definitely grab as much of their plate ID as possible (photo is best) and make & model of the vehicle.
The audacity of people doing this.
It's all over my Ring neighbors app. People doing that. Taking boxes. Just unacceptable.
my twin 3rd graders take the “bike bus” to school every Friday. What’s that? Instead of taking the school bus, a group of up to 60 students, and several adults meet at the biggest bus stop in town and bike to school. They get signed in to school just as if they took the bus, and then they get dismissed to the bike bus and ride home to the same bus stop
I volunteered, so every Friday this school year I’ve been lugging my bike over to my ex’s house, donning a high vis vest and biking to and from school with the kids. I’m even the donkey that gets to step out into traffic and stop cars so a gaggle of children can ride down the middle of the street for the last 50 yards or so.
It’s actually been quite fun most days. A lot of the kids know me by name. My boys get a kick out of it. It’s become something that has grown and caught on throughout the school, and everybody looks forward to Fridays.
Tomorrow is gonna be in the teens.
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I volunteered, so every Friday this school year I’ve been lugging my bike over to my ex’s house, donning a high vis vest and biking to and from school with the kids. I’m even the donkey that gets to step out into traffic and stop cars so a gaggle of children can ride down the middle of the street for the last 50 yards or so.
It’s actually been quite fun most days. A lot of the kids know me by name. My boys get a kick out of it. It’s become something that has grown and caught on throughout the school, and everybody looks forward to Fridays.
Tomorrow is gonna be in the teens.
woof
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I took the trash and recycling out and it literally HURT my chest outside. I cannot imagine walking outside let alone riding a bike! Lol
It is almost time to bare our souls with @NeelyDan 's much anticipated Friday Five.
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I survived the bike bus. Of course one of my kids couldn’t find some of his gear, so i had to give him my balaclava. Also couldn’t find his backpack. Two kids were a moment away from crying because they were too cold by the time we arrived at school. I can’t feel my jaw, but, we all made it
Good morning.
Good morning.
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I've already wimped out on taking a walk here this morning and it's 33 degrees, so you're doing better than me
NeelyDan's Friday Five, Peach Whiskey Hangover Edition:
1. Has the threat of 'terrorism' ever changed your travel plans? Is it something you dwell on while you travel?
2. Do you think 10 million dollars could buy you happiness? Think about the specific wording of this question.
3. Have you ever stolen anything? Tell us about it. CLEANSE THYSELF, MY LOVES,
4. What was the best party you've ever been to? What happened there?
5. What would you say is your most prominent defense mechanism?
1. Has the threat of 'terrorism' ever changed your travel plans? Is it something you dwell on while you travel?
2. Do you think 10 million dollars could buy you happiness? Think about the specific wording of this question.
3. Have you ever stolen anything? Tell us about it. CLEANSE THYSELF, MY LOVES,
4. What was the best party you've ever been to? What happened there?
5. What would you say is your most prominent defense mechanism?
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1. I flew to Poland 2 months after 9/11. If I wasn't dwelling on it then, I'm not now.
2. No, but the security it brings can ease the mind a bit.
3. Maybe a comic book when I was young.
4. Dennis. Summer of 1986. My buddies rented a cabin for the summer. It was adjacent to the parking lot of Jason's nightclub. Held a house party with our friend's band playing in the living room, which was the size of a postage stamp.
Half the Cape must've heard about it. There were at least 300 people there. The cops broke it up when Jason's management called them because people were leaving the club to go to the party.
We ran around scrambling to keep people we knew from being arrested (turns out there were no arrests). Ended up in the bed of a pickup truck with the sister of a future Vezina trophy winner.
Cops came by the next day when we were cleaning up the empties which covered the whole parking lot. We thought we were done for, but they congratulated us for holding the largest, and most well behaved, house party they'd ever seen. (I swear this is all true).
5. Walking away.
2. No, but the security it brings can ease the mind a bit.
3. Maybe a comic book when I was young.
4. Dennis. Summer of 1986. My buddies rented a cabin for the summer. It was adjacent to the parking lot of Jason's nightclub. Held a house party with our friend's band playing in the living room, which was the size of a postage stamp.
Half the Cape must've heard about it. There were at least 300 people there. The cops broke it up when Jason's management called them because people were leaving the club to go to the party.
We ran around scrambling to keep people we knew from being arrested (turns out there were no arrests). Ended up in the bed of a pickup truck with the sister of a future Vezina trophy winner.
Cops came by the next day when we were cleaning up the empties which covered the whole parking lot. We thought we were done for, but they congratulated us for holding the largest, and most well behaved, house party they'd ever seen. (I swear this is all true).
5. Walking away.
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1. I flew home from California last year on 9/11. Not that I enjoy flying (and by that I mean I get f***ed up and sweat it out) in the first place, but this was the worst flight. Very bumpy, red eye, getting rag dolled at 30,000 travelling 500mph, with the images of 9/11 playing over and over in my head, while a triple dose of Ativan works me over...it was horrible.
2. No. I think money enhances your biggest qualities. If you're a dick when you're poor, you're more of a dick when you fall into money. If you are giving pre-10mil, you'll be more giving with 10mil. I'm also a firm believer that money is a VERY temporary motivator. That being said, I'm house hunting. 10mil might make that process a little easier on me.
3. From a store, no not that I can think of. Do extra shots of the sugar mix at the slush puppy fountain count? Actually, I lied. I have pulled the fake out move at the self checkouts. I can't think of specifics though. Maybe 2-3 times. I'm a horrible person.
4. One of my best friends has held an annual wrestling themed birthday party for the last, damn must be close to 10 years now. It started off super small in his garage. Everybody dresses up as a wrestler. There's now an Instagram account for it where people do interviews before the part as if it's Wrestlemania. Title belts are handed out for best costume, best tag team costume, best video. The grill is kicking out food all day and night, sometimes there's a bonfire at the end. Usually there's a pay per view wrestling event around that time that ends up on the TV in the basement. It's always a great night. I won the title in the 2nd year by dressing as Sable from the Fully Loaded '98 event. I had a blonde wig, black man thong, size 13 black heels, and black handprint body paint over my chest. It was cold.
5. Withdrawal. I'm really good at shutting down and not speaking, not leaving the house, just not doing anything. It is not a good thing, I am aware.
Hey that's my life story merry christmas
NeelyDan's Friday Five, Peach Whiskey Hangover Edition:
1. Has the threat of 'terrorism' ever changed your travel plans? Is it something you dwell on while you travel?
yes, international travel.
2. Do you think 10 million dollars could buy you happiness? Think about the specific wording of this question.
in a way. All the things I could do for my kids and extended family. Student loans, mortgages, etc…
3. Have you ever stolen anything? Tell us about it. CLEANSE THYSELF, MY LOVES,
yes, as a young teen my home abutted B&M railroad tracks. Me and my buds found an abandoned one of those old fashioned pumper things that goes down the tracks. Like you see in old movies/ cartoons. Well the pump part was long gone, just platform and rail wheels. Four of us could lift it and put it on the tracks. We used to push it from East Arlington toFresh Pond. That area was undergoing massive revitalization. We stole whatever construction stuff we could get our hands on and sold it to older guys at Turnpike Bowladrome.
4. What was the best party you've ever been to? What happened there?
nothing really comes to mind. Not really a party person I guess.
5. What would you say is your most prominent defense mechanism?
1. Has the threat of 'terrorism' ever changed your travel plans? Is it something you dwell on while you travel?
yes, international travel.
2. Do you think 10 million dollars could buy you happiness? Think about the specific wording of this question.
in a way. All the things I could do for my kids and extended family. Student loans, mortgages, etc…
3. Have you ever stolen anything? Tell us about it. CLEANSE THYSELF, MY LOVES,
yes, as a young teen my home abutted B&M railroad tracks. Me and my buds found an abandoned one of those old fashioned pumper things that goes down the tracks. Like you see in old movies/ cartoons. Well the pump part was long gone, just platform and rail wheels. Four of us could lift it and put it on the tracks. We used to push it from East Arlington toFresh Pond. That area was undergoing massive revitalization. We stole whatever construction stuff we could get our hands on and sold it to older guys at Turnpike Bowladrome.
4. What was the best party you've ever been to? What happened there?
nothing really comes to mind. Not really a party person I guess.
5. What would you say is your most prominent defense mechanism?
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Watch out Easy Button there's a new Sherriff in town!
I’d like to visit the Holy Land, but I have to admit I’m somewhat reluctant to go.
No. Happiness is a human emotion and money cannot “buy” it.
I stole the heart of Mrs. 103 the night I met her.
Guilty as charged.
Oh boy… I’m not even going to get into this. Use your imagination.
DEFCON 5: Ignore the “threat.”
DEFCON 4: Sarcasm.
DEFCON 3: Stern warning to back the f*** off.
DEFCON 2: Fists.
DEFCON 1: Lethal force.
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1. No...but I check before I make plans. There are some places I will never visit.
2. Money cannot buy happiness but it sure would help with life.
3. No...Strict father ..friends shop lifted but I did not.
4. My parents 25th wedding anniversary. We surprised them and invited relatives, neighbors and friends. They were shocked that we did it. They thought it was the neighbors. Also growing up we had neighborhood July 4th and Labor Day potluck parties....always fun. I was lucky to grow up in a great neighborhood.
5. My mouth. I was shy when I was young...No more. Sometimes I have to stop myself to stay out of trouble.
I just made 6 sour cream cinnamon/ chocolate cakes. Almond poppy cakes are in the oven.
Tomorrow I am making stuffed shells and a chocolate (with coconut tunnel) cake for Christmas Eve after I pick up my kid at Logan.
Christmas...A turkey breast with some fixings and apple pie. Only will have my older (non-hockey fan sis) and my daughter who doesn't eat any meat.
I am already tired and have to clean.
Tomorrow I am making stuffed shells and a chocolate (with coconut tunnel) cake for Christmas Eve after I pick up my kid at Logan.
Christmas...A turkey breast with some fixings and apple pie. Only will have my older (non-hockey fan sis) and my daughter who doesn't eat any meat.
I am already tired and have to clean.
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