I suppose in the interest of actually telling news instead of keeping it under my hat for a few weeks before it's made known, barely noticeable, in a massive omnibus edition of RLW::UHF, I should make known the today's delightful event here and now.
The duplex next door to us (the near half, anyway, the other side has never been a problem) has been cleared out!
Yes, a small cadre of Alton's Finest today lead the 'nominal adult', that is, the only person there who appears to be over 18, and her 'idiot-looking' (The cop's words, not mine. We referred to him as 'Frankenteen') son away in a squad car.
Evidently all the other troublemakers that seem to be perpetually there were either off making trouble elsewhere at the time, or they were guided by the sixth sense that seems to keep those who would normally attract the attention of the constabulary from getting caught, to find a different location for a while.
Later in the day, Ruth said, some familiar faces were seen entering and exiting the domicile in question apparently looting the place of anything not nailed down. Of course Ruth let the fuzz know what was up, but she was on her way out the door to the grocery after she hung up the phone so we don't know what transpired later.
We'll not miss the noise, strife, antics, and carelessly strewn trash of that gang next door.
I wish them luck in their new location.
I'm not mean spirited and I hope nobody gets serious jail time (unless they deserve it for things I didn't know about), but I do hope their new location is far removed from mine.
Posted by Roger at November 13, 2003 11:48 PMI guess congrats are in order. There's nothing that feels so good as bad neighbors moving on.
Posted by: Doug Alcorn at November 14, 2003 12:58 PM