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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:21 PM Original message |
The yard is nicely maintained: the lawn is mowed, the shrubs roundly trimmed. On the porch steps, |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have to say, Struggle4progress.... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Thanks! I'm glad you've enjoyed them! |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe they are on vacation? The lawn maintenance is probably done by service. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. we don;t know our neighbors anymore |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. sounds like my subdivision |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Oh, I have a story. Worked as a gardener down by the beach taking care of several houses in a row. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. It doesn't happen like that anymore. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That's true and it's because we no longer make it happen. Sad. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Entrepeneurs are killing every honest human interaction in a community. |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Perhaps but I can't remember when was the last time I visited an elderly neighbor that was not |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I don't count myself in that group. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Dear BC, I walk every day around the neighborhood to lose weight. I smile and wave to people >>> |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I think it's regional. |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where I live it is spider season. |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Same here. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I had a freaky encounter the other day with one. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Spider season here is midsummer. We've already had some frosty nights. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Never a good idea to open the door to a stranger |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Some people feel that way. I can often tell if somebody's home but |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Americans are so uncomfortable |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. well, that's you |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe it's been foreclosed upon and no one lives there. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. The gardens & lawns at foreclosed houses I've gone to look at were neglected to the point of death |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I've seen enough empty houses. They often have for rent or for sale signs. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. jeez, you may have just awoken a sleeping ghost! In which case I say > |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. "When ah die, bay-ree me in Nuth Cayolina so ah kin keep on votin" |
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littlewolf (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Normally |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. I clicked on your profile, expecting the South: the South it is! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yep, though I is a damn yankee born and bred, I has mostly lived down here in Dixie |
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