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Posted by Phil (VA) on May 07, 2002 at 11:50:58 from (199.249.205.165):
In Reply to: Re: odd things in the corn field posted by David H. Ransom on May 06, 2002 at 21:15:17:
In our neck of the woods they've taken to busting up mailboxes. (Thank goodness not with pipe bombs yet, but we wonder....) One recent Friday night, about 130am actually, we heard a door slam, then wham, wham, wham, wham, screech. Next day another poor pitiful mailbox was ready for the grave. Looks like they hit it with a ball bat. In my day kids would occasionally put a "baby-waker" in a mailbox, but i never knew anyone to beat one up with a Louisville Slugger. I figure they are between 16 (driving) and 19. Any older is unlikely. Probably white upper-middle class, not black and not Middle Eastern. This is a crime of the reasonably well-to-do kid with not enough supervision and access to alcohol. I know I shouldn't stereotype, but the point is there's all types of "terroists". They aren't in our corn yet, however, and we put up a $5.99 replacement mailbox so life goes on.
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