Ron Ablang's Blog
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Joe Millionaire 2
Joe Millionaire a.k.a. David Smith, 24, earns $11,000 a year as a rodeo cowboy in Texas. Fourteen European women, from 5 different countries, vying for his attention (and fake $80 million oil fortune) don’t meet him until the very end of the episode. However, the time leading up to that was still worth watching. If possible, these women appear to be cattier and more materialistic than the ladies from the original J.M. David is flown to a gorgeous villa in the Italian countryside and given a crash course by Paul, everyone’s favorite butler, in European geography and greetings in the ladies’ native languages. The women party it up (drinking so much champagne their first night Paul has to order more) in their anticipation to meet him and are, shall we say, disappointed when they find out he’s a cowboy. Paul’s observation that European women seem to like a wealthy man as much as American women is dead-on. That QUICKLY changes when they hear about his fortune. All in all, it looks like this next installment will be as entertaining as its predecessor.
The Women: To keep things clear, here’s a breakdown of the women with their country of origin:
Italy: 3
Yassmin, 27
Giada, 21
Alessia, 27
Germany: 3
Johanna, 21
Jerusha, 30
Cat, 22
Netherlands: 2
Anique, 21
Petra, 27
Czech Republic: 4
Karolina
Linda
Tereza
Kristyna
Sweden: 2
Olinda
Lina
We get a little background info on David and what he does in Texas. He rides in rodeos and says that it’s not easy finding a woman willing to be with someone who’s always on the road and earns only $11,000 a year. The “buckle-bunnies” (cowgirls) are ok, but he likes someone a little more feminine. He seems to come from a close family and his relatives have plenty of positive things to say about him.
David arrives at the villa that’s supposedly his and is greeted at the door by Paul. He gets a tour of the house, to become familiar with it and to feel more at home. Paul gives David a few lessons to help polish him up for the ladies. He keeps calling Paul “sir”, which he has to break because he’s supposed to be Paul’s boss. Paul points out to David on a big map all the different countries the ladies are from. He tells him the capital of each and how to say hello in their different languages. This made for some humor as David asks him “Where’s Dutch again?” confusing Holland’s name with the language they speak. David comments “that’s where they wear the wooden shoes.” Paul teaches him to say hello and goodbye in Italian: Ciao. Paul asks him to repeat what ciao means, and David’s guess is food. David doesn’t seem to catch on too quickly. He keeps calling Paul “sir” and language isn’t exactly his forte.
We move from David’s gentlemen lessons to the women at a spa where they have been waiting. Let’s get one thing out of the way. These women are GOLD-DIGGERS. There’s no two ways around it. They like money and aren’t afraid to admit it. At least they’re honest. They talk about what they think David will look like and there were some pretty random guesses: Keanu Reeves, Lenny Kravitz and James Bond. These women better not have their hopes pinned on those images. One woman was more dead-on with her mental picture of him: muscular, blonde and tan.
The girls are brought to the villa in a manner suited for a princess and they LOVE it. They arrive in twos by horse drawn carriage. The first girls to arrive at the villa are Alessia and Kristyna. They’re followed by Jerusha and Karolina, Anique and Yassmin, and Linda and Johanna.
Samantha Harris, replacing Alex McCloud this year as hostess, greets them at the entrance along with all the staff working at the villa.
The women continue to arrive by twos, with Caterina (Cat) and Giada arriving next. Followed by Tereza and Lina and finally Olinda and Petra.
The women are then brought to a large seating area of the Villa where Samantha fills them in on David. She tells them that David is a cowboy and the women completely throw their noses up in the air and begin to make fun. They clearly thought a cowboy was beneath them and that it was a joke. Samantha tells them that his family is in oil and his uncle set up a trust for him that has matured and is valued at $80 million. That’s all these women needed to hear. The 14 gold-diggers became wannabe cowgirls in 5 seconds flat. They danced to banjo music and everything. Before you know it, the champagne is flowing and Paul has to keep popping bottles. The women, unaware that they would be awakened bright and early the next morning, all had too much to drink. When Paul wakes them up for breakfast, there are various complaints of headaches and a few girls asking for their sunglasses.
The cook and maids are hilarious. I think they just might add a little more of the comic observations we’re used to getting from Paul. They talk about how much the girls drank and mention that Paul had to order more champagne because the women drank so much they’re first night. The Euro-girls spend the day complaining about everything. They complain about being hungover and waking up super early. They complain about Texas and cowboys. Mind you, most of them didn’t even know exactly what a cowboy does. But it was funny listening to them trying to guess and explain it to each other. Olinda, who in my opinion looks like a young Debbie Harry, did know what a cowboy was from going to a rodeo in Spain, and she admitted it takes a lot of strength and isn’t as easy as it looks. What strikes just about anyone who watches is that these women criticize David without even meeting him, but have no qualms about lounging in a pool they think is his or staying in a villa they think he owns. This group of women is very…special.
While the women lounge around, David finds out he’ll be meeting the girls the following day and will arrive at the villa on horseback. He was SO excited about picking his own horse that he wasn’t able to sleep at night. It wasn’t the thought of all the women who would definitely be throwing themselves at him that kept him up, it was the thought of picking a horse. I guess you can take the cowboy out of the rodeo…He picks a beautiful palomino named Hurricane.
Fox leads us to believe the women did nothing again the entire day (they probably didn’t) and again we go to the cork-popping. These girls can DRINK! Nothing as small as a hangover kept anyone from drinking again. Paul was shocked and thought that the hangovers and early wake-up would have taught them a lesson, but apparently he was wrong.
The next morning the women are awakened bright and early yet and again, and some of them actually refuse to get up. They wanted to sleep in and weren’t happy that they had to wake up early for the 2nd day in a row. Eventually, everyone makes it to breakfast (hungover) and Paul tells them David will finally be stopping by before the evening’s planned event. We aren’t told what it is, but we know they will finally get to meet one on one. He will be arriving at noon and the girls spend the rest of the morning getting ready. For someone they spent 2 days making fun of, they REALLY want to make a good first impression on him. I wonder why…
The women stand outside the villa for what seems like an eternity for David to arrive, and we finally see him ride up the path to the villa on Hurricane. David’s introduction is a little awkward. You can tell he really hadn’t thought of what to say, but he was sweet and his nervousness was a little charming. He was very accommodating with the ladies and told them if they needed absolutely anything, to let him know and he would see that they got it. He tells them he looks forward to seeing them that evening and leaves. All of a sudden the cowboy jokes stop. Seeing what they think is a young, handsome millionaire, the women talk about his bright smile, his good looks and how nice he seemed. Prediction: The Euro-girls will be a handful and THEN SOME for the rodeo cowboy.
UCD Bike Auction 10/11/03
336 bikes went for sale. There were a few of those "little girl" bikes. On a college campus?
Notes of some bikes that sold (in order):
34 Bianchi (red) road $320
Raleigh M40 $17.50 (needed front tire only)
82 Cruiser (purple) $320 had back baskets
102 Huffy Cruiser $62.50
112 Cruiser $45
122 Nishiki road $72.50
145 Cannondale road $325
153 Specialized $75
200 Vertical XL2 $85
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Shopbots
Do you have any better than these?
consumerworld.org
dealtime
mysimon
shopper
shopping
streetprices
Good Guys vs Circuit City vs Best Buy
Online shopping differences. I don't guarantee that they are up to date. Your call on which is best.
Good Guys: free S&H, no sales tax, 30 day returns, 10% restock fee
Circuit City: 30 day returns, no restock fee, charge for S&H
Best Buy: free S&H, charges sales tax
Bike tune-ups are expensive!
I had just won a $27.50 Magna Grand Legend bike from an auction. Both tires were flat and the chain was rusty, and the brakes needed adjusting. I took it to Town & Country Bike & Skate at Calvine Rd & Elk Grove-Florin Rd. Here is what I paid:
Tuneup labor $65
Inner Tubes $8 ($4 ea)
Replace entire brake line $18.50
So basically I ended up paying about $118 for a used bike that I probably could've gotten cheaper at Target or Walmart.
Did I possibly pay too much for the labor and/or parts?
Who saw the movie, "Hackers"?
It starred Angelina Jolie in her 1st role.
A couple of things I found interesting about the movie:
1. Most commonly used passwords are: love, secret, sex, & god [Not from anybody I know]
2. Go to a payphone with a micro-cassette recorder, put in $5 in quarters, and record the tone that it gives. Free phone calls for the rest of your life! [does that really work?]
Monday, October 20, 2003
Baron Boutique: Movie Replica
Buy clothes used in the movies!
http://www.baronboutique.com/movie_replica.htm
Red Sox advance to the World Series!
OCTOBER 17--It's not exactly "Dewey Defeats Truman," but the New York Post made a colossal error today on its editorial page. The paper somehow printed an editorial bemoaning last night's Yankees loss to the Boston Red Sox, noting that the "Curse of the Bambino boomeranged this year" and that the Bronx Bombers "couldn't get the job done at home." The editorial concluded, "Wait'll next year!" Obviously, the Post piece was drafted while the Yanks were trailing the Sox, but was--unbelievably--not yanked when the club tied the game in the eighth inning and won it on Aaron Boone's walkoff home run in the 11th. (1 page)
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/postcurse1.html
The Ugly Truth About 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'
Wed, Oct 15, 2003, 01:10 PM PT
By Mike Szymanski
New Line is doing a lot these days to scare people these days. Audiences are faced with the ads of horrifying chases through a farm by a maniac with a roaring powertool for "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" -- a remake of the original 1974 slasher classic. Then, people see the chilling tag line that these events are "inspired by a true story."
And although the marketing folks at New Line Cinema point out that word "inspired" is used, lots of people think that there really was a group of teenagers butchered horribly by a guy known as Leatherface in the middle of Texas and that the community hid it from authorities and that 30 or so bodies were found.
Even the press kit starts off: "On August 20th, 1973, police were dispatched to the remote farmhouse of Thomas Hewitt, the former head-skinner at a local slaughterhouse in Travis County, Texas. What they found within the confines of the cryptic residence was the butchered remains of 33 human victims, a chilling discover that shocked and horrified a nation in what many still refer to as the most notorious mass murder case of all time."
Truth is: there was no such murder, there's no such murderer's name and no chainsaw was ever used even in the "inspired by" crimes.
Although filmmaker Tobe Hooper created an incredible myth when he made the film, there are lots of people out there who believe it's all fact. And, there are others trying to correct people's impression that the story happened as it's told by him, or as it's told in the latest movie. The Travis County, Texas authorities, for example, point out that only a handful of murders actually happen outside of their metro city, Austin, and author/historian Tim Harden says his daily queries are tripling now that the myth is being perpetuated again just before the Oct. 17 release of the remake.
"Every day I get e-mails asking about whether this really happened or not," says Harden, who runs the website www.texaschainsawmassacre.net which is not affiliated with the movie. The horror film fan says he gets calls from college students who have found secret information about a series of chainsaw murders, but they never bring him proof. He points out, "The film was released in August of 1974 and the opening states that this happened in August of 1973? August of 1973 is when filming for 'TCM' began. So do you think that Tobe Hooper and company were monitoring a real live 'TCM' and mimicking it for the camera at the same time?"
"Leatherface is as real as Pinocchio," insists another Internet film historian.
The truth is that Hooper was terrified as a child about stories of the Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein, which became legendary and exaggerated. Back on Nov. 17, 1957 police went into Gein's hardware store and followed a terrible smell and found the body of 50-year-old Bernice Worden, the missing mother of one of the police deputies. She was gutted and dangling upside-down like a deer.
Then, they noticed Gein's decor in his house included a bowl made out of a human skull, a suit and an armchair made of human skin, female genitalia kept preserved in a shoebox, a belt made of nipples, a human head, four noses and a heart. He confessed to two murders of women about the age of his overbearing mother, and he is suspected of killing his brother in a fire, but the remaining body parts found at his house -- of an estimated 15 people -- were dug up from a cemetery.
The Gein murders inspired not only "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," but "Psycho, " "Silence of the Lambs," "Don't Go in the House," "Three On a Meathook," "Maniac," "Deranged" and "Ed Gein," starring Steve Railsback as the murderer.
Although he was never called Leatherface, Gein was known to have worn masks of the skins of his victims, but he was a little man, not the towering frightening monster of the movies.
The movie also doesn't go into any of the cannibalism attributed to him, which Gein denied until his death in 1984 in a mental institution at the age of 78.
Meanwhile, New Line is sending out press kits along with dirtied photos of families (supposedly victims), and random jewelry with names on them, a box of Epsom salt used to cauterize one victim's wounds, an evidence bag and a fake blood and hair sample. It's enough to make even the jaded press corp squeamish.
Other fun facts about the movie:
There are three sequels to the original.
The original movie was trying for a PG rating.
The original movie is banned in Great Britain, although it is now shown there, and so will the remake.
The movie was made for $150,000 and made more than $100 million worldwide.
Leatherface was once going to be called "Headcheese" and the name was changed only at the last minute.
No one ever uses the name "Leatherface" in the original or the remake.
Harry Knowles, creator of aintitcoolnews.com, has a cameo as the Victim on the Silver Platter.
"Night Court" star John Laroquette, who was the voice of the narrator in the first movie, reprises his role as the narrator in the remake.
And although this new version seems to have documentary footage in black and white taken of the crime scene, don't believe it. It's just to scare you.
http://www.zap2it.com/movies/features/scenes/story/0,1259,---19093,00.html
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Friday, October 17, 2003
sizing your bike info
F.Y.I:
If your like me and your not sure what size bike you need, here is some helpful tips.
http://www.coloradocyclist.com/bikefit/index.cfm#B
How to close a credit card account
Dear Debt Adviser,
When closing credit card accounts, what type of letter is needed and how do you word your request to close the account? Do you need to send it certified mail? Any information you could provide would be helpful. Thanks,
Jim
Dear Jim,
Good question! To some it may seem like just tidying up your accounts that you don't use any longer, but in reality it can be an important part of your overall credit score! Ten percent of your FICO score is determined by the types and number of accounts you have open.
To close your credit card accounts I would recommend that you contact each of your creditors by phone and ask for instructions on how to close your account. You can find the customer service phone number on the back of the card or on your statement. Write down the name of whom you are speaking with and any information that he or she gives you. You may also ask the customer service representative to record the call, so that the company has record of your request, too.
Continued below
Be aware that when you call you may be asked why you want to close the account and it is likely the person you speak with will try to convince you to remain a customer. Some representatives may be persistent so be prepared to stick to your plan of getting information on how to close the account.
Some creditors will close the account while you are on the phone, others will want the request in writing. For the later, you will likely be instructed to send a letter stating you are requesting that your account be closed and you may be asked to include your cut-up card(s). Items you will want to include in the letter:
Your name and address
Account number
Request to close account
Request that the creditor report to the credit bureaus that the account was "closed at request of cardholder."
Request that you be mailed confirmation
The letter may look something like this:
Dear Sir:
I am writing in reference to account number 4444-4444-4444-4444. As the named card holder I am requesting that the account be closed, effective immediately and that a notation is included in the report to the credit bureaus that the account was "closed by request of cardholder."
My destroyed card(s) is enclosed. Please notify me in writing to confirm that my account has been closed.
Thank you for your attention in this matter,
Your Name,
Address
Send the letter by certified, return receipt requested mail if you are really fastidious or just have a lot of bad luck, which will provide you with proof that your creditor received the letter. Give the creditor 30 days to close the account and then check your credit reports.
The accounts that were closed should be listed as "closed by cardholder request." If any of the accounts are listed as "active" or "closed by creditor," you will need to contact the creditor again by phone and letter requesting that the error be corrected. Include a copy of the original letter requesting that the account be closed and a copy of the certified receipt. You should mail the second letter certified, return receipt requested.
Be sure to check your credit reports again 30 days after you receive the certified receipt rom your second letter to assure that the accounts are listed correctly. If you experience any trouble with the creditor reporting to the bureau incorrectly and can not get resolution with the creditor, file a dispute with the credit bureau and include your letters and certified receipt(s). The bureau is required to investigate and correct the listing if it finds the listing is inaccurate.
Good luck!
The Debt Adviser, Steve Bucci, is the president of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern New England. Visit CCCS for additional debt advice or click here to ask a debt question.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/debt/20031003a1.asp
Ventura County concert
Hilary Duff, tween pop icon, will appear in concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Majestic Ventura Theatre in Ventura. Tickets, $25, are available through the box office, 653-0721, and Ticketmaster, 583-8700.
Monday, October 13, 2003
Angel History Quiz I & Season Premiere pics
I scored a paltry 2 out of 5 the 1st time around.
http://thewb.com/exclude/Shows/TriviaFrame/0,14590,102771,00.html
Nics pics of Fred (Winifred), played by Amy Acker.
http://thewb.com/Popups/PhotoGallery/0,8200,132619,00.html
Best Buy karaoke sale and questions
This week, or for a limited time, Best Buy is having a sale on all their karaoke stuff. Their featured player is the SMG199 for $60.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384782794&skuId=4224994&type=product&productCategoryId=cat03111
Does this player have any shortcomings?
What are the minimum components required to get CD+Graphics? Can CD+G cds be copied like musical cds on a computer? What do CD+Gs normally sell for, and are there other types of karaoke cd's?
Which of the Best Buy karaoke machines are the best bang for the buck?
monitoring alarm companies?
Okay okay. So if I finally tap out and decide that I am willing to pay a monthly monitoring fee for an alarm system, which companies out there available for me to choose from?
Friday, October 10, 2003
sizing your bike info
F.Y.I:
If your like me and your not sure what size bike you need, here is some helpful tips.
http://www.coloradocyclist.com/bikefit/index.cfm#B
THE ROLLING STONE REVIEW: Hilary Duff's Metamorphosis
Don't be mad at the rocks that she got -- mass-media assassin Hilary Duff wants to be a music star, too, and the Lizzie McGuire star's backers have shelled out for some of the best pop songwriting on the market. The snoozers here ("Party Up") are outnumbered by likely hits: The excellent "Where Did I Go Right?" is Avril pop without the sneer, and "Why Not" borrows Michelle Branch's sentimental pout. The best songs are so thoroughly focus-grouped that they actually transcend cliche and come out gleaming.
JON CARAMANICA
(RS 931, September 18, 2003)
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2047303&cf=
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Any good non-monitoring alarms?
Is anyone out there using a good non-monitoring alarm? I'm curious because I want a alarm loud enough to alert the neighbors, but I don't want to spend a $30 monthly fee for life just for "monitoring".
So what company or brand do you use?
Here's a file-sharing portal for you!
Allows you to share your opinion on your favorite file-sharing applications, voice your opinion in the forums, and in general be heard! We are not selling this info to anyone, or using it to market to your every impulsive desire. Think of it like a nametag, so people will recognize you. And plus, all the cool kids are doing it. Best of all, it's completely, really, really, ridiculously free. Enjoy!
http://www.zeropaid.com
Are there truly any RIAA-proof sharing softwares out there? I doubt it.
Posting anonymously to Usenet Newsgroups?
So, other than using http://newsone.net, how else do you make your postings. Posting through this site doesn't seem to guarantee that all your posts actually show up on Google. Whether or not they all actually go out is a mystery to me.
GoGamer.com
Buy new PC and/or console games.
I don't know if their prices are good. You tell me!
http://www.gogamer.com/
"Boston Public's" hottest teacher ever!
"Boston Public's" hottest teacher ever would arguably have to be 21-YO Natalia Baron, who plays Carmen Torres this season. She is super-hot, and I love her aggressive take-charge style!
http://entertainment.excite.com/celebgossip/tvginsider/id/07_29_2003_3.html
Unfortunately, there is no picture of her out there since this is her first acting role.
My #2 pick would have to be the young lady who played Natalie Woods, the Liv Tyler look-alike, but cuter.
Sears: free 2-room satellite system with DVR
The current Sears circular has an ad for a free 2-room satellite system with DVR:
Purchase stock #38101 certificate for only $49.99, receive $49.99 equipment credit on 1st bill.
* includes 1 Dish DVR receiver (100 hrs, doesn't say which model) and 1 Dish 301 standard receiver
* includes standard professional installation, a $258 value
* free storm series survival kit by mail
2-yr contract w/ at least the America's Top 50 (how much / month?)
Is this a good deal?
It is 1320 sq ft,
3 bedrooms I have 2 roomates.
Hollister is the last frontier of
teh bay area, and my favorite place
of all areas I have resided.
I think my place will appreciate 40K by
next springtime and possibly 75-100K
in the next couple years.
>
> > So far career seems ok, i have roomates
> > so I'll be all right for a while if
> > the worst happens.
>
> It certainly looks like an attractive
> place, but I have to question
> the value of money, even in a town like
> Hollister. I wonder how much the
> cheapest 3 bedroom house would cost? And how
> many roommates can you have in your
> tiny townhome? Is it like 1200 sq feet?
2 shopping sites
Halloween Costumes
http://store.yahoo.com/partyamerica/halloween-costumes.html
Dresses (prom, wedding, etc)
http://www.cybergown.com
Making cat swallow the pill?
Has anyone been successful in making their cat swallow a pill? Last night, I fought over 2 hours unsuccessfully trying to make my cat swallow her de-worming pill. We both agreed to live with the worms.
Of course, when the vet demonstrated the technique to make her swallow, she did it in less than 1 minute. The lady must be a cat-whisperer or something, because my cat was constantly resisting. The 2nd time she panted from all the screaming, I decided to stop.
Don't they make cures that can be injected these days? I'm sure I'm not the only one who can not make their cat swallow a pill.
Monday, October 06, 2003
Re: What are you watching on cable/satellite?
< It is a ripoff. The fees increase, only to see more ads and ways they can
mess up TV programming with bigger and bigger promo pop ups. >
Actually, the one big selling point the satellite guy told me was that you can basically grandfather in your current rate for life if you like just going by the 1 year plan. But yeah, cable has gone up for like the last 8 years in a row. Total ripoff!
What are you watching on cable/satellite?
I am being deluged with all these great deals from Dish/DSS (cable is such a ripoff), so I was wondering what it was that I am missing. So, what are you watching on cable/satellite? What shows do you recommend your friends watch? What makes it worth subscribing to the monthly fees?
I'm hearing some funny things from MTV's Punked, and also the "reality" show by Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey. Who would've thought that Jessica could be so high maintenance?
I was wondering what you think about their products in general, and do they actually work according to their claims.
They sell products not just for cats at http://www.drsfostersmith.com
Specifically, does anyone own the Thermal Cat Cushion (AKA Cozy Cushion) featured in last Sunday's Parade Magazine? Here's the description from:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=1&pCatId=8982
* Self-heating core - warms without electricity
* Washable, heavy-duty fabric
* Choice of attractive leopard patterns
Cozy Cushion works like an electric blanket without the electricity! Your cat will snuggle warmly on this faux fur, double-thick thermal cushion. A core layer of thermo-reflective material uses your cat's own body heat to warm the entire cushion - no cords or electricity costs! Soon to become your cat's favorite snuggle spot. Heavy-duty fabric is machine washable. Please specify Tan Leopard or Gray Leopard. Cushion measures 18" x 22". $17.99
Does it really keep a cat warm, especially during the winter, when indoor temperatures can go down to 55 degrees?
Friday, October 03, 2003
From zinman
10/2/2003 12:16:04 PM
yes and I'm sure it will get worse then if you look crosseyed at the kidyou could be in trouble. Maybe you need to move closer to I-5 in Laguna Creek, it's a very nice area.
AJ
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10/2/2003 11:56:43 AM
ablang wrote:
My Filipino neighbor has a 5-YO kid that I think is representative of the future. He can't control this kid, and he has no respect for other people's property, let alone his own. Nothing but a trouble-maker. I try to steer clear of the kid cause I know he's probably not going to change his ways.
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10/1/2003 3:04:17 PM
zinman wrote:
...that and some of them don't care. Oh I long for the days when I was a kid and we knew how to respect our elders. The Asians kids are better than most, some Hispanic too, but they seem to be getting worse too the more Americanized they become. Sad, sad.
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10/1/2003 1:09:53 PM
ablang wrote:
I blame it on the parents. I think the kids are bored, or they are free to run loose and do daring things like commit crimes. I'm sure the parents don't know what most of their kids are up to.
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10/1/2003 12:56:56 PM
zinman wrote:
no we've been real lucky so far, but I'm afraid all this area of Calif. will be like your area in time. :-(
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10/1/2003 12:46:50 PM
ablang wrote:
So do you know neighbors who have been hit?
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10/1/2003 10:50:11 AM
zinman wrote:
I feel your pain. :-(
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10/1/2003 10:43:09 AM
ablang wrote:
a few blocks N/W of [deleted]
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10/1/2003 10:40:18 AM
zinman wrote:
what's your approx area?
