Jeannie ,  Your right it's time to change .Our neighborhood used to be a quiet little neighborhood and not much went on that everybody didn't know abt. even stuff you might not want them to know , we knew our neighbors and it was pretty boring . Now you have to check outside before you go out ,you just never know what's going on .One night a gang went thru here and wrote on our fences and some buildings out back .Of course with things being what they are now a days ,some folks that parked at the curb got their gas stole .I don't let cheyanne walk anyplace without another person with her .I can't get over that when I was a kid I went all over anyplace I wanted by myself . Linda in rural CA ----- Original Message ---- From: "askgranny@juno.com" <askgranny@juno.com> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:34:11 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] While we slept.. In the early hours of this morning almost all the cars on the ridge were ransacked.....and one stolen...The paper carrier met the car going out our little T street ..fast...when he came through at 4;30.....The thieves didn't know or care that the car belonged to a widow woman who nursed her husband for years after he had a bad stroke.,..and he wasn't kind to her..Recently her daughter moved in with her..bed ridden....and this poor woman may be getting the dread Alzheimers.....How the Devil must have laughed ! A close neighbor called and asked if we were missing anything from our cars...Seemed surprised when I told him we keep our vehicles locked at all times and have locking gas caps...HAH ! In these days and times it pays to be careful......When we go outside we lock the door...since thieves are going in houses when they see someone working outside..Our garden is way at the back of the long lot...I put a whistle and a key on a lanyard and wear it anytime I go outside...It's a habit now and I don't even think twice about it...No, we don't live in a bad neighborhood...we live in a country setting with brick houses up each side of a half mile long T street...BUT...folks drive around looking for easy pickings now that money is scarce, and the worse it get, the more of that stuff will happen..Folks better wake up in this country and realize the good old days are long gone, and we have to change with the times....It all becomes second nature and isn't  a problem..just like seat belts...Jeannie T...Locked and loaded ! ____________________________________________________________ Beauty Advice Just Got a Makeover Read reviews about the beauty products you have always wanted to try http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/JKFkuJi7VSD2NXEAK2k1gkefcMN4AxHLgEyfx0g0lroCf90rerxDCM/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message