11-02-2006, 07:58 AM
Overall I had a pretty decent Halloween. However...
In the afternoon as we finished setting up the yard, some lady walked over from down the block and asked if we were going to be using the chainsaw again this year. We said yes, and she told us she\'d be calling the police again, then walked back home. What a pleasant woman. The cops showed up last year and said 5+ people had called on us. He asked to see the chainsaw, and we showed him it didn\'t have a chain. He complemented us on our good work and drove away...
Also last night, a group of about 5-10 early-highschool-age kids walked up, we started the saw up and they ran off. A few minutes later they showed up again with a backpack and put it down in the street. One of them opened it up and started taking stuff out. Our guy with the saw ran over there and they ran off, leaving the stuff in the street. We walked over to it and they had a carton of eggs sitting there. They managed to throw 1 egg and miss before they took off. We smashed the rest and left the backpack. They came back with more eggs and spread out to try and surround us, but never got brave enough to let them fly.
These same kids have come around the last few years. The year before last my friend got hit in the back and we never saw who did it. Last year a group ran up and said they are the ones who got us last year and threw one at another friend and it bounced of his shoulder and hit the ground. They scattered but we managed to isolate one, and our LF chased him home chainsaw roaring the whole way.
In the afternoon as we finished setting up the yard, some lady walked over from down the block and asked if we were going to be using the chainsaw again this year. We said yes, and she told us she\'d be calling the police again, then walked back home. What a pleasant woman. The cops showed up last year and said 5+ people had called on us. He asked to see the chainsaw, and we showed him it didn\'t have a chain. He complemented us on our good work and drove away...
Also last night, a group of about 5-10 early-highschool-age kids walked up, we started the saw up and they ran off. A few minutes later they showed up again with a backpack and put it down in the street. One of them opened it up and started taking stuff out. Our guy with the saw ran over there and they ran off, leaving the stuff in the street. We walked over to it and they had a carton of eggs sitting there. They managed to throw 1 egg and miss before they took off. We smashed the rest and left the backpack. They came back with more eggs and spread out to try and surround us, but never got brave enough to let them fly.
These same kids have come around the last few years. The year before last my friend got hit in the back and we never saw who did it. Last year a group ran up and said they are the ones who got us last year and threw one at another friend and it bounced of his shoulder and hit the ground. They scattered but we managed to isolate one, and our LF chased him home chainsaw roaring the whole way.