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What a dirtbag.

Little bunny trail here:

...took a cell phone from a 5-year-old boy...

5-year-olds have cell phones? I don't remember exactly what I had when I was five, but it wasn't a cell phone. Even had they existed (not for another 30 year or so), my parents most certainly would not have given one to me at five.

Guess I am getting old.

seamusTX wrote:...
A homeowner in the 3800 block of Avenue P 1/2 had hired the man to do some gardening, but dismissed him for doing "substandard" work.

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Many serious crimes have been perpetrated by men like this ...

- Jim

The Diane Tilley murder in San Antonio was a variant of this. Joe Neal offered to do yardwork for Tilley, and Tilley to his 15 year old daughter, Pearl. Tilley told them they could have an old swing set but turned down the yardwork offer. Few days later Pearl showed up on Tilley's doorstep saying their car had broken down. When Tilley let Cruz in to use the phone, Cruz pulled a gun, took Tilley hostage, and let her dad in. Things rapidly got much worse - robbery, rape, murder.

(Neal was sentenced to death, and Pearl to 30 years after testified against him in exchange for being tried in a juvenile court instead of as an adult. Pearl later had a baby whose father was determined to also be her father. Pearl was released from TYC when she became 21 and is on parole in Austin. Neal committed suicide this past Feb while on death row.)

longtooth wrote:

seamusTX wrote:I don't know why anyone would bring anything to a swimming pool other than a towel.

- Jim

and a

She probably didn't want to leave it in her room, cuz hotel rooms are not very secure and it might, yannow, get stolen.


I did go swimming with my gun one time. Stainless steel can be handy.

UpTheIrons wrote:

seamusTX wrote:This weird practice spread around the county. A lot of towns have ½ streets. I think I even ran across ¼ in Santa Fe.

- Jim

I used to live on 38 1/2 Street in Austin, so it even happens there! Seguin - not so much.

Ah, but in Seguin, 3rd and 4th Streets run E/W, while 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Streets run N/S and cross the former. Don't know what happened to 1st and 2nd Streets. And in the same area, Avenue A runs E/W, and going north is paralleled by Newton Avenue, Avenue C, and Avenue B. In that order (or maybe disorder). Ave A is only one tiny block long; Ave C is discontinous. Avenue G is well north of the letter Avenues, with several streets (more than can account for the missing Avenues D and F) and a highway in between. Avenue E runs north south, but only connects the miniscule Avenue A with Newton Avenue.

And that whole area of the city is only about 1/4 mile square, surrounded by the rest of the city, which is basically street names in no discernable order.