Our next door neighbors when I was 5-16 years old were SUPER nice
folks - our families were best buddies...

But Mrs. "S" was a lil bit "opinionated" and not afraid to
speak her mind - AND made sure that Mr. S kept their yard spiffied
up to Better Homes & Gardens Front Cover standards.

Dunno HOW many times I watched her *fly* out of the house and
do the Staci's Lady Number on some poor soul walking their dog around
the "S" corner yard!
And Mrs S wasn't satisfied with just a verbal *warning*...
She's *stalk* the dog & owner ALL the way around the corner...
Then turn around and re-trace the route -
to be sure she hadn't missed anything!

I always wondered why her son Peter (my age) never wanted to play in
our sandy-box... till I started finding "THINGS" in da sand!
Mom finally 'splained WHAT the "things" were - the S's had a KAT!

When I "complained" to Mrs. S about WHAT "Priscilla" was
"doing" in MY sandy box -
she told me "That's what Kats *DO*!"

Always wished I'd been *quick enough* to ask why the DOGs weren't
allowed to *DO IT* in her front yard!



/s/ Phred
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