Great 24hours!
Storm came through last night about 9pm...power flickered once but that was it. Trees looked ok this morning and no other damage visible. There were some healthy gusts last night though.
This morning...wife see's neighbors dog is loose. Tries to go catch it. Having tried this technique before (without success), I went over to the neighbor's door and knocked....and knocked....and knocked. Nothing. Wife is at the end of the block now with some of our dog's treats and a leash. No success. After awhile, the dog runs away from her and back towards our house (I could've told her). The dog runs into our other neighbor's fenced back yard so I close the gate to keep him in there. Wife says it's not fair to our neighbors to have the dog in their back yard barking (you mean the neighbors who blast hard core rap music at just about any time of the day or night?). OK...so we lure the dog into our back yard with the dog treats. Wife call's the neighbors security company to see if they can get a hold of the neighbors...of course they can't...its against policy. This dog is now crapping in our yard, marking over all of my dog's markings, eating my dog's food and drinking my dog's water...and did I mention barking and whining? Wife spends the next hour trying to get this dog on a leash so she can take it back to the owners yard.
I get a call while I'm driving in to work...She tells me she got the dog on a leash, took it back to the neighbors yard and released it in there. The dog raced across the yard and leaps over their smaller back fence (not that she had done anything to fix the six inch gap in the front fence where the dog is always getting out anyhow). She calls me to tell me she's not getting involved any more...left a note on their door with the full story and that she hopes their dog will be ok.
Fast forward to the time I'm typing this message... Wife calls to tell me that the dog is back in our other neighbors yard barking.
This is exactly why I don't get involved with situations like this. This isn't the first time this dog has gotten out. When I told the owner about it the last time, he seemed more annoyed than concerned. He's never fixed the gap in his fence or done anything about the lower back yard fence. If he doesn't seem too worried about it why should I?! This doesn't mean that I don't feel for the dog and that I hope it doesn't get hit by a car or lost or whatever. I'm just not going to put more of my own effort into someone else's responsibilities than they do. I have enough worries of my own.
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Marlon...I hear that the Prius is really good on gas...maybe even better than the Civic!
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Also glad we have Sean talked out of putting another belly button dangler on the road and fixin his up 
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Some times they even keep photo's of days gone by on their dash of REAL vehicles they used to own, like Jeep Liberty's 