DH and I are in barn doing chores. I see neighbor and stranger coming up my driveway. Stranger is carrying a beer. Not a good start.
Neighbor says "hey, have you seen my dog".
Reply as I look around the barn "well, I have all of my chickens so your dog must not be here"...this dog has eaten 24 chickens in 2 years. He ought to know by now that if the dog had been there while I was, he would be looking for a carcass, not a live dog.
Anyways...stranger is idly looking around barn at 4 wheeler, horse tack, tools, lawn mower...
Neighbor makes small talk which in his stoned condition is a bit difficult for him.
Stranger finally puts beer in left hand and shakes hands with DH and murmurs his name.
Neighbor then blurts "Hey we were both robbed this week. Broke right into the houses". "Stole money from me and jewelry from his place."
DH says "what do the police think??"
Stranger "Aww. we didnt report it or nothin'"
My response... "well, if they come here, all they are gonna get is a dog bite and bullet wound" I dont mention that DH starts on nights next week, leaving me defenseless and alone back here in no-mans-land.
A few more minutes of idle chatter and they leave.
We are the last house in the holler. These boys live in a trailer and a garage apartment just a stones throw from here. I can see both of their back yards.
If someone was gonna break in and steal stuff....they wouldnt have started there.
Trust me.
So, anyone else think that they were 'casing the joint' and setting up a story about how someone is out there breaking in places?
It was just so creepy.
I'll be getting my pistol permit tomorrow......
Neighbor says "hey, have you seen my dog".
Reply as I look around the barn "well, I have all of my chickens so your dog must not be here"...this dog has eaten 24 chickens in 2 years. He ought to know by now that if the dog had been there while I was, he would be looking for a carcass, not a live dog.
Anyways...stranger is idly looking around barn at 4 wheeler, horse tack, tools, lawn mower...
Neighbor makes small talk which in his stoned condition is a bit difficult for him.
Stranger finally puts beer in left hand and shakes hands with DH and murmurs his name.
Neighbor then blurts "Hey we were both robbed this week. Broke right into the houses". "Stole money from me and jewelry from his place."
DH says "what do the police think??"
Stranger "Aww. we didnt report it or nothin'"
My response... "well, if they come here, all they are gonna get is a dog bite and bullet wound" I dont mention that DH starts on nights next week, leaving me defenseless and alone back here in no-mans-land.
A few more minutes of idle chatter and they leave.
We are the last house in the holler. These boys live in a trailer and a garage apartment just a stones throw from here. I can see both of their back yards.
If someone was gonna break in and steal stuff....they wouldnt have started there.
Trust me.
So, anyone else think that they were 'casing the joint' and setting up a story about how someone is out there breaking in places?
It was just so creepy.
I'll be getting my pistol permit tomorrow......
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