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[helen99]

Wellp, this morning aekiy, who has been temporarily using Smurf in order to keep the car running and until he can get himself a better car, discovered that Smurf's left front tire, which had been fine the day before, was flat. We proceeded to put the donut on it whereupon he was able to drive off to his eye doctor appointment.

Already slightly delayed by the unexpected flat, I tried to go to work - but after driving a few feet, I realized that one of my tires was flat too. So for the second time this morning, I changed a tire. I drove to the corner gas station to see if the tire was ok - I hadn't driven on it, and didn't see any noticeable tears so I was hoping some jerk just let the air out of it. But No, when they looked at it at the gas station, they determined that the tire had been stabbed with a small knife.

Luckily rialian's car was parked in the driveway, so his tires were ok. This on top of the mushroom allergy event would have been a bit... much.

I'm thinking that next time they might be planning to stab multiple tires on each car instead of just one on each (unless they get caught and mangled first - I filed a police report so I can fantasize a bit). I'll be parking in the driveway from now on.

aekiy, the Getty station a block away from us will order a new tire for you if you leave the tire (not the car) with them. Then when the tire arrives and they're ready to put it on, it'll only take a few minutes.

Unbelievable.

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[helen99.livejournal.com]

Besides, with my attention span, I'd walk right into my own trap.

We've been fantasizing about setting traps with various virulent or lethal consequences for years, involving poisons, hot pepper, acid, electricity, invisible wires that slice the victims in half. In the absense of the proper materials to construct these traps, we'd settle an intricate network of video cameras that would get the whole thing on film and prove who did it...

All to no avail. Aside from being illegal or too expensive, like I said, I'd be the first victim (mornings aren't my best). The best thing that can happen is if some cop happens to be in the vicinity and relatively invisible and catches them. They were hiding out in the creek for a while to catch drunks, so it's possible...

[technobushi.livejournal.com]

*snicker* If you decide to dig ponji traps, make sure you smear the bamboo spikes with human feces. That way, even if they do escape, the infection will kill eventually.

There is probably a way to install surveillance. The trick is knowing where and what to research. I can look around if you want.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not. With my luck I'll probably get videos of drunks urinating. They use my front fence for a rest stop occasionally, thinking nobody can see them through the foliage. However, they're perfectly visible from the house and yard. Unfortunately.

But on the bright side, maybe I'll get lucky and catch a vandal.