What Annoyed You Today? (27 Viewers)

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I hate warm weather. I hates it.

A punk neighbor kid came over to ask to use our basketball hoop (we have said yes in the past). He walks up to the door and tries to open it first. When I lean around and shake my head that I'm not interested in talking with him, he starts yelling at me "I wanna play on your hoop". This is not a 4, 5 or 6 year old. This kid must be 12? Wonder what would have happened if I wasn't home? Would he have robbed me? :rolleyes: My son informed me that he has visited juvenile hall (jail) in the past. Lordy, my neighborhood is going to $hit.
I have a hoop in the alley on the garage that my kids use once in a while. Teenagers have been using it and their rough play has started denting the garage door. I began asking then not to play there but they kept coming back. Put a pad lock on the net. Still came back The other day I heard a big group out there playing and after 20 min of getting more and more steamed I went out there and asked them if the lock on the net gave them a clue that they weren't supposed to play there? "We didn't notice there was a lock on the net" was the answer. Very steamed now I got my wrench and took the supports off the hoop off and folded it back on the slanted roof to be taken down later.
 
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Went to the archery range today. Range has a mile long trail with 15 targets spaced along the way. Have walked it many times. As I neared the end of the trail I saw something out of place, looked like a dead squirrel laying on the trail. As I got closer I noticed it was a baby racoon, closer look and then saw it was two baby racoons cuddle up together. Thought they must have fallen from the big oak treee just off the trail. I whislted and they did not move so I figured they were dead. Walked closer and saw then were breathing.
Cracked a few branches and they woke up. They were pretty shaky, but seemed to be fit fat furballs. Wondered where the mother was, there is a two lane road just 30 yards or so from the path they were sleeping on, so I thought the worst, she had been hit by a car, but I didn't think the young ones would have left her. I looked down the road and in the ditch and found no sign of the mother, so maybe I spooked her as I came down the trail? By the time I got back up to the babies they were wresling and rolling around. Now what, do I try to take them home, what the heck am I going to do with two baby racoons. Figured it's best to leave them in hopes the mother was busy hauling babies up that oak tree? I left them, hard to leave such a little helpless creature lay there, but it was probably the right thing to do.
I decided to walk another trail, and after about a half hour I was back in the parking lot by the archery range. Decided to sneak down to where the racoons layed. As I neared the spot I could nto see them, I thought "good, mother came back and got her young ones". I walked closer and there was one of the babies next to that big oak tree, the other was nowhere to be seen. I don't think them little guys had the energy to climb that tree! The one still there was trying to climb that tree, but just could not get a grip. I still think momma was up in that tree hauling young ones up one by one, at least I hope so. He sure was intent on climbing that tree. Was getting dark, so I left, going to check back in the morning and see if there is any sign of the guys. I hope they make it.

Here's a pic I took with the cell, cute little fella's.
 
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Finally got a chance to cut my back lawn for the first time. It's a river in the spring from the neighborhood snow melting. 13 lawnmower bags off a 40'x30' lawn.

Geo
 
Understand, Buck.

I went back yesterday morning, and there was no sign on the second little racoon. No sign of commotion, blood, fur, nothing. It's been a wet spring, and the entire area around where I came across the little fellas was flooded and wet. They were on the only high ground in the area. I'm thinking momma racoon was moving her brood to drier ground and I just came across these two when she was relocating others. I did some googling of young racoons and from thier size I suspect they were between 3-4 weeks old or so. Generally don't start climbing until they are a little older, but that little bugger already knew that he should be climbing a tree. They were pretty fat and fit so I don't think they were there very long.
 
first day of my holiday and my second chef who is supposed to be running my kitchen has been suspended for pushhing a waiter !
gotta go in tomorrow and sort out this mess and maybe end up working all week now !
he's gone as far as i'm concerned !
 
Our neighbours have a son as old as my oldest, 7 years old. This weekend when walking through the neighbourhood, a man started to touch him and asked him to take his clothes off. The boy luckily refused and went home. The police later got the scumbag. But I'm annoyed that such a thing can happen here. Further more I was annoyed that nobody thought of telling us while we have a son of the same age.
 
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