[Arkinsaw]

Look at skateboards as bicycles and it wouldn't be long before some of these overly energetic teens actually injure and/or maim a pedestrian or animal. Kids need to find skate parks in their neighborhoods. We used to have this problem in Indianapolis where these hordes of kids would pick an office plaza and "fly through the air," bump into pedestrians and run delivery personnel off the sidewalk...that is until the police banned the practice.

Git outta my yard you rotten kids.

[spacewarp]

I had a guy who was a real jerk chasing me and my friends off for actually walking on the sidewalk past his house. He told us that it was his house, and his yard and that we couldn't be there.

I can't even imagine how many times, (and he went to bed early) Domino's showed up at his house at close to 12:30 with a pizza for him.

Eventually, one day, I was walking the sidewalk with my buddies and he came out and hit one of my friends with the broom. We left, but instead of taking it to the parents, I found a much better solution. My parents, in there infinite wisdom, decided a few months earlier to give me a chemistry set. Well, there was a formula for binding rubber (such as windshield wipers) to glass (such as windshields). I'm sure that you can imagine why he gave up on chasing us. It only took 5 windshields.

(I can recount this story because I was 15 at the time, and since I'm now 34, I'm sure the statue of limitations has expired. If not, it will only be a few more months...)

Paul