To tie up with this, my latest 'Grumpy Old Man' piece, you may need to look down below to the picture wot I posted with the 'Careless or Stupid' item.
To the right there, behind the Baghdad type concrete bollards, is a sort of green which is, in fact formed by the corner of the two roads, as the houses there are set back. Kids play on there from time to time, which is fine by me, since it is relatively safe for them, except when they play ball games which are forbidden.
The number of times one sees someone kick a ball onto the road and someone to race after it, regardless of traffic. A couple of weeks ago, I saw two kids, about the age of 10 or 11 - old enough to have a modicum of sense, you'd think. They each had a golf club, and they were driving stones, pebbles, rocks, whatever you want to call those smallish pieces of natural hardware.
When I saw them last time, one of them managed to connect with a stone, which flew and struck the side of one of the cars parked at the side of the road there. The two lads ran home like the devil himself was after them, away up the road and out of sight.
You'd think they'd learned something from that experience, yes?
Wrong! The little buggers are back. They're hitting stones in all directions, towards the houses and towards the cars. Glass windows are fragile and are easily broken, you know! Perhaps they know that too?
There's no point in ringing the police, as I know from experience they won't be the slightest bit interested. I'd hate to think what might happen should they actually strike a car or house window and the owner should happen to see it!
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