A Ghost per chance?

 I know.  I know.  Sophisticated people don't do this.  But then half of the word "sophisticated" and  the word "Sophomore" seem to come from the same derivative = soph.  What does that (wrongly) say about sophisticated individuals?  Moving on.

 I am not one of those (sophisticate - not soph).  At certain times of the year I collect plastic blowup creatures off the Walmart shelves and put them in my yard.  For Halloween this year I have 3 different cartoon critters and a tall ghost like thing...plus 3 tiny ghost that line my sidewalk.

Each of these is plugged into a timer for the on-off.   On about 9 in the morning and off about 8:30.  I'll leave them on much longer for actual Halloween Day proper OF COURSE.  Two are on the east side of the sidewalk - two are on the west side.  The west side ones are hooked to a timer that is plugged in just beside my front door and our door camera.  The east side is plugged into 2 different timers with the electric cord going up to a plug near my roof.  Follow?  These 2 timers are on the ground beside the blow ups.

Now here is the problem.  3 of the past 4 nights, the timers have been changed during the night.  Changed.  At Night.  Or --- that plug in the roof area has a problem that shuts the electricity off in the middle of the night for just a few hours - then, back on.   Hmmmmm  Not likely.

MORE likely is that some "kid" in the neighborhood is sneaking up and rotating the timers so the blow ups work at different times than I have set.  I'm not changing them in the middle of the night.  Nobody else who lives here is changing them.  Hmmmmmm  (notice the extra  mmm ).  This might be a pretty funny trick for a kid ... (not a goat)   

On the first night this happened, our door camera alerted us that someone was at the front about 10 p.m.  But, the camera is not pointed at the blow ups.  Some Kid is having fun.

If I were not such a lazy doofest, I would go sit in the front flower bed tonight about 9:45 with a water hose and sprayer at the ready.  It would make such a good video.  Or I will let "him" continue to have his joke.   What a tale to be told when he gets to be 65.   I've thought about attaching a network of dark strings across my yard about 2-3" off the ground.  Someone might get hurt....me....bending over to attach the strings.  Maybe better would be a large bear trap  or  one those holes in the ground with wooden stakes in the bottom  or  where do I get those exploding blue bags the bankers put in bags of money that are taken in bank robberies  or   a trip wire that turns on flood lights - loud music - and releases a full grown lion  or  or  the list could be endless.

----for those who read previous blog about finger -----

my wife is healing slowly.  We have an appointment with a finger surgeon this next week.  The finger is twisted a bit inside the skin.  It won't heal correctly without some help.  

good bye - Happy Halloween - Look out for the trip wires - see ya soon

mtz

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