A while back I enrolled on an app for neighborhoods, Nextdoor, as I had the need to sell some items.
Left turn Clyde… if you ever have a need to fill up a nut house, just put something vaguely of value on Craigslist for free. I guarantee that within 24 hours your institution will be overflowing.
Another left turn Clyde… I suppose nut house is not political correct these days, perhaps I should have said, “abode for the sanity challenged.” Oops, cannot use that name, Congress has already taken full possession of it.
Back to the main road Clyde… I’m not a big fan of Nextdoor. It seems to be a lot of Millennials and a few Gen Xers whining about nearly anything. We live in a neighborhood with reasonable sized lots, lots of trees and a huge, miles long greenbelt with a small stream running the length of it. Lots of wildlife to be seen at times, mainly deer, coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, hawks, but no lion, tigers or bears, oh my. Almost daily someone on Nextdoor is warning about one or the other. A while back someone was upset because their male neighbor was mowing his lawn with his shirt off. Complaining of speeders is another recurring theme, even though CPD makes its budget with speed traps on major ingressing streets for this neighborhood.
I have my notices from Nextdoor going to an email address I use for sites I believe will spam me, and I only check it sporadically. So when I saw this notification of a posting with just the first few words in the email, I thought, “well another Millennial aspiring to be a Curmudgeon!” Wanting to verify my impression I opened up the posting:
“I don’t mean to be a Grinch however………. to those of you who are placing Christmas lights/ decorations in your yard, would you please avoid anything that has red and blue lights flashing together. Every time I come around the corner, I think it’s the police and I have a panic attack. I have to brake hard, toss my margarita out the window, fasten my seat belt, throw my phone on the floor, turn my radio down, and all while trying to drive. It’s just too much drama, even for Christmas.”
Cracked me up, and it does capture the spirit of Nextdoor.
And so it goes.
hahaha – stealing that.