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Old 06-16-2017, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by redwitch View Post
I remember picking flowers from a neighbor for my mom when I was about seven. Mom made me go to my neighbor and tell her that I STOLE her flowers. As a consequence, I had to help my neighbor for three hours every Saturday for a month. For some strange reason, I never again picked flowers without permission. Shame these folks never learned that lesson. Doubt saying anything would have made a bit of difference.


Unfortunately I see more and more of this kind of thing happening.

If I had my cell phone handy I may have hollered at them "Smile, you're on candid camera" and when they looked up snapped a shot and sent it to the unmentionable news site which seems to delight in such matters.
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