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Originally Posted by red tail
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No........... this is not a matter of poverty. This is a lifestyle.
In my younger days I was a deputy sheriff in Tampa. We watched closely for the annual influx of the Gypsies. We could often spot them as they traveled from the north into our county in pick up trucks loaded with cheaply made outdoor furniture. People who bought the furniture would find it fell apart quickly.
Next we would start getting calls from people who had been swindled by Gypsies who went house to house offering refinishing of asphalt driveways or re-roofing houses. It would turn out that the refinishing liquid would wash off during the next rain and the roofing was done with substandard material, or if they were paid in advance the work was not done at all.
At the same time, the day after they canvassed a neighborhood for "work" things which were left outdoors would be found to have been stolen.
This would be a good time for Villagers to quit leaving valuables, especially golf clubs, unattended in their golf carts.
Beware of the children. They are adroit pickpockets.