Ok...a lot of folks have been writing about the flyer that went out. Anybody else have thoughts on it? We were under the impression that only Arlington Village business could be posted at the garbage cans and put in everyone's door. (Reminder to everyone that ONLY mail should be put in the mail slot per Federal law.)
Can any group post at the garbage cans and send out flyers from the office?
As for the NASCAR drivers in the village...some roads already have speed bumps. Didn't the city do a review of the Arlington Village traffic and it didn't meet the criteria for more "traffic calming" measures?
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I'm a parent, but I won't blame a driver if MY kid runs in the road because I wasn't responsible.
It is not fair to police the community with speed humps for the small minority of parents that we are. The concept of kids on leashes is not new so I'd recommend the "Parents of Arlington Village" review those pratices. They work and make it so that I'm not causing someone else a problem.
Give them a try.
Oh the humanity. Can you see it now? Every street in Arlington with a speed hump all because some mother on some street is out there crying about the children. “What about the children?” If I hear that one more time I’ll scream. What about the parents that can’t keep their children out of the street? If I ever even got near the curb my mother would beat the living daylights out of me. I say 30 mph is about right. That should be enough to weed out the stupid children that wander around unattended. 25 mph might just injure them severely. Young kids are very flexible you know. I’ll bet the same concerned mothers tool around other parts of the city well above the speed limits as they rush off to their yoga classes.
Ladies, we have a peeping Tom among us. I was sitting in my car, on the corner of Barton St.around 8:45p, on my cell, when I saw a white male with a military haircut walking a black dog looking in someone's window. He was clearly "peeping" because his dog was just standing there, puzzled. What a f-ing creep. If I see the scumbag again, peeping, I'll call the police. Please do the same. Thanks.
You assume only the ladies are vulnerable to a peeper. I am very much a fragile flower and would feel violated if someone saw me walking around in my all around.
You say you were on the corner of Barton, there are many corners of Barton. Any more specifics?
It really wasn’t that dark at 8:45 p.m., do you think he might have been looking into is own unit?
Quite honestly, I don’t think a peeping tom would take his dog along for the crime. And what exactly would a puzzled dog look like?
Was the car parked on the cell phone, or was she sitting on the cell phone?
It's funny because I took my puzzled-looking dog for a walk last evening. I went out the back door. As I came around to the front, I couldn't remember if I'd turned the t.v. off, so I looked in the window rather than unlocking/locking the front door.
My puzzled-looking dog brought my attention to an overweight girl sitting in a car on the corner scoping out the neighborhood.
I told Puzzles to come along, she's just a lonely busybody.
I don't think any of you are funny. Having a known peeping tom in the neighborhood is nothing to laugh about. It could have been your window he was looking through. Once your attacked by this thug, you'll see there is nothing humourous about this story. I'll keep my eyes open, and if I see a military man, walking a black dog, I'll immediately call the police. Better safe than sorry.
We hardly have a “known” peeping tom. What we have is someone who thinks the person was peeping, albeit before dark and with a puppy in tow. Unless she knows the owner of the unit in question it could be the owner himself looking in. Let’s not jump to conclusions. Now if this man with the dog at twilight was choking the chicken then I’d buy into the peeper argument. Did he at least have a chubby?
You were on your cell phone and you think you saw a peeping tom last night. Hmmm I guess if I was in that situation I'd call the police. IMMEDIATELY. What is wrong with you? You'd rather post it on a blog? Did you call the office at least?
I’ll be on the look out for a beefy military boy with a black puppy for sure! Yum Yum. I’ll bet if you ask around the courtyard they’d know who this person is. I’ll guess that he’s a well liked neighbor who was out doing something altogether honorable. Remember the Lt. Col. who lived on 13th road and helped a neighbor in to her house after she was locked out? Would you claim he was a cat burglar because he was going in to her second floor window?
I wish the hot guy across the way from me would walk around naked in his unit :)
I don't feel a peeping tom in AV is a laughing matter but I must say I'm really having trouble with this one. If you were on the phone why didn't you IMMEDIATELY call the police? Or why didn't you walk up to the unit after he left to make sure they were ok? I will admit that with my dogs in tow I have peered back into my front windows to make sure I haven't forgotten something. I also have called the police several times in the early morning while out walking my dogs when I've seen things I didn't think were on the up and up so why didn't you? We certainly need to be vigilant but we can't label someone a peeping tom just because we THINK something lewd is taking place.
Finally, a post with comments that are really making me laugh!
What unit is the hot guy? I'd like to walk my dog near his unit.
Don't ask, and don't tell.
To the last Anonymous poster...
Your comments seem eeirly inconsistence..
When you indicated that you have "peered back into my front windows to make sure I haven't forgotten something"..
Really?
What would you have forgotten? Either you forgot something or you didn't. To "make sure" seems neurotic to me.
And, please share with us why you "called the police several times in the early morning while out walking my dogs when I've seen things I didn't think were on the up and up..."
You called "several" times? What the hell was going on that you had to call the police?
Did you alert the Front Office?
Why didn't you share it with us?
Now, the rest of you are in denial. There is a creep in our neighborhood and everyone thinks it's a huge joke.
I'm shocked!
I don't think it's funny. In fact, I'm twice as concerned as I was yesterday.
After reading the last post, I realize there are TWO creeps living among us.
P.S. I saw two black dogs the other day and what they were doing was extremely lewd.
I was going to call the ASPCA on the one dog, but both dogs seemed to be enjoying themselves. So I didn't.
Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was assaulted.
My three Arlington Village neighbors were driving along in their pickup when they saw a sheep caught in the fence with its hind end up in the air.
The first one said, "I wish that was Paris Hilton."
The second echoed, "I wish it was Angelina Jolie ."
The military guy sighed, "I wish it was dark . . . "
Last night, a white dude with a military haircut was walking his black dog and saw me peeking in my neighbors window... he asked me if I had a ladder... WTF?!
"My wife caught a Peeping Tom last night, and she'd have killed him if we hadn't stopped her," said my AV neighbor.
"He must have made her very angry, peeking at her, huh?" I replied.
"No, that's not what made her the maddest," he chuckled.
"It's not?" I asked.
"No, she got mad when he reached in the window and closed the curtains!"
"P.S. I saw two black dogs the other day and what they were doing was extremely lewd."
"I was going to call the ASPCA on the one dog, but both dogs seemed to be enjoying themselves. So I didn't."
You're the THIRD creep. Creep!
Slackers--no one's caught my favorite of the misplaced (or dangling? I don't know) modifiers in the Peeping Tom post. Clearly, it was the DOG who was peeping!!!
"a black dog looking in someone's window"
You're right, of course. By her account it WAS the dog.
But we're not all slackers. Some of us were thrown by this clue:
"He was clearly "peeping" because his dog was just standing there, puzzled."
Clearly. We all know that Puzzled dog = Peeping Tom.
Dogs have amazing powers of deduction these days.
uniI wasn't really prepared for a grammar lesson on dangling modifiers. Oh well.
Call the police if you see the guy jerking off while looking in the window. Or was it the dog rubbing himself? I'm very confused by all this. I guess some people just need to settle down and not get their knickers in a knot over some perceived misbehavior. Calling the police every time something doesn't seem the way you think it should be might just make us a nuisance to the police. Call when something seriously is going wrong.
I was sitting on a pack bench with a friend of mine the other day, and we saw this dog licking himself.
My friend said, "Gee, I wish I could do that."
I told him, "Go ahead. But you better pet him first."
Is that a dangling modifier, or is your dog just happy to see me?
"peered back into my front windows to make sure I haven't forgotten something"..
Ever considered Prozac!
I wish the parents would teach their kids to pick up all the toys they leave strewn about the back courtyards. Or, the parents pick up after their kids. I don't object to the kids playing out there, but when it's time to go in, the toys should too.
Can someone print and send out a flyer on that topic?
I don't care about toys. I do care about big steaming piles of dog shit all over the place.
Next subject please
This has been the most entertaining AVBlog thread ever.
You'll care about one of those little toys the moment you trip over one when walking to throw out the trash one night.
I am lauhing out loud at my desk. Thank you!
Amen about the toys. In the H courtyard, it can be an obstacle course at times getting to the trash. I wonder if I trip and break an ankle stumbling over known unit's toys, if I have a case to sue them for medical expenses?
It won’t be the unit owners you’ll be suing it will be yourself and the rest of the Village Association. (Common element and all that.) If the grumpy Gus who made one child take her swing down s/he can make the fire engines disappear.
Yes call the police next time, pleaze...
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