There were two boys on our street whom we didn't recognize and my husband walked out asking them if they lived around here. One kid gave him attitude right away. He told my husband to stop interupting him and go away. Jim asked him again if they lived around here and they said "we live over there" and didn't really point in any direction. Jim asked them what they were doing here and the tall one got all pissy and said stay away from me. So Jim walked right up to his face and asked what he was doing here and the kid just got bent out of shape on him telling him not to raise his hand, back off and just going ballistic. Jim hadn't done anything....then the kid says to him "I can take you". When Jim recounted the story, we all laughed. He doesn't brag about his abilities with Martial Arts, so most people don't realize what he's capable of.

I found it really sad that the kid just couldn't come out and say he was here with his friend, who does live down the streeat (his dad is a detective). He copped a ****y attitude for no reason and pissed off a very big man....lol

Frankly, I side with the kid in this case.

If someone I didn't know starting asking me questions when I was just standing around, I would get pissed off too.

So Jim walked up to two kids, was being nosey, then wondered why the kids gave him an attitude? lol.. I woulda had the same attitude those kids had if some dude just walked up to me and started asking me questions like I was suspected of a crime. So does your husband like to punk kids a lot?

Sorry, but Jim needs to mind his ****ing business. I would've reacted the same way, is he a cop or a law enforment officer to think that he has the right to question random people just for being in "His" street?

He doesn't brag about his abilities with Martial Arts, so most people don't realize what he's capable of.

Any half-witt dumb**** can kick the **** outta children. You really killed our respect for your husband with this post.

Me no like Jim no mo'

Yeah plus with all the kidnappings that happen to kids nowaday.

So Jim walked up to two kids, was being nosey, then wondered why the kids gave him an attitude? lol.. I woulda had the same attitude those kids had if some dude just walked up to me and started asking me questions like I was suspected of a crime. So does your husband like to punk kids a lot?


He doesn't punk kids at all. The stranger was on our street hanging out. All he did was ask if he lived around here. If he had answered politely then there would have been no problem. Jim had that right. This is a neighborhood watch area and that is what we do around here. How do you think kids stay out of trouble if adults aren't around to monitor their moves.

He didn't question him like he was a suspect in a crime. He asked if they lived around here. All they had to do was answer politely. No problem. If the kid has nothing to hide that is.

I teach my kids to respond politely to an adult when posed a fair question. It's our neighborhood, it's our right.

Sorry, but Jim needs to mind his ****ing business. I would've reacted the same way, is he a cop or a law enforment officer to think that he has the right to question random people just for being in "His" street?


Actually, it's within our rights. Just ask the cops around here. We have a neighborhood watch program and when strange kids just start hanging out for the hell of it, we want to know why. That's how you prevent your neighborhood from being crime ridden.

Any half-witt dumb**** can kick the **** outta children. You really killed our respect for your husband with this post.


You didn't know him beforehand to have any respect for him to begin with.
He NEVER threatened the kid. The kid threatened him. We laughed because we know Jim and the kid doesn't. A smart mouth does not make a smart kid.

as a kid, i hated neighborhood watch. it was just a bunch of nosey ****ers who had nothing better to do than bug me because of the way i looked. what's funny is that, even though my reactions were always in respectful tones, i was STILL talked to in a disrespectful manner. and who's the adult here???

i actually had the cops called on me for prowling just because i'm playing hide-n-seek when i was 9 years old.

That's how you prevent your neighborhood from being crime ridden.

wrong. when you **** with kids at that rebellious age then you just invited them to **** with you back.

if i was 15 or so, just hangin out in a neighborhood, minding my own biz, not causing trouble (which is also my "right"), and somebody decides to question me like some child caught for a crime that hasn't even happened then you just gave yourself an absolute 100% guarantee that i'm coming back to vandalize the **** outta that neighborhood and their precious watch.

now obviously that's not how i am now. but that IS how i was and that IS how a lot of these "suspicious looking kids" are gonna be.

as a kid, i hated neighborhood watch. it was just a bunch of nosey ****ers who had nothing better to do than bug me because of the way i looked. what's funny is that, even though my reactions were always in respectful tones, i was STILL talked to in a disrespectful manner. and who's the adult here???

i actually had the cops called on me for prowling just because i'm playing hide-n-seek when i was 9 years old.


These two are far from nine years old. I should have made that clear. This "kid" is bigger than Jim. You may have hated neighborhood watch, but we don't. We know the kids that live here, hang out here and have nop problem with them. We keep them in check when need be. Like the time two kids were lighting things on fire in our driveway. They were "reported" to their parents and we've had no problems since. If one house goes up, we lose a neighborhood. We have shake shingle roofs.

These kids weren't a threat, and they weren't starting anything on fire. They were just standing there...

I pretty much hate most kids with very few exceptions. I would have shot the **** out of those ****in' kids with a paintball gun for being on my street until the little *****es cried.

wrong. when you **** with kids at that rebellious age then you just invited them to **** with you back.

if i was 15 or so, just hangin out in a neighborhood, minding my own biz, not causing trouble (which is also my "right"), and somebody decides to question me like some child caught for a crime that hasn't even happened then you just gave yourself an absolute 100% guarantee that i'm coming back to vandalize the **** outta that neighborhood and their precious watch.

now obviously that's not how i am now. but that IS how i was and that IS how a lot of these "suspicious looking kids" are gonna be.

He never questioned the kid about a crime, he never threatened the kid. He asked him if he lived around here. There is nothing wrong with that. We have a ravine behind our house. I've seen kids back there and by law, I can kick them out of there when they're on our property, but I don't. I ask them what they're doing and make sure they aren't doing anything illegal or smoking. It's dry as a bone back there. I'm disappointed in you most of all Tony. You finance homes. Homes are where people live. How pissed would you be if you bought a home and someone vandlised it? Think about it, if someone you didn't know was hanging around, wouldn't you want to know what they're up to? I do and Jim did. He asked the kids if they lived in the area. If the one had said yes, I'm so and so, end of story. The kids here are the ones that needed to show respect. It's the one's neighborhood too. He wouldn't like it if his house was vandalized.

These kids weren't a threat, and they weren't starting anything on fire. They were just standing there...


exactly. just because they were jim's size didn't mean they were up to no good. in my opinion, what you're doing is showing kids that adults are allowed to contradict the innocent until proven guilty standard.

These kids weren't a threat, and they weren't starting anything on fire. They were just standing there...


Then it should have been no problem for him to be respectful. Jim asked in a respectful way and the kid could have responded in kind. Unless the kid had something to hide.

I can imagine that if I went up to every kid around my house that I didn’t know and started asking them questions, (of which they had to answer, and basically being a nosey *****), I’d wake up the next morning and the tires on my car would probably be slit. See when we live in the bad areas of town we learn to respect people, but when people live in the upper-class parts of town they can act like the please cuz no one’s going to do **** about it. Ex: Jim going up to some kids and being nosey.

I pretty much hate most kids with very few exceptions. I would have shot the **** out of those ****in' kids with a paintball gun for being on my street until the little *****es cried.


Okay, thanks for the laugh. I'll invite you to dinner next time they're here. I make a mean lasagna.

He never questioned the kid about a crime, he never threatened the kid. He asked him if he lived around here. There is nothing wrong with that. We have a ravine behind our house. I've seen kids back there and by law, I can kick them out of there when they're on our property, but I don't. I ask them what they're doing and make sure they aren't doing anything illegal or smoking. It's dry as a bone back there. I'm disappointed in you most of all Tony. You finance homes. Homes are where people live. How pissed would you be if you bought a home and someone vandlised it? Think about it, if someone you didn't know was hanging around, wouldn't you want to know what they're up to? I do and Jim did. He asked the kids if they lived in the area. If the one had said yes, I'm so and so, end of story. The kids here are the ones that needed to show respect. It's the one's neighborhood too. He wouldn't like it if his house was vandalized.

they take it as disrespect because, even though you're only asking them "if he lived around here", he's interpreting it as you trying to "keep him in check".....which you already said was the overall gameplan of a neighborhood watch.

catch me ****in with fire, kicking cats, smokin pot, fighting, or even being too loud at the common pool area then i can understand an inquiry. but just because i look how i look, that doesn't mean i'm gonna do what you assume i can possibly do.

i understand protecting your home. but there's a right way to do it & a wrong way. in my opinion, he over-reacted. he could have just came up to the kids, shot the **** a lil bit, acted cool, and probably found out their business without coming off so nosey. the higher chance of them respecting you then the higher chance of them respecting your home & neighborhood.

I can imagine that if I went up to every kid around my house that I didn’t know and started asking them questions, (of which they had to answer, and basically being a nosey *****), I’d wake up the next morning and the tires on my car would probably be slit. See when we live in the bad areas of town we learn to respect people, but when people live in the upper-class parts of town they can act like the please cuz no one’s going to do **** about it. Ex: Jim going up to some kids and being nosey.


When you buy a house and have a family, then come back and tell me this stuff. Your youth is showing. We have the right to be nosy in our own neighborhood. To ignore it is to permit it. People sit by and say nothing when crap starts happening and by the time they do speak up and say something, there is to strong of a grip to bat it away easily. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Been there done that.

You and your husband remind me of the old cop mentality where everyone is guilty until proven innocent.

they take it as disrespect because, even though you're only asking them "if he lived around here", he's interpreting it as you trying to "keep him in check".....which you already said was the overall gameplan of a neighborhood watch.

catch me ****in with fire, kicking cats, smokin pot, fighting, or even being too loud at the common pool area then i can understand an inquiry. but just because i look how i look, that doesn't mean i'm gonna do what you assume i can possibly do.

i understand protecting your home. but there's a right way to do it & a wrong way. in my opinion, he over-reacted. he could have just came up to the kids, shot the **** a lil bit, acted cool, and probably found out their business without coming off so nosey. the higher chance of them respecting you then the higher chance of them respecting your home & neighborhood.

Where did I say Jim was disrespectful towards the kid first? I didn't. Jim was polite until the kid got rude with him. Kid should be respectful towards adults first. If Jim had done something that was disrespectful first, then I could see your point. But this is our neighborhood, not his. If I was in his neighborhood and he asked me, or Jim for that matter, then Jim and I both would have said, we're here for this reason. We show respect in other's as we expect it to be shown in ours.

You and your husband remind me of the old cop mentality where everyone is guilty until proven innocent.

What did I say he was guilty of? Nothing. Your are bending this way out of proportion with your negative attitude towards the whole world.

Unfortunately the world isn’t as respectful and polite you and your husband thinks it is. Once you come to that realization you’ll be able to understand that people really don’t want to be question-prodded by a complete stranger who is just being nosey. Your husband is lucky those kids weren’t packing anything. You try that **** with some of the kids down here and your husband would have been dropped, maybe it’s your town that’s putting blindfolds onto your husbands eyes; whatever it is, he needs to get some street smarts and understand people a little bit better to know that most people don’t like a random dude to come up and start asking questions just because he’s being nosey.

Where did I say Jim was disrespectful towards the kid first? I didn't. Jim was polite until the kid got rude with him. Kid should be respectful towards adults first. If Jim had done something that was disrespectful first, then I could see your point. But this is our neighborhood, not his. If I was in his neighborhood and he asked me, or Jim for that matter, then Jim and I both would have said, we're here for this reason. We show respect in other's as we expect it to be shown in ours.

you didn't say jim was being disrespecful. i said why they interpret his inquiry as disrespet. it's only obvious that he asked him because of his age, it's only obvious that jim wouldn't have inquired had the kid been about 10+ years older, it's obvious that his intentions were based on assuming and kids aren't stupid.
kid saw right through it and knew very well that jim was just trying to "keep him in check." and at that age, they're not gonna take lightly to that.

if he was treating him how he would wanna be treated then he wouldn't have inquired from the start.

if he was treating him how he would wanna be treated then he wouldn't have inquired from the start.


That's where you're wrong. If we were in someone else's neighborhood and we were posed the same question, we would have answered.

I talked to the parents of the kid who lives here. It turns out that the kid has a complex about being black. He thought that Jim approached him because he was black. The other kid is white. He asked both of them at the same time. It is so sad that this kid has that state of mind. Color had nothing to do with it.

The father understood. The mother was rude. I told them both that we weren't upset with the kid hanging out, we were upset that he was disrespectful. The father understood what I was saying. The mother told me she heard a different story. So that settles that.

Unfortunately the world isn’t as respectful and polite you and your husband thinks it is. Once you come to that realization you’ll be able to understand that people really don’t want to be question-prodded by a complete stranger who is just being nosey. Your husband is lucky those kids weren’t packing anything. You try that **** with some of the kids down here and your husband would have been dropped, maybe it’s your town that’s putting blindfolds onto your husbands eyes; whatever it is, he needs to get some street smarts and understand people a little bit better to know that most people don’t like a random dude to come up and start asking questions just because he’s being nosey.


And people need to learn respect on all sides. Kids especially. That's what is wrong with a huge part of today's society. No respect for people in general. It's easy to hate and disrespect. IT's harder to be a bigger person.

Remind me never to walk around your neighborhood again.

Remind me never to walk around your neighborhood again.


You mean you've been here? If you're walking around, no problem. We have people walking our neighborhood all the time.

You guys really surprise me. When you all grow up and have a family and make an investment in a house, remember this convo.

I just find it funny that Mouse still doesnt know how to use the quote feature.....

I just find it funny that Mouse still doesnt know how to use the quote feature.....

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Americans freak me out with their watches and gated community's. You guys need to chill alittle.

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Americans freak me out with their watches and gated community's. You guys need to chill alittle.


Yeah, whats up with that? Are teenagers such a problem that you need to wall in your houses and control who comes in an out?

Even the richest community here doesn't have a gate. Fairway Hills (which is a community for the wealthiest people in Canada) is just don't the street from where I live (ironic as I live in he poorest place in Oakville, which is still a very safe place) and they have a little bit of a wall around it, but no gate. In fact, the wall is just so they can grow plants and flowers on it.

Is everyone in America so scared that they need to ask two kids who are just standing there what they are doing? That doesn't prevent crime, that teaches kids that adults don't trust them and that they can act disrespectful towards you but you aren't allowed to do that in return.

I am not scared of a 14 or 15 year old duo hanging out on a street corner. I am scared of 50 of them with bats and knives.

Shaq is going to the Heat.......

LMFAO@Tanner!!!

You bastard made me laugh at work!!....thanks!

whoever told you that every neighborhood in america is a gated community or has a watch is full of crap. the only gated communities i know of are down in florida where you have to be 50+ years old and live on a golf course.

neighborhood watches are set up in the "hoods" here...and god knows they are worthless.

Look, I am not saying that your husband questioned that kid because he was black, but from the kid's perspective it sure looked that way. You might not see it because you're not part of a minority, but think about it this way; I remember when you posted that your kid was being singled out in school for being a "white boy". Now think about how your kid felt, I bet that kid felt singled out because he is a black kid in a white town and he's being questioned just for standing in a corner.

Again, I am not saying your "hubby" Jimbo questioned the kid because he was black, but from the kid's point of view it screams "racial profiling". I understand why the kid reacted the way he did.

whether it's black or not, kids don't wanna be questioned like that. you said that he went up and just asked if the guy lived there. no small talk, just directly to the point in a typical neighborhood watch fashion.

and i know how it sounds. i had it plenty of times too. you can SOUND as friendly as you want but it's only obvious that you're trying to police these guys. and maybe YOU AT YOUR AGE would not take so much offense to that if someone were to question you. but my whole point from the start was that teenagers WILL.

and i'm not really trying to take sides. i understand the whole homeowner, protect yer family, keep the place safe aspect. i'm just tryin to show you where the OTHER side's coming from so that way you can keep the place safe without making these kids all spiteful.

That's my "Smash Face"

Ya, Mom you're definitely basing your questioning on stereotypical views of teenagers which pisses them off. Don't do that. My friends were once questioned by some guy and it led to a 4 month feud between him and my friends constantly harassing him and vandalising his lawn. You treat us like dicks, you better believe we'll act like dicks. Believe it or not, letting two teenagers stand on a street isn't going to unleash a crime wave in your neighbourhood.

And maybe that fact that African Americans are treated with fear and prejudice every single day is why they assume that they are being targetted when they are randomly questioned about standing on a street. Just a thought...

Without going back to my first post, what was the question my husband asked?
Hardly a question worth being disrespectful over.

I am not stereotyping anyone. I have three teenagers of my own and I see what they face at times. I don't do that to other teens and neither does Jim. A simple question was asked. The problem lies in the fact the kid DID act like a dick. If he answered the question honestly, there would be no problem. Kids need to be respectful of adults. I expect from my own kids and others. Considering the fact that his father (we found out last night) is a sheriff's deputy, he should have been more respectful. What ever happened to giving the other person a fair shot. The question was asked nicely and with good reason.

Luke, we have no problem with letting the kids stand in the street, now that we know who they are. If they don't belong here, then we will keep an eye on them. Just so you all know, our neighbors do the same thing. I do like what Tony said about approaching them and shooting the bull first, but not all people handle things the same.

And to point something out, my son was the "white boy" because the other kids pointed it out. If this kid thinks he was being questioned because he was black, it had to with HIS perception. Jim said nothing to him about him being black, especially since the kid with him was white. We don't have a problem with the color of a person's skin unless they bring it up as a "reason". Believe it or not, I do know what it's like to be a minority. I lived in a country where Americans were hated. I lived in a community where Hispanics made up 66%+ of the community for nearly 9 years. I've been treated fairly and unfairly despite the color of my skin.

MCM, the fact your husband even asked the question was a reason to get disrespectful over. If they were just standing there, your husband had no right and no reason to ask them if they lived around there. Now if they were smoking or drinking or acting like jackasses thats different.

Last time I checked though, there was nothing wrong with standing still.

MCM doesn't get it, we could talk circles around her and she'd still be just as lost in seeing the truth in this scenario. She's too set-minded that her husband was right that she's unwilling to look at the view point that we're trying to convey to her. Let her be, her husband has her brainwashed and she's happy with it.

Believe it or not, I do know what it's like to be a minority. I lived in a country where Americans were hated. I lived in a community where Hispanics made up 66%+ of the community for nearly 9 years. I've been treated fairly and unfairly despite the color of my skin.

It always disturbs me when I hear white people complain about "reverse discrimination" and how they're becoming "the minority." The word minority is being thrown about very loosely here once again.

Last time I checked, white "minorities" still own an overwhelming majority of the CEO positions in all Fortune 500 companies in America and are still the overwhelming ruling majority in congress (by the way, there isn't a single non-white person that has a seat in the U.S. Senate). The demographics may have changed, especially in California, but the power structure has and never will be reflective of it.

By the way, believe it or not, I own a house too. Don't assume that I'm still wet behind the ears just because I didn't "get a good laugh" from your husband's story.

MCM doesn't get it, we could talk circles around her and she'd still be just as lost in seeing the truth in this scenario. She's too set-minded that her husband was right that she's unwilling to look at the view point that we're trying to convey to her. Let her be, her husband has her brainwashed and she's happy with it.

You have no idea what you are saying. Just because I support my husband in something does not mean I'm brainwashed. Believe me, if I think he's wrong on something, I tell him. And it usually ends up with us agreeing to disagree. I have a mind of my own and I know how to use it. When you've been married for the number of years I've been, then we'll talk on THAT subject.

And as far as me not "seeing the truth" in this scenario, you haven't walked in my shoes, you haven't owned a house, raised a family, dealt with the pressures of raising one in trying to keep your kids safe from undue influences while trying to teach them values. It's hard enough trying to raise kids these days without kids like that hanging out right in front of your own house.

It always disturbs me when I hear white people complain about "reverse discrimination" and how they're becoming "the minority." The word minority is being thrown about very loosely here once again.

Last time I checked, white "minorities" still own an overwhelming majority of the CEO positions in all Fortune 500 companies in America and are still the overwhelming ruling majority in congress (by the way, there isn't a single non-white person that has a seat in the U.S. Senate). The demographics may have changed, especially in California, but the power structure has and never will be reflective of it.

By the way, believe it or not, I own a house too. Don't assume that I'm still wet behind the ears just because I didn't "get a good laugh" from your husband's story.

I didn't complain about "reverse discrimination" but since you brought it up. Been there done that because I didn't speak Spanish. Oh well, not the end of the world for me. I do have a problem with that kid being upset for being approached and blaming it on his being black. He's the one that brought it up in this case, so your post has no bearing whatsoever on this subject.

I didn't assume that you were wet behind the ears. I asked if you've raised a family as well. If you own a house, then you must know that if you don't watch your neighborhood, then it goes to Hell in a handbasket in a hurry if the people who live there don't do something about it. These kids were just hanging around doing nothing, I agree, but that in itself is supicious if they haven't done it before. One kid was wearing a hood over his head in 80 degree weather. Rereading, I realize I didn't post that earlier, though I doubt that it would affect how any of you think on the subject.

And for the record, racism still exists. I know that, but I don't practice it because I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. Don't tell me that I don't, unless you want my life story and since I have lived more years than most of you, it'd be a long one.

Hey I got spanked when I was a kid, but I wouldn't claim to know the first thing about abuse. Sure you grew up in a community where you were discriminated against, but their is a ****ing history of murder and assimilation within your country that has led to minorities being taught to prepare themselves for discrimination. The fact is racism was a part of your life but it isn't a part of your culture. I don't blame the kid for thinking that, its what he's been brought up to believe.

And the fact that you find kids wearing hoods threatening is amusing. Towns go to **** because of ignorant wealthy people, not because of no-goodnicks running around in hoods. Unless the kids hood was white and there was a burning cross patched onto his jacket I don't think your neighbourhood is in any trouble yet.

Hey I got spanked when I was a kid, but I wouldn't claim to know the first thing about abuse. Sure you grew up in a community where you were discriminated against, but their is a ****ing history of murder and assimilation within your country that has led to minorities being taught to prepare themselves for discrimination. The fact is racism was a part of your life but it isn't a part of your culture. I don't blame the kid for thinking that, its what he's been brought up to believe.

And the fact that you find kids wearing hoods threatening is amusing. Towns go to **** because of ignorant wealthy people, not because of no-goodnicks running around in hoods. Unless the kids hood was white and there was a burning cross patched onto his jacket I don't think your neighbourhood is in any trouble yet.


The last sentence of the first paragraph is true. I agree with that, but that's where we all need to open our minds up and make a decision based on facts, not conjecture.

Your second paragraph as far as the hood wearing part, the local high school has issued a new section to the dress code about anyone wearing a hood at school unless the temperature is 55 or below. Around here, that doesn't happen often. This is supported by our local law enforcement agency. It is a known item around here that kids who wear hoods CAN be gang related. NOTE: I said CAN BE. I know it isn't true of all kids, because my own son wears a hood. But we also don't "allow" him to wear his up just because he could be "judged" as a "bad ass" wannabe or whatever. It's a matter of being smart. It isn't right and I understand that, but unfortunately, that's the way it is. I don't have a lot of respect for my local police department, so I avoid calling them if I can. And if that means PREVENTING something by knowing WHO is roaming my neighborhood, then that's what we and the other parents will be doing.

We can smell it when kids are smoking, whether it's tobacco or weed, it isn't welcome around here. After the fires last year, my fear of my own house burning down is greater than before. And we aren't "ignorant wealthy people". Far from it.

These kids are gonna have to smoke a hell of a lot of weed or tobacco to burn your house down. It's pretty difficult to commit arson with a roach. Especially from outside the house.

It is a known item around here that kids who wear hoods CAN be gang related.


Are you serious? Hahahahaha. "Holy ****... that kid's wearin a hood.. i bet he's got a gun underneath it... QUICK!!! Run to the BOMB SHELTER!!! He's gonna kill us all!!! That care bear hoodie is the most threatening thing I've seen all day!!!"

Hooded sweatshirts are common. And what the **** it is like 100 degrees?

These kids are gonna have to smoke a hell of a lot of weed or tobacco to burn your house down. It's pretty difficult to commit arson with a roach. Especially from outside the house.

What do you think it takes to light the roach with? Besides, a roach left lit can start a fire. It's extremely dry here. If a fire starts, we're toasted. Watch the news.

Are you serious? Hahahahaha. "Holy ****... that kid's wearin a hood.. i bet he's got a gun underneath it... QUICK!!! Run to the BOMB SHELTER!!! He's gonna kill us all!!! That care bear hoodie is the most threatening thing I've seen all day!!!"


ha ha

MCM is right there. The grass is really dry right now. That being said, a ciggerette butt is much more likely to cause a grass fire.

Damnit they weren't smoking, and they weren't playing in the dead ass weeds.. they were standing on the sidewalk chillin out!! Holy crap, and they weren't flashing guns around... there was nothing that could have even slightly posed a threat, other than the fact that they were standing on "Jimbo's Street."

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neighborhood watch means watching for suspicous activities, and teen agers hanging around is hardly suspicious activities. Sorry MCM, but your hubby was rude at best and out of line. He should have tried to make polite conversation before just bluntly asking him where he's from. It's a free country and people are allowed to hang out on public property without having to explain themselves. Also, remember that many kids ask each other where they're from as a sign of hostility.