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| Locked trashcans |
I just got back from a short beach vacation. Did you know that on some beaches the
boardwalk association locks the trashcans inside metal cages? And did you also
know that when the cage door opens it is automatically spring loaded so when it
closes you need a key to re-open it?
You may wonder why they lock them. Well, there are so many
panhandlers that loiter around beach areas (and I’m not talking about the
gulls) they lock the cans to keep them from going through the trash. This solution works very well, unless
of course some negligent trash man forgets to put a can back in and close the
cage door.
While strolling the boardwalk we noticed police cars and
fire engines and a crowd gathering around one of those cans. We wondered and also hoped that there
wasn’t any serious problem. As we
approached we saw him, the small boy who had seen the open cage and thought,
“This will make an ideal hiding place!”
This time the fire department wasn’t getting a cat out of a
tree, but a very red faced little boy out of a cage.
Lock out number two coming soon…and this one involved…you
guessed it—Crystal (No I didn’t get in a trash can cage so stop your giggling)
8 comments:
I am speechless! Valerie
oh no, poor little guy, I can't wait to find what you were locked out of or IN!!!!
how terrible, glad he was ok!
oh no! how did that happen?????
yes looking forward to hearing more about what happened to you!xx
I have a picture of you in the trash can cage! LOL! I wonder what happened with the boy?? Take Care ;o)
Ha Ha . That lock out thing was not well thought through by the powers that be Poor kid. I can't wait to hear your story. Terah
Poor kid! Bet he doesn't do that again!
I had a vision of you in the trash cage! Looking forward to the real story.
Crystal - I too have learnt something new today! I didn't know what a 'panhandler' was until I looked it up! I used to have a friend called Jan Sadler and my email spell-checker always wanted me to changer her name to 'panhandler', which I thought was quite funny - but now I know what it means, I'm not so sure!
And why are the panhandlers not allowed to go through the trash cans?
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