re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

So this morning I woke up to see that my mailbox, as well as every mailbox on my street and adjacent, and the stop sign and speed limit signs, had been tagged with a bit of gold spraypaint. I figured some kids decided to be assholes the night before.

It cleaned off easily with a rag and lacquer thinner. But, while I was cleaning it off this afternoon, sweaty and disheveled, a news van pulls up in front of my house and wants to interview me about the vandalism. Slow news day. Just wanting to get sound bites out of me about how angry I am and how inconvenient this all is. I frankly wasn't that mad since it wiped off like nothing was there, and my mailbox now looks cleaner than it did before.

A couple hours later, a guy and two kids showed up at my door. It was the vandals and their father there to apologize. Both kids were school-aged. One looked about 8 or 9, and the other 11 or 12. Their dad made the kids stop at every house to apologize, offer compensation for damages, and clean the mailboxes.

Kudos to the dad for dragging them to every house, though.

The news lady got a shot of the chemicals I'd brought out there to clean with -- Lacquer thinner and aircraft remover. Being the nitpicking nerd I am, I clarified that people should use something less caustic, but this was all I had. Aircraft stripper will eat your skin.