Last summer there were some marigolds in the landscaping at the Sonic drive-thru that were just the right shade of yellow, and just the right size of marigolds that I like. You never know looking at the seed packets for sure if they'll be what you want. When I was in the drive thru and they had gone to seed, of course I opened my door, and picked off some seedheads. I'm sure the people behind me thought I was crazy, but oh well! Another time, I went up to the mall after they had closed and took several rose cuttings off the rose bushes that I liked. However, a friend of mine really takes the cake! She lives across the street from a cemetary and noticed some beautiful yellow roses that had been left on a grave. So she went over there and took a couple of them to see if they would root! I never did ask her if they rooted... Deanna

You have a situation on your hands which is not easily dealt with. Most big city police departments wont "deal" with these types of offenders for a number of reasons, including the cost to deatin them and process them. I suggest a couple things. Since private property is being threatened with break -ins etc, you may want to find out how much the HOA is willing to spend on a security guard. One can be hired for a couple of hours each night, or every other night or whenever. They are not inexpensive, but a couple of times a week, and it might take care of the problem. You can start up talks with the local homeless shelters or other organizations who are there to help with the homeless problems, and see if they can assist you. You can write the mayor and ask if you can have some time with him. See if you can get a police advocate, or someone who can come up with the details as far as how many times the police have been called, how many times the residents have had things stolen or buildings were broken into. You might talk with the local police officers on the beat you have and ask them for extra patrol - this is an iffy solution since big city police departments are so busy. You need to be creative in dealing with the homeless, especially those who have drug addiction problems. I understand your concerns and issues, they are real and they can be very scary situations. Community outreach is going to be your best bet in how to deal with the issues you are facing or hiring on site security

Count me among the unimpressed. I see a cancellation in this show's not too distant future. But speaking of gameshows - anyone watch the PBS Pioneers of Television installment last night - on Gameshows? It was a real trip down memory lane and worth the watch. Even though it wasn't a complete history, it was very interesting to hear the old hosts, etc. talk about the audience, both in studio and at home, as well as what made a great host, which in some cases they still don't have down pat. And while they did touch on the scandals, it wasn't the focus.

my friends' latest report is that there is a trail of gas and decomp from the backyard to the backdoor of the garage that both bloodhounds picked up on twice each. one theory is that caylee died in the backyard was buried there for a few days (g'parents out of town then). soon after dug up, drenched in gas, dragged thru the backdoor of the garage to the g'mom's car, taken to another site and burned. casey did steal gas cans from her parents home. there is some sort of gas/ethanol residue on the hair samples found in the truck. the tests came back positive for some sort of fluid present during body decomp and present only after death and it was this fluid the dogs found in the trunk and confirmed by Univ of TN body lab. police are positive she's dead. police have dumpsters from a check cashing place where casey wrote stolen checks then abandoned her mom's car, reporting it stolen. and a dumpster from where her boyfriend worked where casey had parked the car for a day. since casey's immunity deal has past the police are slowly releasing details hoping she will come out w/ some talk once she realizes what they have found so far. meanwhile the g'father may be charged w/ battery for shoving 2 protestors, upstanding people these are! independent search crews have left, no one in the family ever asked for the search teams (sheriff's office did) and they did not ever participate in any searches, ever. obviously they were not going to waste their own time...~ liz