It’s Tuesday, in the country, in a trailer park. I could end right there, those that have lived in, or near, a park, would just use their imagination and be entertained the rest of the day. However, for those that like to follow my posts of the Trailer Kingdom, I have a couple of things for this morning at least.

While pouring myself a cup of coffee, I looked out the window, and noticed someone at the mailboxes. He was going box to box, removing mail. There was a car parked there I didn’t recognize, not that I recognize half of them, since various parts fall off from day to day, causing them to change their appearance like a Chameleon. Then I realize it is our “official” USPS carrier, or one of them. He is barely as tall as his vehicle roof, regular clothes naturally, and has a 1-foot square Tupperware box, the type you buy from a Dollar General Store. As I watch, he is putting mail in the boxes from the box, and taking mail from some boxes, for his Tupperware organizer, yes, let’s call it that. Mystery solved, no mail theft. Darn! That means no excitement either. Sorry for the picture, I was in a hurry, the phone camera was set to low resolution, and I had to enlarge it. There, that should be enough excuses for a crappy picture.

Learning to drive?

For those of you that follow the tales of YouTube Boy, I have an update. I just heard a call go out for the county, about a white van driving recklessly on a county road near YouTube Boy’s location. You guessed it, a few moments later his name came across the radio. Reports were he had nearly hit a gas tank (propane), driving and acting crazy.  My first thought, his family doesn’t own a white van. Second thought, maybe we are finding out where that bug in his ear disappeared to. Soon,  a call for medics to YouTube Boy’s house, 83 year old man shaking, high blood pressure. That will be the grandfather. It’s getting so predictable, The county comes out, then reports that he is just learning to drive, and a little upset. I can almost call the action around here before it happens. He and grandfather (who is really his adoptive father) just had a dust-up last night, where he spit on the grandfather. The neighbor called the county Sheriffs. They came out, calmed him down, promised him the moon and left. As simple as it sounds, the spitting on the grandfather should have been classified as domestic violence, and would have given them power to get him some help.

Of course the county handles it the same way, every time. They come out, talk to him, calm him down, then report back that everything is okay, he was just upset. I went over there one night while he was having a melt down. On that night, the father would not let him go to visit a friend, so he had kicked the front door open, knocked holes in the wall with his fists, turned some items over in the living room. The county was called, they calmed him down, promised to talk to him more, gave him a card with their number, in case he got upset again.

Do these county law-enforcement persons not watch TV? The story of this boy reads just like the narrative of the guy that killed all the students recently. Only two differences, the Florida boy was obsessed with firearms, where YouTube Boy is obsessed with vehicles and driving fast, mildly interested in firearms. He only has a driver’s learner permit. The only other difference is YouTube Boy is 16, the Florida guy is 19.

But wait, the county has been called at least 2 times that we are aware of, over YouTube Boy stealing his father’s gun, and taking it around his park, to show his friends. The county caught him, talked to him, promised to help him get on the volunteer fire department, blah blah, returned him home. According to him, they offered to take him target practicing later. I guess they haven’t seen “American Sniper” either.

Nobody hears the ticking of this thing?

No charges for minor in possession of a firearm, or that the gun had the serial number filed off. On a side note, that gun has come up missing I hear. That scares me. I think the wheels are really loose on his wagon, and one may come off at any time. He’s on about 6 medications a day for mental/emotional problems. May still have the bug in his ear, Mom is scared of him, reluctant to have him picked up.

This kid has been placed in Detention for weeks at the time, as many as three times in the last 2.5 years. Nobody hears the ticking of this thing?

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