LTTE: "'Helpful' teens during the wee hours."

[NightTrain]

Regardless of what you think of the author's attitude, you have to admit, this is one well-written letter! (And no, I didn't write it.)


I just wanted to thank some wonderful teenagers living around the Merline Road and Huntington Drive neighborhood (of Vernon, Connecticut). It is not often that you will find a group of young people so willing to donate their time after midnight to help a person take down his holiday decorations.

Not only did they perform this task on January 8, but also January 15. Unfortunately, these helpful teenagers were a little rough in putting the decorations away. They ended up smashed in the middle of Merline and Huntington or in neighbors’ yards.

Through their generosity, I no longer have to lug heavy boxes up and down stairs and spend endless hours putting up decorations. We will no longer be decorating on the holidays as I hate to see these young people spending their time helping us remove decorations. Most importantly, I will save money by not buying any more expensive items or paying for electricity to power them.

You kids are the greatest! I can’t wait until you come back to renovate our house and install the free air conditioning and remodel the inside. Great job!

I also salute the Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union for its insightful efforts in convincing Vernon to remove its curfew for teenagers. Since that change, many wonderful events have happened in this neighborhood. Nine families have bought new car windows after teenagers helped remove the old ones. Six neighbors have replaced old mailboxes after they were neatly taken care of with baseball bats.

I no longer have to pay to see drag races. They happen on my front lawn between midnight and 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays as teenagers jockey for position by running the stop sign on Elenore crossing Huntington Drive, through our yard and trees, and back onto Merline. Their skill in navigating the tree obstacle course is marvelous at such high rates of speed!

Who can forget last Halloween, when 20 of Vernon’s finest teenagers camped on the corner of Merline and Huntington, walking in front of cars and propositioning 10- and 11-year-old girls? It was a great education for those youngsters as they learned new vocabulary words from these expert teachers. And how about those Saturday and Sunday morning walks along my property to pick up beer bottles and drug paraphernalia?

Where would we be without the help of the ACLU and our wonderful Vernon teenagers?

Don’t get me wrong. Vernon has many teenagers that stay at home after midnight and lead a sheltered life, just as my two do. Those poor, unfortunate souls will never know the joy of helping Vernon citizens in the wee hours of the morning.

Curtis Pollen
Vernon

[Streetdoc270]

1. he he he...

I do appriceate sarcasm at its finest, regardless of content :)