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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2017-10-28 5:24 PM, wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:04:57 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:

>> FWIW, our son came by today and the three of us discussed the situation.
>> As loyal as he is to the rest of his cousins, he agreed with me. He
>> knows that she steals things and is concerned about something of value
>> to him is missing from his old bedroom, which is now the quest room
>> where the niece stayed last year, and the item went missing.
>
> Regardless it's not wise to keep valuable items in a guest room, they
> become what's known as an "attractive nuisance" and tend to disappear.

A couple of things have gone missing from that room after she stayed in
it. One was a Ralph Steadman book of ink sketches called Dogs' Bodies.
The other was a booklet from Cook Country where FIL was born and my
son was saving with the idea of using his grandfather's birthplace to
get American citizenship.

> As an alternative guest facility for Big Niece you might consider
> pitching a one ring circus tent in your back yard and supply her with
> a fifty pound sack of in the shell peanuts.

Even I wouldn't make a comment like that. Besides.... only 50 lb?