After Christmas dinner, we went out and saw several of these Javelina (collared peccaries) roaming around looking for some scraps we threw up in the wash earlier. I saw them and went out with my camera to get this photo of these smelly, ugly beasties. Click on the image to enlarge.
Verna and I were disappointed last year when John Walsh and “America’s Most Wanted” were discontinued as a regular feature on the FOX TV network. However, a few weeks ago, we discovered that the show is back on the air every week on the Lifetime TV Network.
Lifetime is on channel 252 on the DirecTV lineup. AMW airs on Fridays at 9PM Eastern. The show is as good as it ever was, still bringing in perps and pervs at a good clip. The AMW website is still active with lots of information about the current list of our most wanted criminals still at large.
We attended a class yesterday devoted to home protection and gun safety. One of the topics they taught had to do with equipment for the home. Of course, we already have firearms but we need to research some of the other tactical gear that we ought to have on hand.
The course instructor advised that if we’re going to have firearms handy that it is a very good idea to have a high-quality flashlight on hand to aid in locating and identifying potential targets. Not the cheap Chinese crap that you find at the discount stores, but a good, reliable and BRIGHT tactical flashlight similar to those used by military and law enforcement. Pursuant to that end, I have started a ‘wish list’ on a well-known on-line retailer site where I have entered several candidate flashlights. Over the next few days, Verna and I will down-select to a single flashlight and then order two of them. One for her and one for myself.
Without any provocation, vandals threw two chunks of concrete through our front window at about 2 AM this morning. The police were notified and took our report after looking around the area.
We are taking steps to get the damage cleaned up and repaired as soon as possible. I have made a call to our homeowners insurance broker and left a message.
This makes no sense to us that someone would deliberately destroy property in the middle of the night. We, of course, slept poorly after the incident. After this, we are even more glad that we have the means for self-defense should anyone enter the premises without an invitation.
