Published in Norman Transcript September 13, 2009 -
Dear Editor,
I am concerned about a problem we have in our neighborhood and I am hoping that you could help by making the general public aware through your fine publication. We have lost our friendly neighbor.
When my family and I moved into our current home 12 years ago, we were delighted to discover a friendly neighbor to our immediate west. He was most helpful. He would let me borrow his pipewrench when I needed it and I bought a pair of very interesting lamps shaped like an abacus from him. But most of all he was a fount of information concerning the life of our neighborhood. He knew the goings on of everyone from corner to corner. From the circumstances of how the gentlemen with hooks lost his hands across the way, to the schedule of the gay couple next door to the police record of the crazy old man who looked like Santa Claus down the street. He seemed to know everything one might need to know about one's neighbors, except for what was buried in the gay couple's back yard.
Unfortunately that neighbor moved away. And now I have no one to tell me what's going on. New people have moved across the street and I have seen as many as 7 vehicles parked out front at one time, but no "party noises" emanate from the house. In fact it is unnaturally silent.
What ever happened to our friendly neighbors? Have they all moved away? If so are they all living in the same town somewhere. I think ours moved to South Carolina.
Please encourage the readers of your fine publication to become better neighbors. And if you know what's going on across the street please let me know.
Tim Duncan
A concerned citizen
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