Welcome ravenranter!

Anyway, it really is too bad noone has come up with something that not only sounds like a barking dog, but can duplicate the solid thump against the door made by an agitated Doberman.
I've had kids come to my door selling magazines to fund a halfway house (prefer making a donation after checking out charity). I had one girl selling cookies who wasn't from our neighborhood whose mom was driving her around. The strangest one was a woman whose meat truck 'broke down' and as a result was 'forced to make a deal' on the contents.
Our old house was a few blocks from a Kingdom Hall and the Jehovah's Witnesses did pay us a visit. I was perfectly happy to discuss religion with them the first time they showed up. They never showed up again.
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