At 06:38 PM 12/31/97 -0500, you wrote: >>We've got a local rich guy and mafioso (last name is the same as a city in >>Sicily and he has been indicted about 30 times) who has had a 30 foot >>plastic Santa in his yard since Thanksgiving. His work crew finally took >>down the 60 or 70 plywood elves, Sesame Street characters, etc. The santa >>was designed to lean against a corner of the house but he just has it >>standing out front like it's leaning on air. Did I mention it is lit from >>inside so that it glows. We LOL everytime we drive by. >> >>George > >I'd be careful about LOL given this guy's connections, George. Wouldn't >want him to take offense.:-) > >Cheryl Schaefer >schaefer @epix.net >Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY > He got pissed at me 10 years ago when I wouldn't buy a house off of him. He has a real estate company among other things. Also has two "truck stops" with 50 video poker machines each and leases poker machines and slots to other places. He's a real jerk. George