Yup, from my vantage point (her front yard, my back deck) it looks like they got the whole darn roof off of the place. In about three hours. It looked like maybe 6-7 guys. Granted, I can't see the entire roof, but they did leave behind a couple of pallets of new roofing material, up on her roof. I'm not sure they would go to the trouble of hoisting it up there if there was any old roof still in place. Maybe, I dunno - I'm not a roofer. Maybe they are "highly motivated", and well practiced if this is their modus operandi. They did dispose of all of it, too, in a dumpster still on the truck. Never bothered to take it off of the truck. I think they were in a hurry. I think they have done this before. A lot.
One of my all-time pet peeves are these kinds of people. 30 year old Jeff would have pounded him like a tent stake when he moved towards me. And probably wound up in more trouble than he is in. 63 year old Jeff is a little calmer, a little wiser, and figured we would just let the authorities do their part. The police who arrived at the crack of dawn were magnificent, very professional. I'm sure the rest of the authorities who will soon be involved will be as well. They sure were in the aftermath of my driveway incident five years ago but, as Supe points out, they are spread awfully thin. I think all they can do is make guys like this uncomfortable for awhile, and then they are right back at it. Until maybe (hopefully) someday they meet 30 year old Jeff...
