One of my former co-workers lives in Okarche, Oklahoma and she is a third generation resident. She knows pretty much everyone there. One day she received a phone call from a lady that lives a few blocks away. her son had gone around a corner, making the tires sequel, and then floored it to make lost of noise.
She heard her son pull up out in the driveway, and stood at the front door, waiting for him. As soon as he came in the door, she went into full bore mom mode, and asked why he cornered hard and used up tires, and then hit the gas to use up gas. He stood there is stunned silence, and finally asked "How did you know?" and she just replied I know everything you do, right and wrong!
She never told him about the mom spy network amongst all the moms in town watching everything. People that move there in the 90s are still considered the newcomers.
I spent a few years in San Marcos, TX back in the early 60s. I heard my parents tell one of my buddies mom to go ahead and paddle me if I act up. Of course I was always a little angel.
