smile for the camera

the gimcrack is in an area once well known for prostitution and drug dealing. of course its been gentrified, particularly at our end of the street, but it’s still considered “high risk” by insurance companies and you wouldn’t want to wander too far from a streetlamp at night.

one of the first posts I ever wrote for the gimcrack was about playing back the footage on our security camera and discovering an enterprising madam had set up an after hours mobile fuckfest in our driveway. I later deleted that post in a frenzy of housekeeping but readers who’ve been with me from the beginning may remember she utilised a couple of cars, one for the money earning act and the other as a bar where waiting customers shared pre and postprandial ciggies and beer.

our camera is pretty well concealed, but the local police know it’s there and today they came calling to ask nursemyra a favour. apparently there was a holdup in the street last night and they were hoping the action may have been caught on our hidden camera.

so nursemyra had the fun job of sitting beside a handsome detective while watching the playback footage. we saw lots of action but not the gun toting kind. I apologised to DesirableDetective but he assured me the hour we’d spent together had not been wasted and invited me back to the station sometime to inspect his etchings look at mugshots. I said I’d think about it, but the description of his suspect didn’t sound like anyone I’ve seen lately