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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3128797" data-attributes="member: 19675">Oh, if I had caught them in the act, I'm pretty sure there would have been a spanking delivered by yours truly- it worked for me, it can work for them...But these kids were "lucky"- every event occurred while I was busy doing something like trying to help a cousin or an aunt find directions to a job interview, or going out to pick up dinner, and meanwhile, the kids are off elsewhere in the house, completely unsupervised.The most victimized area is (wouldn't you know) my "sanctum quasi-sanctorum"- an upstairs second den that has no doors.The good news- while they did all of these things, they never did anything that would have TRULY pissed me off.  The fire in the bathroom was minor- no permenant damage beyond a scorched bath-mat.  The damaged minis, while expensive in total, were largely the worst of my minis...you know, a cheap "orc with hammer" as opposed to a Ral Partha Ice Drake from the 1970's...and they didn't touch any of my collectibles or electronics (except the computer).  I have art (pottery, glass, etc.) in that room that is better than some of the stuff in the Dallas Museum of Art (by the same artists)- and they didn't even glance at it (its still dusty)- it simply didn't attract their young eyes like the kewl little minis...</blockquote>