Garden Theft

[Molalla1]

Just a couple hours ago, a squirrel tried to steal some of my electricity. He tripped the circuit breaker at the power pole. He's dead now.:thumbsup:

cheers,
Mike

Love it when they self eradicate themselves . . . :laughing:

 

[3Ts]

Just a couple hours ago, a squirrel tried to steal some of my electricity. He tripped the circuit breaker at the power pole. He's dead now.

self BBQing, just bring the sauce.

 

[EddieWalker]

My garden is inside my fenced back yard, and I have 4 Akita's that feel it's their job to keep everything out of their yard.

I've seen people post pictures on Facebook where they have stopped along a highway somewhere and picked fruit off of a tree and commented on how good it tasted. Others will comment on how lucky they are to have found such a great treat, but nobody comments on them being a thief. I feel like I should say something, but I haven't yet.

 

[Jstpssng]

My garden is inside my fenced back yard, and I have 4 Akita's that feel it's their job to keep everything out of their yard.

I've seen people post pictures on Facebook where they have stopped along a highway somewhere and picked fruit off of a tree and commented on how good it tasted. Others will comment on how lucky they are to have found such a great treat, but nobody comments on them being a thief. I feel like I should say something, but I haven't yet.

It won't do any good, stealing produce is different somehow than other things. There was an apple orchard in my home town, which everybody knew guarded their orchard with rock salt. They stopped the practice after their son went to prison for assault with a deadly weapon after shooting an apple thief.

 

[clemsonfor]

My garden is inside my fenced back yard, and I have 4 Akita's that feel it's their job to keep everything out of their yard.

I've seen people post pictures on Facebook where they have stopped along a highway somewhere and picked fruit off of a tree and commented on how good it tasted. Others will comment on how lucky they are to have found such a great treat, but nobody comments on them being a thief. I feel like I should say something, but I haven't yet.

If I had a FB, I'd say something!! I almost feel bad for when I was a kid my dad stopping in a cotton field and picking us a few cotton bowls from a plant to show in school . And I literally mean a few. Like one stick with a few cotton clumps on it!!! There is 1000's x what we picked left in the field after picking. Still feel bad to this day cause that was not our place , just the side of the highway in farm country in the 80s or very early 90s.

 

[two_bit_score]

I just can't get over the idea that so many people can justify a "little" theft in their own minds as if it just doesn't matter.

I have more respect for the out right thieves who do it deliberately and admit their dishonesty.

 

[Jstpssng]

The farmer I used to prune for had two orchards, one behind his house and the other down the road and about 1/4 mile off the public road. I was telling a friend where I was working and one of her coworkers piped up and said "You must be talking about the Hidden Orchard!" Apparently he and his buddies got there apples there every year instead of buying them.
Small wonder that the farmer eventually pulled the trees and turned it into a field.

 

[mikester]

My dogs will not allow such. :laughing:

My dogs used to eat the black caps before I could get them!

 

[BRMyers]

If I had a FB, I'd say something!! I almost feel bad for when I was a kid my dad stopping in a cotton field and picking us a few cotton bowls from a plant to show in school . And I literally mean a few. Like one stick with a few cotton clumps on it!!! There is 1000's x what we picked left in the field after picking. Still feel bad to this day cause that was not our place , just the side of the highway in farm country in the 80s or very early 90s.

You statement reminds me of when we took a family trip down south as a kid. My dad wanted to show us the cotton field because my sister and I had never seen one before. He pulled into a farmer's driveway and went up to the door. Next thing you know the farmer and dad came over to the old station wagon and we got a complete tour of the farm. We got cotton seeds and samples of cotton. I still have pictures of it. I don't remember much about that vacation, but I still remember stopping at that farm and getting to see the giant bales of cotton.

Sorry for being off topic, but your statement brought back that wonderful memory.

 

[CobyRupert]

...continue the tangent...
...these stories reminds me of growing up on 70's dairy farm. Strange station wagon pulls into drive. Family rolls out. They were just randomly driving around from tourist town 20+ miles away (Lake George). They were from New York City! That might of as well as been the Moon to a 10year old. The father was a red nosed Irish cop right (fit the perfect stereotype) with a larger than life personality. We'd compare and contrast our two worlds. They'd come back for a few hours every year.
I remember being a bit older, I had just learned to drive a tractor & had raked a 20 ace hay field. They asked me later what I'd been doing so I told them. His response was "Your arms must be tired." I probably said: "Not too bad" (Thinking: Huh?? - I mean the tractor didn't have power steering, but I managed. ) One of those odd comments that took me years to figure out he probably believed I'd done it by hand!