My property is not the county dump!

daedong · Oct 22, 2004

Billy,

I liked that.......It reminded me of many years ago when i was in the garden and lawn mowing business, I chased money owed by a client for months before i eventually gave up. At the end of one day loaded with clippings i decided to save some dump fees......... you guessed it, they were dumped at her front door /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

turnkey4099 · Oct 24, 2004

Live very rural but have a neighbor across from me on a main highway. A few years ago I began finding golf balls in my garden and front lawn. Wasn't hard to figure out where they were coming from so had a talk with the dad. Problem solved but he did have the guts to ask for the balls back. I had already donated them to another guy.

I have also had a car stop and deposit a sack full of fast food leavings right in the middle of my driveway.

Harry K

DannyD · Oct 24, 2004

My neighbor had the same problem (not a problem for him really) he kept finding golf balls in his woods, they never could figure out where they were coming from till I went by one day during deer season to ask him to post his property, which was already done. He asked me about them, I just smiled, he did too, he plays golf.

at least they went to a good cause.

PineRidge · Oct 25, 2004

I have also had a car stop and deposit a sack full of fast food leavings right in the middle of my driveway.


All I ever see is empty beer cans, lots of empty beer cans. Must be a lot of drinking and driving in my part of town.

Gary_in_Indiana · Oct 27, 2004

Years ago I lived on a corner lot in a suburb and every Saturday and Sunday morning I had to pick up beer cans and cardboard containers along both streets. I solve most of the problem by putting out a large trash can on Friday night.

To my amazement, the vast majority of the refuse ended up there. I figured it was just kids making sure they'd removed the evidence of their underage drinking before they went home. I won't discuss what history helped me reach that conclusion. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

KubotaSteve · Oct 27, 2004

I agree with you slowrev about the gun thing. That should only be a last resort if someone's life is in danger. If those kids are carrying which a lot of them do now days, then a situation has been created where not only are you and the kids in danger but everyone else living within range which includes your family. In Washington DC you hear quite frequently about gang shooting and a stray bullet going into a house and hitting an innocent person watching TV.
Besides, when kids are involved I have found it is generally easier if you try to talk to them first and not get nasty. When I was in high school some kids were goofing around and an old man threatened them with a gun. They destroyed his car a week later as well as other damage. Even if he saw them and then shot at them, guess who is going to jail to see Big Bubba /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I forget the saying so before I botch up a good saying like one of our presidential canindates did. It's something about catching more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a gallon of vinegar or something like that.

eee · Oct 27, 2004

I know of a guy years ago that tilled gardens for a fee for the locals and he had one customer that never paid him for his tilling the gardens. One day he was going out the road when the peoples garden who never paid him was really growing and looked nice and just happened to be driving his tractor which just happened to have his plow on the tractor. So he just pulled onto the peoples property and plowed there garden again for free.

Boondox · Oct 27, 2004

The rear blade on my Kubota excels at making small speed bumps which grow to impressive dimensions as people speed over them on our eight foot wide dirt road. Doesn't take long for the entire length of the road to turn into washboard which has the odd effect of slowing down pretty much everybody.

Pete

Boondox · Oct 27, 2004

We actually carry the numbers of a few different tow truck operators. Most for nice people, and one in particular for jerks. The one for jerks has a sliding scale. He starts high and adds to the bill depending on how much grief the stuck person gives him. He also has a history of unhooking and driving away if the invective gets too bad...leaving them stuck wherever. Pete

slowzuki · Oct 27, 2004

A friend of mine offered to pull a client of his out of the snow bank. It was a jetta so my buddy told the client to chose where to hook on. One good yank and nothing came except a funny looking black thing.

The client had wrapped the strap around the fuel tank filler pipe! It tore the side of the gas tank open and messed up the fender where it came off! My buddy laughed for 10 mins before he could get out of the truck!

Next they pushed the guy out of the driveway onto the road so they could tow him to a shop and the guy promptly backed straight into the ditch!

( My dad left it up to him on where to connect, and to stay out of the mud. that was in the 70's, before things went too nuts. The guy was not happy, but he hooked it up, and he was un-stuck...
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