Bizarre Experience

Yesterday, I found a couple of teenagers I didn't know fishing from my
paddleboat in my pond. Politely told them I liked to know who was using my
pond, and that I didn't know them. They took the hint and left.
Today, I find the same two teens swimming, but with their mother
supervising from the shore.

Self: Who are you?
Er... we're from down the steet. Is this your pond?
Yes. It's kind of my back yard, you see...
Oh. Well, do you mind?
Would you like it if I settled down in your back yard and had a picnic?
Oh, well we'll leave. Sorry.


Guess I gotta buy some signs and nail them up. Dang.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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Guess I gotta buy some signs and nail them up. Dang.

Sounds like a good time to drag out the "Warning flesh eating Bacteria"
signs..


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On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:55:50 GMT, Gary Woods
wrote:

Yesterday, I found a couple of teenagers I didn't know fishing from my
paddleboat in my pond. Politely told them I liked to know who was using my
pond, and that I didn't know them. They took the hint and left.
Today, I find the same two teens swimming, but with their mother
supervising from the shore.

Self: Who are you?
Er... we're from down the steet. Is this your pond?
Yes. It's kind of my back yard, you see...
Oh. Well, do you mind?
Would you like it if I settled down in your back yard and had a picnic?
Oh, well we'll leave. Sorry.


Guess I gotta buy some signs and nail them up. Dang.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Charge em $5 a head and see if they go for it.

Larry

"Gary Woods" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, I found a couple of teenagers I didn't know fishing from my
paddleboat in my pond. Politely told them I liked to know who was using
my
pond, and that I didn't know them. They took the hint and left.
Today, I find the same two teens swimming, but with their mother
supervising from the shore.
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Good fences make good neighbors. When people started moving in around me the
first thing I did was buy field fence and have a man put it up on the
property line. :-) Even though most people or teens could probably climb
over it, none ever have....
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On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:55:50 GMT, Gary Woods wrote:

Self: Who are you?
Er... we're from down the steet. Is this your pond?
Yes. It's kind of my back yard, you see...
Oh. Well, do you mind?

As in, do I mind if something happens and I'm libel, hell yes!

Would you like it if I settled down in your back yard and had a picnic?
Oh, well we'll leave. Sorry.

I'm thinking, "Beware Attack Koi" ? ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

piranhas and
alligators and
giant snapping turtles
and raw sewage
and west nile
and the loch ness monster!

On the other hand, do you need work done around the pond
and yard. Pay them in pond swimming time.

k :-)

How big is your pond?

Gary Woods wrote:
Yesterday, I found a couple of teenagers I didn't know fishing from my
paddleboat in my pond. Politely told them I liked to know who was using my
pond, and that I didn't know them. They took the hint and left.
Today, I find the same two teens swimming, but with their mother
supervising from the shore.

Self: Who are you?
Er... we're from down the steet. Is this your pond?
Yes. It's kind of my back yard, you see...
Oh. Well, do you mind?
Would you like it if I settled down in your back yard and had a picnic?
Oh, well we'll leave. Sorry.


Guess I gotta buy some signs and nail them up. Dang.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote:

How big is your pond?

2/3 acre, grass mowed for a goodly distance around it, gazebo, dock,
paddleboat. It just blows my mind that somebody could wander in off the
road and think it was theirs to use.
They also left several bits of litter behind. I'm not shocked...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Reel Mckoi wrote:

Good fences make good neighbors. When people started moving in around me
the first thing I did was buy field fence and have a man put it up on the
property line. :-) Even though most people or teens could probably
climb over it, none ever have....

Very true. My property isn't fenced (yet - and when we do have a fence
shortly, it will be well inside the property line: just to confine the one
dog who doesn't understand "come") but if we actually had neighbors, it
certainly would be. My closest neighbor always has people trotting all
over his property come fishing season. Most people will respect your
boundaries if they know where they are (and they don't feel they have a
traditional right-of-way).
--
derek

Wild! Nice of you to provide a pond for the public.

I grew up in Syracuse.

Jim

Gary Woods wrote:
Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote:


How big is your pond?


2/3 acre, grass mowed for a goodly distance around it, gazebo, dock,
paddleboat. It just blows my mind that somebody could wander in off the
road and think it was theirs to use.
They also left several bits of litter behind. I'm not shocked...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G