Bizarre Experience

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.

Sounds like it's time for some "Private Property, No Trespassing" signs to
be put up around the pond and perhaps elsewhere along the property line.
Make sure all approaches to the pond have a sign clearly visible, don't
just put one up on the dock or they could claim to have come another
direction and not have seen the sign. This wording delineates property
lines without implying any sort of known risks around the pond or other
parts of the property. That way, you won't be open to any sort of lawsuits
along the lines of "You had a 'beware of dog' sign and it bit that person
so they're suing you because you knew the dog was dangerous" that might
occur with other wordings. Plus, this phrase is pretty common so you
should be able to buy however many weather resistant premade signs you
need at several stores or online.

Cichlidiot wrote:

Gary Woods wrote:

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

Sounds like it's time for some "Private Property, No Trespassing" signs to
be put up around the pond and perhaps elsewhere along the property line.
....
This wording delineates property
lines without implying any sort of known risks around the pond or other
parts of the property.

Not to mention that various jurisdictions have specific wording requirements
that would make a sign that said, e.g., "Keep Out" legally useless. I
always laughed driving through Michigan or Ohio (can't remember which) at
all the signs on which you could only read the word "Posted" from the
highway. That, however, would seem to be mandatory on a "No trespassing"
sign, there.
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derek

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 How cheeky of them (although, I must admit, it did make me laugh).


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alison weekes

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


Amazing. .......... simply amazing! I wonder from whence they came?

"Gary Woods" wrote in message
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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...
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Perhaps they thought it was a small public park.
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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b
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