I live on a corner lot in a subdivision and last year it was one lawn job after another!

I came home from work tonight and at about 9:45 PM, I am sitting at my office desk (window faces front) and I hear a car idling outside. I stroll my happy self to the window (wearing a pear of flannel PJ pants which have shortened quit a bit, and a t-shirt), and look outside in time to see this guy drive right through my yard!

Dressed just as I am I run (bare footed) to the kitchen counter, grab the MINI COOPER S key and into the garage I go. This beast of a little car rolls out of the garage, and off I go. Sunday night, no traffic, I catch him before he is three blocks away. This car is fast and I can still run!

Long story short, I followed him and the cops handled it for me once they were able to get in position.

I could not have done that in my Mazda!

 

A camera would have been nice

Lois

 

Lieutenant, you missed one more misspelled word: "pear" (pair). Delivery trucks always run their wheels on the edge of our lawn and the curb. But as I understand it, there are a few feet at the edge of the lawn that is actually city property.

(Since I'm being the spelling cop at the moment, Lois, your avatar has 'Antarctica' misspelled. )

 

 

I can relate, glad to hear the Bast@#D was caught. I also live on a corner lot & that happens all to often. Another thing that get my goat is realtors putting "open house" signs in my yard w/o asking. What gives them the right?
I did not purchase a corner lot so I could have signs or tire tracks displayed.One night one idiot got carried away & actually hit my house. I ran outside glock in hand not sure what I was getting myself into, & all I could hear was the neighbor saying it was a red truck. I called the cops they showed up in no time, could not find anthing but question me about about the pistol in my pants I had under my shirt.They told me to be cautious & dont do anything stupid.
They were never caught to my knowledge. A few bushes were torn up & a couple of bricks were cracked on the garage along with ruts in the yard a stop sign knocked over
& a small plactic telephone connection flattened.

Sorry for rambling on,

Pasta Larry

 

WOW! I have never had BAD damage, just the ruts in the grass, maybe some turned up soil. Really torques me that someone could be that inconsiderate!

Funny you signed your posting, "Pasta Larry"

 

It sounds to me like you need a rock garden in your front/side yard LtRex. Really big, really pointy rocks disguised by slightly taller flowers should do the trick. Call it an artificial dry stream bed.

 

Hmm..... concealed oil pan destruction stone.

I like the way you think, Warped1966!!

 

Glad you caught him. We got a yard job a couple of years ago & the ruts lasted for months. What we need to stop yard jobs is old fashioned straight curbs instead of rolling curbs. Out neighbor got tired of getting his yard trashed & put in a 2X4 with rather LARGE nails pointing up to the sky.

 

I'm all for anti-vandalism devices (in fact, I'm in favor of being able to shoot anyone on your property). But your neighbor is taking a huge risk. For instance, what if a kid falls down on their bike while riding by his house and impales himself on some of those nails ?

Lawsuit. Would likely not be covered under the homeowners insurance, either.

Lt... nicely done.

 

BTW, antarctica is spelled antarctica.

 

Tell it to the avatar makers

 

Mark

 

I gotta agree with CR&JW&PB. Big rocks in the yard, ok. But nail spikes? Your neighbor's last name wouldn't happen to be De Sade, would it?

 

I can't wait to get my Jet White and Pepper Black MINIs.

 

Actually, shouldn't it be Antarctica?

 

Who wears flannel pjs these days...must be a St. Louis thing..

 

The driveway to my parents' business is right next to the back driveway to a McDonald's. It's even a right turn from theirs into McDs, but people would go around the back of the building and drive over the 3-4" of lawn and curb separating the parking lots. So they tore up the grass and put in a huge burm - then watched as the very first @ss in a big truck drove right over it and destroyed a weekend's worth of work.

Now there's a big burm with big rocks and prickly bushes on top of it and no one drives over it anymore.

 

Oh, the questions that came to mind about your post. But I'll not go there.

Considering he stood at his window (which must have had the curtains open) and then went after these people on public streets, it's probably a good thing he was wearing his flannel PJ's.

 

yup , but butter makes the shift key hard to use.

 

Hmmm....I will not ask....

 

Hmm, seems I am being tag-teamed by Mishka & Wolfeee.......

 

Mishka is all man....hmmm....

 

Well what in the *^#+? is a guy doing calling himself "Mishka!"



Sorry about that Mishka!