Walking Therein

What Is Wrong With People? Has This Ever Happened To You?

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5:17 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by tiarali79

We used to live in a rental house that backed onto a golf course. Being a rental, the landlord wasn't interested in fencing the back of the property. We soon got used to finding golf balls on the property (we collected them) but we were surprised one day to see a golf buggy doing laps of a huge tree in our backyard.

And then there was a time when a stranger, knowing we had no fence, got the taxi to stop out the front of our house and wait while he went 'inside to get his wallet'. Of course, he ran straight through the yard and onto the golf course. The taxi driver came knocking on our door looking for money - thank goodness he believed us when he saw the missing fence and the golf course.

And then there was the time some drunks from a party a few houses down decided to walk through our yard and threaten to plant a bomb under our kitchen window.

Aren't people lovely?

WOW

6:25 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by mominpa

To answer..

Not yet
No and
No

Sounds like a pretty interesting few days-- would not like the unwelcomed visitors--things like that bother me!! :(

Oh Yeah

8:06 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by Sunniemom

I grew up in the country, and stuff like that happened ALOT. Which is why we all kept guns in our rooms.If stray dogs attacked our rabbit cages or guys tried to steal gas out of the equipment or cars, just leaning out my window and firing my rifle into the air took care of it. My brother and I raced to see who could scare them off first. Unless my dad was quicker. :D

http://sunniemom.wordpress.com

If I had a dollar...

8:33 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by kympossible

for every time I wondered WHAT exactly is wrong with people. LOL WE live on a country road too, and have had our mailbox taken out a few times. What is the fun in that?? I don't get it. We also have hoodlums down the road who think it is fun to drag race here at night with their headlights off. Wha???? And one night some kids parked in front of our yard in the middle of the night after peeling through the gravel in our driveway, so that they could yell at each other and make threats that involved guns. They moved off without further incident before I could call the police, but boy I wished I'd had even an air rifle handy to fire through the window and scare them off. Morons. LOL

Blessings,
And prayers that the hoodlums will leave you alone,
Kym

easy to take care of

9:03 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by charles0322

We had the same problem and this is sooo easy to solve. Go and get your granddaddy's old shot gun (a double barrel is the best) and get some blanks or use live ammo. Lie in wait for them and fire into the air, away from any homes....just in case.

After they clean their pants out, I doubt you will see them again. Not to mention they have a tendency to warn other fools.

as for the mailbox

9:06 AM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by charles0322

Go and get some of the paintball balls (in sport section of Wal-mart) and tape with black electrical tape all around the mail box. Make sure the sides of the balls are exposed that way they will splatter out.

The next time the little hoodlins come to play mailbox baseball, they will have some explaining to do as to why there is paint all over dad's car. (dont worry, it will wash off)

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12:34 PM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

Maybe I live a boring life, but nothing like that has happened to me. I think I'm glad.

Oh, we did have a neighbor burst into our apartment one early morning. She was high on drugs scared out of her mind. I never forget to lock the door now.

Peace to you,
Renae
http://lifenurturingeducation.com

Oh boy

10:12 PM, Monday, April 14, 2008 .. Posted by Sisterlisa

Sounds like stuff my husband did when he was a kid.. What did he call it again....? Mailbox Baseball ya that's it. Just bored people who .....well if I keep on it will only make him look bad. LOL

But Fiona did wake me up after she gave birth to her first kitten. I'll never forget it! What an experience!

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8:11 PM, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

Not to scare you, only to make you cautious. Maybe they were stealing your trash for private information. Dh is a cop and they steal bad guys' trash all the time. Shred everything, and you should be OK.
~C
http://isaish5413.blogspot.com

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11:23 PM, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 .. Posted by Robinlyn

Well, no. Those are some pretty crazy things and is Matt just fearless or what?

Now that I think about it, the first year that we lived in the home we are in now, we had three sheriff's visits. Each one was delivering a warrant for a previous resident of this house. Three different people wanted by the law and they were still serving the warrants to our home. After the third visit and some pleading on our parts, they realized that those people didn't live here anymore.
So no more trying to convince the sheriff that I really am not who they are looking for. :)