So there I was yesterday, gathering all the leaf product from the front and backyard. I had a nice big pile for the boys from the city to come and get and was rather proud of myself for getting it done early. I cracked a tasty beverage and was enjoying some TV when it happened. A car load of punks crashes through all my hard work and redistributes my nice pile all over the street.:-)
Me being me, I figured why get mad when I can get even? :-) I got my pile back in order and decided my new pile needed "a little weight" (to keep the wind from blowing them away :-)) I placed three giant logs and 5 steel posts in there. About 5 minutes ago the punks came back to take another run at Bwanas hard work.:-)
There was a God awful noise as their car hit my leaf pile from hell. Nothing like the sound of the underside of a vehicle making contact with steel and large wood logs.:-) It shot logs and steel posts about 40 feet. The punks kept going. I would bet thats the last time the little bastages mess with someones leaf pile.nlm [Reply]
Oh yeah, put a little "heat to it." Get a car battery and run some wire. It won't hurt him, but it give him a good blast resulting in him not wanting to come near your water. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bwana:
Oh yeah, put a little "heat to it." Get a car battery and run some wire. It won't hurt him, but it give him a good blast resulting in him not wanting to come near your water.
Damn plastic handle. I was going to put a bear trap underneath it but my wife thought that was a little extreme. [Reply]
Another approach I learned from a guy who's yard kept getting "farmed" is to take 2 metal trash barrels, place them one on each side of the path, then tie them together with a thin cable or wire. You can't see the cable at night, and when they drive through it slams the trash cans against the sides of the car. [Reply]
Are you somehow related to Iowonian? That sounds an awful lot like something he'd do.:-)
I think thats why I hit it off with him so well at the tailgate party. He has the same look in his eyes and will "go the extra mile" to even the score. :-) [Reply]
BTW Bwana, whatever happened between you and that pretty little lady with the Honda?:-)
Errrrr! It seems it would have cost me three times as much to fight it and "win the case" as it did to resell the car for the nasty ditch pig. I resold the car and gave her the money back.......along with a few parting quotes. :-) [Reply]
