Authorities said Proctor was not in breach of water restrictions, as he was using a hand-held hose and was watering his lawn on his allocated day.
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Now he’s six feet Down Under.
Since I live in a tropical paradise (yes, I’m bragging), I have never understood this obsession with lawn watering.
Dry season in Panama (January through March) everything turns brown. It is part of the natural landscape. With the first rain in rainy season, the grass and foliage start to turn green in 4 days.
The folks who didn’t understand this were the U.S. military who watered their lawns during dry season. It looked rather strange when everything around them was brown. It was an obsession.
Was the world going to stop rotating because lawns weren’t watered?
What a waste of excellent, safe water.
“In the latest incident, police said 66-year-old Ken Proctor was using a hose to water the front lawn of his suburban Sydney home when a man walking past made a remark about water waste.
Proctor then turned the hose on the passer by, prompting a fight. He was knocked the ground and was punched and kicked. He was treated by ambulance officers, but died later in hospital.”
Sorry, squirt me with a hose while I’m walking on a sidewalk (regardless of what smart-ass comment I may have made) I’d smash you in the mouth too. Just because you're old doesn't give you the right attack others without expecting retaliation, don't let your mouth (or hose) write a check your ass can't cash.