Gardener ordered to take down barbed wire fence 'in case thieves hurt themselves on it'

NRO--Corner ^ | 9th October 2008 | Mark Steyn

[rvoitier]

Shouldn't that principle apply to prisons, too?

[WildcatClan]

From experience, fox urine or skunk scent works a lot better. The dogs can track them down in no time. Then there is the story of the old farmer who put a sign in his watermelon patch that read; “One of these melons has been poisoned, choose wisely”. :)

[Myrddin]

I used my sprinkler system to good advantage to keep the newspaper delivery person from wearing a path across my grass on the way to deliver a paper to my next door neighbor. I don't have a subscription to the paper, but it was my property being damaged. I took note of the typical delivery time and arranged for that part of the sprinkler system to be active in the time slot. End of problem.

[wally_bert]

You can actually buy them? If so, I had no idea.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Prussian Blue - haven’t messed with that since I was a jet engine mechanic blending fan blades. Ahhh...memories.

[Smokin' Joe]

Then there is the story of the old farmer who put a sign in his watermelon patch that read; “One of these melons has been poisoned, choose wisely”.

One like that in our area had the one scratched out and the word "two" written over it...

[wally_bert]

The scene of Captain Lewis getting that in her shower in the movie Private Benjamin is what brought up using Prussian Blue.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Not just the UK. Right here in the southwest, too. Can’t use barbed wire for my fence if not zoned for agriculture."

Then what you need to do is chain up some Rottweilers and put up a couple "beware of dog" signs. Rotties hate veggies, so they won't eat em up, just the rabbits that come try.

[Nathan Zachary]

"I used my sprinkler system to good advantage to keep the newspaper delivery person from wearing a path across my grass on the way to deliver a paper to my next door neighbor. I don't have a subscription to the paper, but it was my property being damaged. I took note of the typical delivery time and arranged for that part of the sprinkler system to be active in the time slot. End of problem."

Oh so your one of "those", huh? What's the good of a lawn if you can't walk on it?

I used to be a postman when I was working my way through collage. I can tell you they probably walk across it anyways, just to spite you. Or they "save up" your junk mail and deliver once or twice a week. The best way to prevent a person delivering the junk to your mailbox from walking on your lawn is to put the mailbox at the property line. Saves the delivery person the wear and tear on their legs walking that extra 100 feet or so to your mail box, which you probably have placed in the furthest possible place from the street, right by your back door where you don't have to go outside to get your mail.

When you have 900 points of delivery to make, that extra 100 feet adds up to a lot of miles. Some people enjoy making others miserable though. It's just human nature it seems.

[bigheadfred]

Blame George W. Bush, of course!

Dagnubbit. Now why didn't I think of that? :-) They told me to remove my barbed wire 15 years ago. Dagnubbit. If only you would have told me then, I never would have voted for him. :-)

[WayneS]

15 years ago, eh?

You see!

He WAS controlling things BEFORE he got elected.

Now pass me another tin-foil hat.

I just used mine to hold popcorn and it’s all covered with butter!

;^)

[WayneS]

If you want them, you must make your own...

[sevinufnine]

how about the electric fence idea? They still legal? :>)

[sevinufnine]

Wow!

We don’t have that restriction in Virginia..at least I HOPE we don’t!
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Hi, I’m in Pulaski Co. Barbed wire is all that holds many of our fences together ;>)

Around here I think it’s OK, but I think I’ll try and find out. Unless you are literally IN town...you’re basically in an agricultural zone anyhow...so that law wouldn’t effect us here.

Oh, and by the way...we don’t use barbed wire on theives, we use a good deer rifle or shotgun.

[bigheadfred]

You had popcorn with butter!! and didn't share?

Dagnubbit.

Guess I'll lay that on the doorstep of the Whitehouse too. :-)

[bigheadfred]

Oh, and by the way...we don’t use barbed wire on theives, we use a good deer rifle or shotgun.

The Sheriff told me that, too. He also told me to make sure I dragged them back INSIDE.

[WayneS]

Not in the UK.

[Myrddin]

The mailboxes are all on the sidewalk. The postal carrier drives up to each mailbox. It's the damn newspaper delivery person who was damaging my lawn. There is no excuse for walking across my lawn to get to the neighbor's front door. If the newspaper delivery person wants a tip from my neighbor for door step delivery, it will be by going up my neighbor's driveway and front walk...not over my lawn.

[antonia]

Last week we learned that gardeners on these 'counsel' plots have already been required to remove the locks from their tool-sheds....

It may be that the council members are the ones who are doing the pilfering.

[WildcatClan]

LOL. That’ll work.

[IYAS9YAS]

They still legal? :>)

As long as you can unhook it before the lawyers cops get there.