Joe, I am truly saddened by your inability to stop your neighbor's
dogs from peeing on your plants. I have nothing more to add. I'm
fresh out.


On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:25:47 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Jangchub" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:10:38 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:


When babies start walking and investigating everything in the house, most
people put safety locks on cabinets containing anything that could hurt a
baby. Assuming the home did NOT have these safety locks in place before
the
baby, would you agree that their appearance is related to the presence of
the new baby?

I have no children, didn't want them. However, when I was born in the
mid 20th century there was no such thing as baby proof, or locks on
cabinets. I sat and played with the pots for hours and hours. My
mother actually spent time with me, unlike the majority of moms of
this day and age.

You just dodged the question. Would you mind answering the question about
the locks and the presence of the baby?




This discussion comes up now and
then in rec.gardens. Nothing is ever resolved. Have you actually
asked this person not to allow their dog to pee on your plants? If
so, what did that person say?

One obeyed, and remained friendly. Two said that the first X feet of
property belongs to the public, which is not true (according to our town
justice), and continued to argue. All three were asked politely, in the
exact same way.

Wow, some people have huge ones. You see, I would spend all day with
the camera till I got it on film. People like that are miserable,
poor things.

When these little inconveniences prop up for me I think about the
thousand people who just died all over the world from either
starvation, not a drop of water, or HIV AIDS. I think of the child in
Africa who dies alone at the age of five and a huge vulture now has
some food. There are so many more important things in the world and
locally to put energy into.


You could use this logic to justify looking the other way for almost any
kind of crime. I've got a friend who could remove a picture window from
your
house, intact and undamaged, in under 1/2 hour. Would that be OK with you?
After all, it's not assault or indecent exposure, and it's certainly not a
bad as a child starving in Africa. I just like your window and I feel like
having it, purely on a whim. You wouldn't call the police, right?

The likelihood of this happening is pretty much zero. It's not a good
analogy. There is no comparrison. I know of not one person in my
over fifty years of life who has had a window removed because someone
liked it! Give me a better example. Also, I am not trying to work
against you here. I simply said I have much higher priorities than a
dog peeing on my plants and I don't make it a huge deal. It'll either
happen or not.


Nah...let's stick with the vanishing window example. The likelihood of it
happening has no bearing on the analogy. It's something I could do to your
property, just because I felt like it. It's no different than what some dog
owners do 365 days a year, at least once a day.



Some of us
understand that when you work hard to have a nice home, you have the right
to peace and harmony.


But you don't have peace and harmony. You are not happy about this.
You also don't have to go to court. Showing the photo to Animal
Control is all you need.

Our animal control department is useless, as is our police department. Get
his: Last summer, I stepped out on the porch around 1:30 AM, after watching
a movie. I noticed two silver bikes parked in front of my neighbor's house
across the street. The people on the bikes split very quickly. I called the
cops, who showed up an hour later. Next day, my neighbor said his cars had
been broken into.

Two nights later, 2:00 AM, I stepped outside again and in the opposite
direction, two silver bikes again. Called the cops, and said "When the
officer's done handling this, could you please have him call me or stop by?
I like to know what's been done". Two minutes later, there's a cop at my
door, asking me questions about whether the people were white, black,
Hispanic, their shoe size, their haircuts, the brand names on their eyeglass
frames, any cavities in their teeth. I said "Look! Two days ago, there's a
burglary accompanied by two silver bikes at a time of night when we never
see bikes here. It's that time of night again - you don't need to know
ANYTHING about the riders - just go look for two silver bikes!"

Cop: "Oh....OK. I'll be back". Duh.