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Once when we lived in New Mexico in the mountains a whole family came up to
our house and were looking in the window. Faces pressed against the glass while we were having dinner. My dad went out to see what they wanted and they actually wanted to come inside and look around. They were tourists whose brains must have gone to Alaska for vacation while they went to New Mexico. The only thing worse was when we came home from work to find about 7 guys on our roof. They claimed we called to get a roofing estimate. Only problem was we hadn't and their company didn't exist when we checked. Very disconcerting. Shell "paghat" wrote in message news In article , Janet Baraclough.. wrote: On the other side of the coin, I've occasionally come home to find people wandering or sitting in my gardens, just enjoying them. Neighbours sometimes bring their visitors for a look-see. Janet. (Isle of Arran, Scotland). When I'm home I don't mind when kids knock on the door to ask to play with the rats or look at the salamanders but it's alarming to come in from gardening to find the neighbor kids already in the house. Or neighbors bring visiting family members to circle my house exploring the gardens whether or not I'm here. It has kind of creeped me out to come home from an errand & find a neighbor launging in the yard, or getting the crap scared out of me coming around a corner only to encounter someone from down the block is standing there. Once I heard strange noises & went outside to find a half-dozen visitors who claimed they knocked first & thought I wasn't home, so invited themselves out back -- when I first saw them I thought the house must be burning down or something or why would so many people be gathering around the place. I don't complain but it's not a comfortable thing to have happen. It's rare enough to not make a big thing of it, & I'm already always struggling against a misanthropic nature & have to stick to this effort to not discourage the neighbors from liking me. I guess as I've aged I've come to be seen as the neighborhood's harmless old aunty; I miss being able to scare people with a glance, but a gardening outfit with sun-hat doesn't have the same impact as my old leather jacket with chains. I find it bewildering that people think they can open a gate, circle through gardens to a very quiet fully enclosed obviously private area, & just sit there for a while like it was a public park. Worse, at least one unknown visitor stole blooms. Well, my most common visitor is a bit addled & has mistaken me for her best friend, but that group-visit was astoundingly bizarre to me. It would not be within the realm of possibility for me to trespass uninvited into someone's back yard, let alone pick a bouquet for myself as I was wandering through. People are just nuts, even friendly well-meaning people. -paghat the ratgirl -- "Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature. -from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers" Visit the Garden of Paghat the Ratgirl: http://www.paghat.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.762 / Virus Database: 510 - Release Date: 9/13/2004 |
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"Shell" wrote in message m... Once when we lived in New Mexico in the mountains a whole family came up to our house and were looking in the window. Faces pressed against the glass while we were having dinner. My dad went out to see what they wanted and they actually wanted to come inside and look around. They were tourists whose brains must have gone to Alaska for vacation while they went to New Mexico. The only thing worse was when we came home from work to find about 7 guys on our roof. They claimed we called to get a roofing estimate. Only problem was we hadn't and their company didn't exist when we checked. Very disconcerting. Shell .... and I won't be moving to New Mexico... Cheryl (IL) |
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LOL Don't blame you a bit
Shell "clc" wrote in message ... "Shell" wrote in message m... Once when we lived in New Mexico in the mountains a whole family came up to our house and were looking in the window. Faces pressed against the glass while we were having dinner. My dad went out to see what they wanted and they actually wanted to come inside and look around. They were tourists whose brains must have gone to Alaska for vacation while they went to New Mexico. The only thing worse was when we came home from work to find about 7 guys on our roof. They claimed we called to get a roofing estimate. Only problem was we hadn't and their company didn't exist when we checked. Very disconcerting. Shell ... and I won't be moving to New Mexico... Cheryl (IL) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.762 / Virus Database: 510 - Release Date: 9/13/2004 |
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