Lawn Guy wrote:
John Corliss wrote:

Can you explain why college kids would want to **** you off by
messing up your lawn and shrubery? Instead of, say, scratching
your car or slashing your tires?
It's not a matter of ****ing me off, but rather getting even
with me for ruining their fun.

What's the difference?

They want to get back at you by vandalizing something they know you own.
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I'm no novice to usenet, "Lawn Guy". I know when I'm being trolled. So
here, take the advice given at this site:

http://amishrakefight.org/gfy/

--
John Corliss

John Corliss said:

Lawn Guy wrote:
John Corliss wrote:

Can you explain why college kids would want to **** you off by
messing up your lawn and shrubery? Instead of, say, scratching
your car or slashing your tires?
It's not a matter of ****ing me off, but rather getting even
with me for ruining their fun.

What's the difference?

They want to get back at you by vandalizing something they know you own.
(snipped the rest of the stuff)

I'm no novice to usenet, "Lawn Guy". I know when I'm being trolled. So
here, take the advice given at this site:

http://amishrakefight.org/gfy/

I'd forgot about that site. =)

LG's our resident "I've got the nickname but don't know shit" fool. But,
then, you've already found that out. =)
--

Eggs

-Two cows standing next to each other in a field, Daisy says to Dolly "I
was artificially inseminated this morning."
"I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaimed Daisy.

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
John Corliss said:

Lawn Guy wrote:
John Corliss wrote:

Can you explain why college kids would want to **** you off by
messing up your lawn and shrubery? Instead of, say, scratching
your car or slashing your tires?
It's not a matter of ****ing me off, but rather getting even
with me for ruining their fun.
What's the difference?

They want to get back at you by vandalizing something they know you own.
(snipped the rest of the stuff)
I'm no novice to usenet, "Lawn Guy". I know when I'm being trolled. So
here, take the advice given at this site:

http://amishrakefight.org/gfy/

I'd forgot about that site. =)

LG's our resident "I've got the nickname but don't know shit" fool. But,
then, you've already found that out. =)

Yep, when it became apparent that he'd decided to ignore this part of my OP:

But remember, the main topic of this message isn't the trouble with the
kids, but rather how can I repair the damage they did to my lawn by
salting it.

I decided this must be the situation. Jeez, I started feeling like I was
on trial or something. Guess every newsgroup winds up with somebody who
needs to be killfiled: in this case, "Lawn Guy".

At any rate, my thanks to group for the good advice. Over and out.

--
John Corliss

John Corliss wrote:

They want to get back at you by vandalizing something they know
you own. (snipped the rest of the stuff)

I'm no novice to usenet, "Lawn Guy". I know when I'm being
trolled.

I don't waste my time "trolling".

Your situation was interesting. I wanted to learn more about how your
lawn came to be "salted".

It is not a very ergonomic thing for anyone to do, especially young
vandals who usually resort to more spur-of-the-moment forms of
retribution and who want to be absolutely sure that you noticed the
dammage. Salting turf may not always work and yield the desired
results, and even when it works - you might attribute it to a natural
cause and I'm sure that's not what they would have wanted you to think.

Hence my questions about the type of salt (fine-grain table salt, or
course road salt). If it was table salt, I can understand how it might
have been hard to detect and remove. But coarse road salt (used to melt
ice in the winter) would have more visible and could have easily been
removed via shop vac.

Removal (via vacuum, raking, etc) may no longer be an option to you, but
if anyone in the future searches for "how to deal with salted yard" they
may find that advice timely and useful.

"Lawn Guy" wrote in message ...
John Corliss wrote:

They want to get back at you by vandalizing something they know
you own. (snipped the rest of the stuff)

I'm no novice to usenet, "Lawn Guy". I know when I'm being
trolled.

I don't waste my time "trolling".

Your situation was interesting. I wanted to learn more about how your
lawn came to be "salted".

It is not a very ergonomic thing for anyone to do, especially young
vandals who usually resort to more spur-of-the-moment forms of
retribution and who want to be absolutely sure that you noticed the
dammage. Salting turf may not always work and yield the desired
results, and even when it works - you might attribute it to a natural
cause and I'm sure that's not what they would have wanted you to think.

Hence my questions about the type of salt (fine-grain table salt, or
course road salt). If it was table salt, I can understand how it might
have been hard to detect and remove. But coarse road salt (used to melt
ice in the winter) would have more visible and could have easily been
removed via shop vac.

Removal (via vacuum, raking, etc) may no longer be an option to you, but
if anyone in the future searches for "how to deal with salted yard" they
may find that advice timely and useful.


If they live in an area where water softeners are common. then they would
have immediate access to a good quantity of rock salt. Either way, box
stores sell it cheap.

DP

When watering use a 'wetting agent' or if you dont have access to such stuff use washing up liquid as this breaks down the surface tension and the water is absorbed better rather than running off

jon