On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:12:33 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Or, plant a metal spike where the Hebe is, hidden amongst the foliage. I
think the tractor tyres would come of worse!

You might well then get a bill for the tyre, which will be in four
figures, and might lose in court. The post idea is a better one.

sniff! I was going to say that!

how could he bill somebody for running over a spike in some one elses
garden?
--
Martin

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It just so happens that there are two boulders either side of this plant,
and it had crossed my mind to add a third immovable large one.

It won't be immovable to anyone with a large tractor; he'll just push
it out of his way and then you could find you're the one who can't get
past an immovable rock.

Don't be fool enough to start a war of attrition against a farmer
neighbour, because he holds all the best weapons and won't lose. I'm
surprised that you could have lived in the country so long and not
realise that.

Are you sure it's reasonable to decorate your boundary to a narrow
lane/corner leading to farmland? Isn't it inevitable that large and
unwieldy farm machines will have to get past somehow?

Janet.

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don't forget the flock of geese, and the cockerel that starts up at
dawn.

Oh, come off it! Peafowl, please! And perhaps a donkey ....

And some guinea fowl....

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Oh, come off it! Peafowl, please! And perhaps a donkey ....

... a few hives of bees to replace the hebe ...

Cloff please!

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how could he bill somebody for running over a spike in some one elses
garden?

A householder - or anyone else - has a duty of care to a tresspasser ...

Mary
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Oh, come off it! Peafowl, please! And perhaps a donkey ....

... a few hives of bees to replace the hebe ...

Cloff please!

Cloff?

Mary

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:12:33 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:
The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Or, plant a metal spike where the Hebe is, hidden amongst the foliage. I
think the tractor tyres would come of worse!

You might well then get a bill for the tyre, which will be in four
figures, and might lose in court. The post idea is a better one.

sniff! I was going to say that!

how could he bill somebody for running over a spike in some one elses
garden?

On the same principle as a burglar suing you for damages if he hurts
himself while burgling your property.

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In article ,
martin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:12:33 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Or, plant a metal spike where the Hebe is, hidden amongst the foliage. I
think the tractor tyres would come of worse!

You might well then get a bill for the tyre, which will be in four
figures, and might lose in court. The post idea is a better one.

sniff! I was going to say that!

how could he bill somebody for running over a spike in some one elses
garden?

In the same way that you can sue for having your leg broken by a
mantrap.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "Mich" contains these words:


It just so happens that there are two boulders either side of this
plant, and it had crossed my mind to add a third immovable large
one.

snip
Are you sure it's reasonable to decorate your boundary to a
narrow
lane/corner leading to farmland? Isn't it inevitable that large and
unwieldy farm machines will have to get past somehow?

Janet.

My sentiments entirely.
I live on a narrow lane leading to a farm. I accept that modern
farming practices require large equipment and trim my overhanging
branches accordingly.
Grass verges can encroach onto the roadway at a surprising rate and
one cannot complain when the tractor or the combine chop them up -
they are only reclaiming what was rightfully their's in the first
place. I, too, have an entrance on the corner, which regularly gets
attention from long articulated vehicles, and is used as a passing
place by all manner of impatient motorists who quite happily assume my
neatly mown verge is just an extension of the highway.
I don't like it. But rather than erect anti-tank barriers, I accept
it.
That said, I do concede that some neighbours can be a tad less than
perfect.
Maybe Mich and his farmer deserve each other. ;-)

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ned

"Mich" wrote in message
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"Chu Mai Fat" wrote in message
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"Mich" wrote in message news:bh7hk1$u79d9$1@ID-

So what can I do to be the most irritating a** hole imaginable ( legal
suggestions only please).


Just be yourself. You sound like an irritating a***hole, whining about
some
poor ******* trying to earn a living.

Oh thanks! I'll continue to do that then and I hope it achieves the
desired
results.

Believe me, it's working.

It certainly takes an a**hole to know one!

Very witty, Mich. One of Oscar's?

Your the b*stard with the blue tractor I take it?

No, what makes you think that? Because I have sympathy for some poor sod who
has the misfortune to live within three miles of you? Have a listen to
yourself.

Flooding the lane with water when it rains from his fields due to the
nature of his over cultivation of the land and general growing the guts
out
of it.

What exactly is the nature of his "over cultivation of the land and general
growing the guts out of it", and when did you become an expert? Christ, you
can't even work out the best spot for a hebe bush. Or are you just obsessing
now and blaming him for the weather?

I know about farm smells. But human s*it is something else.

Hmmm, his "over cultivation of the land and general growing the guts out of
it" obviously doesn't extend to lack of fertilisation. And here's a
news-flash for you, Mich, even your shit stinks.

Its interesting that I havent seen him or his tractor today.

Interesting? That's bloody fascinating! Did you spend the whole day peeping
through your curtains waiting for him or did you actually do something
productive?

He is usually up and down the lane from first light to last light . Last
night he finished
at 9.00pm ( when he took my hebe bush down).

Well, their you have the whole situation in two sentences. He's working 14
hour days trying to earn a living and you're crying in news groups all day
when you're not peeping through your curtains looking for something to
whinge about. You need to work on the irritating bit Mich, but you're
already an expert a***hole.

Regards

Chu

In article ,
martin wrote:
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:12:33 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

Or, plant a metal spike where the Hebe is, hidden amongst the foliage. I
think the tractor tyres would come of worse!

You might well then get a bill for the tyre, which will be in four
figures, and might lose in court. The post idea is a better one.

sniff! I was going to say that!

how could he bill somebody for running over a spike in some one elses
garden?

In the same way that you can sue for having your leg broken by a
mantrap.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "Mich" contains these words:


It just so happens that there are two boulders either side of this
plant, and it had crossed my mind to add a third immovable large
one.

snip
Are you sure it's reasonable to decorate your boundary to a
narrow
lane/corner leading to farmland? Isn't it inevitable that large and
unwieldy farm machines will have to get past somehow?

Janet.

My sentiments entirely.
I live on a narrow lane leading to a farm. I accept that modern
farming practices require large equipment and trim my overhanging
branches accordingly.
Grass verges can encroach onto the roadway at a surprising rate and
one cannot complain when the tractor or the combine chop them up -
they are only reclaiming what was rightfully their's in the first
place. I, too, have an entrance on the corner, which regularly gets
attention from long articulated vehicles, and is used as a passing
place by all manner of impatient motorists who quite happily assume my
neatly mown verge is just an extension of the highway.
I don't like it. But rather than erect anti-tank barriers, I accept
it.
That said, I do concede that some neighbours can be a tad less than
perfect.
Maybe Mich and his farmer deserve each other. ;-)

--
ned

"Mich" wrote in message
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"Chu Mai Fat" wrote in message
...

"Mich" wrote in message news:bh7hk1$u79d9$1@ID-

So what can I do to be the most irritating a** hole imaginable ( legal
suggestions only please).


Just be yourself. You sound like an irritating a***hole, whining about
some
poor ******* trying to earn a living.

Oh thanks! I'll continue to do that then and I hope it achieves the
desired
results.

Believe me, it's working.

It certainly takes an a**hole to know one!

Very witty, Mich. One of Oscar's?

Your the b*stard with the blue tractor I take it?

No, what makes you think that? Because I have sympathy for some poor sod who
has the misfortune to live within three miles of you? Have a listen to
yourself.

Flooding the lane with water when it rains from his fields due to the
nature of his over cultivation of the land and general growing the guts
out
of it.

What exactly is the nature of his "over cultivation of the land and general
growing the guts out of it", and when did you become an expert? Christ, you
can't even work out the best spot for a hebe bush. Or are you just obsessing
now and blaming him for the weather?

I know about farm smells. But human s*it is something else.

Hmmm, his "over cultivation of the land and general growing the guts out of
it" obviously doesn't extend to lack of fertilisation. And here's a
news-flash for you, Mich, even your shit stinks.

Its interesting that I havent seen him or his tractor today.

Interesting? That's bloody fascinating! Did you spend the whole day peeping
through your curtains waiting for him or did you actually do something
productive?

He is usually up and down the lane from first light to last light . Last
night he finished
at 9.00pm ( when he took my hebe bush down).

Well, their you have the whole situation in two sentences. He's working 14
hour days trying to earn a living and you're crying in news groups all day
when you're not peeping through your curtains looking for something to
whinge about. You need to work on the irritating bit Mich, but you're
already an expert a***hole.

Regards

Chu

In article , Mich said:

So what can I do to be the most irritating a** hole imaginable ( legal
suggestions only please).

Crikey, this thread reads like something from alt.revenge -- you could
ask over there, they are a right mischievous bunch of buggers. Come to
think of it, this one's probably in their FAQ :-)


--
Neil Trotter, Canewdon, UK

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Mich" contains these words:

It won't be immovable to anyone with a large tractor; he'll just push
it out of his way and then you could find you're the one who can't get
past an immovable rock.

The two that are there have been there before my time ( since the second
world war I think) and have not yet been moved. The one I am thinking of
adding is as large. In fact the reason its not in is because I need a
tractor a lift to get it placed.

Don't be fool enough to start a war of attrition against a farmer
neighbour, because he holds all the best weapons and won't lose. I'm
surprised that you could have lived in the country so long and not
realise that.

No! Your wrong. I know several people who have waged "war" on farmers and
won. It just depends on how you do it.

My mother is one as is the farmers own cousin! Rememebr I am a local - one
of the few left in the village and most people were happy when I managed to
buy because I was a local not a millionarie incomer ( the village is
becoming quite dormatory). Even this farmer isnt "local".



Are you sure it's reasonable to decorate your boundary to a narrow
lane/corner leading to farmland? Isn't it inevitable that large and
unwieldy farm machines will have to get past somehow?

Actually, I didnt plant this. Its always been there. I simply maintain it.
The problem is its a lump ( a bank) A steep bank on the corner of the lane ,
and a triangular section juxtoposing with the main lane going to the
village. Its all a steep bank. Most of it is set as a large scale rockery

The rest of the land on the lane edge is mine as is the field at the back.
Opposite side is an old cornish wall which was a barn but is now a
converted house.

The point at which this idiot is cutting the corner is the widest part of
the lane, and I deliberately have not put anything obstructive in there (
like my driveway gate) in order to "help".

However this guy is really taking the p*ss because he is coming further
over than he needs to, the reason for that is he has been well and truly
told off ( and threatened with legal action) by the millionaire ( incomer)
in the barn/land opposite for damage to his rear wall. So he is now coming
over my drive - which is very wide and broad at that end to turn rather
than to the end of the lane
Said millionaire also owns fields at the back ( opposite mine).

This bloke owns the fields at the top of the lane. The reality here is that
this farmer is taking far too large machinery up this lane because the lane
gets smaller higher up and he has actually damaged walls and field
boundaries all the way up.
Not only that he has destroyed the public footpath that runs upo through and
is currently in a wrangel with the highways over access to a right of way
across his top fields - but thats just background.

I wouldnt have a problem with this guy using my drive if he were respectful.

This Hebe is not on the boundary. Its several feet inside my drive and
planted on top of the "lump". It is the last plant on the boundary corner,
but not on the corner. Driving onto as he did was just wonton damage and
unnecessary.

He is just plain arrogant.