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PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR 10-11-2004 12:22 AM

Balls
 
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


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PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR




bigjon 10-11-2004 12:38 AM

PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR decided to add:

How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Pop it ?
--
Never argue with an idiot.
They drag you down to their level,
then beat you with experience......

Cereus-validus. 10-11-2004 02:13 AM

Keep the ball.

Get an attack dog for your yard.


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
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How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


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PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR






Brian Watson 10-11-2004 06:16 AM


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

--
Brian
"Reality rarely lives up to TV, usually because reality has a smaller budget
and the opportunities for retakes are minimal."



Sacha 10-11-2004 08:00 AM

On 10/11/04 6:16, in article , "Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.


Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)


Cerumen 10-11-2004 08:06 AM


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking

if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Tell them they don't need to ask and just get it without doing damage. Be
thankful they are polite enough to ask.


--

Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland





Mike 10-11-2004 08:27 AM

How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.


Some people never were children, especially if they have none themselves.

Mike



Cereus-validus. 10-11-2004 08:51 AM

Obviously Sacha doesn't have the balls to make a stand against trespassers.


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 10/11/04 6:16, in article ,

"Brian
Watson" wrote:


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking

if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.


Tell them they don't need to ask - just go and get it. Worked fine for me
some years ago.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds for email)




Cereus-validus. 10-11-2004 08:54 AM

Don't you mean they never were children if their parents never had any.

Hannibal Lechter had several children........and they were delicious!!!!!


"Mike" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins

asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.


Some people never were children, especially if they have none themselves.

Mike





Duncan Heenan 10-11-2004 09:53 AM


"Brian Watson" wrote in message
...

"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking
if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?


Remember you were a child once too. Then it won't matter.

--
Brian
"Reality rarely lives up to TV, usually because reality has a smaller
budget
and the opportunities for retakes are minimal."


Tell their parents that you failed your CRB check.



Des Higgins 10-11-2004 10:32 AM


"Cerumen" wrote in message
...

"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking

if
they can
go into my garden to get their ball back?

Tell them they don't need to ask and just get it without doing damage. Be
thankful they are polite enough to ask.


That sounds like the best bet all round.
You might as well play along provided the kids are reasonable and not likely
to make a mess.
What would make some nervous is that kids (and builders) are blind to plants
and borders and even green houses.
Kids just run through plants without seeing them.



--

Chris Thomas
West Cork
Ireland








Mike 10-11-2004 11:56 AM

If fruit drops onto a neighbours land it is theirs to keep. How come the
football coming onto their land isn't?

Mike
Who doesn't have neighbour problems :-))



Saffy 10-11-2004 12:08 PM

"Mike" wrote in message
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If fruit drops onto a neighbours land it is theirs to keep. How come the
football coming onto their land isn't?

Mike
Who doesn't have neighbour problems :-))


I read recently that windfall apples belong to the owner of the tree even if
they fall on someone elses land. You are not obliged to let on your land to
pick them u however but you can't legally keep them yourself.

I think it was from a link posted on here.

Saffy.



Nick Maclaren 10-11-2004 12:24 PM


In article ,
"Saffy" writes:
| "Mike" wrote in message
| ...
|
| If fruit drops onto a neighbours land it is theirs to keep. How come the
| football coming onto their land isn't?
|
| I read recently that windfall apples belong to the owner of the tree even if
| they fall on someone elses land. You are not obliged to let on your land to
| pick them u however but you can't legally keep them yourself.

That is supposed to be so, and the police are exceeding their powers
when they order people to hand things back. However, because you
are not allowed to keep your neighbour's things that fall on your
land, you can't even pick them up!

A reasonable compromise to an excessive number of balls flying over
is to refuse to stop what you are doing to return them or enable
access, and to tell them to come back at a time of your choosing.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

JennyC 10-11-2004 12:45 PM


"PhEaSaNt PLuCKeR" wrote in message
...
How can I stop the kids next door keep coming round every 5 mins asking if
they can go into my garden to get their ball back?


Get a taller fence / hedge ?
Dig a moat?
Jenny




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