Re: critters > fence ideas

LOL - no one thinks you are a wimp Kitty, me least of all.  And I learned in
the martial arts when I was in high school, it doesn't take much to take out
a knee.  Once they're down, you're golden.  hee hee hee hee.

On 6/22/07, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Oh, and Pam, last you think me a wimp, it ain't over.  I'm not as fat as I
> used to be but i can still sing.  About the time I finish putting up the
> fence it will be time for a neighborhood newsletter.  I do a well-received
> 4
> to 6 pages at a time.  I think it is time for Park State East to be
> educated
> on Easements.  I plan to do it in the form of an interview with the
> Township
> Assessor who has assured me that my age and marital status have present no
> reduction on my property rights.  I plan to address all her comments.  I
> prefer to choose my battlefield rather than to respond to her insults in a
> similar base manner.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT]critters > fence ideas
>
>
> > I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to take her on Pam.  She's a real
> > biker chick, albeit on the older side of 'chick', I'd guess early 40s.
> > They have his and hers Harleys and she's always had a mouth.  I've just
> > taken to ignoring the whole thing while I wait for the survey - they
> > should be here early next week.  And I'll post the building permit while
> > I'm putting up the fence, should they have any arguments, they can take
> it
> > up with the city planning commission which issues them.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 4:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT]critters > fence ideas
> >
> >
> >> Dear God Kitty.  I admire your restraint.  I'd have decked the cow.  No
> >> one
> >> would talk to me like that on my property.  No one.
> >>
> >> On 6/22/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wow Kitty...that's one of the MANY reasons we live out in the country.
> >>> You don't have to deal with neighbors like that. And kids will be
> kids,
> >>> but parents need to teach them manners and boundaries as well. When I
> >>> lived in K.C. I had a sidewalk in front of my house and then a green
> >>> area of grass beyond that..until it hit the curb to the street. The
> >>> sidewalk and that green strip supposedly was city property, but it was
> >>> still your yard. People would walk their dogs, let them poop there,
> and
> >>> continue walking. They never scooped up their animal's mess. Some of
> >>> these dogs were BIG - a great dane, standard poodle, lab and airedale
> >>> terrier. I had to mow that area and keep it nice and it just made me
> so
> >>> MAD when they did that. I put a little sign out there that said
> "please
> >>> scoop if your dog poops", they just knocked it down. Very frustrating.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> You need a James Bond type fence. One that will lower to the ground
> for
> >>> the utility company, and one that will shoot water at the neighbors
> kids
> >>> when they walk by!!!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>> So sorry about the babies Jesse.
> >>> as for critters....
> >>> My property had a chain link fence across the back west end that was
> >>> barely
> >>> noticeable until several yrs ago the new neighbor limbed up all the
> huge
> >>> pines I enjoyed as a 'borrowed' backdrop and installed a privacy
> fence.
> >>> The
> >>> 2 fences, about 7ft apart due to easement allowance looked dumb so I
> >>> took
> >>> mine down. Kids from the east started cutting through my garden to
> take
> >>> the
> >>> easement behind the houses as a shortcut to the school bus stop. So I
> >>> refenced, leaving a gap below for the cats to come and go.
> >>>
> >>> Now the kids are coming through from the north and south traveling
> >>> through
> >>> the back of my yard as a shortcut. they drop trash, have dug holes,
> >>> buried
> >>> something, have killed the groundcover, and congregate back there. I
> >>> don't
> >>> want them there; I want my privacy. I fenced off both ends and they
> tore
> >>> it
> >>> down and brought their moms over, one of which who puffed away
> profusely
> >>> on
> >>> her cigarette, stinking up my yard while yelling at me that the "path"
> >>> belongs to the city. the other mom yelled at me for a good 1/2 hr that
> >>> her
> >>> kids have every right to walk through there, calling me a b**** at
> least
> >>> a
> >>> dozen times. She also made note that I have no property rights because
> I
> >>> don't have a "partner" and I am "old" and that my yard is an overgrown
> >>> trash
> >>> heap. And she says that, oh no, she would never sue me if her kid got
> >>> hurt
> >>> back there.
> >>>
> >>> So, I have to spend more money. The surveyor should be here within a
> >>> week
> >>> to mark the exact line and a privacy fence is going up. I showed my
> old
> >>> survey to the city planning office and she said I can build a fence up
> >>> to
> >>> 7ft high on the property line. Since the neighbor has his very close
> to
> >>> the
> >>> line it may pose a hindrence for the utility access. So depending on
> how
> >>> close he is to the line I may ask if I can simply tie in to his fence,
> >>> but
> >>> apparetnly he likes the kids and isn't a fan of mine so I doubt he'll
> >>> agree.
> >>> If not and I build a fence, I'd like to engineer something sectionally
> >>> removable to aid the utility people.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Geez critters are a lot easier to deal with. They came through again
> as
> >>> I
> >>> was writing this.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Jesse Bell"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:55 AM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Re: critters
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Thanks. I'm such a sucker for critters. I love them all. (except
> >>> > snakes
> >>> > and spiders, but they aren't really critters)
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Lynda Young wrote:
> >>> > Oh, Jesse - I'm so sorry.
> >>> >
> >>> > Lynda
> >>> > Zone 7 - West TN
> >>> >
> >>> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
> On
> >>> > Behalf
> >>> > Of Jesse Bell
> >>> > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:29 AM
> >>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> > Subject: [CHAT] Re: critters
> >>> >
> >>> > I don't know!!! But it's not over yet.
> >>> > My baby turkeys didn't make it. They are so hard to raise when they
> >>> > are
> >>> > that little and have been under stress. I did everything I could
> >>> > do.....sadness abounds today.
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Bonnie Holmes wrote:
> >>> > Why not?
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >> [Original Message]
> >>> >> From: Jesse Bell
> >>> >> To:
> >>> >> Date: 6/20/2007 4:56:51 PM
> >>> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Crab watch
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I haven't had a moose or a hedgehog.
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Pam Evans wrote:
> >>> >> oh what a riot and I would love to see a picture! Jesse dear, is
> >>> >> there
> >>> > any
> >>> >> critter smaller than an elephant and larger than a fire ant that
> you
> >>> > haven't
> >>> >> had as a pet at some time in your life? You're so funny.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 6/20/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > That's right! I forgot about that. I had several shells in my
> >>> container
> >>> >> > and it seemed like they played "musical shells" a lot. They would
> >>> >> > try
> >>> >> > on
> >>> >> > shells until they found just the right one. And when it left it's
> >>> >> > old
> >>> >> > shell, one of the other ones would go try his shell on for size.
> >>> >> > Too
> >>> >> > funny.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > james singer wrote:
> >>> >> > Well, if it hasn't moved by morning, I'll go buy it a couple of
> >>> >> > additional options. Thanks for the advice.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > On Jun 20, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > > We used to keep a variety of empty whelk shells available for
> >>> >> > > them
> >>> >> > > (had them in a touch tank at the Museum in Charleston) and they
> >>> would
> >>> >> > > run around checking each on out before they chose. You might
> need
> >>> >> > > a
> >>> >> > > couple more shells Jim. Those little guys can be picky
> sometimes!
> >>> >> > > A
> >>> >> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > > To: "Garden Chat"
> >>> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 8:22 AM
> >>> >> > > Subject: [CHAT] Crab watch
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > >
> >>> >> > >> Ms Fatma is baby-sitting a hermit crab this summer. A week or
> so
> >>> ago
> >>> >> > >> we noticed that it seemed a bit large for its shell, so we
> >>> purchased
> >>> >> > >> a larger one at a local souvenir shop. For the first few days,
> >>> >> > >> it
> >>> >> > >> dragged the new shell all around its tank--into its water
> bowl,
> >>> into
> >>> >> > >> its food bowl--like it was introducing a new chum to the
> >>> >> > >> neighborhood. Well, last night, it parked next to the new
> shell,
> >>> >> > >> opening to opening. We think, maybe, it's going to move into
> the
> >>> >> > >> larger shell today or tonight.
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >> Island Jim
> >>> >> > >> Southwest Florida
> >>> >> > >> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> >>> >> > >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >>> >> > >> Heat Zone 10
> >>> >> > >> Sunset Zone 25
> >>> >> > >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> >> > >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >>> >> > >>
> >>> >> > >>
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> >>> >> > Island Jim
> >>> >> > Southwest Florida
> >>> >> > 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> >>> >> > Hardiness Zone 10
> >>> >> > Heat Zone 10
> >>> >> > Sunset Zone 25
> >>> >> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >>> >> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> >>> >> > Jesse R. Bell
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
> >>> >> > I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends
> >>> >> > and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing
> >>> >> > that.
> >>> >> > That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon
> >>> >> >
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> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Pam Evans
> >>> >> Kemp TX
> >>> >> zone 8A
> >>> >>
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> >>> >> Jesse R. Bell
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
> >>> >> I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends
> >>> >> and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing
> that.
> >>> >> That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon
> >>> >>
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> >>> > "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
> >>> > I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends
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> >>> > That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon
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> >>> > Jesse R. Bell
> >>> >
> >>> > "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
> >>> > I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends
> >>> > and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that.
> >>> > That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon
> >>> >
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> >>> "Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
> >>> I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends
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> >>> That's what's insane about it."  -  John Lennon
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> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
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