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The thread title above is precisely what the client told me when I called to make sure he had found our work complete. The response in quotes is what I was wanting to tell him.
All we did is find the four corners of his lot in a subdivision we had laid out about 10 years ago. All 3/4" bars were in place and dead on.
The excitement came about because his lot is adjacent to two lots that are part of a cluster of six low-income, subsidized housing units. This old curmudgeon has a running battle going on with the occupants of those two adjacent lots who seem to think that their (well, not really theirs, but you know) rights extend to about two feet from his house. Peace does not prevail in the contested area. He hates them and they hate him. As part of our service, we added fluorescent orange solid circles about two feet in diameter in the lawn around each found marker. No worry about flags or lath getting pulled. Doubt that the adjoiners have the tools or enthusiasm to attempt to extract the 30-inch monuments before he constructs his version of the Berlin Wall on two sides of his lot. Knowing him, there will probably be spikes and shards of glass protruding from 'their' side of the wall.
Curmudgeon is the nicest term I could find to describe ol' Mike. His time in Viet Nam did nothing to improve his view of the world and those with whom he must co-exist. Heck, he hates me, too, but he knew who to call to prove to those %&%#$@&* that he was right about where the property line was.
A pic from the field in about two weeks could be humorous..
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When you painted the 2' dia circles, which obviously was on the neighbors land, too, was that just being vindictive? Why paint on the neighbors grass? I'd be right pissed off about that if you did that at my corners.
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I have a few tenets I try to live by. One of them is to effect peace where I can. I get a lot more satisfaction calming an argument than winning one, provided the peace is just. I have to agree the 2 foot circles thing will just escalate the argument...
Heck, I'd like BEFORE and AFTER pic's!
Of course taking a camera to da 'hood ain't a good idea unless one is suicidal. 😉
I wouldn't bet that vice grips, knowledge of the lever, and athletic strength were beyond the neigbors' capabilities. I'd have pulled a string between monuments and painted the line without calling attention to the irons.
It's just grass. Someone will come and mow it off someday. The primary goal was to ensure an inability to obliterate the findings quickly. Standard practice when a dispute is underway. I would have done the same thing if the neighbors had called me first instead of ol' Mike.
Started the practice of using the paint after an upset adjoiner took a set of vise grips and began pulling bars I had set and bars I had found within minutes of my departure. It somewhat puts the brakes on someone thinking they can obscure the results of the survey quickly. Like before the client gets to the site.
the neighborhood curmudgeon
Your 'curmudgeon' reminded me of this fella that does "updated" rock songs...for the older crowd.
About 1:30 into the video he does a parody of Tom Petty "Don't Come in My Yard No More". It's a hoot for us old guys. Listen if you have the time. I guarantee if you're over sixty you'll laugh. 😉
Thanks. That was great.
"All my friends have hip replacements." Yeah, Mrs. Cow, too.
Sounds it could be a lost scene from the movie 'Gran Torino'.
the neighborhood curmudgeon
" I guarantee if you're over sixty you'll laugh. ;-)"
That was great! Going to transfer it to big tv for SWMBO, she will love it.
Thanks for the link! B-)