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So, there is a lawn-service provider who decided that parking on my side of the street while attending to the house across the way was what he wanted to do. This practice resulted in his employees exiting the trailer onto my lawn, and on least one occasion, resting a weed-wacker, leaking oil, on my property.
I (politely) approached the owner, and suggested he park on the side of the street adjacent to the client's property. Being an cooperative fellow, he basically said, "Go **edit** yourself!"
I did not take his advice.
Instead, I found out where he lived (fortunately in a similar suburban neighborhood). I borrowed a pickup from my friend. I drove said pickup to his neighborhood, around dinner-time, parked in front of a neighboring house, sitting myself in a lawnchair, in the truck-bed, shirtless, with really bad country music ("Don't Mess With Texas!") playing moderately loud, and a painted sheet displaying the following message: "Brought to you in cooperation with your neighbor, Mr XYZ".
The sheriffs were summoned and asked me to leave. I asked under what authority I was being denied my right to park on a public thoroughfare. There was much radio consultation, consuming many minutes and several repetitions of those same songs. Finally, having made my point, I left before Deputy Nazi came up with an answer.
I returned the next day, but at a different neighbor's house. We played the same game.
The next day, Mr. XYZ's Lawn Service truck and trailer were parked more to my liking.
I returned my friend's pickup. I kept the lawnchair, the sheet, and the awful music tape.
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Funny!!!! Don't mess with NeverGuessed!!!!
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I would have called after seeing this: Me, too! So here's my picture for the record:
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Instead, I found out where he lived (fortunately in a similar suburban neighborhood). I borrowed a pickup from my friend. I drove said pickup to his neighborhood, around dinner-time, parked in front of a neighboring house, sitting myself in a lawnchair, in the truck-bed, shirtless, with really bad country music ("Don't Mess With Texas!") playing moderately loud, and a painted sheet displaying the following message: "Brought to you in cooperation with your neighbor, Mr XYZ". I don't get it!!
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt Exposure 101
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...sitting myself in a lawnchair, in the truck-bed, shirtless, with really bad country music ("Don't Mess With Texas!") playing moderately loud... - NG I don't get it!! - ML Sorry! I forgot it's only north of the Mason/Dixon that such antics would be grating and obnoxious. In the Deep South such behavior approaches...Sunday Church Services!
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Yankees and foreigners! Who can understand them??
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.." Theodore Roosevelt Exposure 101
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I think you need a hobby.
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That's hilarious! Should have set up a VAR and or a hidden cam to record every ones reactions. Then post it on You Tube!
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Another option would be to throw dog crap all over his truck when he's not looking and plead ignorance
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Sorry! I forgot it's only north of the Mason/Dixon that such antics would be grating and obnoxious. In the Deep South such behavior approaches...Sunday Church Services! Let's face it, NG--you're a closet Southerner. Lose what I suspect is a very "grating and obnoxious" accent and you'd fit in just fine down here!
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