Re: The guy that cuts my neighbors grass

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Reminds me of neighbors across the street.

Sep 16, 2020, 9:11 AM

They were out of town and their main water line broke, just on their side of the meter. Water was gushing 3 feet in the air. Water flowing down the street. Major water bill incoming no doubt. Go out there and 4 nearest neighbors are all standing around looking at it. They know people are out of town. Water is going everywhere. People are frantically taking pictures to document the damage. One lady is looking up the number for the water department. I just looked at it, went back across the street into my garage, grabbed a pair of pliers, walked back, reached in meter hole, and cut off the valve nearest the street before the meter. Water stopped. They looked at me like I invented fire. Lady then chimes in the water department would get by later that afternoon. Also noted the water was flowing from the meter which had cracked, so it was on the city and told them to make sure they knew so not to charge for the water. Went back inside. Took maybe 5 minutes or so.

And lemme math this out.....it takes them 5 minutes? So an hourly rate of $1,200 an hour is "worth it" to you? What's even more impressive is you can do it yourself in 5 minutes and save $70. This is how I justify buying top notch appliances. Buy the best washer, dryer, dish washer, garbage disposal, whatever. Install it yourself, and with what you save paying someone else to deliver and install it, you've paid for the upgrade to the best model. You can pay a plumber $200 to come install a cheap, $90 toilet, or you can go out and buy a $200 toilet yourself that's far better quality and install it yourself.

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you will have to take my word on this one and you would understand better if you could see the yards and their driveway.

So the way their driveway sits, its really close to my house and I "think" some of their driveway is actually on my property. So my sprinkler heads run down the edge of their driveway. One is probably on them, for reasons I have no clue as its original with house, but its somewhat inline with the others by the driveway.

IF I wanted to be a neighbor like Ineg had, I am 99.9% certain I could make them move their driveway, thus gaining a little more yard and my sprinklers would be totally on me.

Again hard to describe and I am too lazy to pull the survey or original lot lines. And to boot, I cannot find the posts, so womp womp.

The guy that cuts my neighbors grass

Why are

Re: Why is the neighbor's yard guy mowing your lawn?***

Why is the neighbor's yard guy going into your yard

Why is he mowing frozen tundra in September?***

Whay are you paying $100 for a sprinkler head?

Takes them about 5 minutes to make it happen

Reminds me of neighbors across the street.

Re: Reminds me of neighbors across the street.

See, I don't mow my own grass anymore

My brother did that same thing once, almost went to jail.

lol...I had a buddy who did disconnects for public utilities

They're certainly welcomed to try.

They would have hauled him off, but he talked his way out of

So that I do not completely dox myself

Re: So that I do not completely dox myself

Maybe I am underthinking this, but have you considered

Re: Maybe I am underthinking this, but have you considered

Hmmm. Sounds familiar.

Bury your sprinkler heads deeper.***

Re: Bury your sprinkler heads deeper.***

Re: The guy that cuts my neighbors grass

Re: The guy that cuts my neighbors grass

Here's a fix

I hope you're charging your neighbor's lawn guys

Idiots who cut the WND's grass get grass clippings on my car

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