when we first moved into this house 43 1/2yrs. ago we put those cheap reflective drive-way markers up and down both sides. Next morning half of them were gone. We are at the end of the street with a utility easement on one side of us - high tension electric towers, etc. lots of tall weeds and bushes. - the thieves just go by and once they get into the field, no one can see them. Sure they came back one day for the rest of the markers. We didn't bother to replace them.
That was just the start of it. Vandalism, petty theft, leaving our gates open (that were tied shut) etc. etc. Maybe not the same perps but every few years a new batch of them traipse thru the area.
My dad would have tanned my butt if I had ever done such a thing. Lot of parents don't care, and apparently never ask when something came from. The kids across the field now ride one of those quad things up and down the field and then down our street and cross to the next one and back. The cops have been trying like crazy to catch them for driving on a public street. Of course they are never there.
I have a camera with a zoom lens and just for the heck of it I pointed it at their property and could see it plain as day, maybe some day I'll be able to get some photos of them driving down the street.
They also zoom into the forest preserve at the far end of the street and reappear shortly after. I know years ago punks were selling dope in the preserve parking lot - I suppose they still do.
Another batch of them used to ride a golf cart up and down the street and got cited for it. That didn't deter them at all. Like I said, parents don't care what the do. Fortunately it broke down and rather than fix it, they sold it. They also have a whole mess of dogs that they let loose and they are not socialized. They claim they are friendly, I told told them friendly dogs don't approach you stiff legged, with hackles up and snarling and showing teeth and said "if any of the dogs bite me I will sue the blankety blanks off their parents." I mean it too.
That was just the start of it. Vandalism, petty theft, leaving our gates open (that were tied shut) etc. etc. Maybe not the same perps but every few years a new batch of them traipse thru the area.
My dad would have tanned my butt if I had ever done such a thing. Lot of parents don't care, and apparently never ask when something came from. The kids across the field now ride one of those quad things up and down the field and then down our street and cross to the next one and back. The cops have been trying like crazy to catch them for driving on a public street. Of course they are never there.
I have a camera with a zoom lens and just for the heck of it I pointed it at their property and could see it plain as day, maybe some day I'll be able to get some photos of them driving down the street.
They also zoom into the forest preserve at the far end of the street and reappear shortly after. I know years ago punks were selling dope in the preserve parking lot - I suppose they still do.
Another batch of them used to ride a golf cart up and down the street and got cited for it. That didn't deter them at all. Like I said, parents don't care what the do. Fortunately it broke down and rather than fix it, they sold it. They also have a whole mess of dogs that they let loose and they are not socialized. They claim they are friendly, I told told them friendly dogs don't approach you stiff legged, with hackles up and snarling and showing teeth and said "if any of the dogs bite me I will sue the blankety blanks off their parents." I mean it too.
