Well, a few months ago, some new neighbors moved in, and their family is pretty much the living definition of "hillbilly". They've got a countless number of trucks, and the braindead dickheads sometimes move their trucks through their lawn...and into ours.
When we brought up to them how the property is divided, they were angered and called out surveyors. These surveyors have now surveyed the lines 3 times; the first time, their results matched with what we knew to be our lines. Now, they've measure our lines in a few feet of where they should be. This is just dumb, really. I guess the idea is to measure as many times as it takes until the hicks are "right" in driving their trucks through our lawn.
So, this is a minivent as well as a question: which kills people better, buckshot or slug? [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Where's Waisz? ]
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Curman 2.0 had this to say about pies:
Awesome.
While I am full of awesome, let me assure you, it can't be loaded into a shotgun.
And I doubt you'll kill them.
[ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]
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Lyinar Ka`Bael stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Have you called in your own surveyors? Or state-sanctioned ones or something? The changing property lines sounds a little fishy to me.
Ah, see, that's the funny thing about this town. There really aren't several companies for every job.
More than likely, we'd be calling in the same surveyors for a fourth go.
...I answered before I read it in its editted form. Yeah, I guess we'll call in some officials to settle this. It feels a little dumb to let other people use our property. [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Where's Waisz? ]
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Curman 2.0 had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Well, hey, Its their property
That's just the thing. He's saying that they're driving onto his property.
I'm a bucket inside.
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ACES! Another post by Callalron:
If they're truly hillbilly-like creatures, I'm thinking soap and hot water will kill them faster than anything.
Hey, that's not a bad idea.
I'm pretty sure they are...I mean, they don't believe in garbage collection. Instead, they burn everything they don't need any more. Yesterday, they burned some kind of stupid green shit that spread ashes everywhere, and the moron burning it kept tossing gas on as it was going. When they first moved in, they had a huge fucking conflagration going from unwated shit.
Let me add something; this neighborhood is bordered by a lot of protected forest. [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Where's Waisz? ]
This neighborhood happens to be between two cities and is really "unincorporated". People are free to burn leaves, but I think burning just anything is probably taking it too far.
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Where's Waisz? thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
So, this is a minivent as well as a question: which kills people better, buckshot or slug?
If I learned one thing from rap music, it is this:
You can't duck a buck shot. That's that click-click, boom! You outta luck shot.
No, Really. Bite me.
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Old_Hickory had this to say about Optimus Prime:
I'd also suggest going down to the local town hall or city office that holds the information on properties. They should have a record of your official boundries by the local government's standard.
Right, but it's not going to contain a drawing. It's going to say something like "x number of feet from y street", which is where the surveyors come in and fuck the whole thing up.
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Suddar had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
I'm confused. You still have two of the three reports in your favor, don't you?
Well, the surveyors are putting stakes in the ground at the corners of our property based on where they "measure" the boundaries to be based off the numbers in the records.
With the latest stakes in place, the corners are moved in, and if you were to put lines through the corners, we'd lose property.
If our neighbors treat these new stakes as if they are correct, they're going to be using our property. [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Where's Waisz? ]
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Old_Hickory said:
That's another good reason to have an official document from the local government which states your boundry lines. That way you have the "official" boundries. accepted by your local gov. right on hand for the surveyors to check. Then you can say, "Look it's what the goverment say our propery lines are. Go take it up with them. In the mean time, quit using our property."
Yeah, we may need to get our own survey done followed by a fence in place to secure it.
With this "latest technology" the surveyors have (angle measurements), it's easy enough to knock off a degree or two here and there to change lengths.
It's not so easy with a fence cemented into the ground.
Question? Is the property loss significant? Like several feet or just like a foot or two? [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Old_Hickory ]
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Old_Hickory got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Just reread your edit. If those stakes are set by the official numbers, your probably screwed. The property you thought was yours actually isn't.
They've been using the same numbers every time, I think. The surveyors claim that the accuracy of the first stakes wasn't correct, which is a load of bullshit. [ 06-16-2003: Message edited by: Where's Waisz? ]
quote:No, what he's saying is that the gov't records are made from a list of measurements. The surveyors are measuring it wrong (example: it says 50 ft from the sidewalk, so they measure 50 feet from the curb side of the sidewalk, thus reducing his property from the thickness of the sidewalk), then putting markers in the ground where they think the borders come out based on their poorly-taken measurements.
And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Old_Hickory was all like:
^^^ that
They keep using this angle guide thing on a tripod.
2. When they plant the tripod, hook the tapemeasure directly beneath its center.
3. Measure to where they plant the steak.
If the ground is perfectly even, the measurements should match. If the ground is uneven, your measurement should be over (their 90ft = your 93ft).
If your measurement falls short of the stated distance, take photographs (or video records, if you can). You can have them arrested for fraud unless they correct the mistake.
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Ford Prefect painfully thought these words up:
1. Buy a 100-ft tapemeasure if you don't already have one.2. When they plant the tripod, hook the tapemeasure directly beneath its center.
3. Measure to where they plant the steak.
If the ground is perfectly even, the measurements should match. If the ground is uneven, your measurement should be over (their 90ft = your 93ft).
If your measurement falls short of the stated distance, take photographs (or video records, if you can). You can have them arrested for fraud unless they correct the mistake.
I'll keep that in mind if they come out again, although they're probably not likely to at this point.
It'd be nice to get ahold of the records, though, and just give a crack at measuring.
Sometimes the oldest methods work best. 
They also should have their own professionally trained surveyors.
Now...has the Property lines that the men doing the measuring on gotten closer in to your home? (thus decreasing your property) If so, I'd suggest you call the City and let them know what's going on.
I could also suggest you find out exactly where the property lines are/were (as your family remembers them), and put your own stakes in to set up a fence. And, the next time the surveyors come by, Check to make sure they are measuring from the closer side of the sidewalk. From the sidewalk to the curb is actually City Property (from what I've been told by my mother who works at City Hall) so measuring from the far side of the Sidewalk will only add on 3ft - 8ft (or so) of CIty property to their measurment.
I hope that can add something to all this.
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This insanity brought to you by Where's Waisz?:
Our property lines are a little weird; we have a triangular lot, and the neighbors adjacent to us share part of our backyard...sort of.Well, a few months ago, some new neighbors moved in, and their family is pretty much the living definition of "hillbilly". They've got a countless number of trucks, and the braindead dickheads sometimes move their trucks through their lawn...and into ours.
When we brought up to them how the property is divided, they were angered and called out surveyors. These surveyors have now surveyed the lines 3 times; the first time, their results matched with what we knew to be our lines. Now, they've measure our lines in a few feet of where they should be. This is just dumb, really. I guess the idea is to measure as many times as it takes until the hicks are "right" in driving their trucks through our lawn.
So, this is a minivent as well as a question: which kills people better, buckshot or slug?
Slug in the head.
Oh, and I would suggest putting up a police issue spike strip about 2 or 3 cm under the soil, the wait for them to drive on it and blow their tires. [ 06-17-2003: Message edited by: Y.O.T.G. ]
