For those of you who don't think kids have changed...

[Papa_Complex]

.... you're wrong.

I've lived in the same rental townhouse for what will be 40 years, in September. Moved there with my family when I was a kid and just held on.

When I was a kid we would throw the Frisbee or play soccer in the courtyard. If we hit a window, not broke it mind you but just hit it, we scattered. We knew that we had done something wrong.

The neighbourhood kids still play soccer in the courtyard, until as late as 11:00pm. Unfortunately my patio seems to be the western goal. All through the long weekend they were kicking the ball onto my patio, into my lawn furniture, my shed, my wall and windows...

The last straw was when they started fighting over the ball in my back yard not once, but over and over again. I finally went out there and yelled at them to get out, then to pick up all of the plastic drink bottles that they had tossed around the back yard. I also told them that if the ball hit my stuff one more time then I was going to take it, and they could tell their parents where to come and get it.

I never thought that I would become the, "GET OFF MY LAWN!" guy, but it's obvious that the parents of these kids haven't taught them well. At the very least they haven't taught them the fear of adults. Yes, things have actually changed.

[tommymac]

Theres a ton of kids around my house and theyre always out playing. Apparently the PO was that guy (ok lady) who would yell at the kids and that sort of thing. I am fine if a ball goes in the yard or stuff like that and since the kids know I have an air compressor I am usualy the go to guy to fill up their soccer and basketballs. Most of the kids are prety well behaved which is nice. I just worry about the 2 kids across the street. They go darting into the street to get a ball like its nothing. Only amatter of time before one of em gets thumped. my wife and I slow down going past the house but one day someone may not.

[Papa_Complex]

I understand that kids will be kids, and if it was just noise during the day then I would live with it. Unfortunately, especially in the summer, it goes on at all hours. They have no understanding of boundaries. Sure, you can go and get the ball out of someone's yard, but the tenth time that you bounce it off someone's window at full boot, or the fourth time 6 of you decide to fight over the ball in amongst someone's lawn furniture, you've gone too far.

And I've gotten tired of walking around the courtyard every day, to pick up the dozen plastic bottles that have just been left wherever they were, when the bottle went empty.

The parents are really no better. The unit next door to me looks like there's a constant yard sale going on, in both the front and back yards. People leave their open recycling bins in their yards, so crap blows all over the place. They show absolutely no pride in their homes and, of course, the kids do what they see.

The school across the street has two ball diamonds and a soccer field, that are empty most of the time. These kids aren't too young, to be crossing the street. Instead the parents send their kids to boot the ball off my back wall. One of the kids' parents actually went off on his own kid, and his friends, for doing exactly what they're doing to me, to him. Now that it isn't HIS home, it's apparently OK.

[Trip]

Just become the old man that walks around in his underwear mumbling shit. You are suppose to have an unconcealed weapon, but your canadian, that shit is frowned upon.

[Papa_Complex]

Just become the old man that walks around in his underwear mumbling shit. You are suppose to have an unconcealed weapon, but your canadian, that shit is frowned upon.

I'd rather be the Eastwood old dude. I've got my Marlin .44 lever. I already had words with a few of the kids' mothers, last summer, and no doubt will again. I'm already dealing with the property managed over the issues and my rent isn't going up this year, as a result.

[Trip]

Will they fence your yard?

Being Eastwood won't scare moms, being the creepy old man will make them think you are a pedo and will work. The point is not to look cool or try and be a bad ass, the point is to keep them away. Being creepy old man will...

[defector]

This thread seems familar.

[OneSickPsycho]

This thread seems familar.

Yep, I was thinking the same thing.

[Tmall]

Lol. A man only has so much patience. I'm at the point where I just tell everyone that has no business with me to get the hell off of my property.

[Apoc]

Start inviting them in, while standing at your door in a sheer housecoat. They will stop playing in your back yard.

[shmike]

This thread seems familar.

Yep, I was thinking the same thing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one with Deja vu.

Papa, sounds to me like the neighborhood has changed.

[RACER X]

dammm 40yrs.......yur old

i yell at the kids to pick up trash (mostly plastic bottles) they throw on other peoples yards

we yell at speeders on our street. we have been known to put a baby stroller out in the street........

i sit on the street in my lawn chair now when my kids are riding on the street.

[shmike]

we yell at speeders on our street. we have been known to put a baby stroller out in the street........

i sit on the street in my lawn chair now when my kids are riding on the street.

We yell at speeders too.

My neighbor will roll a ball out in the street to get them to notice.

I can understand teenagers speeding but I can't understand people that have small children themselves doing it. :wtfru:

Bad / fast driving seems to be a "cultural" issue in our neighborhood.

[tommymac]

Fortunatley speeding isnt an issue where we are, were a ways off from the main roads and in a sort of cul de sac so the only cars comming through are people who live by us, plus our streets ar eprety beat us so speeding wont end well, :lol: till they get redone next year

So far we have been lucky with all the kids by us even the ones down the street that are older and have parties seem to keep things low key as to not bother everyone else.

[RACER X]

I can understand teenagers speeding but I can't understand people that have small children themselves doing it. :wtfru:

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right, we have an indian couple who live down the street that are always flying down our street, they have 2 lil kids but they never go outside.

our street feeds off an S curve, so everybody wants to mario andretti down the S and onto our street.

my next door neighbor (corner house) is planning on puttin some BIG rocks so people will think 2x about slaloming onto our street.

they've had tire tracks nearly to the sidewalk.


nowadays, when i'm sitting out there, people take the "longer" route to their house. and i'm fine w/ that.

[defector]

in a sheer housecoat


nowadays, when i'm sitting out there, people take the "longer" route to their house.
Not sure Apoc meant that advice for you, but whatever tickles your pickle. :lol:

[Papa_Complex]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with Deja vu.

Papa, sounds to me like the neighborhood has changed.

Don't all rants about "kids these days" all sound pretty much alike?

I'm not sure if the neighbourhood has changed, or if people in general have changed. When I first moved in there, when I was 9 years old for those thinking I'm old (I am, but you're only as old as the woman you feel), there was a sense of community. Everyone knew everyone else. Maybe everyone didn't necessarily like everyone else, but you were civil. Now I actually know two other families in the neighbourhood.

The kids causing the most trouble come from 4 units. One of those units seems capable of dispensing children like a clown car.

[defector]

Don't all rants about "kids these days" all sound pretty much alike?

I'm not sure if the neighbourhood has changed, or if people in general have changed. When I first moved in there, when I was 9 years old for those thinking I'm old (I am, but you're only as old as the woman you feel), there was a sense of community. Everyone knew everyone else. Maybe everyone didn't necessarily like everyone else, but you were civil. Now I actually know two other families in the neighbourhood.

The kids causing the most trouble come from 4 units. One of those units seems capable of dispensing children like a clown car.

I'm not sure about the other guys, but I thought you had this same specific problem (soccer balls hitting your patio) several months ago? Maybe you should wire everything on your patio with an electric fence wire. Then invite the bastard fuck trophies over to get their soccer ball. Make sure you put it where they have to touch the wire before they get their ball.

[shmike]

I'm not sure about the other guys, but I thought you had this same specific problem (soccer balls hitting your patio) several months ago? Maybe you should wire everything on your patio with an electric fence wire. Then invite the bastard fuck trophies over to get their soccer ball. Make sure you put it where they have to touch the wire before they get their ball.


That's what I remember too.

Bratty kids and soccer balls bouncing of back patio/glass etc.

[Papa_Complex]

I'm not sure about the other guys, but I thought you had this same specific problem (soccer balls hitting your patio) several months ago? Maybe you should wire everything on your patio with an electric fence wire. Then invite the bastard fuck trophies over to get their soccer ball. Make sure you put it where they have to touch the wire before they get their ball.

Well the last property manager was fired and he was a gutless wonder. Just spoke to the replacement, yesterday, and he was making all the right noises. It remains to be seen if he really has any balls, about balls.

If I have to be the guy that all the asshats in the neighbourhood hate, then so be it. I'll outlast them. Then I'll likely move out, the day after all of them are gone, just to stick it to the owners who haven't done dick for me in years. They seem hell-bent on turning the place into a slum.

I envision an interesting summer.

[Gas Man]

I agree that the kids have gotten worse. Take Halloween for example... I quit doing it because of the kids and parents attitudes. No trick or treat greeting, no thank you, and no common sense... no light = no candy. So we turn everything off, and either go downstairs to watch tv or leave. Last year we took my niece out.

I remember this great story when I was a kid... there was this teenage driver (guy) that kept speeding past the house... one day my dad was out by the street for some reason and yelled at him... the kid came back by an hour later and my dad through his tea cup at the side of his car. All hell broke loose but my old man wasn't backing down. Cussed that kid up and down. Told him to slow down while he pointed at us kids playing. The cops got called and the kid came back with his parents... his parents spoke about wanting my dad to pay for the damage to the car. He said he would but then he was signing a reckless driving ticket on the kids driving... cops agreed to the idea so the kid and parents left. I wanna say the kid stopped exiting the sub division a different way for a while. LOL

[goof2]

Does Canada have the equivalent of Section 8 housing (government subsidized rent for the poor)?

On the speeding thing others mentioned I love the people who drive 5mph under the limit in their own neighborhood but do 15 over in other neighborhoods. It it particularly noticeable in larger developments where their pace is determined by proximity to their own house.

[Papa_Complex]

We have 'community housing' and rent assistance programmes. One of the units whose kids were causing problems was a welfare rent. They had borders too, but they moved out, before they could be reported.

[azoomm]

Kids haven't changed. Parents views on discipline and society dictating what is punishable by corporal discipline has changed. Kids have, and always will, push to see what they can get away with.

[Papa_Complex]

So it sounds like I should build a clock tower on top of my unit, then climb it with a pellet gun.

[tommymac]

So it sounds like I should build a clock tower on top of my unit, then climb it with a pellet gun.

I would go with the grassy knoll :lol:

[azoomm]

So it sounds like I should build a clock tower on top of my unit, then climb it with a pellet gun.

Yes

[Papa_Complex]

I would go with the grassy knoll :lol:

They play soccer on the grassy knoll. They have absolutely no cover.

[Trip]

Do they have quick reload pellet guns? Mine was a pain in the ass to reload. A airsoft or paintball gun may be a better option. Get all the kids before they take cover.

[Trip]

This may be the way to go, can't see the video, but it says backyard defender and sentry gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcxg_QuHyYE

[Papa_Complex]

Do they have quick reload pellet guns? Mine was a pain in the ass to reload. A airsoft or paintball gun may be a better option. Get all the kids before they take cover.

Yup, a semi-automatic paintball gun would be better. Or a BB gun.

This may be the way to go, can't see the video, but it says backyard defender and sentry gun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcxg_QuHyYE

A point defense Airsoft gun. Now that's high tech :lol:

[Cutty72]

Yup, a semi-automatic paintball gun would be better. Or a BB gun.



A point defense Airsoft gun. Now that's high tech :lol:

And running Windows XP.

[Papa_Complex]

And running Windows XP.

Well it probably wouldn't be able to track quickly enough if it was running Win7 :lol: