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ChrisCraft
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5/24/2007 11:30:12 PM
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If you came to your place on the lake and found that the neighbor's grandkids (adults and children) were using your dock while you weren't there? I allowed them to use it once while I WAS there and have since explained to them that it wasn't an open invitation but they seem to be the rudest, most self-centered people I have ever encountered. (We have a floating dock that is in water....about 2 feet....and they have a fixed dock that is unusable in these water conditions).
They don't leave things as they found them either. Yes, we are weekenders for the past 40 years...
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PC Al
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5/24/2007 11:39:41 PM
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Good neighbors are more important than deep water. My lake neighbors are great and I am very grateful for it. Maybe you could put a sign out “Beware of Snakes”.
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weagle89
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5/25/2007 7:36:02 AM
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My thought is that you may not be able to stop them while you are away....but should you put a no trespassing sign on it for liability reasons? Probably not, but that did come to mind.
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Harborcon
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5/25/2007 10:13:52 AM
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My only concern would also be any liability. My dock has nothing on it to be left unlike it was found. Our neighbors' children also like to use our dock - probably because it is a 2-level dock and they like to fish and jump off the high platform (although, I am afraid if they did it now, they would break a leg when they hit the hardpack! - I'll know more about that when I get there this afternoon). We have some of those heavy-duty hard plastic aderondack (sp?) chairs and we found one of those broken and upside down in the shallows once. And year before last, when the children were playing on our dock (we did happen to be in attendance), one of them took a step on the top platform and his leg went right through the board (it didn't LOOK rotten!). Luckily, we are on very good terms with our neighbors and the child wasn't seriously injured. We did replace the dock that year, though. Again, that could have been a huge liability issue... You might want to talk to your homeowner's carrier...
Everyone have a wonderful holiday. If you own a boat (I don't), I hope you can get it in the water. For myself, I hope it's not too long a walk past my pier to get wet!
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gubnuh
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5/25/2007 2:26:32 PM
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Wow. This really chaps me in all the wrong places.
NO, you shouldn’t have to foul the nature of your property by posting NO TRESSPASSING signs or a BEWARE OF SNAKES sign.
It should be made verbally clear, in a very nice way, that because of liability reasons you must insist that the kids use your property only with your permission AND presence. You should document this conversation.
I am 100% for good neighbors and good relations, but if they are as self-centered as you witness them to be – they will not hesitate for a minute to sue you if something happens to one of their children while on your property.
Again, be very nice in explaining this and don’t take anything but total acquiescence as a reply. They shouldn’t get two lots for the price of one - and it sounds as if they have no respect for your property. You are not being a curmudgeon, you are simply being smart, protecting a life-long investment, and treating children like children.
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ot
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totally agree
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5/25/2007 5:56:20 PM
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ChrisCraft
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5/26/2007 1:25:30 AM
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Thanks gub....that's my attitude exactly and am afraid of just that....getting sued by these creaps. I'm also taking steps in that direction also.
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