tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post1439031350585450578..comments2023-10-24T16:16:29.095+01:00Comments on Club 166: The Heights We Go ToClub 166http://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-71893068975335887862007-04-03T03:40:00.000+01:002007-04-03T03:40:00.000+01:00daedalus,That's actually not a bad suggestion. Th...daedalus,<BR/><BR/>That's actually not a bad suggestion. There's nothing like potential liability to make a homeowner's association back down.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-13659937348050105922007-04-03T03:20:00.000+01:002007-04-03T03:20:00.000+01:00What the people prohibited from putting up a fence...What the people prohibited from putting up a fence should do, is have their lawyer send a letter to the homeowner's association telling them of the attractive nusience that the sewer hold makes, and that because they cannot put up a suitable fence, the homeowner's association needs to rectify the sewer hole, and that if their son is injured as a consequence, they are puttin the homeowner's association on notice that they will be expected to pay compensation for damages.<BR/><BR/>What we did when our children were younger was to put those little hook and ring things up high where they couldn't reach. I would attach the key with a string, so it can't get lost.daedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-46672485106952875492007-03-31T07:29:00.000+01:002007-03-31T07:29:00.000+01:00"Good fences make good neighbors."(I could not res..."Good fences make good neighbors."<BR/><BR/>(I could not resist a bit of <A HREF="http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/frost-mending.html" REL="nofollow">Robert Frost</A>.)kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-14940398946484000582007-03-30T22:41:00.000+01:002007-03-30T22:41:00.000+01:00It would seem that this is something that most kid...It would seem that this is something that most kids grow out of.<BR/><BR/>We almost went the route of the GPS bracelet, but it is a bit costly.<BR/><BR/>McEwen I laughed at the "shades" comment. You're in California, for Pete's sake. Your kids the most "normal" one around!Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-11539767428559071972007-03-30T21:58:00.000+01:002007-03-30T21:58:00.000+01:00It's all open plan around here - 'don't fence me i...It's all open plan around here - 'don't fence me in.' Then we arrived and put a huge fence around the whole thing. It seemed un-neighbourly, but after a while [ignoring the nakedness!] my neighbours have warmly accepted that a family has to do what a family has to do.<BR/>They still wave at us over the fence, but they make sure they're wearing their 'shades' as a precaution.<BR/>CheersMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-76161571884496458462007-03-30T19:56:00.000+01:002007-03-30T19:56:00.000+01:00Wow, this ENDS? We've had to put double-key deadbo...Wow, this ENDS? We've had to put double-key deadbolts in, too, and I'm right now trying to find money to fix the fence gate. He just figured out how to undo the gate latch. :P We had a 9-year=old ander off in the next town over; fortunately he was wearing one of those bracelet things that has the GPS, and they found him before he got hurt (or left out to the elements all night). We live in town, so I worry about him being hit in the street! We've been trying to teach him not to set foot on teh tarmac, but we haven't had much success.Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-50202492078560587192007-03-30T14:32:00.000+01:002007-03-30T14:32:00.000+01:00Yes, Buddy Boy (now 7) has improved much over the ...Yes, Buddy Boy (now 7) has improved much over the last year and a half.<BR/><BR/>He used to actively bolt from us in public (the park, festivals, Disney World). Disney was the best place. They had their invisible army find him within 10 minutes, while he was wearing a yellow disney poncho like half the other kids in the park.<BR/><BR/>This winter he left the house once when it snowed, but otherwise his sense of seeking out spontaneous unauthorized adventure has cooled somewhat.Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-57338669215063825492007-03-30T14:16:00.000+01:002007-03-30T14:16:00.000+01:00I also had to do the deadbolt thing when my son wa...I also had to do the deadbolt thing when my son was little. He not only wandered off to explore whenever he felt like it, he also convinced his little sister (who usually was more sensible) to come along with him on a few occasions.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit he inherited it from me... I was so awful about wandering off, my mother once nailed my bedroom windows shut to stop me from climbing out of them.<BR/><BR/>On the bright side, this behavior doesn't last forever. By the time our son was in middle school, he had settled down enough so that we could build a new house without all the kidproofing (the old house was pretty well wrecked by then LOL).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821799658844915805.post-52835281955061573272007-03-30T06:50:00.000+01:002007-03-30T06:50:00.000+01:00I know it would be expensive, but I wonder if they...I know it would be expensive, but I wonder if they could line the lattice part with plexiglas so that there wouldn't be footholds but the snotty neighbors could still see through, mostly.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I could cope with a place that had "homeowners covenants." I like building codes and so forth, but some of the homeowners groups I've heard of really are awful. <BR/><BR/>I hope the parents in question get the kind of fence that will work for them and the neighbors get over themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com