My backyard is on a hill, and the neighbor’s kids decided to sled all the way down it, slam into the top of my retaining wall, knock a bunch of shit off (breaking two big terra-cotta planters in the process) all while screeching like banshees. Needless to say, I’m not super happy with them or their parents.

So I hear the commotion, step out the back door, and literally and instinctively yell the thing.

Spring project # 185: Install a fence, possibly electrified and razor-wired.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
    2713·
    6 days ago

    Have you considered how to help them? Move the planters. Pad the retaining wall so nothing to slam into?

    Boss move is to help kids play, and play safely.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
        159·
        6 days ago

        I said the boss move was to make it safe for the kids to play.

        Parents suing is hardly a thing outside of the venal littigious shithole of the US. Normal people don’t do that.

        • Steve@startrek.website
          111·
          6 days ago

          Nobody ever wants to sue their neighbors. Its an insurance problem.

          The kids’ health insurance denies their claims when they find out the injury might be covered by the neighbors homeowners insurance, and their insurance ALSO says go pound sand.

          Now you need a court order telling which insurance has to pay.

      • BlindFrog@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 days ago

        Fr. Do something nice like duct tape crash pads to a wall, then suddenly you’re liable for kids trying to crash hard enough into it to get concussions or spinal compression

        0/10, not worth

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
        136·
        6 days ago

        “It takes a village to raise a child.”

        I’m sorry if you were neglected when young, leading you to think this opinion is normal or healthy or anything but selfish.

        Edit: It’s called being a excellent human being and member of your community.

          • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
            32·
            6 days ago

            Let’s hope those kids grow up happy and healthy with good outlets for play and socialization.

            The “get off my lawn types” tend to get upset when nicky-nicky nine-doors, a flaming bag of shit on the doorstep or houses getting TP’d or egged because the kids were raised selfish with no sense of community. The irony of cause and effect is usually lost on those types.