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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
Pitching pennies is gambling. Newspapers never gamble. Ergo, a firing offense.
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That's exactly the reason he said they gave! They hired him back years later as their foreman. Same publisher, same editor (editor as in The Editor, not an editor). He squared off ....

The editor's office has a large pane glass window (so he can have a clear view of the serfs out there putting out a paper). There is a newspaper rack on the proletariat side of the window. It's the one with wooden dowels. Johnny's wife Kelly, who also works in the composing room, pulls the morning paper to examine. That's part of her job, nominally, to access the printed final edition. She's got the broadsheet open with both hands, so Tom's (the editor) window view is blocked. Which is when Johnny pennies Tom in his office.

And a really good job of it, too. They had to call a locksmith in to get the editor out.

Johnny didn't lose his job over that. The managing editor, though, gave Johnny a penny at the Christmas party.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
A friend of mine also worked in the meat department of a grocery store. One day while making hamburger he lost three fingers in the grinder. They fired him. He went back to school as a result and became an engineer.
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Is his name "Lefty"?

FWIW, I worked in a meat department and then became an engineer. But I still have all of my digits. No Tony Iommi here.
But I am a lefty.
 
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My wife met our new neighbor a few days ago as he was moving into the house behind us. Our backyard is fenced (4' chain link) and has two storage/utility buildings in it. The neighbor asked my wife which building was ours. She replied, "Both of them." I don't understand why someone would assume they should have access to a building that is clearly on someone else's property. I could have understood it if there was no fence and one building closer to their house, but that was not the case. Oh, well, the fence should keep him off my lawn.
 
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shadowtippy said:
My wife met our new neighbor a few days ago as he was moving into the house behind us. Our backyard is fenced (4' chain link) and has two storage/utility buildings in it. The neighbor asked my wife which building was ours. She replied, "Both of them." I don't understand why someone would assume they should have access to a building that is clearly on someone else's property. I could have understood it if there was no fence and one building closer to their house, but that was not the case. Oh, well, the fence should keep him off my lawn.
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Maybe the owner told him one of the storage units was his when he signed the lease.

Or maybe he's a Grifter doing his thing.

Seems to me that you might want to contact the landlord and ask why the new resident is eyeing one of your storage units.
 
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shadowtippy said:
My wife met our new neighbor a few days ago as he was moving into the house behind us. Our backyard is fenced (4' chain link) and has two storage/utility buildings in it. The neighbor asked my wife which building was ours. She replied, "Both of them." I don't understand why someone would assume they should have access to a building that is clearly on someone else's property. I could have understood it if there was no fence and one building closer to their house, but that was not the case. Oh, well, the fence should keep him off my lawn.
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Or maybe it was a wishful joke. Next thing they’ll want to borrow your lawn mower. Then comes a request for power tools. A slippery slope.
 
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You thought moving a Hammond is a pain ...

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