Theives really suck!

[Swimmer]

We used to get calls of flowers taken from one grave site and the family would find the flowers at the other end of the cemetary on another stone.

People are stooping lower and lower, thieves have no mojo.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

We used to get calls of flowers taken from one grave site and the family would find the flowers at the other end of the cemetary on another stone.

People are stooping lower and lower, thieves have no mojo.

Here's another cemetary scenario:

Person puts a potted plant at grave site, doesn't come back to water or care for said potted plant, and plant dies from lack of water.
I had an uncle who would take home wilting/dying plants from his local cemetary and plant them around his yard.

He had quite an array of flowers year after year.

I can't quite understand someone getting upset if someone else "rescues" their potted plant from certain death if they found it dying in the pot? My person theory is that if you spent that much money on a plant only to let it go to waste, why are you complaining?
I tend to 5 different headstone gardens during the year. I weed, feed, plant and replant them during the growing season.
I see more and more people planting live plants and flowers instead of just dropping off a potted plant. Oh, there are still plenty of the "stop, drop and roll" crowd, but I see more of the planting type each year.

I have rescued a couple of plants myself, but mostly by actually planting them where they were left. I wonder what the family will think when they see the plant flowering all season long?

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

I can't quite understand someone getting upset if someone else "rescues" their potted plant from certain death if they found it dying in the pot? ?

So it's ok to steal flowers b/c you think they're going to die?

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by PaulS

So it's ok to steal flowers b/c you think they're going to die?

It's not stealing if you rescue them from a trash barrel.
For the record, I haven't "taken" any plants from grave sites, that's just bad karma all around. I did take a couple of plants that were being throw out (in a trash barrel) near the grave site I was visiting.

I would be more than willing to plant the plant/flowers where they were left, hoping they would continue to grow and flower all throughout the year.

[striperman36]

that guy tried to do that to Brady ended up doing time

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

It's not stealing if you rescue them from a trash barrel.

Agreed - thanks for the clarification.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

People are stooping lower and lower, thieves have no mojo.

Last year my wife pulls in the driveway and our neighbor is
standing there next to our Lilac plant with an arm full of flowers
she was picking.
She says to my wife, "you don't mind do you?"
My wife says "it's a little late now isn't it, am i supposed to glue
them back on."

During the summer I'm talking to her young son who tells me
his mother get's her basil from my garden.

They're everywhere.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by justplugit

Last year my wife pulls in the driveway and our neighbor is
standing there next to our Lilac plant with an arm full of flowers
she was picking.
She says to my wife, "you don't mind do you?"
My wife says "it's a little late now isn't it, am i supposed to glue
them back on."

During the summer I'm talking to her young son who tells me
his mother get's her basil from my garden.

They're everywhere.

Maybe mix in a little poison ivy with the basil? Or maybe a little Nightshade? That will fix the problem once and for all!

Seriously, walk over and present her with a bill for the herbs and flowers she helped herself to. Explain that you thought she KNEW it was a pay-as-you pick garden arrangement?

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Maybe mix in a little poison ivy with the basil? Or maybe a little Nightshade? That will fix the problem once and for all!

Seriously, walk over and present her with a bill for the herbs and flowers she helped herself to. Explain that you thought she KNEW it was a pay-as-you pick garden arrangement?

LOL, all good stuff FT, all great ones.

I did plant the basil in the middle of the garden so she would have to
climb over the fence to get it. Thing of it is, we would have been more than
happy to share both the flowers and basil if she just asked.

Honestly though I forgive very easily, not worth my time.

If it was my fishin stuff it would be a different story, but with
light stuff I just leave it to Karma to handle.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by justplugit

I did plant the basil in the middle of the garden so she would have to
climb over the fence to get it. Thing of it is, we would have been more than
happy to share both the flowers and basil if she just asked.

Honestly though I forgive very easily, not worth my time.

If it was my fishin stuff it would be a different story, but with
light stuff I just leave it to Karma to handle.

People in my private space when they don't belong is a huge pet peeve of mine. Someone picking flowers from my yard or helping themselves to my garden would have me boiling over with anger.

Initially, I'd probably passive-aggressively throw all my grass clippings, leaves and trimmed bushes/limbs into their yard - while they're outside. "Oh you don't mind do you? It'll decompose in about the same amount of time as it'll take for my flowers that you helped yourself to to rebloom."

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

People in my private space when they don't belong is a huge pet peeve of mine. Someone picking flowers from my yard or helping themselves to my garden would have me boiling over with anger.

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Ya, JD i hear ya. When I was young and full of pi$$ and vinegar like
you, I felt the same way.
While not a door mat, as I've grown older I've learned to walk placidly amongst those who are a vexation for minor offenses..

Betta that way as ya get a lot of laughs out of
their ignorance. Karma.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by justplugit

Ya, JD i hear ya. When I was young and full of pi$$ and vinegar like
you, I felt the same way.

Piss and vinegar is but the tip of the iceberg.