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Do people in other parts of the globe, especially in UK,
have a clue what the phrase means?
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Probably not, unless they are conversant in the American dialect of English.
(AIUI, it's a reference to the grumpy old men that would chase annoying kids away from their property. The implication is that these old men hate anything that is new.)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I don't know about hating anything new, more like being territorial and needing to find things to complain about.
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not really. When you finally get all of the kids out of the house and you can have a nice lawn... not sure that's territorial.
Now, about the time this happens to me (I'm getting close), the elephanting moles move in and start shredding my yard...
I know this is a gopher, but it's where I'm at: Carl vs the Gopher Part 3 - YouTube[^]
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Get rid of the grubs and the moles will go elsewhere to find them. I recommend milky spore, but you could try less natural things.
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I tried that one year. The neighbors on either side of me are chasing the dang things from yard to yard. You've reminded me to put the die grubs die stuff down soon. I live in northern Georgia, and we're already getting into spring. It happens every year - I miss the two months when I'm supposed to be doing this stuff  .
The real issue is the rat terrier mix that my daughter left me. That dog can dig like a back hoe. Gets on whiff of a mole or vole and my zoysia is savaged.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Several years ago there was a discussion about, and I don't remember the actual title but it was an automatous, heat seeking intruder eliminator...I believe JSOP had something to do with it.
"Ten men in the country could buy the world and ten million can’t buy enough to eat." Will Rogers
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If I'm not mistaken, somehow that's what lead to the "lawn wolf" discussion...
Speaking of JSOP, it's been many months I've read anything from him on here. Did he finally retire (and give up at the same time all communications with CP)?
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dandy72 wrote: If I'm not mistaken, somehow that's what lead to the "lawn wolf" discussion...
I think you're right.
dandy72 wrote: Speaking of JSOP, it's been many months I've read anything from him on here. Did he finally retire (and give up at the same time all communications with CP)?
Don't know, sometimes people just get busy.
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"Eliminator"?
Paul Sanders.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal.
Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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Sure. It means "Sod off yank!"
I suppose Sammy might know though ... some other meaning.
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No idea.
Perhaps it means "Don't poke your nose in my activities".
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Pretty obvious what it means I would have thought.
even to mercans
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I don't believe it!!
(UK readers will get it.)
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Obviously a reference to that one episode of Father Ted[^], and nothing else. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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It's just a Google search away, guys:
You kids get off my lawn! - Wikipedia
Paul Sanders.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter - Blaise Pascal.
Some of my best work is in the undo buffer.
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We have, in the UK, a similar phrase. "Get orf my land" pokes fun at crimson-faced, shotgun-carrying farmers, who stereotypically loathe members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land.
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seismofish wrote: members of the public using perfectly-legal public footpaths across farm land.
In the UK those paths are historical based.
In the US if one doesn't protect property rights from actual trespassers on their land (no existing historical public right of way) both of the following can happen.
- The owner of the land can be held liable for injuries
- The owner of the land can lose the right to the land, it becomes a public right of way.
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This is what came to mind... (Yes, I'm that old.)(Oh yeah, NSFW)
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Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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I find some of the posts mildly entertaining , some "way off in left field" ( I am NOT going to ask for "opinio0ns" on that one) and "...vverry interesting, but s...." (look up that one under
Arte Johnson ), especially one with references or the one who had no clue, but could not resist to chime in.
I would like to continue and my next one is
"people who live in glass houses should not throw stones"
"opinions" from cultures beside US or UK would be interesting .
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If you treat your lawn with strong enough chemicals, go ahead and let people walk all over it.
Eventually the problem will solve itself.
(at least that's what the anti-pesticide people would have you believe)
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My part of the globe Arizona my property has no grass. Not sure what to shout
Majority of property is covered with pine & oak trees, gravel and flagstones
Only intruders are occasional Black Bear
Coyotes looking for continual invading Rabbits and Squirrels
The Elk and Deer are fond of the 3 Apple trees
Had a herd of beef cattle twice till the Apache fixed the fence across the street
Guy that plows the snow with a Road Grader puts the blade 4 ft into my gravel drive way
and drags the contents 10 ft down the black top road
I tried shouting "get off my gravel" sure that would not work
Just park the pickup at the end of the driveway
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where in Arizona? Spent 3 years in Tucson. The desert is incredibly beautiful in the morning and evenings and a hot $itch during the day
Pretty sad what's happened to southern Arizona....
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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In Lakeside 34°09'35.2"N 110°00'46.9"W
Spent a year in Sierra Vista about 10 years ago things were not too bad then
The people I worked with at the hospital were less than friendly to Mexican patients
The sad part a lot of the unfriendly ones were from Korea second generation
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