Are you lazy?

[warpus]

That's what he gets for being lazy

 

[Sommerswerd]

You guys in Canada don't shoot people for coming onto your lawn?

 

[H4run]

You guys in Canada don't shoot people for coming onto your lawn?

Things seem more simple in America, very fit for lazy people like me.

*someone entered my lawn.

"heh? you enter my lawn?"

* take my double-barrel shotgun that resting near me and....

BAAM!

No need for a long tiring argument, just shoot the problem till it is fixed.

Glorius.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

You guys in Canada don't shoot people for coming onto your lawn?

Not the first time. By the half-dozenth time you wish you could, but don't.

I was actually considering asking my dad to put in a fence on that side of the yard, to force this jerk to use the sidewalk, or maybe dig a trench (it's not illegal to dig a hole in your yard if you can claim you intend to plant something there or put up a fence or are making some sort of rock garden and don't put it where it would be reasonable for anyone to walk).

I won't claim that I never cut through people's yards on my way to and from school. I did, but always used the sidewalk and never did it where people told me not to. One person said it was fine with him as long as I closed the gates after me so the dog didn't get out. He had a small Jack Russel terrier - cute little guy named Killer. Killer decided I was one of his favorite people, and loved to get petting and ear scratches. The dog across the street decided that it was okay for me to cut through the yard, but he would escort me, thankyouverymuch. He liked a pet and scratch as well, and I accepted the escort as you don't argue with a German Shepherd.

 

[Gelion]

Not r

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Not r

Too lazy to type the last word?

 

[Gelion]

Too lazy to type the last word?

I do lots of humour and stuff ( )

 

[AmazonQueen]

I do lots of humour and stuff ( )

It just goes above our heads.

 

[Gelion]

It just goes above our heads.

I know, I excelled myself here...

 

[Sommerswerd]

Things seem more simple in America, very fit for lazy people like me.

*someone entered my lawn.

"heh? you enter my lawn?"

* take my double-barrel shotgun that resting near me and....

BAAM!

No need for a long tiring argument, just shoot the problem till it is fixed.

Glorius.

In a mashup of the two issues (1.being lazy and 2. shooting people who come on your lawn), I submit the following for your consideration. Imagine being so lazy that you shoot people who come to cut your grass for you. Ladies and gentlemen... I give you... Texas.

Gunman in Fort Worth standoff surrenders after shooting at lawn mowing crew, officers

A gunman who opened fire on a lawn mowing crew and officers held authorities at bay for almost four hours Friday before he surrendered, police said. The man was arrested without incident about 12:20 p.m., and no injuries were reported. Fort Worth police did not release the name of the suspect. The man had opened fire on officers and mowers who were at his home to enforce code compliance because the grass was too tall, according to police.

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article252833233.html

Not the first time. By the half-dozenth time you wish you could, but don't.

Similar to the above story, but even crazier if you can believe that... Also in Texas... which...well...

City's attempt to cut Texas man's grass leads to a standoff, a fire and his death, police say

An attempt by Austin, Texas, officials to serve a search warrant and provide lawn care resulted in shots fired, an hourslong standoff, a house fire and a death, police said Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/city-s-attempt-cut-texas-man-s-grass-leads-standoff-n1282623

TL;DR - Man won't cut grass, so city sends contractors to do it for him, the man starts shooting at the contractors, SWAT gets sent over and they ask man to come out, man refuses to come out, then shoots at SWAT, they send in a drone to locate him, he then sets his own house on fire, then is forced out when house becomes engulfed in flames, man comes out, guns a blazing and is shot by police. The End.

 

[warpus]

So that's obviously insane, but IMO the western world has a stupid fascination with grass. There's lawns everywhere and it's such a waste of water to maintain all of that (by enough people who are evil enough to actually water their lawns).

I mow my lawn every 2-3 weeks or so, which is almost the most lazy schedule you can do without it spiraling out of control. And yeah, I admit, when I walk around my neighbourhood and I see somebody's lawn overgrown and with weeds, I judge them silently as I walk past.

But it seems to me that there's gotta be more options than just planting grass everywhere. A house on a nearby street has a bunch of rocks and gravel and stuff. It doesn't look great, but at least they're trying something new. Another house in the area's front yard has a garden and some shrubs on the city owned strip right by the road. It looks really nice. There's a couple others that have a mix of rocks, other plants, shrubs, etc. I've even seen gnomes. And those tiny plastic retaining walls that prevent biomes from touching each other, whatever they are called.

The stuff I've mentioned was thought up by random housewives and grandmothers. And yeah, don't knock housewives and grandmothers when it comes to decoration and gardening, but I bet if you put together a consortium of landscaping & feng shui (or whatever) experts and professionals, they would be able to give us a bunch of new exciting options.

In some places it's even illegal to not plant grass.. Even in places that claim to have freedom. That just seems like somebody is trying to destroy the planet on purpose.

If I wasn't lazy enough, I would start up a movement to make some of this happen. And in that scenario I would consider the crazy guy from the previous post as a religious fanatic equivalent of the movement.

 

[stfoskey12]

yes

 

[Zardnaar]

So that's obviously insane, but IMO the western world has a stupid fascination with grass. There's lawns everywhere and it's such a waste of water to maintain all of that (by enough people who are evil enough to actually water their lawns).

I mow my lawn every 2-3 weeks or so, which is almost the most lazy schedule you can do without it spiraling out of control. And yeah, I admit, when I walk around my neighbourhood and I see somebody's lawn overgrown and with weeds, I judge them silently as I walk past.

But it seems to me that there's gotta be more options than just planting grass everywhere. A house on a nearby street has a bunch of rocks and gravel and stuff. It doesn't look great, but at least they're trying something new. Another house in the area's front yard has a garden and some shrubs on the city owned strip right by the road. It looks really nice. There's a couple others that have a mix of rocks, other plants, shrubs, etc. I've even seen gnomes. And those tiny plastic retaining walls that prevent biomes from touching each other, whatever they are called.

The stuff I've mentioned was thought up by random housewives and grandmothers. And yeah, don't knock housewives and grandmothers when it comes to decoration and gardening, but I bet if you put together a consortium of landscaping & feng shui (or whatever) experts and professionals, they would be able to give us a bunch of new exciting options.

In some places it's even illegal to not plant grass.. Even in places that claim to have freedom. That just seems like somebody is trying to destroy the planet on purpose.

If I wasn't lazy enough, I would start up a movement to make some of this happen. And in that scenario I would consider the crazy guy from the previous post as a religious fanatic equivalent of the movement.

Never water my lawn. Guess the natural rain is enough.

 

[Broken_Erika]

I'm too lazy to poast in this thread!

 

[Gori the Grey]

Your energetic twin sister has done so on your behalf, though, it would appear.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

So that's obviously insane, but IMO the western world has a stupid fascination with grass. There's lawns everywhere and it's such a waste of water to maintain all of that (by enough people who are evil enough to actually water their lawns).

I mow my lawn every 2-3 weeks or so, which is almost the most lazy schedule you can do without it spiraling out of control. And yeah, I admit, when I walk around my neighbourhood and I see somebody's lawn overgrown and with weeds, I judge them silently as I walk past.

But it seems to me that there's gotta be more options than just planting grass everywhere. A house on a nearby street has a bunch of rocks and gravel and stuff. It doesn't look great, but at least they're trying something new. Another house in the area's front yard has a garden and some shrubs on the city owned strip right by the road. It looks really nice. There's a couple others that have a mix of rocks, other plants, shrubs, etc. I've even seen gnomes. And those tiny plastic retaining walls that prevent biomes from touching each other, whatever they are called.

The stuff I've mentioned was thought up by random housewives and grandmothers. And yeah, don't knock housewives and grandmothers when it comes to decoration and gardening, but I bet if you put together a consortium of landscaping & feng shui (or whatever) experts and professionals, they would be able to give us a bunch of new exciting options.

In some places it's even illegal to not plant grass.. Even in places that claim to have freedom. That just seems like somebody is trying to destroy the planet on purpose.

If I wasn't lazy enough, I would start up a movement to make some of this happen. And in that scenario I would consider the crazy guy from the previous post as a religious fanatic equivalent of the movement.

I used to watch interior decorating shows ranging from Trading Spaces to The Designer Guys (still miss Chris Stevens ; he had so many creative ideas). The designers I really did not like were the ones who yapped on about feng shui and did stuff more to suit their own preferences than the homeowner/resident's preferences. There was one episode of Trading Spaces where one of the homeowners physically attacked her neighbor because they painted part of the living room brown.

The last time that I chose home design stuff was when I bought a clock from the Society 6 website - you can somewhat customize them as to the color of the frame and hands, so I went with an abstract design that had a lot of autumn colors (shades of brown and gold) and a black frame and hands, because this would complement the colors of most of my bookshelves in the vicinity. I've had loads of compliments about it. But when it came time to picking out something to go into the china cabinet, naturally I went with penguins. I also have a print of the Antarctic penguins - a really sharp, beautiful picture with 6 different species.

But when it comes to grass... you really need some. Or at least some kind of vegetation. Otherwise you get whole subdivisions that are nothing more than heat sinks of concrete and asphalt. I've noticed that my mental health is better living on this side of the building, since my windows all face a mini-park with grass and trees, and a wide-open view of the sky. Before, all I had to look at was a parking lot and concrete wall, and hardly any view of the sky at all.

 

[warpus]

But when it comes to grass... you really need some. Or at least some kind of vegetation. Otherwise you get whole subdivisions that are nothing more than heat sinks of concrete and asphalt.

I really like the designs that incorporate bushes and other vegetation, various complementary decorations or other elements, etc. I agree we should stay away from concrete and asphalt too, except for the places where they're actually needed.

Moss is cool too. Maybe some grass is required, but surely there's other options than just "100% grass and that's it"

I'm too lazy to add anything about lazyness in this post though, so this is unfortunately a bit off topic

 

[amadeus]

I live in an apartment so I don’t have any grass, and neither do most people in the city. Depends on how far you go out, but they don’t have the kinds of lawn care that you have. The only lawnmower I’ve ever seen here was the old metal push kind that just spins the blades around.

I’d like a little yard, maybe about 10 square meters’ worth. Just enough to sit on, look at, have a little barbecue... enough just to take care of with a couple of minutes and one of them push mowers.

I’m really lazy today. Instead of a real lunch, I just had some cheese and crackers. I’ll eat some food food later.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I really like the designs that incorporate bushes and other vegetation, various complementary decorations or other elements, etc. I agree we should stay away from concrete and asphalt too, except for the places where they're actually needed.

Moss is cool too. Maybe some grass is required, but surely there's other options than just "100% grass and that's it"

I'm too lazy to add anything about lazyness in this post though, so this is unfortunately a bit off topic

I suppose someone could always start a thread on residential landscaping/gardens.

 

[Zardnaar]

I suppose someone could always start a thread on residential landscaping/gardens.

I need to hire one.