COMMENT 151208
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2011-03-05 10:08 AM |
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Put a notice where your neighbor WILL see it, or send a flyer to her stating that your tree is part of a horticultural pesticide experiment and consumption of fruit from said tree is not advised. A fake fruitfly trap in her line of sight might also help.
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COMMENT 151211
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2011-03-05 10:17 AM |
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We had a neighbour who did this. I walked across to his house with a bag of oranges and told him to please ask next time he felt like helping himself as the tree was depleting fast and we needed our own oranges for juice. I also suggested he planted his own tree.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2011-03-05 10:17 AM |
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Get a VERY large dog.
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COMMENT 151217P
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2011-03-05 10:26 AM |
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Are you sure it's your neighbor and not someone else gaining access through her yard? I like the pesticide experiment idea -- put up signs around the tree.
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COMMENT 151222
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2011-03-05 10:35 AM |
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It's not surprising she denied it because she's too embarrassed to admit she's the culprit. Relax and try to find the humor in this and know that the pilfering will stop now that's she's been caught.
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COMMENT 151229P
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2011-03-05 11:06 AM |
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I like 208 & 222's plans of action. She's been caught & the trap in the tree will certainly add to some thinking by the orange napper.
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COMMENT 151236P
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2011-03-05 11:29 AM |
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I like 208's suggestion --- but be sure and put a trap of some sort in the tree. I also like the surveillance camera, except you'd have to waste a lot of time looking at nothing. What kind of orange is it?
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COMMENT 151273P
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2011-03-05 01:50 PM |
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This used to happen to me before we put in a chain link fence. My neighbor actually saw a lady and her approx 3 year old walk down the bridal path in back of our house with a bucket, and stop by our trees. When they noticed the neighbor looking at them, suddenly the woman very loudly started pointing to trees and naming them like she was just teaching the child what they were. But many fruit vanished during the daytime that year. I wound up scratching "THIEF" or "STOLEN" into the rind of the fruit on the tree. It was invisible at first, but after a few days formed a nice visible, readable scar, which I'd hoped wouldn't be discovered until they were sitting out on the thief's counter... The final solution was the improved fence.
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SHOREBIRD
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2011-03-05 01:55 PM |
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Tell your neighbor you are very happy she didn't take the oranges because you injected poison into several of the oranges because you think that "rats" are getting your oranges and you are glad to know that she is safe.
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COMMENT 151288
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2011-03-05 02:59 PM |
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"236P" - a motion activated camera would catch the citrus culprit.
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COMMENT 151289P
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2011-03-05 03:02 PM |
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put LSD in al the low hanging fruit; then camp out in your livingroom like Jimmy Stewart in "Rear Window", and you've got a front seat to the fun. ;) bring binoculars and if possible, one of those "hearing from far away" devices....what fun!
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COMMENT 151312
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2011-03-05 05:48 PM |
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I had tomato plants in my front yard bricked area. One neighbor asked if he could have some, and I said no problem. We also did lots of little and big things for him in his home and yard. Every day for years, he would waste my time asking about Real estate values and the market. One day, he told me he had put his home on the market with the person who came once a month to passout flyers. I was really quite miffed at him after wasting all my time for years. The next day I came home and he had picked ALL of my tomatoes. Every one. when I asked him about that, he said he figured I would not let him have any more so he took them all. Go figure! People are funny. My next door neighbor used to pick my lemons, but they were not much good anyway.
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COMMENT 151323
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2011-03-05 06:02 PM |
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What you have there is criminal trespassing and theft. I'd post a sign-"private property, no trespassing" ( you have to do that by law otherwise you cant press charges) and put a lock on the gate. If you really want to fix her, inject a laxative into the fruit (of course you cant eat it than either).
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COMMENT 151236P
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2011-03-05 08:03 PM |
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312, that's not being funny, but being extremely nasty. I hope you asked for and got them back! As for the motion-activated cam, good idea, except if it is in a windy area...... I know someone whose neighbor used to take the avocados, even bought a long picker to reach over the fence to do so ... and even offered some to the owner!
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GRANNYFRANNY
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2011-03-06 08:19 AM |
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If OP has enough oranges for herself and husband, why not share with this neighbor openly: heap some coals of fire on her head, say, "Hey, you are welcome to take (more) oranges as long as you leave a few for us."
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COMMENT 151430P
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2011-03-06 02:36 PM |
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273 what's a bridal path? Sounds romantic!
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COMMENT 151550
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2011-03-07 09:51 AM |
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A bridal path is for horses, a trail. Why share with a neighbor who would be so sneaky, and lie about it? I'm sure the orange owners have friends who would like some, or co-workers. My aunt picks her excess and leaves them in a box by her mail box for neighbors. I do the same with lemons.
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COMMENT 151747P
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2011-03-07 07:04 PM |
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Bet she'll stop now ~ you caught her!
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