Balls

[Southendnick]

With the good weather the kids next door are playing with their balls in their garden however three times in about an hour I have had three balls come over in to my garden, I have thrown them back each time well it has happened again, the balls are currently still sat in my garden.

Question is Do I HAVE to give them back as soon as possible or can I hold on to them until they ask for them back?

[silver fox]

With the good weather the kids next door are playing with their balls in their garden however three times in about an hour I have had three balls come over in to my garden, I have thrown them back each time well it has happened again, the balls are currently still sat in my garden.

Question is Do I HAVE to give them back as soon as possible or can I hold on to them until they ask for them back?

You can accidentally put your garden fork through them before returning, but this not generally conducive to good neighbourly relations.

You can just leave them there until someone politely asks for the return of their balls.

[DanH]

I've had a similar problem over the last few days. Yesterday afternoon a ball came over the fence and landed in something the dog had left Today another ball came over whilst I was enjoying a glass of cool refreshing cider in the sunshine, and instead of coming round to my front door and asking politely they instead shouted out oi , chuck us our ball back. Needless to say, I refused to do so until they came around and asked politely. I told them to leave it for a couple of hours at any rate seeing as they'd been so rude.

[Abingdonman]

We have had a few balls over the fence,especially in recent times,we've always treated the kids as we find them,if they have a bit of respect for us noisewise,and dont trespass and damage etc (thing is we have a large park just 50 yds from this house )they can have their ball handed back no problem,if they have no respect they have to walk 100 yds around a row of houses and ask for it......thats how it is after a few bits of abuse
they also know that if our dog gets hold of the ball before anyone else....the ball is lucky to survive!

[DerekF]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

[Abingdonman]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

I did think like that once,but I've since changed my mind about being a 'happy obliging neighbour' to some of the horrible blighters!

[Hatstand]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

Which is worse, the people who complain, or the people who complain about complainers?

[DerekF]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

Which is worse, the people who complain, or the people who complain about complainers?

I don't know. Which is worse?

[psquiddy]

In my day we used to climb over and get them back

[Hatstand]

I don't know. Which is worse?

It was a trick question - they're both the same...

[DanH]

I wouldn't call it being grumpy at all. As far as I'm concerned, I'm just expecting them to use simple good manners. Something which is sadly lacking these days.

[DerekF]

I don't know. Which is worse?

It was a trick question - they're both the same...

Oh OK. Anyway, a picture of, sorry, for you all.

[Abingdonman]

I don't know. Which is worse?

It was a trick question - they're both the same...

Oh OK. Anyway, a picture of, sorry, for you all.

Thats more like the kids parents around here!
trust me you wouldnt embrace some of the kids I'm talking about........kids with faces of a 50yr old,gruff voices that speak fouler language than Frankie Boyle & Gordon Ramsey combined...and thats just the kids from the posh end!

[Southendnick]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

It was if the were doing it deliberately, for three balls to come over four times in an hour it is not an accident, might have to throw them the wrong way and the the other neighbours staffy have some fun! or throw them a little too hard in the the next garden where there high brambles.

If that makes me a grumpy old git than so be it.

(Any chance of a smiliy for that!)

[stratocaster]

I'm quite surprised to read that you have this going on with kids and footballs or tennis balls etc,I'd have thought in this day and age they'd be stuck indoors on playstations or hurling abuse at anyone and smashing up the local convenience store! (Ok,I know,,I'm a cynical guy! )

[Abingdonman]

Being an ex Oxford area geezer,I regularly look at the Oxford Mail online,Oxford city council have banned football in a housing estate road recently,I believe the problem was as much the noise of ball against brick walls as balls in gardens
The subject had over 150 comments,I found reading the 'for' and 'against' interesting ....and hilarious!
Its on a large estate of some notoriety(I knew it well in 1960s )I dont know the real ins and outs of this particular problem,but would imagine others will try to get a ban on the estates roads now,if it sticks......

[skyhigh]

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[stratocaster]

I think myself very fortunate or lucky to have grown up firstly in a house with a large back garden (Yes it looked on to neighbouring gardens) where I could play football and a quiet crescent where all the kids could run around playing chase games and the odd bit of street football,then when I moved to Edinburgh I found myself in a flat and a communal back green where No Ball Games By Order was the notice on the stair shed of an adjacent block of flats,fortunately just 2 mins up the road was Meadowfield park (Part of Holyrood park) so this wasn't an issue.Shame times have changed and now they're trying to encourage kids to get out and play more.

[vandal]

I do think that some people on here went straight from being born to being old aged. Grumpy old gits.

It was if the were doing it deliberately, for three balls to come over four times in an hour it is not an accident, might have to throw them the wrong way and the the other neighbours staffy have some fun! or throw them a little too hard in the the next garden where there high brambles.

If that makes me a grumpy old git than so be it.

(Any chance of a smiliy for that!)

When I first read your post, I thought that they were playing with you. They throw the ball over, you throw it back, and so on. When you never threw it back they maybe thought you didn't want to play anymore. Even more so if they've not been round to ask for the ball back.

Have they asked for the ball back?

[Southendnick]

Nope, chucked it back at 11:00pm last night after the brats had gone in, not come back over since!

[Ben H]

Just chuck it back. It takes all of - what - ten seconds? Surely it's not that hard just to be a decent person and keep some kids on their summer holiday happy?

[LN Strike Eagle]

Just chuck it back. It takes all of - what - ten seconds? Surely it's not that hard just to be a decent person and keep some kids on their summer holiday happy?

[PChaplin]

Just chuck it back. It takes all of - what - ten seconds? Surely it's not that hard just to be a decent person and keep some kids on their summer holiday happy?

That seems like a good idea to me.

[Southendnick]

Just chuck it back. It takes all of - what - ten seconds? Surely it's not that hard just to be a decent person and keep some kids on their summer holiday happy?

But when they do doing it deliberately why should I do it each and every time it happens, fot three balls to come over four times in less than an hour takes the you know what.

They clearly are not too botherd about getting them back quickly as they have not knocked once. The new rule if it come over once I will chuck it back, if it come over again they can wait until they either knock or I need to go out into my garden. I am not going to make a special trip just to throw the ball back, why should I.

[Macc]

Just chuck it back. It takes all of - what - ten seconds? Surely it's not that hard just to be a decent person and keep some kids on their summer holiday happy?

But when they do doing it deliberately why should I do it each and every time it happens, fot three balls to come over four times in less than an hour takes the you know what.

They clearly are not too botherd about getting them back quickly as they have not knocked once. The new rule if it come over once I will chuck it back, if it come over again they can wait until they either knock or I need to go out into my garden. I am not going to make a special trip just to throw the ball back, why should I.

I doubt they're doing it deliberately. I remember when I had goals in my backgarden that I often kicked it into the neighbours garden multiple times through an hour.

If you're busy then fair enough, don't drop what you're doing to go put it straight back but I can't understand why it seems such a massive deal.