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the impressive houses in the area but he was unimpressed, even when apologised once again for intruding and pointed to my camera on the car seat. At this point, I bid the man good day and went to get in the car to which the man, a short stocky individual in his forties, uttered the beloved "f.... you". Having spent so much of my life as a teacher and principal, this sort of thing does not amuse me and I decided some years ago, that all of us who tolerate such behaviour in others are in fact, encouraging it. So I responded to his comment, inquiring if he, a grown man had actually made that comment, to which he repeated his remark. My short lecture on etiquette did not impress the privacy seeking home owner and he charged the car as I lifted my camera. I had gone for the camera because the man's behaviour was, due my my antagonisation of the fellow, depreciating considerably his self control and I could not rationally predict the level of his violence.

To my relief Blanch came to life immediately with my door still open and the enraged man trying to get at me through the open door I managed to slam down the brake (Blanch requires this procedure in order to put her in gear) drop it into drive and use the accelerator to extricate the both of us from a testy situation. In praise of Blanch she is more then able to accomplish this task and in seconds we had left the mad man behind and climbed his hill where I pulled into a drive way entrance to take the picture you seen on page one. But in moments the acreage troll blasted up the hill in his pick up and jammed it in front of Blanch

Electric windows were promptly deployed on Blanch, as were the electric door locks, just in time to prevent him from ripping open the drivers side door, but after a moment of struggling with the locked door, he withdrew. Clearly, discussion with this guy was not going to be of benefit and in his yard he had creatively described what he would do with the camera and me, so I was not about to test his resolve, especially now that I was parked peacefully on her Majasty's roadway.

It was good to see him drive away. Now obviously this is a successful man, he has a new truck, a new house, on ten acres of expensive real estate, what would prompt him to act in this manner?

I was able to interview a neighbour and asked him if there was a problem with people driving in an out of the area and would that explain concerns about trespassing and privacy. The man I talked to, was a retired farmer who had lived on his acreage for the past three years and said it was an excellent place to live and gave he and his wife the feeling of being on their farm, yet afforded them the convenience of being minutes from the centre of town. He lives right out near the highway and having been a farmer all his life, perhaps he did not reflect the feelings of his neighbours. He said another of his neighbours has been there for many years and reports no problems or concerns about intruders. He did however caution his statements, by relating a minor hostile incident when he and members of his family strolled down by the white house that has been there almost a year now. From that incident he had chosen to avoid the ill-tempered fellow and enjoy the peace and quiet.

the impressive houses in the area but he was unimpressed, even when apologised once again for intruding and pointed to my camera on the car seat. At this point, I bid the man good day and went to get in the car to which the man, a short stocky individual in his forties, uttered the beloved "f.... you". Having spent so much of my life as a teacher and principal, this sort of thing does not amuse me and I decided some years ago, that all of us who tolerate such behaviour in others are in fact, encouraging it. So I responded to his comment, inquiring if he, a grown man had actually made that comment, to which he repeated his remark. My short lecture on etiquette did not impress the privacy seeking home owner and he charged the car as I lifted my camera. I had gone for the camera because the man's behaviour was, due my my antagonisation of the fellow, depreciating considerably his self control and I could not rationally predict the level of his violence. To my relief Blanch came to life immediately with my door still open and the enraged man trying to get at me through the open door I managed to slam down the brake (Blanch requires this procedure in order to put her in gear) drop it into drive and use the accelerator to extricate the both of us from a testy situation. In praise of Blanch she is more then able to accomplish this task and in seconds we had left the mad man behind and climbed his hill where I pulled into a drive way entrance to take the picture you seen on page one. But in moments the acreage troll blasted up the hill in his pick up and jammed it in front of Blanch
Electric windows were promptly deployed on Blanch, as were the electric door locks, just in time to prevent him from ripping open the drivers side door, but after a moment of struggling with the locked door, he withdrew. Clearly, discussion with this guy was not going to be of benefit and in his yard he had creatively described what he would do with the camera and me, so I was not about to test his resolve, especially now that I was parked peacefully on her Majasty's roadway. It was good to see him drive away. Now obviously this is a successful man, he has a new truck, a new house, on ten acres of expensive real estate, what would prompt him to act in this manner?
I was able to interview a neighbour and asked him if there was a problem with people driving in an out of the area and would that explain concerns about trespassing and privacy. The man I talked to, was a retired farmer who had lived on his acreage for the past three years and said it was an excellent place to live and gave he and his wife the feeling of being on their farm, yet afforded them the convenience of being minutes from the centre of town. He lives right out near the highway and having been a farmer all his life, perhaps he did not reflect the feelings of his neighbours. He said another of his neighbours has been there for many years and reports no problems or concerns about intruders. He did however caution his statements, by relating a minor hostile incident when he and members of his family strolled down by the white house that has been there almost a year now. From that incident he had chosen to avoid the ill-tempered fellow and enjoy the peace and quiet.