We went up to the lake yesterday to see our friends who were staying at our old place where we used to rent... the place is not "in business" anymore they just rent to whomever they want...
Well, the new owner has, lets just say... a reputation for causing problems... One of my friends had told his wife that we would be there this week to visit and that we would be spending the day there... She said fine... Her husband has in the past gotten into screaming fits and even a fist fight or so with people and he is famous for calling in the sheriffs office when ever he feels he wants to...
I went swimming... not knowing, because no one was told, that he doesn't have insurance to allow "strange people" to swim off his beach. If he had told me, I'd have said "fine" and I would have gone next door to where I also have friends... But he didn't. (personally I don't think he has enough coverage for the people staying there now either...)
He called the sheriffs office... now you have to realize that this coward didn't even have the gumption to get off his butt and walk the MAYBE 150 feet to come and just let us know what was what. I would have been fine with that... but no... he called the sheriff (who wasn't happy to be there himself....)
The sheriff had to come all the way down to the beach... (I'm out on the swim raft) (He called because he couldn't identify the "strange woman" on his swim raft) (he DOES know me... & he knows my car (which was parked right next to where he was working...I used to stay there when he rented out the place (that was before the fist fights...) (which I was not involved in...)
The officer talked to my friend, who we were guests of... and told her that we couldn't stay. So... we packed everything up.
MOM, on the other hand is humiliated and quite hurt because all of the other friends (who we have known for over 30 years...) could not get their butts out of their beach chairs to come and even say goodbye to her. Their "reservation" for the cabins seems to be much more important to them than my mother. They essentially ignored us while we were leaving.
She even went to talk to Len (the bad guy) and as soon as he saw her coming - he turned and went inside... he was afraid of her.
I am of course pissed... (sorry, I just am... ) and spent the entire ride, jokingly trying to come up with ways of making them appreciate us (payback) since the cabin I want to buy backs up to their property....
I have decided to paint the cabin flamingo pink...
Blast LYNYRD SKYNYRD's Freebird constantly from the hours of 10 am to 10PM daily until they get sick of it, then I will switch over to Disco because we are destined to order a disco ball and strobe lights to hang in the bushes around the cabin...
I haven't decided yet if my "NO TRESSPASSING" sign is going to be Neon or just VERY BIG...
we thought I might buy the property across the road and erect a very large image of me on a billboard posing in front of the Hamilton County Sheriffs car... in a bikini




And then I just decided that I should invite Sukie and let him have a fashion show each day on the beach (Ian... I'll pay to ship in whatever he needs...does he own a speedo?) That should scare some of them...
I know there were other suggestions... but in real life, I plan on composing a nice letter to the Hamilton County Sheriff (Doug Parker) (who is related to 1/2of the people who I know up there...) and aplogize to them for having to drag them away from the important work that they do each day, just so they can come and tell a 77 year old woman that her daughter is "strange" & is swimming illegally.

(ok... I'll use different words...)
I feel bad that he felt he had to call the sheriff's office because Hamilton County is the largest county in NY and it is also the smallest population so they don't have too many officers to patrol over several hundred square miles... So... I'm going to apologize and then I am going to send a copy of it to Len's WIFE - who really owns the property. I'm not the only one he has done this to... I personally have 3 friends he has done this to.
So... that was our day... & I don't think I will be going back up to the lake to stay for this summer at least... (I might take a day trip to go to the craft fair... )