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Shackles and the sheriff of Shipley 21-Apr-2011 At 8:06:30 PM Linze

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>It reminds me of the street where my grandmother lived until 3 or 4 years
>ago (and my father grew up) in the suburb of Enoggera in Brisbane, next
>door to her (and on the corner of the street) the older gentleman neighbour
>had a number of fruit trees (mostly citrus) which he tended to and he allowed
>people to pick some fruit on the understanding that they only took a reasonable
>amount for personal consumption (and in parallel with the anchor situation
>I note that larger families took more fruit, my grandmother took only a
>little, the injustice!!). This situation existed without incident for
>over a quarter of a century.
>
>However as is want to happen, the folks in the street got older and eventually
>passed on, some of newcomers to the street (dinki couple) started taking
>advantage of the arrangement, they would pick every single piece of vaguely
>ripe fruit off the trees/vines and take it home with them. My grandmother's
>neighbour on several occaisions tried asking politely and when that failed
>he was as firm as a man in his early 80s can be when trying to reprimand
>someone half a century his junior can be.
>
so some consumed a little and others more, but overall the system was in harmony... so if some create little wear and other a little more is it fine - as long as they dont take advantage of the situation - becasue it will all even out overall? hmmm....
>
>So, I'll repeat my offer. If you're willing to put your money where your
>mouth is and donate $1000 towards anchor upgrades at the blackheath crags,
>I'll donate my time and we can work together to double that money and we
>put it into play.
>
no thanks, i am never going to be a large contributor to bolting either in terms of cash or time, but i am happy for anyone to top rope on any bolts that i do place if that seems like the right thing to do at the time...