Foraging

meg72

ceridwen wrote: »

We've been having this discussion over on the Old Style Board on a foraging thread - ie the one about how much people are entitled to take from "free food". I think it has been pretty much established that sometimes it really is a case of some Greedy Guts got in and "nicked the lot" - rather than it being a case of "a lot of people took a little each". People have sometimes been seen "stripping trees" and I've certainly seen evidence of people doing so in my locality. I know someone pointed out that maybe someone had seen loads and thought "All for me" and not realised other people would come along to get some afterwards or the amount of time it would take to prep. what they gathered. I think that was a bit over-optimistic - as I've now seen the exact same trees "stripped" several years in a row now and all the evidence is that it was one person that did it.

So - there ARE Greedy Grabbers out there and one just has to hope that most people will be Fair Sharers (ie recognising that they can only have a "reasonable" amount - when its a case that others are likely to come later for some too)....and hope the Greedy Grabbers get acute stomach ache:rotfl:

A friend of mine was very put out to see one of his neighbours armed with several carrier bags stripping his plum tree in his front garden.
when he objected to this theft the neighbour told him he shouldput a fence up. He wished him more than acute stomach ache I can tell you.

ceridwen

meg72 wrote: »

A friend of mine was very put out to see one of his neighbours armed with several carrier bags stripping his plum tree in his front garden.
when he objected to this theft the neighbour told him he shouldput a fence up. He wished him more than acute stomach ache I can tell you.

:rotfl::rotfl: - like a visit from the local constabulary for theft?

Sorry - shouldnt laugh - but what an awful thing to have happen - to find that not only are there thieves around that have to be watched out for - but one of them lives literally on the doorstep.

What comeback did your friend do on the thief? - either "official" or "unofficial"...