I went out today and checked the culvert between our house and the Catholic church and found some people camping out in it.  I woke them up and gave them an hour to beat it.  They left but left all their shit there, imagining they'd come back and get it I guess....but I've drug most of it out and it's going to the trash...  I've marked it "No Trespassing" but it's too attractive an area with good tree cover and no visibility unless you're standing right on top of them.

Probably violated their civil rights...

ETA I left some of their personal stuff (a Bible, two small packs and a suitcase) in a grocery cart off the curb in the street.  Took the stove, groundcover and anything else that was trash or would make sleeping on the ground comfortable.  They had a typical homeless sign for soliciting at a local intersection.  Cigarettes and booze and some evidence one was a woman.  What makes it a little dangerous is the campstove and all the lighters and matches as they're in an area of dry leaves and grass and big trees.  There was a bus ticket that indicated they'd come from Vegas around the 20th of December to Long Beach.  I called the Police the last time this happened but they didn't follow up after checking the camp out.  We contacted the Community Policing unit and they dropped the ball.  As long as I know the drill I'm OK with handling it myself.

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hide in the bushes with a supersoaker full of vinegar.  wait for them to set up camp, and then open up on em'!

Quoted: hide in the bushes with a supersoaker full of vinegar.  wait for them to set up camp, and then open up on em'!

or go to the sporting goods store and get some skunk scent or coyote urine scent

next thing ya know, they'll be owning your house and land!

Quoted: hide in the bushes with a supersoaker full of vinegar doe-in-heat urine.  wait for them to set up camp, and then open up on em'!

Not that I don't mind them smelling like a douche bag....

I finally made it down to the library to check in here on ARFCOM and I find this!!  You had better not throw my belongings out!  Hey, at least keep those 3 day old Honeybuns for me, those are good.

Quoted: Quoted: hide in the bushes with a supersoaker full of vinegar.  wait for them to set up camp, and then open up on em'! or go to the sporting goods store and get some skunk scent or coyote urine scent

Dude, he's trying to get them to stay away, not attract them!

Quoted: I finally made it down to the library to check in here on ARFCOM and I find this!!  You had better not throw my belongings out!  Hey, at least keep those 3 day old Honeybuns for me, those are good.

Sorry, the chickens already got the honeybuns....

Quoted: Quoted: I finally made it down to the library to check in here on ARFCOM and I find this!!  You had better not throw my belongings out!  Hey, at least keep those 3 day old Honeybuns for me, those are good. Sorry, the chickens already got the honeybuns....

Nothing personal, but I am taking a crap in your yard tonight.

Quoted: Got CS canisters? Great fun can be had with them. I don't know that from personal experience.

I do...  

It is probably a hate crime in California.  The ACLU will have it's A team of lawyers visit you shortly.

You got Hobos camping in your culvert and you kicked them out ?

Are you mad, man ?

You should have given them a friendly greeting, and they might have shared some of their delicious "Hobo Chili" with you.

Mmmmm, mmmm. Hobo Chili, made with those special secret hobo spices. Nothing beats it.

What's that ...................... excuse me, I think I hear a freight train that has a boxcar with my name on it.

Gimmie my stove back, you asshole.

Plant some posion oak there.

Hire some illegal aliens to beat 'em up.

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