Day 58 of 125

Day 58: A Fence Two Metres Too Far

On two neighbouring dacha plots near Tver, two old friends who have fallen out over a fence watch a cadastral engineer measure the boundary.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Николай Степанович, попрошу при специалисте не размахивать руками. Забор стоит там, где мы его ставили в девяносто шестом.

    Nikolai Stepanovich, I'll ask you not to wave your arms about in front of the specialist. The fence stands where we put it up in ninety-six.

  2. B

    Вот именно, Виктор Семёнович, стоял. А прошлой весной вы его «подправили», и моя смородина вдруг оказалась на вашей стороне.

    Exactly, Viktor Semyonovich, it stood there. But last spring you 'adjusted' it, and my blackcurrants suddenly ended up on your side.

  3. C

    Уважаемые, давайте без эмоций. Межевание проводилось, координаты границы внесены в кадастр, сейчас я вынесу точки на местность.

    Gentlemen, let's keep emotions out of it. The survey was done, the boundary coordinates are in the cadastre, and now I'll set out the points on the ground.

  4. A

    Выносите, молодой человек, выносите. Я тридцать лет заводом руководил, мне чужого не надо.

    Go ahead, young man, set them out. I ran a factory for thirty years, I've no need of what isn't mine.

  5. B

    Руководили, не спорю. Только привычка прирезать себе лишнюю территорию, говорят, остаётся у директоров на всю жизнь.

    You ran it, I don't dispute that. Only they say a director's habit of helping himself to a bit of extra land stays with him for life.

  6. C

    Так, точка три... точка четыре... Что ж, забор действительно стоит не по границе: смещение около двух метров.

    Right, point three... point four... Well then, the fence really isn't on the boundary: it's off by about two metres.

  7. B

    Что и требовалось доказать! Слышите, Виктор Семёнович? Два метра!

    Just as I said! Do you hear that, Viktor Semyonovich? Two metres!

  8. C

    Позвольте, я не договорил. Смещение в сторону участка Виктора Семёновича: выходит, это вы, Николай Степанович, пользуетесь его землёй.

    Excuse me, I hadn't finished. The offset is towards Viktor Semyonovich's plot: so it's you, Nikolai Stepanovich, who has been using his land.

  9. B

    Как это... его? Витя, я ж не знал, честное слово. Мы ж тогда вместе столбы вкапывали, на глазок.

    What do you mean... his? Vitya, I honestly didn't know. We dug those posts in together back then, by eye.

  10. A

    Ладно, Коля. Тридцать лет стоял, пусть и дальше стоит. Только смородину, раз она на моей земле, собираем пополам.

    All right, Kolya. It's stood there thirty years, let it go on standing. Only the blackcurrants, since they're on my land, we pick half and half.

  11. C

    Тогда в акте я отмечу, что спор урегулирован сторонами. Распишитесь вот здесь, оба, желательно одной ручкой.

    Then in the report I'll note that the dispute has been settled by the parties. Sign here, both of you, preferably with the same pen.

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