On a few occasions - pretty well - but I was a shoe in anyway by the time I got around to that.... I was a good looking guy in my 20's and could charm the stripes off a tiger.... Seem to be lacking charm and looks these days - fortunately married the last one to fall for it.
As for utility easements I have 5' of overhead 12kv in the back and 2' of the front yard is high-pressure gas down about 3' - both running the same direction the width of 28' on my lot. The only thing that bugs me is I cant put in a hot tub in the back yard as several service drop spread out from the pole out back as well - knew that when I bought the place. Both are required set-backs and can't build in them anyway due to zoning/planning. When they moved the transformer out of my yard a few months back I tried to get them to mid-span the neighbors drop - but no dice... Think I need to talk to them about thier easement, and its extent on my property as the drops are far outside the 5'....
Mark Heller "Well - I oughta....." -Jackie Gleason