Odd things your neighbours do?
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BristolRich said:
My neighbour on bin day.
Every collection day we put out the appropriate wheelie bin with bags,box and or caddy in the same spot at the end of the drive. I come home from work to find the wheelie bin (emptied) but bags, box and or caddy missing.
I no longer bother hunting up and down the street looking for them thinking they'd blown down the road or the the collection men had left them somewhere else, as our neighbour for what ever reason keeps picking up their own box,bag and caddy along with ours and locks them away behind their gate.
I usually leave it a couple of hours and low and behold if by magic they all re appear at the end of the drive.
Do you think there is a possibility they might be doing it out of kindness? Ie: if a house is left with its wheelie bins out during bin day (after the collection has been) then it's a clear sign the house is empty to possible burglars.Every collection day we put out the appropriate wheelie bin with bags,box and or caddy in the same spot at the end of the drive. I come home from work to find the wheelie bin (emptied) but bags, box and or caddy missing.
I no longer bother hunting up and down the street looking for them thinking they'd blown down the road or the the collection men had left them somewhere else, as our neighbour for what ever reason keeps picking up their own box,bag and caddy along with ours and locks them away behind their gate.
I usually leave it a couple of hours and low and behold if by magic they all re appear at the end of the drive.
One of our sets of neighbours are quite, well, petty.
They don't like us and we don't like them, which all stemmed from them trying to take the piss (and still doing so to this day) with parking in the communal garage area at our development.
Anyway, so - a year and a bit ago, mum trades her Fiat 500 for an Abarth 500. 2 weeks Later, the woman neighbour's old Volvo C30 has become a nearly new V40.
Now, within a week of Dad taking back the old BMW company car and returning with a private Jag XJ, the bloke has swapped his 10 year old Lexus IS for a 1 year old Audi TT.
They would appear to have a serious case of "keeping up appearances" and none of the other neighbours believe it is a coincidence either....
They don't like us and we don't like them, which all stemmed from them trying to take the piss (and still doing so to this day) with parking in the communal garage area at our development.
Anyway, so - a year and a bit ago, mum trades her Fiat 500 for an Abarth 500. 2 weeks Later, the woman neighbour's old Volvo C30 has become a nearly new V40.
Now, within a week of Dad taking back the old BMW company car and returning with a private Jag XJ, the bloke has swapped his 10 year old Lexus IS for a 1 year old Audi TT.
They would appear to have a serious case of "keeping up appearances" and none of the other neighbours believe it is a coincidence either....
ChemicalChaos said:
One of our sets of neighbours are quite, well, petty.
They don't like us and we don't like them, which all stemmed from them trying to take the piss (and still doing so to this day) with parking in the communal garage area at our development.
Anyway, so - a year and a bit ago, mum trades her Fiat 500 for an Abarth 500. 2 weeks Later, the woman neighbour's old Volvo C30 has become a nearly new V40.
Now, within a week of Dad taking back the old BMW company car and returning with a private Jag XJ, the bloke has swapped his 10 year old Lexus IS for a 1 year old Audi TT.
They would appear to have a serious case of "keeping up appearances" and none of the other neighbours believe it is a coincidence either....
So the neighbour's sold their old cars and bought newer ones?They don't like us and we don't like them, which all stemmed from them trying to take the piss (and still doing so to this day) with parking in the communal garage area at our development.
Anyway, so - a year and a bit ago, mum trades her Fiat 500 for an Abarth 500. 2 weeks Later, the woman neighbour's old Volvo C30 has become a nearly new V40.
Now, within a week of Dad taking back the old BMW company car and returning with a private Jag XJ, the bloke has swapped his 10 year old Lexus IS for a 1 year old Audi TT.
They would appear to have a serious case of "keeping up appearances" and none of the other neighbours believe it is a coincidence either....
Isn't that what people do?
Low level stuff in comparison to some of this stuff, but the family who live opposite us are keen on keeping their lawns neat and tidy. Nothing odd about that, except that the wife use the flymo whilst hubby follows around holding the cable.
I know the cable on a flymo is a pain, but it makes us chuckle every time.
I know the cable on a flymo is a pain, but it makes us chuckle every time.
I'm very lucky in everywhere I have lived since I "moved out" from the parent's house.
What is more amusing to the wife and I, is listening to the neighbour's kids playing in the road (its a quiet cul-de-sac) in the afternoons/weekends. They love riding their bikes around and playing games. Opposite our driveway is a medium size tree on the patch of grass between pavement and road. It is "the place" for the kids to meet, and whenever the windows are open or we're in the garden, we hear "MEETING AT THE TREE!" being called quite often by the "head honcho" of the troupe of girls and their younger brothers.
Tis lovely.
I don't think there is much "odd" behaviour from any of the neighbours. Which probably means that I am the odd one that they all talk about.
What is more amusing to the wife and I, is listening to the neighbour's kids playing in the road (its a quiet cul-de-sac) in the afternoons/weekends. They love riding their bikes around and playing games. Opposite our driveway is a medium size tree on the patch of grass between pavement and road. It is "the place" for the kids to meet, and whenever the windows are open or we're in the garden, we hear "MEETING AT THE TREE!" being called quite often by the "head honcho" of the troupe of girls and their younger brothers.
Tis lovely.
I don't think there is much "odd" behaviour from any of the neighbours. Which probably means that I am the odd one that they all talk about.
ChemicalChaos said:
It's the fact they they very deliberately do so immediately after we change our cars, as if they cannot stand to be outdone. As I've said, other neighbours in the development have commented on the highly co-incidental nature of it too
You can easily test this theory.
Buy yourself a new Stetson. If he buys a new flat cap, then he's definately running his life based on yours.
Does the tt have a winch?
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