Odd things your neighbours do?
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t in the stair. I think the common denominator was heroin.
also bizarrely uses furniture polish on the wheels and tyres 
Moved into our house five months ago, neighbours both sides.
Neighbour one side...wears foundation and reminds me of Lester Nygaard but speaks (if anything a bit too much). Seems friendly enough.
Other side...complete blank. I've said good morning from across the garden, I've smiled and waved, we even said "Hello" (Insert Smilyface) to her face to face when walking towards her only she looked to the ground and blanked us completly.
I'm not wanting them to invite me in for a cup of tea or 'out but a wave or smile wouldnt go a miss... Quite possibly the most ignorant person I've met...but its completly ok for their daughter to play on our front garden, trample all the new plants we put in and stand outside our kitchen window looking in.
Neighbour one side...wears foundation and reminds me of Lester Nygaard but speaks (if anything a bit too much). Seems friendly enough.
Other side...complete blank. I've said good morning from across the garden, I've smiled and waved, we even said "Hello" (Insert Smilyface) to her face to face when walking towards her only she looked to the ground and blanked us completly.
I'm not wanting them to invite me in for a cup of tea or 'out but a wave or smile wouldnt go a miss... Quite possibly the most ignorant person I've met...but its completly ok for their daughter to play on our front garden, trample all the new plants we put in and stand outside our kitchen window looking in.
Our neighbours are constantly drilling, Usually for at least 9 hours a day (We work from home) I've no idea what they are doing that requires 9 hours of drilling a day but its been going on for at least 4 months.
Also in swimming pool when i go down to do my length swim theres a chap that get in the pool and swims diagonally from corner to corner cutting everyone else up. (I suspect its the same guy who shat in the pool the other week closing it for nearly a month)
One of our other neighbours (Parks next to us in the shared garage) seems to recycle cat litter. There's a tarp laid out over their whole parking space covered in cat litter with what looks like small cat turds in it. Every other day it disappears and is replaced by wetter looking cat litter, When that dries it again disappears. Cat litter isn't even that expensive! And no its not to soak up leaking oil as they don't have a car!
Also in swimming pool when i go down to do my length swim theres a chap that get in the pool and swims diagonally from corner to corner cutting everyone else up. (I suspect its the same guy who shat in the pool the other week closing it for nearly a month)
One of our other neighbours (Parks next to us in the shared garage) seems to recycle cat litter. There's a tarp laid out over their whole parking space covered in cat litter with what looks like small cat turds in it. Every other day it disappears and is replaced by wetter looking cat litter, When that dries it again disappears. Cat litter isn't even that expensive! And no its not to soak up leaking oil as they don't have a car!
Dr Murdoch said:
Apt username...
My neighbours son (40ish) comes to visit fairly regularly, all he does when he is there is walk up and down the front path, for hours. He will get to the front gate, look right then left, walk back towards the house.....then repeat.
Most bizarre to witness, I think he is a bit mental, poor bugger
We have someone like this - about the same age.My neighbours son (40ish) comes to visit fairly regularly, all he does when he is there is walk up and down the front path, for hours. He will get to the front gate, look right then left, walk back towards the house.....then repeat.
Most bizarre to witness, I think he is a bit mental, poor bugger
When he puts his bins out, he'll place them on the pavement and then flip the lids several times, looking in the bins each time.
Likewise when he goes to his mother's house (she lives across from him) he'll stand at the door looking around and he'll also peep through the keyhole before going inside.
I believe he suffers from a severe case of OCD.
But if you didn't know him - his behaviour looks quite furtive, as if he's up to no good.
When having the grass on the front garden removed, and purple slate put down, some dirt landed on the common access drive.
My next door neighbour drove through it. He then proceeded to give my gardener a bo****king about getting the drive dirty.
Went into his house, came out in full sou'wester type outfit, with a glass of water and a toothbrush - and started to clean the tread of his tyres.
My next door neighbour drove through it. He then proceeded to give my gardener a bo****king about getting the drive dirty.
Went into his house, came out in full sou'wester type outfit, with a glass of water and a toothbrush - and started to clean the tread of his tyres.
mine are both ok,
one habit thought is putting the dog crap bags ontop of the shed and leaving it there, if it stinks surely youd double bag it and put it in the bin,
which in itself is in full view of the house and not behind the shed.
The shed is the most bizarre thing ive seen, its tupperware quality plastic thats got woodgrain colouring on it,
one habit thought is putting the dog crap bags ontop of the shed and leaving it there, if it stinks surely youd double bag it and put it in the bin,
which in itself is in full view of the house and not behind the shed.
The shed is the most bizarre thing ive seen, its tupperware quality plastic thats got woodgrain colouring on it,
CDB1983 said:
Our neighbours are constantly drilling, Usually for at least 9 hours a day (We work from home) I've no idea what they are doing that requires 9 hours of drilling a day but its been going on for at least 4 months.
Also in swimming pool when i go down to do my length swim theres a chap that get in the pool and swims diagonally from corner to corner cutting everyone else up. (I suspect its the same guy who shat in the pool the other week closing it for nearly a month)
One of our other neighbours (Parks next to us in the shared garage) seems to recycle cat litter. There's a tarp laid out over their whole parking space covered in cat litter with what looks like small cat turds in it. Every other day it disappears and is replaced by wetter looking cat litter, When that dries it again disappears. Cat litter isn't even that expensive! And no its not to soak up leaking oil as they don't have a car!
pics of the tarp!Also in swimming pool when i go down to do my length swim theres a chap that get in the pool and swims diagonally from corner to corner cutting everyone else up. (I suspect its the same guy who shat in the pool the other week closing it for nearly a month)
One of our other neighbours (Parks next to us in the shared garage) seems to recycle cat litter. There's a tarp laid out over their whole parking space covered in cat litter with what looks like small cat turds in it. Every other day it disappears and is replaced by wetter looking cat litter, When that dries it again disappears. Cat litter isn't even that expensive! And no its not to soak up leaking oil as they don't have a car!
austinsmirk said:
with about 8 houses on it.
Just odd, that's all. 
Do you have a problem counting up to 8....or beyond 8.
Or do you get to 8 & can't remember what it is you're counting?
Or is your "private road" many miles long, so long in fact that you've never been to the other end so you're not sure if there are any more houses you could add to the tally
One couple always park their cars on the pavement rather than in the parking bays. There seems to be no reason for it at all and when the bloke drives off, he glares in every window as he drives down the pavement. If for some reason he can't get on the pavement outside of his house, he drives around the corner or further down the road until he's on the pavement. I just find that odd.
NeMiSiS said:
A guy who lives behind me works odd shifts, he leaves for work at 0430am he rides a bicycle to work and on his way out of the close he blows on a dog whistle, I know because I've seen and heard it, and then I've had to put up with all the dogs barking in the close for hours afterwards.
I approached him about this and he denied it, it stopped for a while but now he has started again, I can't lay in wait for him as he doesn't do it every time he leaves, and if I was to get up out of bed to collar him he would be off down the cycle path before I could get out.
The gate to the cycle path is designed to keep motorbikes and horses out, it is a huge ‘U’ shaped heavy gauge steel pipe, it opens half and half and allows you and your bike through one at a time. When he goes through this gate he puposely kicks it to the gates stop bar and it makes a really loud clang like a bell. I don't hear this as it's a way away from my house but my neighbours tell me of the issue, and again he denies it.
I believe he is peed off at getting up so early, so in a true BagPuss style, he decides, if I’m up, everybody is up.
What a cock nocker. If he's up that early I would be inclined to knock him out of bed at 11pm and ask him if he blows his whistle and kicks the gate - which he will deny.I approached him about this and he denied it, it stopped for a while but now he has started again, I can't lay in wait for him as he doesn't do it every time he leaves, and if I was to get up out of bed to collar him he would be off down the cycle path before I could get out.
The gate to the cycle path is designed to keep motorbikes and horses out, it is a huge ‘U’ shaped heavy gauge steel pipe, it opens half and half and allows you and your bike through one at a time. When he goes through this gate he puposely kicks it to the gates stop bar and it makes a really loud clang like a bell. I don't hear this as it's a way away from my house but my neighbours tell me of the issue, and again he denies it.
I believe he is peed off at getting up so early, so in a true BagPuss style, he decides, if I’m up, everybody is up.
I'd also be back there at 11:30, midnight and 1am to ask the same question. I'm sure he'd get the message eventually.
Mr Gearchange said:
What a cock nocker. If he's up that early I would be inclined to knock him out of bed at 11pm and ask him if he blows his whistle and kicks the gate - which he will deny.
I'd also be back there at 11:30, midnight and 1am to ask the same question. I'm sure he'd get the message eventually.
poundland padlock on the gate tooI'd also be back there at 11:30, midnight and 1am to ask the same question. I'm sure he'd get the message eventually.
We've had a young-ish couple move in next to us about 6 months ago. Seem friendly enough, fairly regular but run odd hours of coming and going, but recently there has been a definite smell of the old 'Mary Jane' being grown in the air albeit intermittently. I've noticed they've had air-con installed but can't imagine there's a weed factory in there.
Funny but after doing some gardening last weekend I apologised to the girlfriend for going a little over board on the trimming of a rather invasive tree/shrub that is up against the our fence and she wasn't at all bothered by it and said that it was her boyfriend that was the gardener of the house. Couldn't help but drop a little "I bet he is" as she walked away. She was grinning walking away.
Not on the Breaking Bad level, but they are at it all right.
Funny but after doing some gardening last weekend I apologised to the girlfriend for going a little over board on the trimming of a rather invasive tree/shrub that is up against the our fence and she wasn't at all bothered by it and said that it was her boyfriend that was the gardener of the house. Couldn't help but drop a little "I bet he is" as she walked away. She was grinning walking away.
Not on the Breaking Bad level, but they are at it all right.
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