Odd things your neighbours do?
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knitware said:
Not quite a neighbour but the first house at the entrance to my old village Catcliffe, a northern ex-mining community between Rotherham and Sheffield.
I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
If the traffic is bad going to work I turn off the main road and do a little shifty down the back streets saves a fair chunk of time. Anyway one of the houses I drive past has for the last 4 or 5 years had Christmas decorations and lights up and never taken them down. I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
Its not just 1 row of lights were talking this house is covered in them even has goal post shapes of wood knocked together along the drive with lights all over them.
This thread reminds me of a good few years ago when I scared the neighbours children (no not in that way...!)
I'd parked my car to take a quick leak by a convenient tree and had not pulled the handbrake on enough. It rolled backwards with the door open, eventually the door caught a post and bent.
When I got home it was obvious that the leading edge was now catching on the wing. To prevent further damage I did a bit of metal work with a hammer. Lad opened the door, saw me beating s
t out of my car with said hammer and fetched his mum quick....
I'd parked my car to take a quick leak by a convenient tree and had not pulled the handbrake on enough. It rolled backwards with the door open, eventually the door caught a post and bent.
When I got home it was obvious that the leading edge was now catching on the wing. To prevent further damage I did a bit of metal work with a hammer. Lad opened the door, saw me beating s
t out of my car with said hammer and fetched his mum quick....surveyor said:
This thread reminds me of a good few years ago when I scared the neighbours children (no not in that way...!)
I'd parked my car to take a quick leak by a convenient tree and had not pulled the handbrake on enough. It rolled backwards with the door open, eventually the door caught a post and bent.
When I got home it was obvious that the leading edge was now catching on the wing. To prevent further damage I did a bit of metal work with a hammer. Lad opened the door, saw me beating st out of my car with said hammer and fetched his mum quick....
So you were pissing up a tree outside your neighbours?????I'd parked my car to take a quick leak by a convenient tree and had not pulled the handbrake on enough. It rolled backwards with the door open, eventually the door caught a post and bent.
When I got home it was obvious that the leading edge was now catching on the wing. To prevent further damage I did a bit of metal work with a hammer. Lad opened the door, saw me beating s
t out of my car with said hammer and fetched his mum quick....And you couldnt make it it to your own house/garden?
Your need medical help quick. Either mental or physical
silverfoxcc said:
So you were pissing up a tree outside your neighbours?????
And you couldnt make it it to your own house/garden?
Your need medical help quick. Either mental or physical
Perhaps I should be clearer. The leak was off a quiet country lane with no-one around, 3 hours from home. Beating the door with the hammer was at home. Two events - although linked.And you couldnt make it it to your own house/garden?
Your need medical help quick. Either mental or physical
The clue was of course When I got home
Two doors down from us an old couple are anally retentive about their wheeliebin.
They put it out the afternoon before, but then check it every hour to see whether anyone has put anything in it.
Sometimes people's bins are overloaded so they pop a bin bag into the elderly couples bin.
An hour later the bin bag is by the side of the bins.
If someone else happens to pop it back in then, an hour later, it's back out again.
You can play this game all evening with different items going in and out.
An old guy round the corner has his bedroom window fully open at 5am and plays C&W full volume.
An old biddy opposite him throws her food scraps from an upstairs window onto the pavement below for the birds, but never looks beforehand, so has thrown them over quite a few people.
They put it out the afternoon before, but then check it every hour to see whether anyone has put anything in it.
Sometimes people's bins are overloaded so they pop a bin bag into the elderly couples bin.
An hour later the bin bag is by the side of the bins.
If someone else happens to pop it back in then, an hour later, it's back out again.
You can play this game all evening with different items going in and out.
An old guy round the corner has his bedroom window fully open at 5am and plays C&W full volume.
An old biddy opposite him throws her food scraps from an upstairs window onto the pavement below for the birds, but never looks beforehand, so has thrown them over quite a few people.
cootuk said:
Two doors down from us an old couple are anally retentive about their wheeliebin.
They put it out the afternoon before, but then check it every hour to see whether anyone has put anything in it.
Sometimes people's bins are overloaded so they pop a bin bag into the elderly couples bin.
An hour later the bin bag is by the side of the bins.
If someone else happens to pop it back in then, an hour later, it's back out again.
You can play this game all evening with different items going in and out.
I feel a bit sorry for people like that.They put it out the afternoon before, but then check it every hour to see whether anyone has put anything in it.
Sometimes people's bins are overloaded so they pop a bin bag into the elderly couples bin.
An hour later the bin bag is by the side of the bins.
If someone else happens to pop it back in then, an hour later, it's back out again.
You can play this game all evening with different items going in and out.
They clearly have nothing interesting going on in their lives, or just simply nothing at all going on.
NinjaPower said:
The parcel story just reminded me that a few months ago I had a parcel left with my neighbour a couple of houses down. They are a younger couple probably a similar age to myself.
I knocked on the door and the girl answered in her knickers and bra, and then proceeded to chat for a minute or so before wandering off to get my parcel, all whilst in her underwear.
Was she hot?I knocked on the door and the girl answered in her knickers and bra, and then proceeded to chat for a minute or so before wandering off to get my parcel, all whilst in her underwear.
Pretty sure she wanted to give you something other than just your parcel
knitware said:
Not quite a neighbour but the first house at the entrance to my old village Catcliffe, a northern ex-mining community between Rotherham and Sheffield.
I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
Your not MP for South Islington are you or god help you if your married to her.. I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2842783/La...
Gretchen said:
Several send occasional humorous/piss taking texts about my attire/social life/activities/short shorts...
Seriously though, I love my neighbours.
A few of us have made pacts never to move. In fact one has bought the house next door to ensure his stay, and another is attempting to do this in the next few years. (There's just two homes out of half a dozen that will be moving on).
This week I've been given free fire wood, bottles of wine and offered a lift. A few weeks ago a neighbour drove my parents home after a car accident. I can pop over for a cuppa anytime and trust them/vice versa with parcels/keeping an eye on house etc.
They look after me and all very sound.
Christ knows what my neighbours post about me however...
Our last place was like that, trust me you will miss those neighbours when you leave, our current ones are alright, it's just the last lot were brilliant, it took my wife along time to settle and feel at home at our current house.Seriously though, I love my neighbours.
A few of us have made pacts never to move. In fact one has bought the house next door to ensure his stay, and another is attempting to do this in the next few years. (There's just two homes out of half a dozen that will be moving on).
This week I've been given free fire wood, bottles of wine and offered a lift. A few weeks ago a neighbour drove my parents home after a car accident. I can pop over for a cuppa anytime and trust them/vice versa with parcels/keeping an eye on house etc.
They look after me and all very sound.
Christ knows what my neighbours post about me however...
nadger said:
knitware said:
Not quite a neighbour but the first house at the entrance to my old village Catcliffe, a northern ex-mining community between Rotherham and Sheffield.
I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
I've told you before. Stop taking pictures of my fI lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
king house, or I'll set the staffer on you! Or the wife. Velour burns aren't a laughing matter!;-)
StuntmanMike said:
nadger said:
knitware said:
Not quite a neighbour but the first house at the entrance to my old village Catcliffe, a northern ex-mining community between Rotherham and Sheffield.
I lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
I've told you before. Stop taking pictures of my fI lived there a few years and a flag has been there all that time. I’m all for a bit of Pomp and Circumstance, but driving home and seeing this, ugh, chavtastic.
Was I being churlish, what does it say to you?
king house, or I'll set the staffer on you! Or the wife. Velour burns aren't a laughing matter!;-)
t400ble said:
A few years back, someone few doors up came round to my moms demanding a parcel we had for them. We didn't.
Had to tell them to do one in the end, we hadn't had it and unlike them work all day
I'd never take anything in for anyone ever
If I need something, I get it delivered to work
not really a neighbour (fortunately) the stupid bHad to tell them to do one in the end, we hadn't had it and unlike them work all day
I'd never take anything in for anyone ever
If I need something, I get it delivered to work
h who used to live in my house came round about 3 years after she moved out kicking off saying her son had bought something on amazon and hadn't updated the address (he was about 24 by this time, not 14), and it had been delivered to my house, like it was somehow my fault. More stuff from them - on the day when they moved out and we moved in, they were still in the fking house at 5pm in Winter (so, dark) and had roped every fker in the street in to help them clean and pack. They'd clearly done st all until the actual day. So, me, my ex and her 6 year old son had to just hang around in limbo. Fortunately we were moving out of rented otherwise we'd have been right in the st. She then had the absolute bare-faced cheek, once they were actually ready to leave, to say that her 3 sons just wanted to say bye to the house. The youngest was about 18 at that point. I could have literally floored the bh. I agree, Mike. It is a shame...I think the British flag doesn't have this stereotype quite so much. It's interesting!
Regarding odd things our neighbours do, our current neighbours are lovely people. They're very pleasant, they are friendly and don't just seem to want to leave it at small talk. So I don't dislike them, I'm just curious that they obviously don't seem happy in their house!
Me and my wife have lived in our house for over 4 years and we only once heard our neighbours. They were Greek. Probably smashing plates or something. But our new neighbours, in our Semi-det property set off our baby monitor daily. They can't seemingly close a door, or a cupboard door without rattling our radiators and as I said, setting off the baby monitor. Something new parents will be aware of, when the baby monitor goes off you stop moving and breathing, until you don't hear a further sound for 30 seconds and you can relax again...
...they also do so much DIY it's now got annoying. They've installed their own wood/burner thing and made the exhaust out the back of the house. I love the smell, it's great and fair play to them, but their back garden is covered in dog muck and isn't safe to walk in without wellington boots.
Just very different people
Regarding odd things our neighbours do, our current neighbours are lovely people. They're very pleasant, they are friendly and don't just seem to want to leave it at small talk. So I don't dislike them, I'm just curious that they obviously don't seem happy in their house!
Me and my wife have lived in our house for over 4 years and we only once heard our neighbours. They were Greek. Probably smashing plates or something. But our new neighbours, in our Semi-det property set off our baby monitor daily. They can't seemingly close a door, or a cupboard door without rattling our radiators and as I said, setting off the baby monitor. Something new parents will be aware of, when the baby monitor goes off you stop moving and breathing, until you don't hear a further sound for 30 seconds and you can relax again...
...they also do so much DIY it's now got annoying. They've installed their own wood/burner thing and made the exhaust out the back of the house. I love the smell, it's great and fair play to them, but their back garden is covered in dog muck and isn't safe to walk in without wellington boots.
Just very different people
I got on well with my (odd) neighbour until I beat him in the finals of a golf tournament.
He gets free use of my paddock for his sheep, chats over the fence, delivers free firewood to me (i give him whisky for it which he likes) but then we played in this golf tournament and he did everything in his power (including cheating) to beat me. When he lost he just said "That's that then" walked off and hasn't spoken to me since.
He gets free use of my paddock for his sheep, chats over the fence, delivers free firewood to me (i give him whisky for it which he likes) but then we played in this golf tournament and he did everything in his power (including cheating) to beat me. When he lost he just said "That's that then" walked off and hasn't spoken to me since.
in many first world countries, patriotism generally means those that cling on to beliefs which are outdated, one of the major things being that they need to somehow 'defend' the nation against change, because it was better how it was (however long ago they choose to focus upon). They also see the nation they seek to defend as a group of like people (humans do do this a lot with various things in life) and that everyone else is 'the problem'. In first world nations, patriotism breeds racism among many of the people who subscribe to it, because for them immigration represents the biggest threat to 'their country'. The flag is just the emblem of the patriot - it's not the flag itself that's the issue, it's just a signal to the world that someone sees themselves as a patriot enough to fly a huge one in their garden... however i think everyone else has just learned by association that what it often means is bigoted, racist scum.
Blown2CV said:
in many first world countries, patriotism generally means those that cling on to beliefs which are outdated, one of the major things being that they need to somehow 'defend' the nation against change, because it was better how it was (however long ago they choose to focus upon). They also see the nation they seek to defend as a group of like people (humans do do this a lot with various things in life) and that everyone else is 'the problem'. In first world nations, patriotism breeds racism among many of the people who subscribe to it, because for them immigration represents the biggest threat to 'their country'. The flag is just the emblem of the patriot - it's not the flag itself that's the issue, it's just a signal to the world that someone sees themselves as a patriot enough to fly a huge one in their garden... however i think everyone else has just learned by association that what it often means is bigoted, racist scum.
Assuming you meant that, I think you've demonstrated why making someone stateless is sometimes a perfectly reasonable act.cheddar said:
I got on well with my (odd) neighbour until I beat him in the finals of a golf tournament.
He gets free use of my paddock for his sheep, chats over the fence, delivers free firewood to me (i give him whisky for it which he likes) but then we played in this golf tournament and he did everything in his power (including cheating) to beat me. When he lost he just said "That's that then" walked off and hasn't spoken to me since.
That's ridiculous and hilarious in equal measures! He gets free use of my paddock for his sheep, chats over the fence, delivers free firewood to me (i give him whisky for it which he likes) but then we played in this golf tournament and he did everything in his power (including cheating) to beat me. When he lost he just said "That's that then" walked off and hasn't spoken to me since.
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