Odd things your neighbours do?
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A couple of times a week they will argue & slam doors as loud as they can but will talk at normal volume.
He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
House hunting at the weekend, and one of the properties I visited, their next door neighbour was out cleaning the driveway with a Henry vacuum cleaner.
As you can see not a small drive way, and what made matters worse, she didn't have an extension lead, so the henry cable was at full stretch to reach the midway point on the drive, yet she used the flex in the hose to enable to to get the maximum reach.
As you can see not a small drive way, and what made matters worse, she didn't have an extension lead, so the henry cable was at full stretch to reach the midway point on the drive, yet she used the flex in the hose to enable to to get the maximum reach.
Our pretty fit for his age, next door neighbour is a widow and he is now 85.
His only passtime is gardening,he loves it, and has sort of adopted our front garden,he now looks upon the front as his,and so our lawn is like a bowling green, with stripes,the standard rose bushes, hanging baskets, fuschia,and ground plants regularly win us neighbour hood garden of the year,and such competitions.
Once a week,he has a few to drink, and we turn the tv down to listen to him singing old show tunes through the wall.
He also cleans his car once a week regardless of the weather..
He steadfastly refuses to any offers to visit neighbours for any sort of company or chat.
His only passtime is gardening,he loves it, and has sort of adopted our front garden,he now looks upon the front as his,and so our lawn is like a bowling green, with stripes,the standard rose bushes, hanging baskets, fuschia,and ground plants regularly win us neighbour hood garden of the year,and such competitions.
Once a week,he has a few to drink, and we turn the tv down to listen to him singing old show tunes through the wall.
He also cleans his car once a week regardless of the weather..
He steadfastly refuses to any offers to visit neighbours for any sort of company or chat.
Hooli said:
thismonkeyhere said:
Hooli said:
You should see the state of the desks & computers in the labs here. Some of the Drs who should know better than even most Drs have computers that stick to you when you touch them...
Could be part of the experiment?Mr Gearchange said:
My neighbours are most annoyed at the (exceptionally well mannered and well behaved) kids who play in the little cul-de-sac development we live on.
I find it strange that given their very clear hatred of children they would chose to live on a 25 house development where all the properties are 4/5 bed - hence all have families living in them.
I can only assume that they really love b
hing at kids so chose to move somewhere there are loads of them.
We had an old couple like that where we used to live,hated kids walking past their door which,being a new build,opened onto the street. Lots of family houses so they always moaned. Even once hit my son with a stick! Cops gave them a warnoing!I find it strange that given their very clear hatred of children they would chose to live on a 25 house development where all the properties are 4/5 bed - hence all have families living in them.
I can only assume that they really love b
hing at kids so chose to move somewhere there are loads of them.Genuine happiness when they carted him off in a box, and she then went batty-accused the cops of hiding in her attic,or her neighbour of knocking down the walls in the house
She got dragged off to the funny farm in the end,much against her willBrigand said:
Well, my neighbour as in the guy that lives in the room opposite mine is something of an oddball.
It's fairly clear he isn't one to enjoy other people's company. He rarely comes out of his room, and when he does its either to go to work or throw something in the oven. When he does emerge, he runs up and down the stairs. All the time, as if to limit exposure to the rest of the house. He lives off rice, microwave meals or oven-baked stuff such as onion rings and curly fries. Exclusively.
Often he'll race downstairs, put something in the microwave, and once its done he'll leave it there for half and hour or so before racing downstairs to slop it on a plate then race back upstairs again to eat. (He also seems to collect plates and cutlery in there, which he will once or twice a month deposit in the sink in a pile before scuttling off again. Maybe he'll clean it up a few days later)
He'll order takeaway but not listen out for the delivery person coming to the door. My room is above the door and the delivery bloke will be hammering away on it whilst the neighbour is ignoring or oblivious. On occasion I've taken in the food and hammered on his bedroom door to no avail. Other times delivery man has left the scene keeping the food.
He sings quite a bit. I heard him walking down the street singing "Somewhere over the rainbow" rather loudly to himself once. Show tunes seem to be his favourite. One of the housemates put it nicely when saying its good that he does sing, as it shows there's some kind of human buried under the automaton that he appears to be.
He clearly has an aversion to speaking to anyone, as he'll avoid us at all costs. Several times he's come home from the supermarket, bags of shopping in hand, only to realise someone is in the kitchen so he'll just leave his bags on the floor of the entrance hall for hours on end until people go to bed, whereupon he'll emerge and put his now thoroughly defrosted stuff away.
He has a steamer that he uses to cook rice. But he only cleans it when he's going to use it again, so in the mean time we have a starchy mold that looks to spread spores around as the mold creeps from his pot to the surrounding objects as the days creep by. No amount of asking him to clean up after himself works.
When you factor all this into the fact he is a doctor, I really do pity his patients.
Next harold shipman...................It's fairly clear he isn't one to enjoy other people's company. He rarely comes out of his room, and when he does its either to go to work or throw something in the oven. When he does emerge, he runs up and down the stairs. All the time, as if to limit exposure to the rest of the house. He lives off rice, microwave meals or oven-baked stuff such as onion rings and curly fries. Exclusively.
Often he'll race downstairs, put something in the microwave, and once its done he'll leave it there for half and hour or so before racing downstairs to slop it on a plate then race back upstairs again to eat. (He also seems to collect plates and cutlery in there, which he will once or twice a month deposit in the sink in a pile before scuttling off again. Maybe he'll clean it up a few days later)
He'll order takeaway but not listen out for the delivery person coming to the door. My room is above the door and the delivery bloke will be hammering away on it whilst the neighbour is ignoring or oblivious. On occasion I've taken in the food and hammered on his bedroom door to no avail. Other times delivery man has left the scene keeping the food.
He sings quite a bit. I heard him walking down the street singing "Somewhere over the rainbow" rather loudly to himself once. Show tunes seem to be his favourite. One of the housemates put it nicely when saying its good that he does sing, as it shows there's some kind of human buried under the automaton that he appears to be.
He clearly has an aversion to speaking to anyone, as he'll avoid us at all costs. Several times he's come home from the supermarket, bags of shopping in hand, only to realise someone is in the kitchen so he'll just leave his bags on the floor of the entrance hall for hours on end until people go to bed, whereupon he'll emerge and put his now thoroughly defrosted stuff away.
He has a steamer that he uses to cook rice. But he only cleans it when he's going to use it again, so in the mean time we have a starchy mold that looks to spread spores around as the mold creeps from his pot to the surrounding objects as the days creep by. No amount of asking him to clean up after himself works.
When you factor all this into the fact he is a doctor, I really do pity his patients.
Edited by Brigand on Monday 15th June 02:32
Timmy40 said:
Agrispeed said:
castex said:
Vandenberg said:
I was chatting with my old neighbour, a cattle farmer, when a new couple to the village came over to complain about the noise and smells as they thought the countryside was a quiet place and did he really have to start the combines at 4am on a summers day.
He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Yes, shoot the dog with impunity. That'll move the townies along nicely.He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Theres no point arguing whether it's fair or not. Your dog will still be turned inside out by a .303. If they let their dog chase sheep then it's their problem. No one wants to shoot a dog, but at the same time it should be under control.
People don't realise that the countryside is an industrial area, and they seem to get upset because the main periods of farming fall into when they come here on holidays. That was for a reason!
My dad lost 14 lambs last year to dogs.
castex said:
I know the rules of the countryside and fair enough if the livestock was at risk from or being traumatised by the dog, but Vandenburg I interpreted your post to mean that the dog got shot due to the owners' general attitude rather than through any fault of its own.
Or try rereading the post unless you think the townies were worrying the sheep and farmer boy shot the dog to teach them a lesson?castex said:
Timmy40 said:
Agrispeed said:
castex said:
Vandenberg said:
I was chatting with my old neighbour, a cattle farmer, when a new couple to the village came over to complain about the noise and smells as they thought the countryside was a quiet place and did he really have to start the combines at 4am on a summers day.
He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Yes, shoot the dog with impunity. That'll move the townies along nicely.He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Theres no point arguing whether it's fair or not. Your dog will still be turned inside out by a .303. If they let their dog chase sheep then it's their problem. No one wants to shoot a dog, but at the same time it should be under control.
People don't realise that the countryside is an industrial area, and they seem to get upset because the main periods of farming fall into when they come here on holidays. That was for a reason!
My dad lost 14 lambs last year to dogs.
axgizmo said:
A couple of times a week they will argue & slam doors as loud as they can but will talk at normal volume.
He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
Where do people get the energy.....seriously He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
Jimboka said:
My neighbour has a poodle, which she dyes a bluey colour. She also dyes her hair with the same stuff. Maybe a prize for matching dog & owner at crufts?
I am growing a beard in order to win "owners who look like their dogs" category in our local dog show. Makes me odd I suppose.Timmy40 said:
Agrispeed said:
castex said:
Vandenberg said:
I was chatting with my old neighbour, a cattle farmer, when a new couple to the village came over to complain about the noise and smells as they thought the countryside was a quiet place and did he really have to start the combines at 4am on a summers day.
He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Yes, shoot the dog with impunity. That'll move the townies along nicely.He said in his broadest yorkshire accent:
'Nay lass, it looks nice and quiet but just think of the country as a big green factory with long opening hours'
They didn't learn and complained regularly, especially when they took the calves from the cows, until their poor pooch was shot for worrying sheep, they sold up after that.
Theres no point arguing whether it's fair or not. Your dog will still be turned inside out by a .303. If they let their dog chase sheep then it's their problem. No one wants to shoot a dog, but at the same time it should be under control.
People don't realise that the countryside is an industrial area, and they seem to get upset because the main periods of farming fall into when they come here on holidays. That was for a reason!
My dad lost 14 lambs last year to dogs.
axgizmo said:
A couple of times a week they will argue & slam doors as loud as they can but will talk at normal volume.
He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
My neighbours had a rather large argument a few months ago. At one point it involved the husband getting in the car to drive off, and then the wife jumping onto the bonnet face first, clinging onto the windscreen wipers and screaming at him. He got out and tried to grab her leg to drag her off, at which point she ended up catching him in the face with her foot. He will pretend he is leaving her, walk outside to his car (slowly, with the intention of her getting there first to stop him) he will then continue to say "Claire, get out of the car", "Get out of the car Claire", she will sit there with the car door open so he cant leave.
They sat out there for 3 hours a few weeks ago (I went out at that point so it probably went on longer), they were asleep in the car when I left.
He got back in the car and started to drive off down the road with her still clinging on to the wipers screaming blue murder. Eventually he reversed back, got out, grabbed both her legs and chucked her off the car and screeched off down the road before she could get up, the door slammed itself and one wiper was still poking up!
He's not really a neighbour but there is a guy who (it seems only in winter) I regularly see power walking along the coastal road from our village that I use every day - it's a pretty wild road in winter. I'll call him Father Christmas' Brother - because that's what he looks like - old guy, short and very solid build, bald with white beard and side tufts. His power walk is a cross between a military march and a robot. Even in the most bitter weather he is only ever seen in a sports vest and the smallest shorts possible. Last winter I was coming back late from workshop, fairly wild night, probably 3-4am, and I see this flashing light on the pavement. It's him, marching along, wearing next to f-all, with one of those flashing dog collars round his neck. I aspire to be as obviously double hard as he is, and give zero F!
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