Odd things your neighbours do?

Odd things your neighbours do?

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wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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I thought the point of shoes was to prevent you ruining a good pair of feet.

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Is she a foreign import from somewhere less likely to use shoes?

robbocop33

1,184 posts

106 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Odd things my neighbour does?Mmmm,beats his wife,throws thing at her and is mentally,verbally abusive to her shouting at the top of his voice,he drink drives all the time,deals drugs,leaves his dogs st in our garden on a daily basis,kills,skins and eats squirrels and rabbits at his front door,think that will do for now,oh,and police arent interested in any of it?
Welcome to 2015 Britain!!

Blown2CV

28,695 posts

202 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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robbocop33 said:
Odd things my neighbour does?Mmmm,beats his wife,throws thing at her and is mentally,verbally abusive to her shouting at the top of his voice,he drink drives all the time,deals drugs,leaves his dogs st in our garden on a daily basis,kills,skins and eats squirrels and rabbits at his front door,think that will do for now,oh,and police arent interested in any of it?
Welcome to 2015 Britain!!
he drink drives, deals drugs and beats his wife, and the police aren't interested?

....... are you sure

illmonkey

18,111 posts

197 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Blown2CV said:
robbocop33 said:
Odd things my neighbour does?Mmmm,beats his wife,throws thing at her and is mentally,verbally abusive to her shouting at the top of his voice,he drink drives all the time,deals drugs,leaves his dogs st in our garden on a daily basis,kills,skins and eats squirrels and rabbits at his front door,think that will do for now,oh,and police arent interested in any of it?
Welcome to 2015 Britain!!
he drink drives, deals drugs and beats his wife, and the police aren't interested?

....... are you sure
But he doesn't speed.

WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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HorneyMX5 said:
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
HorneyMX5 said:
Really noisey sex in the middle of the day with all the windows open.
Which part do you find odd?
Having the windows open knowing full well the rest of the flats can hear them.
I suspect that no actual sex was occuring. In idle moments they throw the windows open and do a lot of 'ooh and aah' noises.

WD39

20,083 posts

115 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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rehab71 said:
Parking seems the general theme here.

I live in a very small village which doesn't have any parking restrictions and my house is in a row of 5 terraced cottages, we all have a gentlemans agreement that we don't park in front of each other's houses and it works perfectly well, however we've a neighbour a few doors down who had a large detached house with a double garage and a drive large enough for 3 cars, yet every few weeks he puts his two main cars on the road and leaves them there for no real reason. I can't understand why you would park on the road when you have a drive? I can only think he does it to annoy those of us who have to park on the road.

I'd never say anything as he's perfectly entitled to park there just seems odd to me!

The neighbour next to him is odd too. When we were having a BBQ last summer my mate had just got his kit car back on the road so naturally did a bit of coming and going while he took us out in it in turns. Queue weird neighbour getting her knickers in a twist because he'd parked outside her house and was going to call the police be cause we're 'boy racers', stupid bint!
I believe that parking is in the top three reasons that neighbours fall out, along with shared drives and boundary disputes.

Blown2CV

28,695 posts

202 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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WD39 said:
rehab71 said:
Parking seems the general theme here.

I live in a very small village which doesn't have any parking restrictions and my house is in a row of 5 terraced cottages, we all have a gentlemans agreement that we don't park in front of each other's houses and it works perfectly well, however we've a neighbour a few doors down who had a large detached house with a double garage and a drive large enough for 3 cars, yet every few weeks he puts his two main cars on the road and leaves them there for no real reason. I can't understand why you would park on the road when you have a drive? I can only think he does it to annoy those of us who have to park on the road.

I'd never say anything as he's perfectly entitled to park there just seems odd to me!

The neighbour next to him is odd too. When we were having a BBQ last summer my mate had just got his kit car back on the road so naturally did a bit of coming and going while he took us out in it in turns. Queue weird neighbour getting her knickers in a twist because he'd parked outside her house and was going to call the police be cause we're 'boy racers', stupid bint!
I believe that parking is in the top three reasons that neighbours fall out, along with shared drives and boundary disputes.
also noise, pets and exhibition fking

NailedOn

3,114 posts

234 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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kowalski655 said:
Is she a foreign import from somewhere less likely to use shoes?
You may be on to something there. She's from Brighton.


Phunk

1,972 posts

170 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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We live in a typical Glasgow tenement, so no driveways, on street parking only. We're opposite a school with Zig Zags so you can't always get a space.

However 'Wishy washy car man' as we've called him likes to have his, his wives and daughters cars all lined up, facing the same way, in the same spots whenever he can. I've seen him run out the flat to move cars if someone leaves a space.

Once he's managed to do this, he then washes each car and hoovers them out. He does this every single day, no matter the weather without fail.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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Our neighbours on one side have always been civil rather than friendly, but generally only initiate contact when they want something.

Now - weeks before we move out - they've made a great fanfare of inviting us round for coffee this morning.

My and my OH are convinced they'll be after something big. I'll report back!

ManFromDelmonte

2,742 posts

179 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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I'm excited. Any updates?

Fer

7,707 posts

279 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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ManFromDelmonte said:
I'm excited. Any updates?
Maybe there's no WiFi in "the basement"!

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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Not gone yet smile

MartG

20,620 posts

203 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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Johnnytheboy said:
Our neighbours on one side have always been civil rather than friendly, but generally only initiate contact when they want something.

Now - weeks before we move out - they've made a great fanfare of inviting us round for coffee this morning.

My and my OH are convinced they'll be after something big. I'll report back!
They want to know if you're leaving your WiFi, which they have been stealing for years wink

wildcat45

8,056 posts

188 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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jdw100 said:
Get him to say "locked" quite loudly as he completes the locking action...or another phrase that he will remember clearly saying when he starts to worry about whether he did it or not. Worked for my brother.

If I'm in a hurry and quickly ironed a shirt (for example) and am about to dash out I say "iron off" out loud as I switch the iron off. Prevents you getting 10 miles down the road and then thinking "sh*t did I turn the iron off?". Try it, it works!
I do this but it annoys my wife. She says it's one of a few autistic traits I exhibit. (She has in the past worked with autistic kids and reckons some off the 'odd' things I do like the above would get me diagnosed if I were a child today)

If anyone wants to talk about gas turbines, car registration numbers, collecting car brochures, the Lockerbie tragedy, warships, helicopters, old TV adverts, etc I am your man. Maybe I'm an odd neighbour?

FunkyNige

8,859 posts

274 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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wildcat45 said:
jdw100 said:
Get him to say "locked" quite loudly as he completes the locking action...or another phrase that he will remember clearly saying when he starts to worry about whether he did it or not. Worked for my brother.

If I'm in a hurry and quickly ironed a shirt (for example) and am about to dash out I say "iron off" out loud as I switch the iron off. Prevents you getting 10 miles down the road and then thinking "sh*t did I turn the iron off?". Try it, it works!
I do this but it annoys my wife. She says it's one of a few autistic traits I exhibit. (She has in the past worked with autistic kids and reckons some off the 'odd' things I do like the above would get me diagnosed if I were a child today)

If anyone wants to talk about gas turbines, car registration numbers, collecting car brochures, the Lockerbie tragedy, warships, helicopters, old TV adverts, etc I am your man. Maybe I'm an odd neighbour?
I used to do it too but it didn't work for me - got to the car and wondered if I actually locked the door or just thought that I needed to say 'locked' after I locked it. Utterly stupid as I've never left it unlocked...
I'm probably the weird neighbour as all mine seem normal!

Viperzs

966 posts

166 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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My neighbours decided to set off fireworks last night at midnight and left music on until about 1pm. I've been happier!

Blown2CV

28,695 posts

202 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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The irony is that you'll almost never have forgotten to turn the gas/iron/oven off, lock the door etc. it's just a task you're so familiar with that your brain economises and allows you to use your attention on other things whilst you're doing it. If you stored memories of everything you'd run out of room for the sake of pointless st. Clever really.

CO2000

3,177 posts

208 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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Blown2CV said:
The irony is that you'll almost never have forgotten to turn the gas/iron/oven off, lock the door etc. it's just a task you're so familiar with that your brain economises and allows you to use your attention on other things whilst you're doing it. If you stored memories of everything you'd run out of room for the sake of pointless st. Clever really.
There is just that one time though...............