Odd things your neighbours do?
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akirk said:
geeks said:
DukeofBork said:
Red9zero said:
A nearby neighbour of ours used to put a bollard or bin out to save their space.
I’ve taken great pleasure in using the Defender to simply push such things out the way a few times when visiting chums with funny neighbours, they look genuinely dumbfounded.southendpier said:
Zarco said:
I get that with the grass, as if it's anything like my road it gets destroyed by cars parking on it in the winter. Result being a muddy rutted mess in the winter, and dusty stoney mess in the summer.
Near us, someone has painted several huge white rocks and lobbed them on the grass verge (that doesn't belong to them). Been there years now. Thing is they look so out of place in the street.K87 said:
Our former neighbours used to argue constantly, we kept our distance , the odd thing was they used to copy everything that we did. If I went out and washed the car, or did the garden he would do the same, strange.
There's been a few times were I've said to the Mrs I'm going to cut the grass or wash the car, gone and got changed/started filling buckets and then noticed neighbour has just started doing theirs. So then I don't which my Mrs thinks is weird.Tango13 said:
vibushjuno said:
My neighbor's war on squirrels has reached new heights of absurdity. He's enlisted a squadron of rubber ducks as their frontline defense. Every morning, he strategically positions the ducks around their yard, convinced that the squirrels will mistake them for fearsome predators. The squirrels seem more puzzled than scared, but at least the neighborhood now has a new source of entertainment. The Duck Division.
Male ducks have been known to indulge in a bit of recreational gang rape so maybe your neighbour is trying to scare the squirrels off with the threat of being bummed half to death?A 'male duck' is a drake btw
Deranged Rover said:
Pit Pony said:
And in the dark and rain, when someone removes the Sump from thier car, from the invisible rocks* placed on a verge you don't own, are you happy to accept liability ?
The whole point is not to drive on the grass verge.- invisible perhaps because the paint has faded and the grass grown around them.
Pit Pony said:
Deranged Rover said:
Pit Pony said:
And in the dark and rain, when someone removes the Sump from thier car, from the invisible rocks* placed on a verge you don't own, are you happy to accept liability ?
The whole point is not to drive on the grass verge.- invisible perhaps because the paint has faded and the grass grown around them.
A row of raspberries would be quite bizarre, and someone would just drive over it anyway!
Pit Pony said:
And my point is that there are better ways to prevent this. They cost more. Plant a row of raspberries or some small shrubs. Something OFF the ground that adecessy to see and not hiding under the long grass.
You do realise that shrubs require soil to grow, which is ... on the ground? 
All that would happen is the trumpets would just drive over them instead, wrecking all your raspberries and shrubs. Because that's what inconsiderate, entitled nobs do.. which is about 90% of drivers these days. No. The only way to stop and teach them that their behaviour is unacceptable is to place large immovable objects on the land they wish to utilise. I expect that after paying the bill to fix their crumbled sills/bumpers and wrecked sumps they'll find that using the reverse gear that came with the vehicle is a vastly cheaper option than risking driving through residents' gardens and frontages.Zarco said:
Pit Pony said:
Deranged Rover said:
Pit Pony said:
And in the dark and rain, when someone removes the Sump from thier car, from the invisible rocks* placed on a verge you don't own, are you happy to accept liability ?
The whole point is not to drive on the grass verge.- invisible perhaps because the paint has faded and the grass grown around them.
A row of raspberries would be quite bizarre, and someone would just drive over it anyway!
She planted a small conifer in the centre of the verge which looks nice and has eliminated the problem. Only issue is that the neighbourhoods dogs use it as a toilet in passing….
Our psycho neighbour got a cockerpoo puppy a few months ago, which was nice of her, so when she is out and all would otherwise be peaceful, we have her dog barking constantly instead. That is until the last week or so, where she seems to have discovered that if the door is left open, the dog doesn't bark. So she goes out, for hours at a time, and leaves her back door wide open so the dog can wander in and out. It`s a nice enough area round here, but I lock our back door if I am upstairs, let alone if I go out. She even has a sign on her gate saying a "spoiled rotten" dog lives there, so there is no need for surreptitious tie wraps. Either very odd or extremely trusting of her.
Red9zero said:
Our psycho neighbour got a cockerpoo puppy a few months ago, which was nice of her, so when she is out and all would otherwise be peaceful, we have her dog barking constantly instead. That is until the last week or so, where she seems to have discovered that if the door is left open, the dog doesn't bark. So she goes out, for hours at a time, and leaves her back door wide open so the dog can wander in and out. It`s a nice enough area round here, but I lock our back door if I am upstairs, let alone if I go out. She even has a sign on her gate saying a "spoiled rotten" dog lives there, so there is no need for surreptitious tie wraps. Either very odd or extremely trusting of her.
She is probably the stereotypical deluded dog owner that believes Rover will protect them and their property from any miscreants, when the reality is if said miscreants come with a pocketful of dog treats or a packet of cooked sausages, they will instantly become the dog's best friend.Red9zero said:
Our psycho neighbour got a cockerpoo puppy a few months ago, which was nice of her, so when she is out and all would otherwise be peaceful, we have her dog barking constantly instead. That is until the last week or so, where she seems to have discovered that if the door is left open, the dog doesn't bark. So she goes out, for hours at a time, and leaves her back door wide open so the dog can wander in and out. It`s a nice enough area round here, but I lock our back door if I am upstairs, let alone if I go out. She even has a sign on her gate saying a "spoiled rotten" dog lives there, so there is no need for surreptitious tie wraps. Either very odd or extremely trusting of her.
Back door wide open and dog in? I’ll get my coat
Spare tyre said:
Red9zero said:
Our psycho neighbour got a cockerpoo puppy a few months ago, which was nice of her, so when she is out and all would otherwise be peaceful, we have her dog barking constantly instead. That is until the last week or so, where she seems to have discovered that if the door is left open, the dog doesn't bark. So she goes out, for hours at a time, and leaves her back door wide open so the dog can wander in and out. It`s a nice enough area round here, but I lock our back door if I am upstairs, let alone if I go out. She even has a sign on her gate saying a "spoiled rotten" dog lives there, so there is no need for surreptitious tie wraps. Either very odd or extremely trusting of her.
Back door wide open and dog in? I’ll get my coat
K87 said:
Our former neighbours used to argue constantly, we kept our distance , the odd thing was they used to copy everything that we did. If I went out and washed the car, or did the garden he would do the same, strange. We lived in a dormer bungalow, getting on the roof was easy, climb out the window and on to the tiles, as long as you had some grippy trainers on you were fine.
The wood on the dormer needed painting so one Saturday morning, I got the paint and brushes ready, put on some trainers, climbed on the roof and started painting, sure enough 10 minutes later he is doing the same thing, but I noticed that he had ordinary leather shoes on, then I hear a clatter on the tiles and he is sliding, shaped like a star down the tiles, his feet stick in the gutter and he falls backwards landing on his back in the garden. Just then his wife arrives in their car
"Have you got lunch ready?"
"I have just fallen off the roof" He was kneeling on the ground, covered in paint.
"We will have to have fish and chips then"
With that, she got back in the car and drove off.
I'm glad I decided to open this thread that I've never really looked at before, because this post has seriously amused me. The wood on the dormer needed painting so one Saturday morning, I got the paint and brushes ready, put on some trainers, climbed on the roof and started painting, sure enough 10 minutes later he is doing the same thing, but I noticed that he had ordinary leather shoes on, then I hear a clatter on the tiles and he is sliding, shaped like a star down the tiles, his feet stick in the gutter and he falls backwards landing on his back in the garden. Just then his wife arrives in their car
"Have you got lunch ready?"
"I have just fallen off the roof" He was kneeling on the ground, covered in paint.
"We will have to have fish and chips then"
With that, she got back in the car and drove off.
I've kept meaning to write about a guy who lives a few streets from me that I see on my late evening dog walks.
For the last 4-5 years, every single evening without fail, he spends pretty much the entire evening from around 8pm up until around 11pm sitting in his car, with the engine idling while he watches TV on an iPad clipped to the top of the steering wheel.
He lives in a fairly decent sized house, so even if he has different TV tastes to his other half, I can't imagine that there wouldn't be another room in the house he could use. But no, rain or shine, heatwave or deep chill, he's out there in the driver's seat of his Peugeot 3007 creating a hydrocarbon stench for about a 30m radius of the house.
For the last 4-5 years, every single evening without fail, he spends pretty much the entire evening from around 8pm up until around 11pm sitting in his car, with the engine idling while he watches TV on an iPad clipped to the top of the steering wheel.
He lives in a fairly decent sized house, so even if he has different TV tastes to his other half, I can't imagine that there wouldn't be another room in the house he could use. But no, rain or shine, heatwave or deep chill, he's out there in the driver's seat of his Peugeot 3007 creating a hydrocarbon stench for about a 30m radius of the house.
WosMyName said:
House near me has a "No trespassing " sign on the gate , because burglars and miscreants always obey signs telling them not to do illegal stuff .
It's not open countryside with fields n stuff ,just a normal residential street .
reminds me of that anti-gun festival - yeah, they got robbed........ almost as if the criminals did not obey the "no guns" signs... It's not open countryside with fields n stuff ,just a normal residential street .
Bloody midnight creeper. In the early hours someone on bin nights moves my bin up my path which sets off the Ring doorbell. Motion detected at the front door.
Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
Worst is when it’s recycling all that gets moved up my path too.
Council states we should put the bins out and as they come around 7am I put them out at 10.30pm.
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