Neighbour starts petrol strimmer when in the back garden
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Another option is every single evening Mon to Friday light the BBQ during the summer. Then actually have a BBQ running ALL day long Sat and Sunday it will cost a number of bags of coal but it will drain his fuel and will truely f
k him off.
If it's a close you could write to the council to request a street party with the road closed and invite loads round. Get a big compressor bouncy castle which properly blocks the road.
Buy the kids those huge water guns and have an all afternoon massive man hunt water fight nowhere is out of bounds. Plus get hubdreds of sneaky water bomb grenades to lob where ever you like. Finishing it off with the finale Mr Soak a lot hosepipe to soak anyone's garden who didn't turn up to he BBQ but are in - ie miserable old sod.
The last BBQ we had it was 40 odd people - letters /knocked on neighbours doors letting them know + open invite. BBQ on from midday cooking pretty much all afternoon - that old git would have had to go to the petrol station for a refil
Another option is to simply turn up the music or have outside speakers and whenever he is out in the garden turn them on I'm guessing maybe AcDC rage against the machine jay Z etc something that wouldn't you'd expect fit his music genre /hate it.
k him off. If it's a close you could write to the council to request a street party with the road closed and invite loads round. Get a big compressor bouncy castle which properly blocks the road.
Buy the kids those huge water guns and have an all afternoon massive man hunt water fight nowhere is out of bounds. Plus get hubdreds of sneaky water bomb grenades to lob where ever you like. Finishing it off with the finale Mr Soak a lot hosepipe to soak anyone's garden who didn't turn up to he BBQ but are in - ie miserable old sod.
The last BBQ we had it was 40 odd people - letters /knocked on neighbours doors letting them know + open invite. BBQ on from midday cooking pretty much all afternoon - that old git would have had to go to the petrol station for a refil
Another option is to simply turn up the music or have outside speakers and whenever he is out in the garden turn them on I'm guessing maybe AcDC rage against the machine jay Z etc something that wouldn't you'd expect fit his music genre /hate it.
citizensm1th said:
Op go for two drones
one to annoy the neighbour
the other to annoy the very nasal"ohhhh you cant use a drone it would be illegal" types who would suck the fun out of every part of life given a chance.
Do go and crawl back under your rock. Drones get pretty bad press, and the rules and regulations are getting tighter due to idiots who think they don't apply to them.one to annoy the neighbour
the other to annoy the very nasal"ohhhh you cant use a drone it would be illegal" types who would suck the fun out of every part of life given a chance.
Not to mention that a cantankerous neighbour is more likely to call the police when a drone starts hovering over his house, who are in turn more familiar with the laws and enforcement than in the past.
Or you can carry on giving the OP advice that will get him into trouble.
Edited by surveyor on Wednesday 20th September 21:49
I would probably just create a little noise of my own to drown it out. Without being ridiculous about it, maybe a small bouncy castle or something that requires a little generator.
Just enough noise that you can't hear his strimmer running. it will make it more pleasant for you to have people round and he will barely be able to hear it.
He might just get bored if he thinks you can't hear the noise and if he decides to do something even more ridiculous to increase the volume you have more grounds for complaint.
Just enough noise that you can't hear his strimmer running. it will make it more pleasant for you to have people round and he will barely be able to hear it.
He might just get bored if he thinks you can't hear the noise and if he decides to do something even more ridiculous to increase the volume you have more grounds for complaint.
He must have the most reliable strimmer on the planet. I have NEVER been lucky enough to own a strimmer, chainsaw or hedgecutter that will idle for more than a few seconds, let alone all day. He must have found the perfect mix and optimal carb settings.
Or perhaps, it is such a bh to start, that once running he doesn't dare switch it off.
Or perhaps, it is such a b
h to start, that once running he doesn't dare switch it off.
Google 'stop being a cu#t' ...without the hash, obviously.
Find the picture of the old man in black and white with the logo on. You'll know it when you see it.
Print off ten.
Stick them on his windows from the outside with blutak/staple them to his totems.
Repeat.
Find the picture of the old man in black and white with the logo on. You'll know it when you see it.
Print off ten.
Stick them on his windows from the outside with blutak/staple them to his totems.
Repeat.
Edited by TimmyMallett on Thursday 21st September 14:48
TimmyMallett said:
Google 'stop being a cu#t' ...without the hash, obviously.
Find the picture of the old man in black and white with the logo on. You'll know it when you see it.
Print off ten.
Stick them on his windows from the outside with blutak/staple them to his totems.
Repeat.
Then print off another ten and stick them to your own windows, facing inwards...Find the picture of the old man in black and white with the logo on. You'll know it when you see it.
Print off ten.
Stick them on his windows from the outside with blutak/staple them to his totems.
Repeat.
Edited by TimmyMallett on Thursday 21st September 14:48
There's a lot of tts about.
You can complain to the council etc but usually the only thing they will understand is that you are prepared to be tttier than they are, whatever the situation.
Dominate the garden. Go round, have a word.
If he doesn't back down, be a bigger tt until he gets the picture.
ts about.You can complain to the council etc but usually the only thing they will understand is that you are prepared to be t
ttier than they are, whatever the situation.Dominate the garden. Go round, have a word.
If he doesn't back down, be a bigger t
t until he gets the picture.essayer said:
In neighbour disputes like this the only choice is to escalate, and escalate well:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7ksfRVF70
Your move, strimmer man
The great thing is, you can actually imagine some ph'er doing that, for giggles.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7ksfRVF70
Your move, strimmer man
I hate screaming kids and I hate screaming noisy adults but I would hate myself even more if I found myself leaving a Strimmer running as some sort of protest.
Leave him a gallon of 2 stroke on his front door and a note:
"your going to need this next weekend we have friends staying and I would hate you to run out".
Leave him a gallon of 2 stroke on his front door and a note:
"your going to need this next weekend we have friends staying and I would hate you to run out".
johnxjsc1985 said:
Leave him a gallon of 2 stroke on his front door and a note:
"your going to need this next weekend we have friends staying and I would hate you to run out".
I like this idea. Even better if you knock on his door and tell him in person in a friendly way like what he is doing is perfectly normal! "your going to need this next weekend we have friends staying and I would hate you to run out".
Shuvi McTupya said:
I like this idea. Even better if you knock on his door and tell him in person in a friendly way like what he is doing is perfectly normal!
And at the same time being serious invite him to join in - possibly he has no family/or has been cut off for whatever reason or simply has had a really st life. No one knows maybe he wants to be a
maybe he simply doesn't know he is being a maybe he has asbergers maybe he is mentally ill or maybe he is a really ttish . I cannot imagine people genuinely enjoy being toddlers or trying to always get he better of someone. Most/all people simply want a good happy life and to do as well as they can.
CoolHands said:
The worst thing about this thread is we're never going to get a resolution, are we. The OP's not going to go round and confront the bloke, and it will all continue.
OP is relatively lucky being next door but 1. OP if you have a BBQ does he then idle the strummer?
One possibly option- though risk of BiB is to get access to the strummer fuel and put in sand/salt etc just enough for it not to be noticed and then as he runs it until it is bone dry of fuel he will have shocking engine wear/possible engine failure.....
OP how about buying a few Nitro 10 1/8th scale (loads of fuel) and have a massive Le Mans style 9am to 10pm race
. Those things make a heck of a racket you'd not be aware of a strummer even if it was a v max. Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff