Neighbour starts petrol strimmer when in the back garden
Discussion
paintman said:
Welshbeef said:
OP if you have a BBQ does he then idle the strummer?
First post of this thread:Brummie said:
when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever
My old boss had a feud like this, it escalated and one day the neighbour had his own party and my boss blocked the lane with all his work cars and lorries. The neighbour ended up with a broken leg and when the police came round the boss ended up with a firearms offence as his shotgun and cartridges were left in the kitchen unlocked and the boss was nowhere to be seen.
They just left each other alone after that.
They just left each other alone after that.
Just go round and talk to him, lay your cards out, listen to him and get him to reason. It looks like a decent sized house, one that you can't get without having some success in your life so he must have reason in him, you just need to get it out.
I take it you yourself are some kind of successful professional/manager type. So manage him. Show everyone what you can do.
I take it you yourself are some kind of successful professional/manager type. So manage him. Show everyone what you can do.
Willy Nilly said:
To be fair to him, he must have a good strimmer or be good at getting the mixture right because I can never get the old Husky chainsaw at work to run quite right and it certainly wouldn't idle for more than a couple of minutes, never mind until its tank ran dry.
Very much this, anything I own or ever had owned that was two stroke has never idled properly surveyor said:
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
perhaps you should volunteer to help the Op out by droning on at said strimmer man
I am sure the Op is a big boy who can make up his own mind with out dire warnings from you.
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.
I'm quite able to confront him, but he will probably call the police, he calls the police for leaves being garden blowered under the fence, he's a nasty old soak, and a strange type who likes to communicate through letters shoved under the door , he's very odd, and it's an odd thing to do.The Nextdoor neighbours are 60ish, even when they have their own golf chums around it's out.
Edited by Brummmie on Thursday 21st September 20:49
TooMany2cvs said:
citizensm1th said:
I am sure the Op is a big boy who can make up his own mind with out dire warnings from you.
It's a lot easier to make a good decision when you're aware of all the relevant facts...how nice of you to assume he is not
how about we treat people like adults and let them chose their own course of action?
i personally am hoping he goes with the super soaker filled with petrol as im sure plod will look at that far more favourably than a drone.
Brummmie said:
I'm quite able to confront him, but he will probably call the police, he calls the police for leaves being garden blowered under the fence, he's a nasty old soak, and a strange type who likes to communicate through letters shoved under the door , he's very odd, and it's an odd thing to do.
The Nextdoor neighbours are 60ish, even when they have their own golf chums around it's out.
Man up. Go round. Update thread. The Nextdoor neighbours are 60ish, even when they have their own golf chums around it's out.
Edited by Brummmie on Thursday 21st September 20:49
citizensm1th said:
TooMany2cvs said:
citizensm1th said:
I am sure the Op is a big boy who can make up his own mind with out dire warnings from you.
It's a lot easier to make a good decision when you're aware of all the relevant facts...how nice of you to assume he is not
how about we treat people like adults and let them chose their own course of action?
i personally am hoping he goes with the super soaker filled with petrol as im sure plod will look at that far more favourably than a drone.
. Not much evidence and what there is can be very kindly donated to the local school. 
Well sounds like a sticky situation. In my apartment, there is a similar old man who thinks he owns the whole place. Doesn't let anyone park in front of his balcony or let anyone water the plants on his side of the building. I was furious enough to kick his ass a couple of times but as a father, I came to my senses. It is as the OP said, this kind of situation is extremely hard to deal with. Police won't do anything and there isn't really a place you can file a complaint about having a terrible neighbour.
Brummmie said:
Hi Guys,
All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
I don't know if it has been suggested, but:-All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
Why not go round to see him, very gently, very politely, slowly, ask him how he is, you haven't seen much of him lately, does he need a helping hand with anything - oh, I see you are going to do a bit of strimming - stuff does shoot up doesn't it, etc, etc.
Worth a very careful try?
voyds9 said:
Fight petrol with electricity all 600w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymNFyxvIdaM
Fermit The Krog and Sexy Sarah said:
voyds9 said:
Fight petrol with electricity all 600w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymNFyxvIdaM
I would have thought that YOU, of all posters here, would know the only true track to use to counter a two-stroke obsessed neighbour...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85mRPqvMbE
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