Odd things your neighbours do?
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MorganP104 said:
I've posted this on another thread (the "stuff that winds you up beyond reason" one), but it's equally relevant here.
My neighbours opposite ALWAYS have their front door open. Sometimes a bit, sometimes a lot. But ALWAYS open.
We live in a nice area, low crime, all that jazz, but it's still an odd thing to do, in my opinion.
If the weather is hot we will sometimes leave our front door open in order to get a draft going through the house. alot more cooling then using a fan to just push the same air around.My neighbours opposite ALWAYS have their front door open. Sometimes a bit, sometimes a lot. But ALWAYS open.
We live in a nice area, low crime, all that jazz, but it's still an odd thing to do, in my opinion.
ambuletz said:
If the weather is hot we will sometimes leave our front door open in order to get a draft going through the house. alot more cooling then using a fan to just push the same air around.
We have just moved, the house is a bit musty. Over night I have a small bit of wood through the letter box to allow air to circulate through, makes a surprising difference. I am probably the weird letterbox stick man
Latest neighbours in the flat above mine have put a wind chime on their balcony, all it f
king does is bang against the railings which given the wind we have had in the last few days seems like a piss take.
I can only hope they were also kept awake until 3am listening to something sounding like a drum kit made of pots an pans
king does is bang against the railings which given the wind we have had in the last few days seems like a piss take.I can only hope they were also kept awake until 3am listening to something sounding like a drum kit made of pots an pans
aka_kerrly said:
Latest neighbours in the flat above mine have put a wind chime on their balcony, all it fking does is bang against the railings which given the wind we have had in the last few days seems like a piss take.
I can only hope they were also kept awake until 3am listening to something sounding like a drum kit made of pots an pans
lean over with some big scissors and snip the fking does is bang against the railings which given the wind we have had in the last few days seems like a piss take.I can only hope they were also kept awake until 3am listening to something sounding like a drum kit made of pots an pans
kerMy neighbour who I am generally on good terms with decided to wash her car the other day. Normally I wouldn't mind/care but I was lying under the Mother in laws car at the time swapping a dodgy wishbone. As there drive is uphill of mine I was drenched in a wave of hose water and soap flowing from her car.
I asked her to pull forward a foot so that the river missed where I was working and was met with complete hostility. Being the good neighbour I am I called her a selfish effing cow and got back to the task at hand, now with wet knee's.
Next time she is doing something pointless outside, I will decide that's the best time to wash my car.
I asked her to pull forward a foot so that the river missed where I was working and was met with complete hostility. Being the good neighbour I am I called her a selfish effing cow and got back to the task at hand, now with wet knee's.
Next time she is doing something pointless outside, I will decide that's the best time to wash my car.
wiggy001 said:
Unless I've misunderstood completely, are you saying your neighbours have planted herbs next to the road at roughly exhaust height?! Cheaper than drugs I guess... 
No all the houses have off street parking. So our two cars are parked backed up to our fence, the newly planted allotment runs between the spaces and it's the length of a space and about a foot wide.We now have new neighbours on one side. I've not actually seen them yet but they certainly do odd stuff with the bins.
As a rule, either me or the neighbour on the other side will always put the bins out on Tuesday night - we put all 4 houses bins out as they are all kept in the same alleyway between my house and theirs. The day later, the other one of us will put them all away again. All very civil.
New neighbour has now started just putting his own bin out and leaving the rest where they are in the alley. What's more odd is that the alleyway is too narrow to pull bins past each other so if his is at the back he'd literally have to pull all of them out onto the road, move his own bin out onto the road and then put the other three back in the alleyway.
The mind boggles as to how or why he does it. Weird.
As a rule, either me or the neighbour on the other side will always put the bins out on Tuesday night - we put all 4 houses bins out as they are all kept in the same alleyway between my house and theirs. The day later, the other one of us will put them all away again. All very civil.
New neighbour has now started just putting his own bin out and leaving the rest where they are in the alley. What's more odd is that the alleyway is too narrow to pull bins past each other so if his is at the back he'd literally have to pull all of them out onto the road, move his own bin out onto the road and then put the other three back in the alleyway.
The mind boggles as to how or why he does it. Weird.
Puggit said:
cbmotorsport said:
Neighbour at our old house had fake grass installed instead of his lawn. Every Sunday he'd get his Henry hoover out and hoover the 'lawn'.
Friends in the next door village have a neighbour who Henry's their driveway! (it's brick, not fake turf...)HarryFlatters said:
Bloke across the road was vacuum cleaning his car at quarter to ten on Wednesday night. Very irritating.
That sounds awfully like the result of a nagging fight. The ones where she tells him to vacuum the car because they are taking her mother out on Thursday, he's been saying he'll do it since the weekend and hasn't. poing said:
HarryFlatters said:
Bloke across the road was vacuum cleaning his car at quarter to ten on Wednesday night. Very irritating.
That sounds awfully like the result of a nagging fight. The ones where she tells him to vacuum the car because they are taking her mother out on Thursday, he's been saying he'll do it since the weekend and hasn't. If it's still light outside then I don't understand the problem personally. Nor do I understand the problem with the bloke vacuuming his new decking. It'll get all the bits up a lot better than a brush would and that's a good thing if you walk around in bare feet like most of us do in our houses and patio/decked areas when it's hot outside and we're enjoying some rays.
As a night worker I can sometimes be found washing my car before 6am in the summer time when I get home from work. I'm sure my neighbours think I'm bonkers. Have also been known to wash it when it's raining (lightly) too. As it lives mostly under a tree then it's 100x easier to remove the sap and crud when it's already soft and loose then trying to attack it when it's baked on and dry.
As a night worker I can sometimes be found washing my car before 6am in the summer time when I get home from work. I'm sure my neighbours think I'm bonkers. Have also been known to wash it when it's raining (lightly) too. As it lives mostly under a tree then it's 100x easier to remove the sap and crud when it's already soft and loose then trying to attack it when it's baked on and dry.
absolutely weird one over the weekend. I could heard the wife answer the door and then talk to someone for a bit at the doorstep whilst i was getting ready for us all to go out. Turns out it was a lad from down the street who i estimate to be 22 years old or so... we'd never spoken to them in our lives and i wouldn't really recognise them out of context, but have seen them about. He was saying that his brother was really into cars and would like to wash my car for free (I've got an Audi S8). The brother is probably a year or two younger than this lad - don't believe there is any special needs angle to this. I think it would be adorable if they were like primary school age, but from a pair of adults i found it very strange, and was a bit taken aback. Mrs 2CV just kind of said she'd speak to me and we would come and let them know. I'm basically pretending it hasn't happened, but now I am wondering if i have just been a tt and should let him... but then i think no fking way it's not like he is a kid, and i wouldn't even let most professionals near my car.... then i am thinking we might get a brick through the window.... then i am thinking there is more to the request than meets the eye. Maybe I am being too British but I just don't want this weird situation thrust upon me!
t and should let him... but then i think no fking way it's not like he is a kid, and i wouldn't even let most professionals near my car.... then i am thinking we might get a brick through the window.... then i am thinking there is more to the request than meets the eye. Maybe I am being too British but I just don't want this weird situation thrust upon me!Hmm that's a tough one, maybe he's really into his cars and genuinely would like to wash a really cool car to have a good look at it.
Maybe he'll clone the key and nick it.
Things that make you go hmmmm
I must admit I'm a bit of a saddo at work when I get a cool car to work on. It's just such a nice break from all the Focuses, Astras, Evoques etc that I spend all day doing.
Maybe he'll clone the key and nick it.
Things that make you go hmmmm
I must admit I'm a bit of a saddo at work when I get a cool car to work on. It's just such a nice break from all the Focuses, Astras, Evoques etc that I spend all day doing.
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