Odd things your neighbours do?
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My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
vikingaero said:
My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
Sound like prime candidates for frozen sausages In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
nonsequitur said:
Happy Drinker said:
nonsequitur said:
TroubledSoul said:
nonsequitur said:
Bush would certainly be a contender in that situation. (First album only).
Machinehead from Sixteen Stone 
MartG said:
vikingaero said:
My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
Sound like prime candidates for frozen sausages In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
Get some grass seed and draw a penis on their lawn with it.
It’s almost a certainty that the variety of seed you use will be a different variety to the grass growing.
After a few months and a few cuts your carefully drawn artwork will contrast with the existing grass and they will never be able to get rid of it.
vikingaero said:
My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
why not just make a polite excuse and stop mowing?In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
StanleyT said:
Gazebo.
On the lawn.
BBQ.
Why not, great weather for it.
Except on the front lawn, hardly bigger than the Gazebo, BBQ smoking gazebo out, next to traffic?
Not like you have a 200 ft long rear garden for privacy, space, ventilation?????
Might be their way of trying to start a street party!On the lawn.
BBQ.
Why not, great weather for it.
Except on the front lawn, hardly bigger than the Gazebo, BBQ smoking gazebo out, next to traffic?
Not like you have a 200 ft long rear garden for privacy, space, ventilation?????
StanleyT said:
Gazebo.
On the lawn.
BBQ.
Why not, great weather for it.
Except on the front lawn, hardly bigger than the Gazebo, BBQ smoking gazebo out, next to traffic?
Not like you have a 200 ft long rear garden for privacy, space, ventilation?????
Just like people who picnic in laybys, next to an A road.On the lawn.
BBQ.
Why not, great weather for it.
Except on the front lawn, hardly bigger than the Gazebo, BBQ smoking gazebo out, next to traffic?
Not like you have a 200 ft long rear garden for privacy, space, ventilation?????
Blown2CV said:
vikingaero said:
My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
why not just make a polite excuse and stop mowing?In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
Blown2CV said:
vikingaero said:
My next door neighbour used to be a nice frail lady in her 60's. She would happily take in parcels for us etc. and I used to mow her lawn as we're on a newfangled estate with front gardens that merge together. She moved down to Bournemouth to be by the sea and closer to her children.
In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
why not just make a polite excuse and stop mowing?In moves a 30 something childless couple. Her Mum and Dad come around to do DIY and cleaning for them because they are "so fantastically busy" (and super entitled). They don't own a lawnmower and their rear garden is rockery/gravel so I still cut the grass, but whenever I do, they come out to inspect it. And they make comments about having a dinner party at the weekend and maybe I should cut the grass, so I deliberately leave it. I'm so tempted if they ask again to cut a Jeremy Clarkson penis.
They're treating you like staff, so treat them like en employer. No pay, no mow next time.
MartG said:
Yeah, really weird!Who the hell cuts the grass with a hedge trimmer?!
Previous neighbours were security obsessed. Megawatt security lights with faulty PIRs all round the property (keeping us all awake until I fitted blackout blinds), multiple sets of gates, alarms, an intercom on the front door, and they had two dogs that would bark if a squirrel sneezed two miles away. I happened to be at home one afternoon and heard some drilling - they were having cctv installed all round as well.
All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
Spumfry said:
Previous neighbours were security obsessed. Megawatt security lights with faulty PIRs all round the property (keeping us all awake until I fitted blackout blinds), multiple sets of gates, alarms, an intercom on the front door, and they had two dogs that would bark if a squirrel sneezed two miles away. I happened to be at home one afternoon and heard some drilling - they were having cctv installed all round as well.
All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
Witness protection scheme ?All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
GliderRider said:
If the grass was really tall, it would make sense, as you are only cutting the grass at the base, so easier to rake up. Effectively a hand held Allen Scythe:
Oi! Don’t you come in here with your logic and sensible suggestions you! Another instance like this and you’re out! Spumfry said:
Previous neighbours were security obsessed. Megawatt security lights with faulty PIRs all round the property (keeping us all awake until I fitted blackout blinds), multiple sets of gates, alarms, an intercom on the front door, and they had two dogs that would bark if a squirrel sneezed two miles away. I happened to be at home one afternoon and heard some drilling - they were having cctv installed all round as well.
All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
All they were doing is making your home look like a softer target than their home. All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
nadger said:
GliderRider said:
If the grass was really tall, it would make sense, as you are only cutting the grass at the base, so easier to rake up. Effectively a hand held Allen Scythe:
Oi! Don’t you come in here with your logic and sensible suggestions you! Another instance like this and you’re out! 
TTmonkey said:
Spumfry said:
Previous neighbours were security obsessed. Megawatt security lights with faulty PIRs all round the property (keeping us all awake until I fitted blackout blinds), multiple sets of gates, alarms, an intercom on the front door, and they had two dogs that would bark if a squirrel sneezed two miles away. I happened to be at home one afternoon and heard some drilling - they were having cctv installed all round as well.
All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
All they were doing is making your home look like a softer target than their home. All very understandable if you lived in some inner-city hell-hole, but we were in a tiny hamlet in the sticks that had precisely zero recorded crime in the last 5 years. Bonkers.
Spumfry said:
. I couldn't have made the place more attractive to burglars if I'd left snacks out.
I haven't locked my car up outside my house for about 5 years, same goes for the rear door into the garage, which then leads you to an unlocked door into the house..
I suppose it would invalidate my insurance if i did get burgled!
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