Odd things your neighbours do?

[NDA]

The young couple who moved in next to me have made a sex tape.

They don't know about it yet.

[Old Man Fred]

I live on a new build estate and each house has space for at least 2 cars on the drive, but both my neighbours park one car on the drive and one in a visitors space, presumably because they cant be arsed to move cars around.

One of them though, decides if 'his' space is taken he parks literally outside his front door blocking the path for pedestrians (not far from a school) and makes it really awkward for the house opposite to get out of his drive. Some people have no thought for anyone else these days

[aka_kerrly]

NDA said:

The young couple who moved in next to me have made a sex tape.

They don't know about it yet.

[PositronicRay]

Old Man Fred said:

I live on a new build estate and each house has space for at least 2 cars on the drive, but both my neighbours park one car on the drive and one in a visitors space, presumably because they cant be arsed to move cars around.

One of them though, decides if 'his' space is taken he parks literally outside his front door blocking the path for pedestrians (not far from a school) and makes it really awkward for the house opposite to get out of his drive. Some people have no thought for anyone else these days

Blocking the pavement is abhorrent selfish behavior. Close by is a station, the same cars regularly park, on the road blocking the pavement. Notices from the police have not deterred parkers, not sure if any have been ticketed.

We now have smashed car window glass littering the pavement, and the commuters leaving space for pedestrians. I wonder if there's any correlation?

[anonymous-user]

Our neighbour rents out her spare rooms. However, we live on a new build estate, so parking is limited at the best of times. Her lodgers also seem incapable of parking considerately, so their 2 cars take up 4-5 spaces, leaving none for anyone else. By the time we, or she, get them parking properly, they move on. This is made slightly more annoying by her advertising her rooms as with parking, so in effect we are losing the communal visitors parking and she is getting paid for the privilege.

[Alex_225]

Make noise! I know it's not terribly odd but the crashes and bangs that emanate from our adjoining neighbours is.

By contrast the neighbours to the other side are a semi retired couple, he was a partner at an accountancy firm, she worked in a school. The side that make all the noise, she is a housewife and he basically runs auctions, buys and sells etc. They have two kids one is about 6 the other 17. The eldest shouts and makes noises like he's a 12 year old, the youngest has regular meltdowns. It's the crashing and banging I don't get, like a huge crash at 11 at night! It can either be slamming a door or something. They're a nice enough family but just have no concept about how loud they are or how it might disturb the neighbours.

[Roofless Toothless]

There's a house just along the road to me, a nice old house, with no off street parking. The people who live there have assumed ownership of the street outside, and when they move their car, protect 'their' space with a great big traffic cone. Here it is, neatly tucked away and ready for use.





The other day I was about to pull into what I thought was an empty space to get out of the way of oncoming traffic - the road is narrow there - and I found out too late the space was occupied by this thumping great cone, leaving me high and dry with a bus bearing down on me.

I am now in the habit when passing by on foot, to move this cone out of the road and deposit it right in front of their front door. I wonder if they will get the message. I don't want to become an interfering neighbour, but why do people think that they can save themselves £30 or £40 thousand by buying a house with no off road parking, and then assume proprietary rights over the street outside their house? It is not only antisocial and unneighbourly, it is dangerous and illegal into the bargain.

I think I may have met these people, and they are part of the 'churchy' set locally. They keep religious images and posters on display in their front window. How about a bit of Christian charity towards their actual neighbours?

I feel strangely better for that rant.

[geeks]

You could try a passive aggressive note taped to the cone with something about how god encourages good relations with ones neighbor and stealing being a sin

[Frank7]

geeks said:

You could try a passive aggressive note taped to the cone with something about how god encourages good relations with ones neighbor and stealing being a sin

Perhaps he should add Samuel L. Jackson’s paraphrased Bible verse from Pulp Fiction.

“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities and the tyranny of evil men.
Blah, blah, blah,...................................................
And I will strike down upon thee, with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.
And you will know I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon you.”
That’d be enough for me to eighty six the cone, and move my car permanently.

[Antony Moxey]

To do what to the cone?

[PositronicRay]

Antony Moxey said:

To do what to the cone?

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too "Mick Jagger=Lager" etc)

Edited by PositronicRay on Wednesday 16th January 11:21

[anonymous-user]

Roofless Toothless said:

There's a house just along the road to me, a nice old house, with no off street parking. The people who live there have assumed ownership of the street outside, and when they move their car, protect 'their' space with a great big traffic cone. Here it is, neatly tucked away and ready for use.





The other day I was about to pull into what I thought was an empty space to get out of the way of oncoming traffic - the road is narrow there - and I found out too late the space was occupied by this thumping great cone, leaving me high and dry with a bus bearing down on me.

I am now in the habit when passing by on foot, to move this cone out of the road and deposit it right in front of their front door. I wonder if they will get the message. I don't want to become an interfering neighbour, but why do people think that they can save themselves £30 or £40 thousand by buying a house with no off road parking, and then assume proprietary rights over the street outside their house? It is not only antisocial and unneighbourly, it is dangerous and illegal into the bargain.

I think I may have met these people, and they are part of the 'churchy' set locally. They keep religious images and posters on display in their front window. How about a bit of Christian charity towards their actual neighbours?

I feel strangely better for that rant.

Do you think perhaps before they had that single storey shed like extension tacked on that they may have had off road parking at the side of their house.

I would think they are obstructing the highway by using the cone and are in breach of some law.
Personally I'd report it if it is a busy road

Edited by anonymous-user on Wednesday 16th January 11:30

[geeks]

PositronicRay said:

Antony Moxey said:

To do what to the cone?

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too "Mick Jagger=Lager" etc)

Edited by PositronicRay on Wednesday 16th January 11:21

Actually its from the US, restaurant slang for something has run out or is off the menu. In the UK we use in hospitality to "nix" something, i.e to get rid of it

[Cold]

PositronicRay said:

Antony Moxey said:

To do what to the cone?

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too)

It's origins are unknown for definite (although there is unfounded talk of a link to US prohibition) but it's a saying from the late 1800s - early 1900s to mean "get rid of".

[anonymous-user]

geeks said:

You could try a passive aggressive note taped to the cone with something about how god encourages good relations with ones neighbor and stealing being a sin

Or start writing satanic symbols on the cone - 666, pentangles etc. Maybe a sheep skull on there for the full effect

[james_tigerwoods]

techiedave said:

I would think they are obstructing the highway by using the cone and are in breach of some law. Personally I'd report it if it is a busy road

Funnily enough, I had a similar problem on my road and the council couldn't have been more helpful and were going to remove the cones. As it happens, Yorkshire Water were doing some work and gratefully collected them anyway

[MartG]

Cold said:

PositronicRay said:

Antony Moxey said:

To do what to the cone?

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too)

It's origins are unknown for definite (although there is unfounded talk of a link to US prohibition) but it's a saying from the late 1800s - early 1900s to mean "get rid of".

Is it a misquote of the naval slang term 'deep six' which means chucking it over the side of the ship aka giving it a float test

[LivingTheDream]

PositronicRay said:

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too "Mick Jagger=Lager" etc)

Edited by PositronicRay on Wednesday 16th January 11:21

You what?

[nonsequitur]

LivingTheDream said:

PositronicRay said:

Some sort of made up cockermany rhimming sling. (My Glaswegian mate used to do this too "Mick Jagger=Lager" etc)

Edited by PositronicRay on Wednesday 16th January 11:21

You what?

In a deep Scottish accent LAGER may just become LAGGER. So the RS front man is a perfect match.

[Carrot]

Alex_225 said:

Make noise! I know it's not terribly odd but the crashes and bangs that emanate from our adjoining neighbours is.

By contrast the neighbours to the other side are a semi retired couple, he was a partner at an accountancy firm, she worked in a school. The side that make all the noise, she is a housewife and he basically runs auctions, buys and sells etc. They have two kids one is about 6 the other 17. The eldest shouts and makes noises like he's a 12 year old, the youngest has regular meltdowns. It's the crashing and banging I don't get, like a huge crash at 11 at night! It can either be slamming a door or something. They're a nice enough family but just have no concept about how loud they are or how it might disturb the neighbours.

I feel your pain buddy. The inbreds next door are all of the chav persuasion, and can't usually communicate without shouting or slamming something. They think nothing about getting out of a car at 1am and shouting to each other as they walk in the house.

Oh well that's live now I guess.