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| My rant for the day, April 3 2024 (Page 2/2) |
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maryjane
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APR 03, 10:05 PM
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If they were that dang efficient, they'd have already fixed the leak by now..
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cliffw
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APR 04, 11:17 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
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BingB
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APR 04, 12:34 PM
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I don't know anything about your neighbors, but I am guessing that no one came to your door because they were afraid that you were intentionally disobeying the new orders. They did not want that confrontation. As for "why" that seems pretty simple. Some neighbor wanted to water his lawn and he did not think it was fair that you could while he couldn't.
In the world we live in today next-door-neighbors can be complete strangers. This is not good. People don't need to force themselves on their neighbors, but it is good to at least have a positive relationship so that everyone looks out for each other. I lived in a subdivision for almost 15 years, but the nearest house was about 100 yards away. I was never close friends with any of my neighbors, but I made a point to go introduce myself so everyone knew who I was.
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blackrams
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APR 10, 01:01 PM
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Interesting topic.
I live in an unzoned rural area. I have only two neighbors on my dead-end street. Neither one of them aspire to be friendly, I've tried.
One has Live Oak trees (a species of tree that if not trimmed will have branches reaching out and to the ground), my neighbor doesn't care that her trees hang down and actually blocked the easement to my home and when I asked her (three times politely to trim them back) she refused. So, when the concrete trucks delivering concrete to my renovation got caught in her big Live Oak tree limbs, I started cutting off the branches that hangover my easement (freeing the concrete trucks) she called the sheriff on me. Cussed me like a drunken sailor. The Sheriff told her that her trees couldn't block the easement and left but, even though she was told she was wrong, still holds a grudge against me.
The other neighbor lied to me telling me that he owned the easement property and placed some restrictions on what I could do. I checked with the county; he doesn't own any of the easement. But, wanted to control how I did some things on the easement. This really confuses me because, all I do on this easement is transgress to and from my property.
I'm still nice to both of my neighbors but, there is no trust and very little respect. I don't engage them anymore than I have to. The Live Oak issue is about to raise it's ugly head again, untrimmed, those trees continue to grow those limbs. It is, what it is..................................... I won't ask again; I've got two chainsaws and know how to use them. Neighbors generally suck.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 04-10-2024).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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APR 10, 02:37 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Interesting topic.
I live in an unzoned rural area. I have only two neighbors on my dead-end street. Neither one of them aspire to be friendly, I've tried.
One has Live Oak trees (a species of tree that if not trimmed will have branches reaching out and to the ground), my neighbor doesn't care that her trees hang down and actually blocked the easement to my home and when I asked her (three times politely to trim them back) she refused. So, when the concrete trucks delivering concrete to my renovation got caught in her big Live Oak tree limbs, I started cutting off the branches that hangover my easement (freeing the concrete trucks) she called the sheriff on me. Cussed me like a drunken sailor. The Sheriff told her that her trees couldn't block the easement and left but, even though she was told she was wrong, still holds a grudge against me.
The other neighbor lied to me telling me that he owned the easement property and placed some restrictions on what I could do. I checked with the county; he doesn't own any of the easement. But, wanted to control how I did some things on the easement. This really confuses me because, all I do on this easement is transgress to and from my property.
I'm still nice to both of my neighbors but, there is no trust and very little respect. I don't engage them anymore than I have to. The Live Oak issue is about to raise it's ugly head again, untrimmed, those trees continue to grow those limbs. It is, what it is..................................... I won't ask again; I've got two chainsaws and know how to use them. Neighbors generally suck.
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That sucks man... I really try to be a good neighbor. I loaned my ladder to my next door neighbor, only to find out that he then gave it to a tree trimmer to use to trim his house and his neighbor's house. Really kind of pissed me off because you don't loan out something that someone else has loaned you. But I generally always get along with my neighbors... but I have been known to be a little passive aggressive.
My next door neighbor had like 4 dogs that he would let out. They'd run around like crazy, having been kept in a locked room the entire day. They then would immediately **** on my side of the property where the trash cans are kept. Every time I'd go out there, I'd step in **** , and it sucked. So I asked him nicely to not have his dogs **** on my yard, to which he said they weren't and it was probably someone else. Thing is, I've seen them to it. It's a lot of shits...
So when it kept happening, I'd grab a palm frond, and any **** I saw on my properly, I'd scoop up with a palm frond and use it like a Jai-Alai stick to launch it into the air towards their house, over my shoulder. Most times, it ended up on the roof of their house, sometimes in their driveway, sometimes on a window or the back patio... sometimes on top of their car. I don't care. Boy, I'll tell you... the shits on the side of my house stopped really quick.
They were nice neighbors, but a little lazy. They loaned me a banjo (I didn't ask) because they knew I played violin (?), and then kept insisting I keep it and wouldn't take it back. I taught myself how to play that banjo song from that 70s camping trip movie with the woodland rapists and Burt Reynolds (can't remember the name)... the dude still wouldn't take it back, and eventually they moved. Man it was weird. But I get along with all my neighbors... at least the ones I see and talk to.
One neighbor did get a little miffed at me because there was this white Peacock that would walk around the cul-de-sac, and everyone would feed him nuts. I fed him peanuts one time from the bazaar, and the peacock decided to live in the Live Oak behind my house. I guess he spent all his time in my backyard from that moment on, and the other guy wanted to see him, so I was like... man, you're welcome to go into my backyard.
One of the neighbors on the other side of my fence had just moved from China, and they were constantly throwing rocks at it in the early morning because it makes all kinds of crazy noises. One day, the Peacock disappeared and the rest of us are convinced that dude ate it.[This message has been edited by 82-T/A [At Work] (edited 04-10-2024).]
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williegoat
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APR 10, 02:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]:
They loaned me a banjo (I didn't ask) because they knew I played violin (?), and then kept insisting I keep it and wouldn't take it back. I taught myself how to play that banjo song from that 70s camping trip movie with the woodland rapists and Burt Reynolds (can't remember the name)... the dude still wouldn't take it back, and eventually they moved. Man it was weird.
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The movie is "Deliverance" and the song is "Dueling Banjos". When the weather is nice and I know everybody has their windows open, I like to play the first line on my banjo, over and over, real slow, just to give everyone something to talk about. It keeps the kids off my lawn.
 [This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 04-10-2024).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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APR 10, 08:40 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by williegoat:
The movie is "Deliverance" and the song is "Dueling Banjos". When the weather is nice and I know everybody has their windows open, I like to play the first line on my banjo, over and over, real slow, just to give everyone something to talk about. It keeps the kids off my lawn.
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Hahah... yes, thank you. That's the one. I couldn't get to the part where they start "gettin' down," and it gets all crazy. But the simple back and forth I could do.
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82-T/A [At Work]
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APR 10, 08:42 PM
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maryjane
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APR 12, 06:51 PM
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When the banjo/guitar tempo takes off, the song reminds me of immediately after ................."we have a translation interlock on the audio sigal, we're taking over this conversation NOW."
[youtube]https://youtube/nkykqyMEarA?t=86[/youtube][This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 04-12-2024).]
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