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soooo upset
My neighbors called the pound on me saying I wasn't taking care of my dogs. That's a line of crap. Everytime I load up to hike..it's like a show they watch me and then are so nosey they have to complain. The guy that came out from the pound said he could tell that the dogs were happy and well taken care of.

HOw do you get back at people with no life but being nosey?
rox1
7:48:38 AM
5/25/04

Bake them cookies and tell them thank you for caring about your dogs. Maybe they'd like to take them for a walk or spend some time with them since they care so much? ;)
Sassafras
7:54:55 AM
5/25/04

Anonymous tips to the Vice Squad?

NAH.... LOLOL
Tilt
7:55:23 AM
5/25/04

I like Sass's idea! :)

Something similar happened to me back when I first moved on my road. I returned from an overnight and couldn't find my cats. My neighbor said I left them outside with no food and water, so they took them to their house.
The cats had plenty of food and water IN THE HOUSE, and were able to go in and out freely thru the open cellar window - which is what they always did even when I was home.

You're right - some people have no lives...
twigeater
8:16:26 AM
5/25/04

Actually the cookie idea ain't bad. Remember the whole Golden Rule thing? They might turn out to be decent people in the end.

Had a neighbor at our last house which attacked me 6 mos. after we moved in (after being an @$$ non-stop during that time). Took him to court and then dropped the charges on court day. Just wanted to scare him straight - and it worked. He didn't become a friend or anything, but we figured out he was just going through marital problems and was venting on me. He was OK after that. Usually people that pick on other people (bullies) are doing it to cover up their own bigger problems.

End of sermon. :-)
techntrek
8:18:31 AM
5/25/04

Nosey neighbors are strange by definition, but at least they care about the dogs, even if they are flat out wrong. Sounds like their hearts are in the right place, even if they're sense of judgement if off.
MacGyver
8:19:53 AM
5/25/04

yeah no name on the complaint

dog shaped cookies.. hmmm that's a thought

A good neighbor would feed my dog if they thought it needed it. Big city people...not always nice.
rox1
8:21:08 AM
5/25/04

Well I have lived in this house almost 3 yrs and since I am single and all the people around me are married and at least 15 yrs older than me I have always gotton the brush off from the neighbors.

I have tried to be nice... I don't bother them and keep to myself. I think it's time to move.
rox1
8:23:08 AM
5/25/04

Yeah, they either care about the dogs or just used them to get to Rox. I'm not sure I'd be able to take hat plate of cookies over. I'd make Birch do that part, lol. He's always more diplomatic than I am in real life (as opposed to TT life).
Sassafras
8:24:19 AM
5/25/04

Sunbathe naked in your backyard and see if they still complain!
aero
8:26:04 AM
5/25/04

My daughter always goes out front and washes her car in her bikini..she has the shape for it.

She cussed out the people across the street one time cause my little dog was in their yard they said they were gonna shot it. Pissed Tiff off..I am one to ignore that kind of stuff she reacts.. that was over a year ago. I think they did this out of spite. I will take one of the dogs hiking this weekend. Wish I could take both.
rox1
8:30:13 AM
5/25/04

My neighbors are all pretty cool. Most of us have dogs. The neighbor to the north of me has a 'new' dog (1 yr or so), that killed my wifes Westy. We found out later that it had previously attacked the guys weiner dog across the street. I also found out last night that he attacked his other dog and thew weiner dog came to its' rescue by biting it on the balls. Honest! If that #&%!$er kills my wifes new Westy, I'm going over with a sharp knife...no shooting in city limits you know.

By the way, do you have any pics of that car wash thing?
Chief
9:04:00 AM
5/25/04

lol... no I am not showing my daughter on the internet...nice try there Chief.

But hey about your wife's dog..that is terrible. My dogs are not in the least aggresive, soooo there is really no reason for anyone to be mean about it. I can't blame you about the neighbor's dog..that is just terrible. I would definally call the pound on them!
rox1
9:28:58 AM
5/25/04

rox - The old women are afraid 'this hot younger woman', ie you, is going to lure their husbands away. ;-)
StoveStomper
9:38:31 AM
5/25/04

Do you have binoculars? Stare at them openly through binoculars when they're being nosey. Freaks people out! :)
bearmagnet
9:41:59 AM
5/25/04

lmao bearmagnet! Great idea!!
Sassafras
11:53:50 AM
5/25/04

Does the Golden Rule apply to nosey neighbors!

Bake them cookies (Great idea Sass!) but instead of using chocolate, put Ex-Lax in them!
Capn Bobo
12:21:09 PM
5/25/04

Plant drugs in their house and call the DEA.

Presto, new neighbors!
bitpusher
12:25:25 PM
5/25/04

LIke those ideas... I will have to do ALL of them!
Thanks
rox1
2:15:13 PM
5/25/04

I do my own lawn. I takes me a few hours to mow front and back
weed whack
trim the hedges

take everything that is in the street and sweep it in a pile then pick it up. this is very hard work.

now, my neighbors across from me and next to me have a lawn guy. I had to strighten them out and tell them to stop blowing the crap on my property and from across the street.

now the guy behind me, Charlie passed last year and he always did his own lawn. but since he has been gone, the jerk next to him, takes his leaf blower and blows everything down the street towards us (we are on a one way stret, so everything blows towards us). which means I have to sweep it up.

OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO KILL HIM

if I had a back bone I would tell him to knock it the f^ck off.
it's bad enough they park in dead guys drive way (house up for sale).
Dutchess of Road Ki11
1:46:29 PM
6/13/08

sneak out there in the dead of night and put a sign on the back window that reads "Dead Man Driving"
Mike P
2:01:41 PM
6/13/08

haha
I just told the guy that threw his litter on my front lawn, to pick it up

what do you think he did?
I am having I HATE KINDA DAY
Dutchess of Road Ki11
2:05:11 PM
6/13/08

Check with your local code department. Some cities have codes against stuff like this. Sic them on the pricks. Take pictures of the guy doing it and find out who to show them to. I would start with a call to your councilperson or whatever your rep is called.
sticks
5:17:32 PM
6/13/08

that is a good idea, but he would find out it was me and I have tried very hard not to rock the boat with my neighbors.
Dutchess of Road Ki11
6:31:35 PM
6/13/08

It's entirely up to you how much crap you'll take before you do something. How much grief can you handle? Why do you choose to?
Nimblefoot
6:38:41 PM
6/13/08

because I'm spinless :(

he has one more chance, then i will say something
Dutchess of Road Ki11
6:50:32 PM
6/13/08

I hate conflict with neighbors too Mapleleaf. My one neighbor is an outright bytch. The type that turns you into the city if your weeds get a little high rather than just telling you. I avoid her like the plauge.

You're lucky because you live in NCY and have people who can "handle" these things.

"Yo, hows about I go ova there and have a talk with this mook on your behalf?"
Nigal
3:35:16 AM
6/14/08

The lady across the street has been giving me the finger and saying weird things the past two years and I dont know why.
fingerlakeshiker
3:17:16 PM
6/14/08

I had to threaten my old neighbors with the law and sicking my dogs on one of them a couple of years ago. 3 generations of drug addled crazies. They got evicted (pumps fist in the air). New neighbors have loud arguments and a bad kid. They are still better than the previous clowns.
currahee
3:34:16 PM
6/14/08

Oh, hell, I had a lady whose house I lived in for 18 years that flipped me off most very day. It was embarrassing and it hurt, I'd say "Please maw..."
Nimblefoot
5:07:56 PM
6/14/08

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