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[ronott1]

I may have to do the 'crazy neighbor' routine once again. Neighbor across the street is 4th generation here. First three generations were well known to me and were great neighbors - #4 not so great. He has a friend who visits and just turns his dog loose. Dog comes over here and agitates my dogs. Last time it happened was 11:30 at night. I hear the dogs raising Hades, and the Princess comes into the bedroom and says, "I think there's an alien in the backyard." WTH I look out, and there are strobing blue lights zipping around the backyard. It's the friend's dog with some sort of collar with flashing/strobing blue lights. I chase the dog down my driveway screaming, "I'm tired of this 'stuff' at near midnight." I'll admit I also dropped a few 'F' bombs screaming like a lunatic for a significant period of time. The next day they started putting up a fence in their backyard to keep their dogs and the friend's dog. Problem apparently solved. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

That must have been something! Will the fence give you more privacy for the "Moon Dance?"

 

[ronott1]

It started here yesterday.

There have been fire works going off here for a week or so!

Tonight I will get to watch the illegal bottle rockets. Some even bring in mortars.

We are so dry here! Hopefully there will not be any fires set tonight.

 

[room onthebroom]

I may have to do the 'crazy neighbor' routine once again. Neighbor across the street is 4th generation here. First three generations were well known to me and were great neighbors - #4 not so great. He has a friend who visits and just turns his dog loose. Dog comes over here and agitates my dogs. Last time it happened was 11:30 at night. I hear the dogs raising Hades, and the Princess comes into the bedroom and says, "I think there's an alien in the backyard." WTH I look out, and there are strobing blue lights zipping around the backyard. It's the friend's dog with some sort of collar with flashing/strobing blue lights. I chase the dog down my driveway screaming, "I'm tired of this 'stuff' at near midnight." I'll admit I also dropped a few 'F' bombs screaming like a lunatic for a significant period of time. The next day they started putting up a fence in their backyard to keep their dogs and the friend's dog. Problem apparently solved. There's more than one way to skin a cat.

Counteracting a crazy person with their brand of crazy doesn’t make you the crazy one. It only levels the playing field & allows you to communicate with them in a dialect they can understand.

 

[Sally PB]

We are so dry here! Hopefully there will not be any fires set tonight.

Several years ago, stray fireworks burned down a historic bridge a few miles from us. Over 100 year old wooden bridge...

 

[sourland]

Counteracting a crazy person with their brand of crazy doesn’t make you the crazy one. It only levels the playing field & allows you to communicate with them in a dialect they can understand.

I actually dealt with the neighbor and his friend on a 'normal' person level to no avail. Crazy seemed to work. When we first moved here there was a semi wild hunting club that used to stock pheasants. Survivors would come to my bird feeders and hang out in my front yard. Someone thought it made sense to shoot them and let them lay on my lawn. One shotgun blast across their bow cured that behavior. Apparently my reputation has mellowed over the near 57 years that we have lived here.

 

[aart]

It started here yesterday.

Here too, was the big night for many local municipalities....
....and my next door neighbor, 400' of woods between us, they had some big stuff.
I'm really glad we got all that rain.
But, yeah, some were heard over the last week, and I imagine it'll go another week.

Rascal never even flinched.
My Maggie hated them, she died on July 3rd, 2007.

 

[ronott1]

Several years ago, stray fireworks burned down a historic bridge a few miles from us. Over 100 year old wooden bridge...

I remember!

It is sad since we are in a drought here! It does not seem like the Authorities can stop it either.

 

[Sally PB]

I remember!

You remember hearing/reading about White's Bridge? 1867-2013. It made the Michigan "blurbette" in the USA Today a couple days afterward, on their page with a snippet of news about each state.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Better half is still cutting grass outside real low all over does not want to leave fuel for fire .. last 2 nights one neighbor has boom, boom going off .. pugsly did not like it first two days barked his head off .. Seems to have accepeted it now..

 

[ronott1]

You remember hearing/reading about White's Bridge? 1867-2013. It made the Michigan "blurbette" in the USA Today a couple days afterward, on their page with a snippet of news about each state.

That one and an old covered bridge the burnt a couple of years ago.