Things you wish you could say

[AMM10]

That's really thinking, right there.
I'm not good at playing petty with the neighbors.
I once lived in a nice subdivision with an older retired neighbor.
One of those guys that kept his home and property above and beyond. Me, not as much. But I worked, had a kid and a life while he was retired and had the time you know?
Of course I was the worse neighbor possible in his mind. Well, because you know me.
He always liked to catch me when I'd get home from work and make comments about my grass or leaves or not parking in my garage. Just what I thought was petty at the time.
In the winter he was always the first on the cul-de-sac to get his driveway and sidewalk shoveled after an overnight snow. It irked him that I never got around to doing mine till that evening. Always the last one to get done.
Once or twice it happened on my day off and he'd have to get an early start just to make sure he was done way before me.
So one night it snowed like 4" or 6" I decided to be petty and got out there at the buttcrack of dawn so I could get done before work and beat him.
He must of heard my shovel on the concrete but not soon after he was out there doing his. I laughed but then noticed he was going double time. I had a good start on him so I busted it out and made damn sure I smoked him.
I put my stuff away grabbed my work things and headed out to the truck. He was still hard at it as I gave him a smirk and wave and left all proud of myself.
I'm sure at that point he just wanted to get done before the other neighbors figured it out.
When I got home that night I didn't see him. In fact I didn't see him the next several days. Then I finally saw his wife and she said that day while shoveling he had a heart attack or something with his heart and was in the hospital.
Man I felt bad. When he got home I helped get him in the house and settled. The rest of that winter I made sure I got his driveway shoveled every time it snowed and it didn't matter if it was before I went to work or late into the night. His always got done before mine or anyone else's.
That next summer is when I had my bike wreck. When I got home from the hospital I was wheelchair bound. The houses were raised ranch so about a dozen steps out front.
I told my buddy that brought me home to park in that guy's driveway. It was the shortest, straightest level shot to the last 3 steps into my house. Of course he immediately came out to see who was in his drive. He helped get me in my house and returned my favor by mowing my lawn the next several months.
Despite our differences and neither of us changing our ways too much we were never petty to each other again and from then till a couple 3 years later when I moved we actually became friends.
It was a good lesson to learn in the worse way.

Yeah, I feel that and can reason with you. It’s just that some bad people out there still need to learn their lesson the hard way.

 

[AMM10]

Nope, not legal to shoot tresspassers.

It is here where I am.

If someone were to trespass on my property then good luck to them not being shot at without having my consent first.

 

[R2elk]

It is here where I am.

If someone were to trespass on my property then good luck to them not being shot at without having my consent first.

Actually it is not. It is legal to use deadly force (shooting) in self defense. Shooting a trespasser is not specifically self defense.

The main rule of shooting someone is to make sure there is only your side of the story.

 

[The Moonshiner]

We had some cloacas in CA come, steal rocks, put them in a odd pattern on our mailbox, and throw them at the neighbor's car.

This was most likely a Sasquatch. It's hard to understand some of the seemingly odd behaviors they have but apparently they have their reasons.

 

[AMM10]

I wish I could ask WTF is wrong with people nowadays, but why bother?

 

[AMM10]

Actually it is not. It is legal to use deadly force (shooting) in self defense. Shooting a trespasser is not specifically self defense.

The main rule of shooting someone is to make sure there is only your side of the story.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Nabiki]

It's very possible that neighbor is not the culprit. It could be a misguided kid that thought they were doing the birds a favor by freeing them.

There are people on this site that have commented how wrong it is for the big aliens to keep quail in cages.

It's possible that it was the neighbour's kid, maybe the neighbour's boyfriend. They did more than just let my birds loose, though. They threw things around, even filling a bucket and throwing my leather gardening gloves into it. There was some destruction, thankfully nothing too bad.

Edit: My males have been getting noisy, and the neighbour apparently had a real problem with the rooster that got killed. She never said anything to me, despite the text I sent to all of my nearby neighbours to tell me if he bothered them, including her. I would have found a place for him or had him for dinner if I'd known he bothered her. She never said a thing. The only replies I got were "I like the sound of a rooster," or "Nope, he doesn't bother me." from some of the other neighbours. The neighbour behind her house (who came over to help me catch birds) mentioned that they found a Tide Pod next to their chicken run, and the only place it could have come from was the neighbour I suspect's yard. She said that she's afraid of birds.

 

[R2elk]

It's possible that it was the neighbour's kid, maybe the neighbour's boyfriend. They did more than just let my birds loose, though. They threw things around, even filling a bucket and throwing my leather gardening gloves into it. There was some destruction, thankfully nothing too bad.

Edit: My males have been getting noisy, and the neighbour apparently had a real problem with the rooster that got killed. She never said anything to me, despite the text I sent to all of my nearby neighbours to tell me if he bothered them, including her. I would have found a place for him or had him for dinner if I'd known he bothered her. She never said a thing. The only replies I got were "I like the sound of a rooster," or "Nope, he doesn't bother me." from some of the other neighbours. The neighbour behind her house (who came over to help me catch birds) mentioned that they found a Tide Pod next to their chicken run, and the only place it could have come from was the neighbour I suspect's yard. She said that she's afraid of birds.

It's always easiest to suspect a person that you already dislike. This isn't saying it wasn't that person but it is entirely possible it was someone else.

 

[notabitail]

It's possible that it was the neighbour's kid, maybe the neighbour's boyfriend. They did more than just let my birds loose, though. They threw things around, even filling a bucket and throwing my leather gardening gloves into it. There was some destruction, thankfully nothing too bad.

Edit: My males have been getting noisy, and the neighbour apparently had a real problem with the rooster that got killed. She never said anything to me, despite the text I sent to all of my nearby neighbours to tell me if he bothered them, including her. I would have found a place for him or had him for dinner if I'd known he bothered her. She never said a thing. The only replies I got were "I like the sound of a rooster," or "Nope, he doesn't bother me." from some of the other neighbours. The neighbour behind her house (who came over to help me catch birds) mentioned that they found a Tide Pod next to their chicken run, and the only place it could have come from was the neighbour I suspect's yard. She said that she's afraid of birds.

That tide pod thing definitely points at your neighbor for both things.

 

[sourland]

Just because somebody acts crappy is no reason to behave in like manner. It makes you the same as them. Walk above it.

I agree in theory, but mess with my family or animals and expect retribution - legal if possible. If not ----------------