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Hopalong

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2008, 04:57:45 PM »
I have a PITA neighbor I've disarmed with affection and humor, and it only took 40 years.  :lol:

When Gardener and I were building the first raised bed in the (gasp!) FRONT yard (next to her immaculately groomed lawn) ... she drove in and in her brassy drawl said, Hops what are you doing?

Hi Betty! We're building a chicken coop! said I...

She still cares about me, and vice versa. And her husband died last weekend. My dad's former doctor...and my first babysitting client, when I was 11.

She was so good to my parents when I still lived away. A retired nurse...she'd be in the house checking on them if their lights weren't going on and off at the right intervals, and at one point when they were both laid up (dad with cancer, mom with a fractured vertebrae) she brought them breakfast upstairs on a tray for a week straight.

So nosy Betty can do whatever she wants. I'll ignore her when she bugs me, but her heart's good.

xo
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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2008, 09:06:47 PM »
We had an eccentric neighbor at the old house.  No problem.  Just goofy.  The lady came over and asked my h to change a lightbulb for her.  Like I said, she is soooo short and my h is 6' 6"...........so I told him I would try to understand her and not make her mad over stupid stuff...........but if she still continues the parking stuff we may have to call her on it....
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Hopalong

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #17 on: June 03, 2008, 09:43:44 PM »
Maybe just quietly going out with the parking cones whenever there's going to be a gathering and setting them to protect her space would do it?

That way, she just sees your consideration and nobody's scoring any verbal points...

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teartracks

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #18 on: June 03, 2008, 11:14:56 PM »



Hi OC,

Or you could throw caution to the wind, piss her off royally and YouTube her!

I  :lol: think :lol: I'm just kidding!

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #19 on: June 03, 2008, 11:18:58 PM »
Oh tt.... I laugh so seldom lately.

Thanks for that: )

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2008, 11:25:30 PM »



lighter,

I must sound paranoid, but I think we tend to forget that there are cameras everywhere now.   I shrink at the thought of how many hissy fits  caught on  WalMart, Lowes, Home Depot cameras alone.  Oh, and add McDonalds. 

Anyway, you're welcome.  Glad you got a charge out of my naughtiness!

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Re: Next Door Neighbor Rant
« Reply #21 on: June 03, 2008, 11:28:22 PM »
It's funny, lol.... and your phrasing maximized the funny.

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