The yuppie assholes across the street from me with their big expensive purebred dogs and matching his and her Convertibles put their house up for sale last week. I got a letter from the township today about my Merc and my trailer being in the driveway, even tho the merc is covered.. Hmmmmmmmmmmm....coincidence do you think???? Part of me wants to paint "ASSHAT" in his grass with salt and gasoline. Another part just wants the shithead gone. I hope I never have the chance to run him down in the street....I'd be pissed if I missed. Sorry, I just needed to vent. Glenn
You cant keep a car in your own driveway? Just take the car and trailer away to a storage unit and paint the outside of your house facing his with skulls and crossbones..
I was at war with my asshole neighbors in my old neighborhood for years- I had the citie's inspectors, fire dept., and anybody else they could think of to call on me over so often I thought about just leaving a table outside with fresh coffee and dounuts on it for them. Finally, one day, a FOR SALE sign appeared in their front yard. I promptly called the listing agent and scheduled a walk through of their house. (Made sure all the other neighbors saw me so they'd tell the assholes) After I got bored with looking at all their stuff, I took a shit in their spotless bathroom and "forgot" to flush. Told the realtor we were looking for something nicer and left... Ahhh, the good 'ol days...
Some people just don't get it. My best advice, bite your tongue, hope he sells and a real car guy moves in.
So, that was YOU who left that prehistoric bowl-curler my wife and I found after having to call hazmat just before we moved from Michigan.
Sorry,man,but I don't get it. There's obviously more to this story-but you're not telling it. So these folks have fancy cars and some purebred dogs? One assumes they've earned them fairly,so what's your real beef with them? You got a letter from your township about your car and trailer-what'd it say? Are they making a request,making demands,are you in violation of the code, or not? It may indeed be these folks are making trouble,trying to clean up the neighborhood to sell their house and really are being stupid. But, if you want sympathy,you've got to fill out the picture.
What ever happened to people knowing and respecting thier nieghbors. I've had some real dousy's. One nieghbor called the police on me and threating me if i did not move my motoe cycle off my front lawn while moving in and had no where else to put it at the time. Dang near came to gun play since both of us had carry permits... Thank God the police had nothing to write me up for. We eventually just respected each other an lived in quiet harmony
Gotta watch out for some of them yuppies, they can surprise ya sometimes. The good part is at the end..... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8613431240341347407&q=GuyWithACamera
Not looking for sympathy...just needed to vent a bit. I have to keep my merc INSIDE the garage till it is completed. And the trailer. I have 2 weeks to comply or there will be "further legal action". My house faces his. They are just looking for top buck for their house annd could care less about the neighbors. I've been here 8 months and not a word till the 4-sale sign went up.
There is one thing to be said about living out in a small town if you are a car guy. One rodder moved here from Las Vegas & 2 others moved here from southern California. You can leave the yuppies behind because they won't leave the city comforts behind. Unlike the city in Tucson as I mentioned on another post here a long time ago where some damn real estate guy called the cops on me, nice cop said even though this car of mine was about 100 feet in from the street in my driveway between a blockwall and the house with a tree and big bushes and in front of backyard gate "can you move it behind the gate?" I can relate to dealing with those kinds of people Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy
That is a drag when the town comes down upon ya. Here are some possible solutions: 1) By a leapord print THONG and make sure to detail your boat/bike/car all weekend, all summer long while blaring hip-hop in your driveway. It sounds bad but will harm them more than you. 2) Does your yuppie neighbor speed through the area like a jack-ass? Construct a sign for the greater good of the hood... Example: "SLOW DOWN, BOB" 3) A good old fashioned block party hosted by you, right in front of their house...think of the possibilities! 4) Isn't it time you gave your home that flamed/scalloped/etc paint job it has been needing? Maybe a copper (reflective) roof? Remember: Always remain calm, collected, polite and pleasant. This generally makes people completely flip their wigs over time, especially in front of the authorities. Also remember to cap off the cut-outs before the cops get there. Good luck, Jeremiah
it's funny we was just talking about them on Sunday.they are the only ones on the street that isn't into some type of gearhead stuff.before I left a guy across the street was pulling his loud V8 4x4 lift toyo mud truck out of the drive and pulling it in the front yard.harley's and hot rods on the street.I even said that I need to buy the yuppies house so the street would all be hotrodder's or something like that.some people you can't get along with no matter how hard you try.you should have a big ass party up there and line the street full of hot rods. let em rip wide open when we leave and maybe they will take the first offer , a little less for that house and move out faster..just a thought. Steve
Invite Josh Shaw over for the weekend Hell him and his pals will probably camp out in their yard, be on top of their house naked with just gas masks on, ride mini bikes through their front door and all kinds of other stuff.
This sounds like an idle threat. Is it against code to have a licensed trailer or vehicle in your driveway? I doubt it. Regardless of the source or cause of the town/village/municipalities threat, it sounds like BS to me. I'd have to find out what the code is and fight this BS. I have a suspicion it's an empty threat scare tactic.
I dont have problem's like this if my neighbors start calling the cops on me immigration will come and take them back to Mexico
In many municipalities it's a code violation to park your trailer, boat, RV, or unregistered, or inoperative vehicle in the driveway. It is here in Orange County, FL.
after that ....you probably wouldn't have to worry about that house....it would probably be burnt to the ground....or covered with spray paint......haha brandon
After being at your house on Sunday I may have an answer. Take everything out of your 2-1/2 car garage and put it in the driveway, then slide the Merc and trailer inside. This will leave a Caddy flathead, 45 bird cages, 2 truck cabs and some other small stuff in the driveway. Can't see how birdcages in a driveway would be a problem . If you fix the floors in the Merc (it's a wagon) you colud load the back of it up. Two weeks is not much time to get that sucker cleaned out from what I saw. No offence meant with this response Glenn.
If you live in a subdivision check your CCR's. Guarantee there is something in there about trailers and how long a car can be in the driveway.
I hate to be a stick in the mud and I'm really not trying to piss you off, but if you're in violation of the law, you'd better abide. Union Township spells it out pretty clearly in theyre Zoning Code. When the Township gets a call like a complaint, they document it, send out a code enforcement person who inspects things firsthand and even photographs the property in question. If there is a violation, a letter is sent out with said violation(s) noted with Article violated. Youve got three garage bays; granted one is a workspace but there is room to move your truck over (like you wanted to anyway) and put the Merc in that bay. As for the trailer, I got nothin. When I decided to move my delivery out of the garage so I could more easily work on the coupe, I checked into what the Zoning Department had to say about it. I found out my limitations and worked JUST inside them. No one complained and everything worked out. Turn the tables Glenn. If you were trying to sell your house what kind of image/behavior would you expect from your neighbors? The housing market sucks right now. Selling a house aint easy. You of all people should be more than aware of this. Im not saying all this to reprimand you publicly. Im doing this to help you out and anyone else who reads this. Its not the first time that this has happened and we all know it wont be the last. But if we do our homework and know where we stand, life is really a lot easier. Vance
That's just stupid!! Don't waste salt and gasoline. You need to use fertilizer and Roundup. The Roundup kills the grass spelling 'ASSHAT'. Then next spring the fertilizer kicks in spelling a bright green 'ASSHAT' in the yard.
Man, that sucks, I live in the city proper and haven't been hassled about the unregistered '58 Olds in the driveway other than the occasional gangsta trying to buy my 'ol skool bomb'. One even flashed what he told me (and looked like) $3500. I thought about taking him up on that. Is this the ad? http://sibcycline.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1019141&b=CIN&p=RESI&s=SFRD&m=1&sender=SearchResults If so, your problem is prolly the part where they say 'on quiet cul-de-sac'. First of all, it's not a cul-de-sac or Jim wouldn't have had to back his Merc out when he left. Also, I checked it out on the Clermont County Auditor's website and, according to the auditor, they paid $129k for it in 2003, but in 2005 it was appraised for $126k. Now, that's a tax appraisal and runs a bit low, generally, so the auditor doesn't get sued for tax refunds every year, but their asking price of $149k is prolly a little crazy. So, are we building a rotisserie tonight? I can bring my cutoff wheel so we can run two at once, that should make a racket. Also, when I get my Ironhead sporty fixed, I'd like to bring it over so we can play with the carb jetting now that I have my straight-pipes on, there's a flat spot at the top-end I wanna try to see if we can get rid of. Also, if they have an open house, my band could play your gazebo - we can turn up a lot as we usually play indoors. I'd also like to look at the house if they have an open house, I'll upper-deck their toilet...
If you don't like the guy, why wouldn't you want to tidy up to make it easier for him to sell his place? I just sold my house. My next door neighbour is a "collector" of derelict and non-running rusty 80's shitboxes and minivans. After my realtor had several potential buyers tell her that they wouldn't live beside that house, I asked him to clean up his shit. I have no doubt that he was pissed at me, and he probably posted crap about me all over mulletlovingcamarotweakers.com, but I don't really give a shit. he moved his shit, I sold my house, and now he can do whatever the fuck he wants.
I don't think Glen has a problem with people trying to sell their house or trying to get him to change things to his while they do it, it's more to do with siccing the code-enforcement nazis on him instead of first coming over and talking to him about it like a man - you know - being neighborly? I had a neighbor who sicced the Health Department on us claiming that we had RATS and he'd seen em because he was pissed about our Olds AT OUR OLD HOUSE. We have 4 dogs and no rats and the Health Dept said they thought he was crazy...
Tim, I like your band palynig the gazebo idea. Just get a permit so that you're legal and they can't do shit about it. That would be perfect. Open houses are ususally advertised the week before and a permit can be had in a couple days. I used to say violence solves everything. I think that volume might do more in this case. Vance
Hey Glenn! Does that neighbor of yours still ahve his drag car? Maybe you, him and Tim could all get together and have an engine tuning convention. Two or three sets of open headers would sound sweeeeet, especially aimed down into that tree lined 'cul-de-sac'. That killed me when i read that. It's really a dead-end street but that doesn't sound so good on a real estate write-up, now does it? Vance
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