Even though I don't give them a reason to have a problem with me, a couple of my neighbors still do. The neighbors on either side are older folks, but very cool. Some of my other neighbors let thier dogs run lose so they get into my garbage cans and use my back yard for their toilet. There's this older couple across the alley who give me the "We wish we could watch you die a painful death" look every time they go by. Of course, they walk their dog behind my garage where I can't see them and let the little mogrel pee and poop on my grass. But I'm the bad guy because I roll my old car out of the garage and work on it from time to time.
When I moved in, I was talking to the new neighbors and they said the guy next door was wierd and didn't talk to anyone. I was coming home one day and their was a 1961 Ferrari in his drive so I stip by to look. I walk into his garage and he's striping a 56 Chevy. He was storing the Ferrari for a friend of his and he had done a frame off for the guy 12 years ago. I use his rider and cut both our lawns, hang out at his shop, and he even comes to my kids birthday parties. I asked the guy across the street if the yard art bothered him and he doesn't care because his kids have their frinds over all the time and take up parking on the street. His daughter comes over for me to air up tires and stuff for he so she doesn't bother her Dad. It helps that she's s 6 foot blond who has pool parties with her friends. They come over and help me homebrew in the garage.(They are all in their 20's, I don't serve minors.) We only get loud for the 4th of July, bonfire, fireworks, all that stuff. They come over, drink my beer and have a good time. I even clean the junk out of their yard the next day. We all get along or at least are cordial.
My neighbor to the south can't even start his lawnmower without my help...he likes me. My neighbor to the north has had to bail his chocolate lab out of jail twice because I caught it in my swimming pool and hauled it to the pound...I'm pretty sure he hates me, but he is such a pussy he won't say anything to me. I'm careful about obeying noise ordinances and I have a fence built to local code that hides all my cars and parts, so I'm feeling pretty bulletproof.
I guess they probably do, but I wouldn't even piss on their inbred punk ass graves. Just my opinion, maybe somebody likes them. Hey if they get divorced will they still be brother and sister?
Like me? Well I'm always in shit with the wife because it takes me like 3 hours to do anything outside. It's not my fault I always tell her. Seriously, it's not my fault if one of the closest 7 neighbours is plying me with beer to fix their mower, or to see what I'm working on, to troubleshoot or fix their car/house/insert other problem here or just simply shoot the shit. Seriously, I've got from a young engaged couple all the way to retired widow. Heck I even get along great with the Mormons on the block and not once in 7 years have they tried to save my soul. So I'm not sure if my neighbours talk to me because they like me or if it's because they like seeing my wife light me up! If you use some common sense like not being the asshole on the block at 3 in the morning, life can be great. We all get along and overlook the rare 3am rap fest in their driveway. Or the occasional cussin and swearin in my driveway. I scratch their back, they scratch mine. Life is good.
Dog washing ain't free. Make him out a bill next time. Sorry, but the lab in the pool thing is cracking me up. My neighbors right now are fantastic. Only had a problem with those in the house behind us. When I moved in and eventually ran into that couple in a local bar it was a crappy experience, as they were pretty juiced at that point, and were gleefully vocal about what they considered my problems and shortcomings as a neighbor. Also, since they were stupid, they repeated themselves in various dialects of gibberish until I was squirming to give them an earful of my disappointment in their lack of neighborliness... I was there with friends from work, who already knew me well, and found the two drunkasses berating me to be the high point of the evening's entertainment. My new neighbors are a lot friendlier.
-Yep...neighbors turned me into the city inspector, for having unlicensed/uninsured cars in my back yard. Now, I have a 7' Cypress wood privacy fence, and you have to stand on the neighbors roof to see my cars...but, that didn't deter them. City told me to build a makeshift carport, and that would satisfy code... Relatives always pull into my drive and ask about the "used car lot"... People walking by always look at me like I'm white-trash...so, I try to oblige them, any chance I get... -Tony
Ironically I have the same problem. Ironically enough, the "used lot" isn't mine. My neighbour is the one and he keeps them parked neatly. At one time he had like 5 or 6 "uncollectable" cars. "Uncollectable" meaning newer POS's that only by the grace of God made it back into the driveway and died there. Nothing worth even calling NAPA to inquire about parts for.
"Some of my other neighbors let thier dogs run lose so they get into my garbage cans and use my back yard for their toilet." "Of course, they walk their dog behind my garage where I can't see them and let the little mogrel pee and poop on my grass." A sling shot and a bag of marbles can fix that. We had an inconsiderate neighbor that used to let her dogs loose to crap on everyone elses lawn. The guy next to me got so mad after repeatedly complaining to them he gathered all the shit off of his yard and mine and stuffed it in their mailbox. They found somewhere else to let their dogs run after that.
I wave at my neighbors every day, and they don't wave back with all their fingers. It could be because of that wedding deal they had while I tuned my uncorked hot rod, or something.
We bought our shop about 10 years ago at a tax sale. The guy that used to own it lived 50 feet away. He hated my junk cars and the fact that we bought it very cheaply. Tried to cause trouble every chance he got. Then he died and we were able to buy his house and two acres from his step children now our closest neighbor is 1/4 mile away. But we are close to the road and some people dont like the view of a 150 old vehicles. OldWolf
about 6 months after i bought this house, a good friend of mine was relocating his shop from fontana/bloomington. he was going to kingman az. time was running short as his lease was up and stuff needed to be moved. i offered to store some of his vehicles at my house as it was sorta on the path to kingman. before i did this, i went to the neighbors and let them know what i was doing and that the vehicles would be gone within a month or so. nobody seemed to have a problem with it. the cars were placed to the rear of my property and for the most part... out of sight. 4 days after i moved the last car in i received a notice to remove all non-running vehicles from my property. i called the county and was told that a complaint was filed by one of my neighbors. soooooo.. load all the cars back on the trailer.. find storage and empty the yard.. the guy next door told me that it was a shame that someone would turn me in.. after all.. i did let everybody know what was going on.. turns out.. the blowhole that turned me in was mr. concern from next door.. if he didnt hate me then.. i bet he does now.. P.S. I TYPED THIS WITH A POPSICLE STICK SHOVED IN MY SHIFT KEY FOR DOC. I DIDNT WANNA YELL AT HIM AGAIN..
I live on a corner so the guy across the street from me is really cool. Him and his stepson both have big block 70 Chevelles and we're always over at each other's garage. The people behind me are even trashier than me and have a dismantled Chevy truck in the driveway that they've been "restoring." Don't hear anything from them. The older couple that used to hate me next door have warmed up lately and even stopped over to check out the new roadster project I got. I haven't said one word to the lady across the street to the east in all the eight years I've lived in my house. Although I did shovel her out when she got stuck in the snow at the corner last week. What's really weird is the lady around the corner and about ten houses down hates my guts. Last summer a semi truck hit my legally parked truck and trailer. As I was having it out with the truck driver this dumb bitch comes sticking her nose in and telling me it's illegal to park where I was. After I finally told her to waddle her ass home she threatened to call the cops because she thought my old Monte SS was too loud. It's got headers, an H pipe and two mufflers. I hope she enjoys the open exhaust on the tudor in another month or so. Now I give a nice twist of the throtte to the straight piped Triumph evertime I ride past her place. I never met her before, she isn't even a neighbor but she's fairly convinced I am Satan incarnate.
my wife and i live in a gated community, we're both 25 (sometimes thought of as a young punk). we have association fees and all that shit. anyways my hotrod build is currently sitting in the middle of my garage and my 2 o/t trucks are in the driveway. the asshole to my west is trying to file charges that my trucks in the driveway impede him from seeing the sunrise. what a fucking idiot. im respectful, i dont use air tools or loud noise after 10pm, i even snowblow the old lady across the streets driveway. every other neighbor around us thinks we are the cute hot rod/ motorcyle couple. why does this guy gotta be a dick. maybe hes out for revenge for me push mowing my lawn with a pabst in one hand, a cigarette in the other, and no shirt covering my 130+hours of tattoo work while they suddenly decided to have a church gathering one sunday.
When we first built our garage behind the house, the foundation was sitting there wiyh the dirt floor. All of a sudden the "mayor" of the neighborhood comes up with a bunch of kids. Pretty unusual as he never noticed we were there before. He says" Ya'll building a swimming pool?'' I said no , its going to be a workshop for my cars. He said he was disappointed because he thought we were building a swimming pool for all the neighbors kids. WTF.He was serious! We soon had a petition against our building, but it was to late to matter. Those people haven't talked to us since.Needless to say , there are no car people in our neighborhood.
everyone likes me except 1 the yuppie couple nw of me she's a bitch he's an asshole i try to keep things clean an tidy i have a plow on my atv i do everyones sidewalk in the winter {except theirs } and try to help during the summer .nw couple always have there little "hot tubbin" partys middle of the week at 1:30 am we never say anything i get up a 3 -330 to go to work 1 time son comes home about 1030 and the screams out his window for him to shutup or he's going to shoot him of coarse son nor wife tell me about this for a couple days later because i snap at the drop of a hat. when i built my truck i had open headers loud as could be dude to the east comes runnin over,{i'm thinkin crap is he going to bitch} he's like wow got the beast runnin' i have holy rollers for neighbors to w and e both great even though the ones to the w during the summer have there radio blaring god { not knockin anyone here } but when i get the chance i throw on a little van halan runnin with the devil LOL i did cut MY trees down that were like 2' off my house i asked the neighbors to the east if it would be alright with them they are great i've always ask everyone around me before i start something to get there input to see where they stand, not wanting to make trouble the only complaint i got from some was that i do to much around the house and they think they have to do more around thier houses { flower beds for the ol'lady i resided the house painted trim new front pourch all new windows,doors new shed for all my crap } i always think that we look like white trash in the hood things i have on the place is 2 1950 trucks 1 07 CHEV TRUCK 1 s10 1 work truck the wifes car 5 quads 1 dirt bike 1 badass harley just a bagger with a 124 s&s , JUST REMEMBER BE POLITE AND ASK THERE OPINON ON THINGS
Historically, all my old neighbors hated me. I moved into a nicer neighborhood and started plowing the snow from their driveways when I had a chance. They all love me and actually aprove of my car fetish. Hell ,they even came running out of their houses to watch my flame throwers last Halloween.No way would that fly at my old neighborhood.
Can't really say that any of my neighbors "hate" me. If anything, all of the older gentleman in the area come to hang out and give me history lessons about when they were my age. (I'm 25). Police do drive by once in a while, but they slow down, see the ford, nod and then carry on. But, who knows? Once the car's moving on it's own power, I might acquire a few enemies.
We just moved into a new place and I've only met one of the neighbours. They seem pretty cool with the idea of me bringing home my new hotrod. We'll see how the rest of the block feels when summer rolls around and I start working on it. This is a small town with a fairly large car club, so things should be ok.
Not as far as I know. But, my stupid Jeep honks when I use the remote starter in the morning to signal it fired up. And, I don't know how to stop it. So it would'nt surprise me if they did. I guess having a car with straight pipes doesn't help either. (No, I don't rev it for no reason.......) Todd
i live on 68 acres. the old fart next to us loves us. but the middleaged dipshit at the end of the road calls the cops, screams at us as we ride by, and has stepped out in the road as ive driven down the street. Of couse i snatched the front wheel up all the way past his house and gave him the knod. hes gana hate when i put cut outs on my truck..haha. get with it, or get fuckn lost!!
The only time I had a neighbour I had complain was when I fired up my 340 w/ open headers. The neighbour was my dad, said the damn thing shook the windows at his house 1/4 mile away. As for the rest of them, I was here first, leave me alone.
The old neighbors used to, but none of my neighbors can see me now... so I can have as much junk as I want!
Dunno yet.....just straight piped my truck and its nice and annoying. These little shits down the street have LOUD parties every weekend, and a little GM symphony playing on a crisp Sunday morning shouldn't hurt.
My neighbour keeps his head down a little more since someone spray painted "paedophile" and "nonce" on his house. Before that he was a pain in the arse, loud music, loud fights with his kids...I nearly got hit by a laptop he'd thrown out of an upstairs window in a fit of (internet?) rage too. Crazy bastard. The story in the paper about him being charged with something about him and a fourteen year old girl mean that he's hopefully going away somewhere soon anyway, thank God...unless his house burns down...
Maybe for revenge, you should see if any of those kids,would like to learn about building hot rods! Then you could counter those petitions, with the "youth education" program.
No I was just out side shoveling snow off the driveway and the neighbor came over with his tractor and plowed it did not even ask.
Don't think so... My garage, such as it is, has an ancient wood floor. There's only so much I can do in there. John, beside me, let me use his garage to put the engine in my '53. I was a first timer. I had to tear down the seized engine to swap the parts onto the good one. Took something like 2 weeks of evening work. Ed (across the back lane) and I have each other's garage keys. Welding happens at his place and I've got the automotive tools. There's no way I could of gotten my '53 running and driving without their help. And its not like we're old buddies or anything. Haven't even lived in our house for 2 years yet. I do my best to keep my crap under cover. I'm on friendly terms with all my neighbours. I can't think of anyone that doesn't get a smile and wave from me. Lots of people are excited about my cars and stop by to see how I'm doing. John even got inspired and picked up a humpback 39 chev to wrench on with his kid. So, no, I don't think they hate me.
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