MakeEverything
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| posted on 30/5/09 at 09:30 AM |
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Our neigbours sven doors down, used to have a Caravan on their drive, which is right outside our house, next to my drive. No problem, it blocks the
light a bit, and doesnt look particularly nice, but i dont stand there staring out of the window (yet).
Anyway, theres a 6' piece of land in front of their drive that belongs to us. So, i used to park on it. The caravan never moved, and when they
did want to move it, i moved my car. So, one day, he started parking his car in front of the caravan, so i knocked on the door, and asked him if he
could move his car, so that i could park mine.
The conversation lead to getting the title plans out, and showing him that the plot he was parked on, was out property.
Anyway, i didnt think anything else of it, until one saturday i was out cleaning the bike, when him and his missus came over all angry, and asked if
id done anything about our conversation two days previous. I politely explained that no i hadnt, as i had been at work, and today was saturday!
They thrust this paperwork in front of me, and got all shitty about access rights etc, so i said ok, ill look into it on Monday.
Long story short (ish), they were right in that we had to provide them with access, with reasonable notice but the way that they approached it
was aggressive and offensive. So, because their caravan was overhanging their drive and encroaching onto ours, we instructed our solicitor to kindly
ask them "to resolve this issue" which lead to them removing their caravan to a storage ground. 
The moral is, if they had approached it sensibly, then they wouldnt be stuck with a £300 a year pitch fee to store their caravan.
We havent spoken since, which is fine by me, but they do stare a lot!! - Hey ho. Theyre known in our house as "The Weirdo's".
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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C10CoryM
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| posted on 2/6/09 at 01:23 AM |
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My landlord grumbles about how loud my neighbors V8 Lotus Esprit is.
I just sort of laugh to myself and think of my last Camaro. It used to make house windows 50ft away pulse in time with the engines idle
Cheers.
Edit: Actually found an old (and lousy) audio clip of the thing idling.
http://www.geocities.com/chevroletc1070/idle.html
[Edited on 2/6/09 by C10CoryM]
"Our watchword evermore shall be: The Maple Leaf Forever!"
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coozer
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| posted on 2/6/09 at 06:55 AM |
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I've got a councillor 3 doors away... loves my car AND stihl saw.
Was revving the knackers off the stihl last night two fingers to the nosey neighbour... bah humbug
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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RK
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| posted on 2/6/09 at 12:24 PM |
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Mr Henderson is right. Talking to her would probably go a long way.
Unfortunately, last week I didn't follow that advice when I yelled down the road "Not everyone likes ACDC as much as you!" to the
guy blaring it out for the third full day in a row - all new stuff - not the good old Bon Scott stuff. I was chastised by the neighbours across the
street, who agreed with his choices, as well as by the missus, who said I was rude. I dunno, is that rude?
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 2/6/09 at 03:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
Mr Henderson is right. Talking to her would probably go a long way.
Unfortunately, last week I didn't follow that advice when I yelled down the road "Not everyone likes ACDC as much as you!" to the
guy blaring it out for the third full day in a row - all new stuff - not the good old Bon Scott stuff. I was chastised by the neighbours across the
street, who agreed with his choices, as well as by the missus, who said I was rude. I dunno, is that rude?
Ummm, it probably didnt help!
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/6/09 at 03:59 AM |
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The noise limits apply between 8pm and 8am, I recieved a few talkings-to off the council over this one when I was taxi-ing. Thing is if the car and
exhaust are legal can they do anything...
As for being able to hear your car from next door I can hear my neighbour shut his car door, maybe you could point that out next time...
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 8/6/09 at 08:13 PM |
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Sit outside the house revving the engine, then when theyre looking out, give them a big smile and leave a big fat number 11 on the road in front of
their house!!
I thought of doing that to the weirdo's in my road...... hmmmmm....... brb.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/6/09 at 08:17 PM |
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When we had problems with our wierdos next door swmbo threatened them to swap with one of her friends at work and they'll be begging for us to
come back. Some people are much worse than a bit of engine noise!
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nstrug
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| posted on 12/6/09 at 11:30 PM |
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Hmm, my neighbours' cars include a Tuscan S, a TVR 400SE, a seriously loud RX-7 Turbo, and to cap it all a Ferrari 575 Maranello - there's
quite a lot of noise on a Sunday morning, especially when it's Goodwood Breakfast Club!
The worst however is a chap with an absolutely hideous Harley, complete with ludicrous tassled panniers. He drops it on a regular basis too, and lies
wailing in the street until someone calls an ambulance...
Nick
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 09:56 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nstrug
He drops it on a regular basis too
Nick
Lol, sounds like me when i dropped my TL 25m from the house!
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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