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Fence painting, only one coat done on 1 panel, 14 to go and all will need two or three coats. I may be doing this for the rest of my life ...

Kally, Read “Tom Sawyer” for inspiration and get others to pay YOU to do it.

 

[RGC]

Sorry, should have typed Kaily. My apologies to Kally.

 

[Rona]

Why are people so loud?
Three women leaning on my front wall and I think they are having a competition of who can talk the loudest

 

[lorilu]

Oh man. The neighborhood is having a "Yard Sale Day". the entire west end apparently. When I got up this morning and saw all the junk piled in my neighbor's yard at first I thought this was his way of kicking out his druggie son lol. But then I remembered. Then I thought, who would buy that stuff, it must all be so saturated and reek of cigarettes. But I suppose smokers won't notice, and non smokers will find out, when they get the stuff home.

But then I was standing at my back door when I saw three cars, one after the other turn around in my driveway. So I went out and backed my car out of my carport and parked in the dead center of my driveway to keep them out. My driveway is not in good shape and I don't need 50 cars turning around in it today. So much for my plan of an early morning hike.

 

[Lurcherlad2]

Why are people so loud?
Three women leaning on my front wall and I think they are having a competition of who can talk the loudest

And, late at night on the pavement right outside neighbours’ houses … particularly when it’s warm and windows are open

 

[lorilu]

Why are people so loud?
Three women leaning on my front wall and I think they are having a competition of who can talk the loudest

Yes. I had that the other night at 2 a.m., standing out on the corner just gabbing away. Of course, noise on this street is constant here. And I don't know if it is normal inconsiderate people, or some crazy or drugged up individual, so I didn't say anything.

However back in my old place, at one point there were these two women who jogged in the early morning hours. And they talked, LOUDLY as they jogged. I was getting woken up at 4 a.m. every morning. I soon had enough of that, and the next morning as soon as I heard them I got up and shouted out the window "SHUUUT UUUUPP!!!!" They got the message lol.

 

[magpi]

I had this problem with a woman who lives a few doors away. She keeps talking loudly on her phone in the back garden. I often go into the back bedroom when OH snores. This night I went in at 11.50. The window was open because it was a warm night and that woman was on her phone in her garden, drunk. Rabbiting on to someone called Bunty. I couldn't get to sleep for her and because it was quiet her voice was louder than ever. She talked until 1.20. I mean who chats to friends in the early hours? I almost shouted out the window but thought I'd be as bad as her and wake other people up. I was fuming. Long story short. I was checking the garden for hedgehogs before letting Zak out for his last pee. When blow me she was at it again. Because we all have 6ft fences and I knew she wouldn't know who it was. I yelled," for god sake go in your house!!" She's never been out again.

 

[lorilu]

Oh man. The neighborhood is having a "Yard Sale Day". the entire west end apparently. When I got up this morning and saw all the junk piled in my neighbor's yard at first I thought this was his way of kicking out his druggie son lol. But then I remembered. Then I thought, who would buy that stuff, it must all be so saturated and reek of cigarettes. But I suppose smokers won't notice, and non smokers will find out, when they get the stuff home.

But then I was standing at my back door when I saw three cars, one after the other turn around in my driveway. So I went out and backed my car out of my carport and parked in the dead center of my driveway to keep them out. My driveway is not in good shape and I don't need 50 cars turning around in it today. So much for my plan of an early morning hike.

Not only did I want to have a hike this morning, but I wanted to put the new weighted blanket outside in the sun to continue to air out. I don't dare put it out for fear someone will come over here, thinking I am selling it. And I am NOT leaving my driveway empty for people to turn around in or park in. I notice the neighbors who are having the yard sale have their driveway completely blocked with their own cars, leaving no place for their customers to park or turn around.

Queen Eva actually ate her whole breakfast in record time, so I could be out on the trail right now! I thought about putting my trash barrel out in the driveway, but people could still get around it. Not to mention someone might actually decide to take it.

 

[lorilu]

Not only did I want to have a hike this morning, but I wanted to put the new weighted blanket outside in the sun to continue to air out. I don't dare put it out for fear someone will come over here, thinking I am selling it. And I am NOT leaving my driveway empty for people to turn around in or park in. I notice the neighbors who are having the yard sale have their driveway completely blocked with their own cars, leaving no place for their customers to park or turn around.

Queen Eva actually ate her whole breakfast in record time, so I could be out on the trail right now! I thought about putting my trash barrel out in the driveway, but people could still get around it. Not to mention someone might actually decide to take it.

They are parking on my yard too. Some, just their tires catching the edge where it meets the road, maybe an honest mistake, but some have pulled their right side tires right onto my grass. While I was out walking in my yard and saw anyone doing it I asked them to move. One started to argue with me, she was "just looking, would only be a minute" and she was the worst one, parked her entire vehicle on my lawn, not just the edge, not just two full tires, she pulled in like it was a parking lot. I refused to budge out of her face until she moved it. My neighbor who was having the sale and her cronies she had with her were laughing their heads off watching me argue with this woman. Yard salers are maniacs. No consideration at all!

On the bright side, I found the silver lining! I haven't slept in days, the insomnia has been so bad, and last night in desperation I took one of those nasty sleeping pills. They don't work all that great, but I managed to get about 5 1/2 hours total, but broken up 1-2 hours at a time. I'd forgotten about that this morning when planning my hike. The hangover from these pills kicks in 14 hours after I take one and lasts most of the day, and I never hike (or drive), during that period. The risk of falling and injuring myself is great. So it worked out okay that I missed my hike today.

 

[Rona]

Sluggish pigeons in the road.........every year this happens but this year I think they are going to make themselves ill on Green Acorns
I've had to actually stop in the road a few times to avoid running over one

 

[JoanneF]

Mr F and I went out for supper last night. Next to us was a big table with around eight adults, and four children under the age of five. The children were running around, squealing, then crying, then repeating the process for most of the time we were there.

Frankly, it spoiled the night. If I'm going out, I want to relax in a pleasant environment and enjoy myself. If I'd wanted an experience like that, I'd have gone to McDonald's.

 

[RGC]

Mr F and I went out for supper last night. Next to us was a big table with around eight adults, and four children under the age of five. The children were running around, squealing, then crying, then repeating the process for most of the time we were there.

Frankly, it spoiled the night. If I'm going out, I want to relax in a pleasant environment and enjoy myself. If I'd wanted an experience like that, I'd have gone to McDonald's.

That’s really unpleasant, JoanneF. I’m amazed that some parents assume that children have a God given licence to intrude upon others. Sorry that it ruined your evening.

 

[LindaWeasel]

Mr F and I went out for supper last night. Next to us was a big table with around eight adults, and four children under the age of five. The children were running around, squealing, then crying, then repeating the process for most of the time we were there.

Frankly, it spoiled the night. If I'm going out, I want to relax in a pleasant environment and enjoy myself. If I'd wanted an experience like that, I'd have gone to McDonald's.

That wound me up just reading about it.

My children (and thus my grandchildren) were all told that if they wanted to do adult things then they had to be prepared to behave like adults, however boring they found it,and they understood that once they were of a certain age. Under that age they went to child appropriate venues.

Sensible parents accept that there are sacrifices to be made and that may well be that you can’t take your feral toddler to your favourite restaurant.

People who inflict their badly behaved children on other people are on a par with people who inflict their badly behaved dogs on other people.

 

[Lurcherlad2]

Driving home just now, through the estate, someone had a bonfire going!!

It’s Sunday afternoon, a warm sunny day and Bank Holiday weekend.

Any of their neighbours are, in effect, confined to indoors for the duration.

So selfish. At least wait until dark when people are more likely to retreat indoors.

 

[lorilu]

Driving home just now, through the estate, someone had a bonfire going!!

It’s Sunday afternoon, a warm sunny day and Bank Holiday weekend.

Any of their neighbours are, in effect, confined to indoors for the duration.

So selfish. At least wait until dark when people are more likely to retreat indoors.

I detest the modern human's obsession with fires. It's rude and inconsiderate and just plain obnoxious. Wish it, along with fireworks, were banned everywhere. There is no need reason for either, and plenty of reason to NOT do it.

 

[RGC]

Driving home just now, through the estate, someone had a bonfire going!!

It’s Sunday afternoon, a warm sunny day and Bank Holiday weekend.

Any of their neighbours are, in effect, confined to indoors for the duration.

So selfish. At least wait until dark when people are more likely to retreat indoors.

So damned inconsiderate. What’s happened to neighbourliness? I’m becoming grumpy - people talking at the tops of their voices, load music coming out of car open windows, fat children who can hardly walk together with parents loading up supermarket trolleys with cakes and pop. I thought it was illegal for blood relations to interbreed.

 

[Mad Murphy]

I detest the modern human's obsession with fires. It's rude and inconsiderate and just plain obnoxious. Wish it, along with fireworks, were banned everywhere. There is no need reason for either, and plenty of reason to NOT do it.

My OH has COPD we spend half the summer running around shutting windows and doors sweating like we are in a sauna because of this obsession with cremating bits of meat over flames.
Hopefully this year is the last New Years celebrations with fireworks, the govt here have agreed a ban for the use by private individuals as from Jan 2026. If anyone doesn't know about fireworks in NL let me tell you its not the civilised roman candle in the back garden and its not just New years eve either they start around October and last until the end of January or until the user blows his fingers off. Most years there is around €10 million in damages done and normally about 3 deaths and 10 blind people more because of fireworks.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGJseovT8ug&rco=1


and then there is the carbide cannon a particular favourite in this area of the country.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez_QRNL740s

 

[Sarah k9s]

We have a lay-by outside out house and I get irritated when people actually use it! LOL. But it does set the dogs off. I do however object to people pulling up and leaving their engines running whilst also talking very loudly on their phones or blasting music, especially late at night. Do they think that because our house is on a country lane that we are deaf to their noise???
Another thing that irritates is that we have double decker buses go past which are WAY too tall for the lane and its lovely big trees, as well as everyone having to stop and reverse because you can't pass the blooming things on the lane either!

 

[Rona]

we spend half the summer running around shutting windows and doors sweating like we are in a sauna because of this obsession with cremating bits of meat over flames.

Oh I feel your pain........half the reason I got aircon indoors

 

[SbanR2]

Driven indoors by the Very Loud birthday celebration next door. Sounds like the entire Brazilian community in the country has come.
Hope it's not going to continue into tomorrow!!