Neighbour being an arse!
02 March 2011, 03:16 PM
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Neighbour being an ****!
A bit of background info -
He's 50, miserable, has a wife who doesn't drink and a son who 21, doesn't work, plays world or Warcraft for all the hours god sends and plays his music so loud my fishtank vibrates!
We live in a semi, and misery guts lives next door.
Anyhow.
On Saturday night we friends over for a take away. They bring their daughter, and our children all play together.
However.... Yesterday the neighbour (who lives in the 1940's) called Mr P over for a chat.
He then spent 20 minutes exaining how on say night his wife went to bed at 10, only to come back down at 11 because we were making too much noise!
We were watching series 1 of Bo Selecta, drinking wine and larger while the children were playing. My daughter was asleep, and the other two were playing with Fin's farm toys.
Anyway, he said it sounded like the children were running about upstairs, and jumping off the beds and "having a right old time"!
Mr P explained they are not allowed upstairs to play alone because they make too much mess, but if they do they go in Fin's room, which is on the other side of the house on totally different floorboards.
Also, there was no party, and no jumping off the beds.
He asked, if they were family members (like that matters)??
Is it just me or is this a bit OTT on his part?
He's 50, miserable, has a wife who doesn't drink and a son who 21, doesn't work, plays world or Warcraft for all the hours god sends and plays his music so loud my fishtank vibrates!
We live in a semi, and misery guts lives next door.
Anyhow.
On Saturday night we friends over for a take away. They bring their daughter, and our children all play together.
However.... Yesterday the neighbour (who lives in the 1940's) called Mr P over for a chat.
He then spent 20 minutes exaining how on say night his wife went to bed at 10, only to come back down at 11 because we were making too much noise!
We were watching series 1 of Bo Selecta, drinking wine and larger while the children were playing. My daughter was asleep, and the other two were playing with Fin's farm toys.
Anyway, he said it sounded like the children were running about upstairs, and jumping off the beds and "having a right old time"!
Mr P explained they are not allowed upstairs to play alone because they make too much mess, but if they do they go in Fin's room, which is on the other side of the house on totally different floorboards.
Also, there was no party, and no jumping off the beds.
He asked, if they were family members (like that matters)??
Is it just me or is this a bit OTT on his part?
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02 March 2011, 03:21 PM
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Did you point out one or two small issues to him?
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1) A little bit of give and take with neighbourly noise goes a long way.
2) WTF have your guest's relationship to you got to do with him? Cheeky bu99er!
Perhaps you should call him in to see the tremulous fish tank next time it happens.
Like:
1) A little bit of give and take with neighbourly noise goes a long way.
2) WTF have your guest's relationship to you got to do with him? Cheeky bu99er!
Perhaps you should call him in to see the tremulous fish tank next time it happens.
02 March 2011, 03:24 PM
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Just ignore the silly old ba5tard.
Of course it's OTT, but it isn't worth getting into I can assure you. Let it go and don't worry about it.
As for Bo Selecta.... I think I would have complained on the grounds of bad taste in comedy
Of course it's OTT, but it isn't worth getting into I can assure you. Let it go and don't worry about it.
As for Bo Selecta.... I think I would have complained on the grounds of bad taste in comedy
02 March 2011, 03:46 PM
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I was insure of why he didn't speak to me about any of it as I had been home several hours before Mr P, yet he waited and spoke to him.
I can only assume it's because he's a sexist pig! Obviously talking to a woman about it would just not do.
Comments in the past like, 'you lost under there Kath?' when checking the oil.
Or, 'maybe pigs can fly, because I have just seen a woman cleaning a car!'
02 March 2011, 04:00 PM
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Life too short.
An old saying that has served me well when I come across idiots with nothing better to do;
Never wrestle with a pig because you will both get dirty
but the pig will enjoy it.
An old saying that has served me well when I come across idiots with nothing better to do;
Never wrestle with a pig because you will both get dirty
but the pig will enjoy it.
02 March 2011, 04:16 PM
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02 March 2011, 04:32 PM
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How about you say that you are really sorry and regret causing them inconvenience. This then puts you into a far better position when the tables are turned. Wait until you have the fish tank rumbling and bring it to their attention, what sort of come back could they have? It could be a good opportunity to sort this out.
02 March 2011, 05:05 PM
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I'm not going to get to bothered by it, but I am having a bit of a wobble at the moment, it's just bad timing that he's gone off on one at a time I am feeling a bit rattled anyway.
I was insure of why he didn't speak to me about any of it as I had been home several hours before Mr P, yet he waited and spoke to him.
I can only assume it's because he's a sexist pig! Obviously talking to a woman about it would just not do.
Comments in the past like, 'you lost under there Kath?' when checking the oil.
Or, 'maybe pigs can fly, because I have just seen a woman cleaning a car!'
I was insure of why he didn't speak to me about any of it as I had been home several hours before Mr P, yet he waited and spoke to him.
I can only assume it's because he's a sexist pig! Obviously talking to a woman about it would just not do.
Comments in the past like, 'you lost under there Kath?' when checking the oil.
Or, 'maybe pigs can fly, because I have just seen a woman cleaning a car!'
02 March 2011, 06:50 PM
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Try living in Flats !!!!
Some people want absolute silence absolutely all the time. No matter what time of day.
They even called the Police out to a neighboring house, who once a year have a Summer Sunday afternoon party.
Some people want absolute silence absolutely all the time. No matter what time of day.
They even called the Police out to a neighboring house, who once a year have a Summer Sunday afternoon party.
02 March 2011, 08:02 PM
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pop a set of earplugs through his letterbox explaining letter enclosed , these are what we use when you son has his music on full blast feel free to borrow them , but please return them next time he has his music up loud THANK YOU . kill 2 birds with one stone 
02 March 2011, 08:19 PM
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It's always best to try and avoid a dispute or animosity with your neighbour even if they are wrong. As long as he doesn't take the p2ss just take it on the chin and be the bigger person
02 March 2011, 08:33 PM
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02 March 2011, 08:34 PM
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Yep, I totally agree, I won't be starting any trouble, but if he starts on about it again, well.... I will just hope he doesn't.
02 March 2011, 08:38 PM
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I know they will hear us, as the son hears my daughter when she cries in the morning.
03 March 2011, 12:30 PM
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I was insure of why he didn't speak to me about any of it as I had been home several hours before Mr P, yet he waited and spoke to him.
I can only assume it's because he's a sexist pig! Obviously talking to a woman about it would just not do.
Comments in the past like, 'you lost under there Kath?' when checking the oil.
Or, 'maybe pigs can fly, because I have just seen a woman cleaning a car!'
I can only assume it's because he's a sexist pig! Obviously talking to a woman about it would just not do.
Comments in the past like, 'you lost under there Kath?' when checking the oil.
Or, 'maybe pigs can fly, because I have just seen a woman cleaning a car!'
What are you doing out of the kitchen!!?
03 March 2011, 01:02 PM
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If he does take the pee then politely but firmly ask him to keep his 'smart' comments to himself
