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Kaykay
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01-21-2004

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cable Jockey, we have a couple of those houses in my neck of the woods. I find it very odd!! I guess i could say something but in a wierd way i find it a bit humorous :-)

Cablejockey
Member

12-27-2001

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 10:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Do they still turn the lights on at night? I do have someone that keeps their lights going almost everynight. That is humerous in a 'what kooky thing are those neighbours going to next' way.

Kaykay
Member

01-21-2004

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
there is one house that keep their icicles light on at night!! LOL!!! Hey, at least his way we aren't the kookyest people on the block

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
my next door neighbor and i have been talking about having a block party at the start of june, right after kids are out of school. and we'll do it down one side of the street. and everyone can come to our two houses. he'll do hotdogs, we'll do hamburgers/boca burgers. i think it will be fun, and i hope the neighbors all come. what is the best kind of day to do this? a friday night? or a saturday?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 10:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think a Saturday. Oh, cable-we do have some neighbors with the lights still up and 2 even have a wreath on their door, but that is it.

Cablejockey
Member

12-27-2001

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, the Christmas lights in neighbour's tree are still going, I'm so used to it now and the leaves on the tree cover most of it up. Neighbours across the street finally took down fake pine boughs and red ribbon bows last month. Now they have their bbq set up near the driveway and all the lawn chairs. I guess they dont like their backyard, or are afraid they will miss the action going down on our dead end street.
Speaking of bbqing, have you ever lived where the backyards are so small that when the neighbour bbqs, the smoke and other smells chase you out of yours? I do, nextdoor guy used to have his smoky chokey old bbq right next to fence by my back door. The smoke would also go in my livingroom window. When I asked if he could just move it to the other side of his yard he said he couldn't because then it wouldn't be convenient for him--thankfully he moved and the new owner doesn't even own a bbq.
And music, do you have neighbours who think the whole world wants to hear their favorite music too and crank it up real loud? All part of the fun of living in a small suburban community I guess.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, Cable, I was just giggling with my neighbor lady tonight over how we all have our bbq's and lawn chairs out front. There's five houses, ours included, who spend more time out front than out back. But, all of our kids play together, and since they are usually playing in one of our front yards or in the street, we're more comfy out front where we can watch them.

I will say my newish next door neighbor was bbq'ing out back today and I got up searching my house thinking something was on fire. Took me awhile to see the smoke coming over the fence. They also like there music loud, though I'm usually giggling over their choices rather than being upset about the noise. They go from mariachi to country to hip hop to rock and back again. I know my tastes vary wildly but not that wildly, lol!

Cablejockey
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12-27-2001

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 5:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I can see you sitting outside to keep an eye on your children as they play, I used to do that when mine were real little. A lot of my neighbours like to sit out to talk to their neighbours and seriously stare at anyone coming and going. I've had visitors asking me what's up with these people--they just gawk at my friends as they get out of the car, walking up to the door as if they have never seen people before. They do that to me and my family and they known us for years. Sometimes I feel like breaking into a little dance or whip out a baton and do some entertaining for them since they seem so starved for it.
Anyway, a lot of folks have been selling up and moving on the past 2 years, and the new people seem more 'normal'--do I dare say that?
Do you ever seriously wonder about your neighbours? Like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window? I did have one neighbour years ago behind me who used to fight with his wife constantly. Hardly anyone had central air back then so the windows were always open in the houses. If you were trying to soothe a fretting baby on the patio and catch a cool breeze, you were forced to listen to their bitter battles. Suddenly we noticed that it was quiet over there. First we thought they were on holiday and the noise would return, but weeks went by and we never saw them again. Once I noticed the husband at night painting the livingroom with all the lights on and the curtains off the window. He was alone, the house was empty--you could see right in. My husband pooh poohed my 'where is his wife, maybe he got rid of her' thoughts, but the house was sold and I never found out.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cablejockey, I couldn't help but laugh about the Rear Window reference to your neighbor, but understand what you mean. Yes, I have a couple of neighbors a couple of blocks away with lighted Christmas decor every night. One of them has a loved one in Iraq who missed Christmas, so they left the decor up for when he arrives back home.

Wappy, are you the gal from Desperate Housewives? Is there a hot tub in your back yard? j/k I don't wish plumbing problems on anyone.

We have been in our neighborhood for 26 years, with changes happening every generation. Yes children inheriting their family home and moving in has also occurred here. We have also had our share of firemen and peace officers move in and out. Our newest neighbor brought two teenagers with her, which livened up the block day and night, and we also have a neighbor who sits on his front stoop to gawk at everyone who lives here or goes by.

After reading this thread I have decided to check and see when our next block party is being held. I missed the last two.


Darrellh
Member

07-21-2004

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Build a pool...they'll come to you.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 1:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Or borrow some young kids and stick them out front Gracie, that's sure to bring every kid in the neighborhood over, don't know about their parents though, lol.

Our neighborhood is sort of odd. We have the older folks who raised their children here and are enjoying their retirement. We have the adult children who either inherited or bought their parents houses (the three houses across the street from us are like that, plus many others.) And then the "newer" folks like us who have been here 7-8 years. There's really only a couple houses that have rotating tennats. Those of us who are new end up getting to know other parents with younger kids then we get to meet the older neighbors these adult children grew up with their kids.

Coming from apartment living where people were in and out and you never really got to know most of the neighbors unless they wanted something, it took a while to get used to the sense of community around here. It's pretty nice to be able to send the kids out front and know someone is out there to keep an eye on them, and we know when we go out we're not just watching our kids but anyone elses outside.