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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:30 am
Oh, Eeyores, I feel for you. I know exactly what you're going through. I live in a similar building to you - 3 story walk up, about 15 suites total. The suite right beside us is a bachelor -- our bedroom wall (the only wall in the room our headboard can go against) is the wall that joins our suite to their living room. They have their stereo system on this wall, and every single night we get the lovely subtle boom-boom-boom of the bass coming through. They fall asleep with the stereo on and on more than one occasion I've gotten my nekked butt out of bed, wrapped myelf in a robe, and pounded on their door at 3am. At about 8am every day I wake to the twang-twang sound as the hippy boy who lives there plugs his acoustic guitar into an amp and 'practices'. I've talked to them a few times before and it always gets better for a few days before it gets worse again. The only upside for me is that this bachelor suite is a rotating door of ESL students. I don't think the suite ever gets re-rented to someone new, just a changing of the guard every six weeks or so as the sessions let out and new kids come. It's quite frustrating. But, like you, it's a great suite in a fantastic neighborhood and having lived here for 5 years, the rent is cheap and I don't want to leave. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad and chalk some of it up to the luxury of living such an urban life. Hang in there, girl!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 11:31 am
Maybe you could ask them to rubber-band the windchimes when the wind really whips up? That way they wouldn't have to take them down. Foam padding on your walls may absorb some sound. Not like it's your responsibility to do that, but if it keeps you sane...not sure what to say about the smoke! I lived on place where a three-year old would pound across the floor above my head for hours at a time at night. It made me want to gouge my eardrums out but there was nothing I could do. Another place I lived, the apt. behind me had the bathroom light switch behind the head of my bed. For months all I could hear was "flick, flick, flick, flick" in the wall next to my ear, I hated it so much. Finally one night I freaked out and started pounding on the wall and screaming at them. They came over the next day and it was a huge deal. They said they would call the police if I did that again. Turns out it was a faulty light switch that would not turn on and off without being flicked over and over. It was like Chinese water torture. There never was a resolution to that, but luckily I moved!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 3:03 pm
LOL I completely 'get' all your Bad neighbor stories. My boyfriend's apartment had the Bedroom up against the neighbor's livingroom. That wasnt too bad and most nights It was fine. But a few times all in a row they kept entertaining late... Complete with Booze, loudly shrieking young women and laughing. I knocked gently on the wall a few times and they'd get tolerable and I'd fall lightly back to sleep. Then they'd start up again after a short while. Half asleep and angry I pounded on the wall. They got quiet after that. My boyfriend was reprimanded by the landlord because I'd evidently pounded hard enough to knock the pictures off of the wall LOL!!!! I HATE apartment and duplex life. I destest being worried that the neighbors can hear every word when I'm on the phone etc. I can hear them, they must be able to hear me. Anyways, next door the two boys were fighting and i mean serious pounding (you could hear the punches). Finally the younger one Screamed and I mean REALLY screamed!! a terrible pain scream. Someone said I'm going to kill you. It was awful for me. Do I call the Police? Are they just roughhousing because mom isnt home? do I ignore it? Sigh, I ignored it. But my adrenaline was up for hours and I started to look elsewhere to live. Now i'm in a nice little house.....With snoopy neighbors with a great Big Windchime on their deck next to my house LOL But thank god, It is a low pitched one. Those high tinkling tone ones drive me wacko 
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 6:36 pm
Somebody wrote H E L L in huge - almost as tall as me - perfect block letters in our side yard. Used something that would kill the grass. No that's not my gripe. My gripe is why couldn't they have done it in the front yard to piss off the neighbors across the street who keep telling us how to take care of our yard [they are still watering 3 X a week and mowing every other day and it's cold here!] and calling the city [who are sick and tired of them] on us for no reason except we don't take care of our yard like they do. Nothing the city can do about nor does the city want to according to a couple of workers that I've talked to. Neighbor across the street in the side yard asked us what we were going to do about it. I said unless you saw who did it nothing we can do. No need to call the cops what can they do? She said no, how are you going to cover it up or fix it. Ummmmm, wait for it to snow?
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 7:33 am
Somebody wrote H E L L in huge - almost as tall as me - perfect block letters in our side yard. She said no, how are you going to cover it up or fix it. _______________ Just for her I would go out and get some grass killer. Then right under the huge H E L L I would write Y E A H ! Oh, did I mention I probably am a bad neighbor so it is best to ignore my suggestion. 
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 7:38 am
RFLOL!! I love that idea Biloxibelle.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 7:48 am
... or put an O on the end of it ... Maybe make a smiley face out of the O. Hahahahaha!!!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 7:49 am
Anyways, next door the two boys were fighting and i mean serious pounding (you could hear the punches). I had that experience too -- serious fighting in the apartment across the hall. And when that kid moved in, he wanted to bring his drumset. Landlord said NO. But . . . one Friday night at 2:00 in the morning there was one CRASH on the cymbals. Lord, it startled me awake out of a sound sleep -- heart pounding. We were in "garden apartments" so there's no carpeting on the floor. Very little to soak up noise. Didn't matter that he was in another apartment. He didn't last much longer there after that.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:24 am
Love the idea too Biloxi! Except it's too close to the tree to write yeah! Shucks. Plus there's a bit more damage than we thought. [Though maybe I should write something - won't say what cuz it's bad - in the front yard slanted towards the neighbors canty wampus to us so they can read it! *L*] Hubby wants me to call the cops and ask what the legality is of us using security cameras. Oh and me standing in our own yard from 7am - 7:15am when the school bus comes. Think I'll plant my a@@ in a chair by the tree right next to the side walk and play some opera or something that will annoy the ****** ******* we think did it.
There's a pop can by the H to show how big the letters are. There's alot more grass that was killed, but it's not as fun as the H E L L. *L* Just big places that all lead to where they stand to wait for the school bus.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:29 am
And while I'm in the gripe thread if and when we move again one of the FIRST questions when looking at houses will be if it's a school bus stop. I'm so tired of the pop tart and candy papers, cig butts [oh no none of the middle school students smoke so it has to be somebody else our middle school students are ANGELS], pop bottles, broken glass, USED tampons, etc. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHh Hubby called. Everybody at work says to file a report with the police. So I'm off to take a shower then call the police.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:48 am
Good lord Serate, when you said you didn't take care of your lawn like the neighbors I was envisioning OUR old neighbors. Two/three times a year someone would get fed up enough and call the city who would fine her several hundred dollars and mow her lawn for her. It would get to about 3 feet high, all weeds no grass. One year the city charged her with reckless endangerment and tore her garage down because it was leaning more then the Tower of Pisa. Her house paint was pealing, windows broken, etc. Was a middle-aged woman and her crack-addled 20-something son. Quite a few neighbors (including my father) tried to buy the house but she wouldn't hear of it. I lived there for almost 20 years and no-one I know ever saw her or her son. Your lawn looks quite normal, especially this time of year!!!! What the heck is their complaint? I agree... call the police. It's nothing serious at this point but you will want it on record in case something else happens down the road. As for the school stop, call the school... repeatedly!! LOL I know from when my girls were on the bus that the school will send memo after memo reminding parents that kids must stay on sidewalk, not litter, etc. If the school has any integrity they will take action.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 8:54 am
Get some round up and make and "O" at the end to have a nice greeting for all of the neighbors. Seems to me that your neighbors seriously need to obtain lives. My only other avenue of revenge would be to do my yard so nice that I gave them advice on how to take care of there's. My other thought would be to write something in their yard with round up like "GO TO"...that'd be funny.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:11 am
Cops just left. Said the same thing as you Rissa, make sure I call anytime something like this happens because even if they can't do anything it's good to have it on record if it happens again somewhere. She was extremely nice. Said it was definitely a planned well executed operation. [I had to laugh at the way she talked, it was almost like The Unit last night, but this is just grass *L*] Said it could probably still be random since we didn't know anybody and it was such a nice sized piece of yard to work with. My other thought would be to write something in their yard with round up like "GO TO"...that'd be funny. That's funny Escapee. Especially since I have been "plotting" of doing something like that to the snooty neighbors since the 2nd time they called the city on us. [Again for no reason but they didn't like our yard. City said not a damn thing wrong with our yard.] So when I was outside taking pictures of it this morning I was thinking that maybe this was my punishment for even thinking of doing it to somebody else. You know like karma because of the evil thoughts. Which by the way was just a plot - I'd never do it. Only because I have no guts! *L* Oh and Rissa, according to the neighbors canty wampus, our yard looks like crap. It's been *gasp* 2 weeks since we've mowed it, working on the 3rd week. We've never *GASP* watered it. And *OHMYHEARTATTACKTIME* it's not pure grass there are a few weeds and crab grass and stuff in it. I'm SO glad they are not our next door neighbors but across the street.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:29 am
Somebody wrote H E L L showed up in new messages, so I came in to see what the H E C K was going on! LOL! That is a really bizarre thing for anyone to do. I suppose they got a big laugh out of it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:31 am
My guess is that those nasty neighbors were telling you that your yard looked like hell. I doubt there are any regulations about security cameras. Even Radio Shack sells cheapo ones (at least at one time, they did). If it's set up inside your house, what could you possibly be doing to break any laws? Oh, btw, the letters are done fairly perfectly, so I'd be more inclined to say an adult did it. Kids would probably do a hit and run job (and besides, kids would probably spell out some other four letter word).
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:36 am
Serate, please don't retaliate. That can get to be a very scary, dangerous road to go down.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 10:57 am
OG please don't worry. I'd never retaliate anywhere other than inside my head. Huk'd we think alike. Told my husband mr lawn man across the street did it. Was just joking tho. My brother told me we can set up security camera even outside as long as it's focused on our property for the most part. Not sure if we're going to do that or not. I got to thinking and I guess I should have told her that my husband works with the public and has pissed a few people off at one time or another. And the guy that used to live here was the AT for the high school, and since state FB tourney's have been going on and this school has majorly kicked some butt. [cop was asking if it might be mistaken identity for the people that used to live here - how should I know we never met them.] But guess if something else happens again I'll mention it.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:04 pm
Ok SERIOUSLY FUMING right now. I can't remember a time when I have been this angry. The CD player in my car won't work. I mean it works, but the CD won't eject. A common problem with these cars. Also, the power port where I plug in my phone charger came out, and needs to be replaced. That's why I have warranty, folks. SO, I began calling the ONE place in townt that works on these types of cars. I began calling last week (Monday), and either got transferred to voicemails, cut off, hung up on etc. I know my warranty is close to expiring because the car is almost 3 years old, although the mileage is not close to the limit. FINALLY today I get to talk to a REAL PERSON, only to find out that my warranty expired day before yesterday. OMG OMG OMG OMG. Through seething teeth I explain that I have been trying to get an appt. since last week, to which they say there is nothing they can do, sorry. My ears are burning, my face is red, my brow furrowed. I am pissed!!!!
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:15 pm
OK, step by step, lets see if we can help. 1) Did you use a land line or cell phone to call? Cell phone or long distance will leave a paper trail. As long as you can prove you called BEFORE the expiration date then they will have to honour the warranty. ETA: If you can prove a previous phone call, get that immediately and fax it to them before the end of the day with a short note. 2) Call National Head Office ASAP, tell them exactly what happened and ask if they will call/fax dealership with authorization to do that work. Anyone else with suggestions for Escapee?
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:15 pm
Did you leave any messages when you were put to VM, Escapee? If you did, I'd demand to speak to someone higher up and make them accept your warranty claim.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:15 pm
Write the car company. It worked for my dad with Ford.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:54 pm
I called just now and left a really "angry" vm with the head guy. WHO immediately called me back. I gave him the "Do you know who I am and where I work" (not that I am that important, but because of my position with the largest company in my area, I know a lot of people because of the visitors and our/my involvment in the community and they are another larger company in the community, so we do a LOT of stuff together.) scenario and explained to him what happened, gave names of who I did speak with and who's VM I left messages on. I told him for two things so minor, it would probably be in his best interest and the interest of his company to take care of this, because the letter's to the editor, call 3 investigative (local consumer help), and call the BBB would cost him a lot more than a couple factory parts. I have an appt. tomorrow at noon, they are going to take care of it. It is Ford, BTW.....
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 12:57 pm
Boy you gave it to him Escapee. I almost feel the relief of your rant to him. 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 1:05 pm
<<--- stands and applauds.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 1:47 pm
YES! WAY TO GO, Escapee! You ROCK!
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