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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 6:53 am
RN, I'm just a kid at heart, and I love looking at all the losers' family pictures and finding pals from my past on Facebook. They all seem to have lives. RN2, it's raining and the flowers and lawns look very happy.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 9:36 am
RN my 7 yo niece broke both of her arms falling off a swing. BOTH!
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 9:38 am
RN, ouch, poor baby! What a horrible way to start the summer!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 10:19 am
RN, That's awful Naja. I hope she heals quickly and feels better soon.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 10:47 am
RN, Naja, YIKES!! Hope her dear little arms mend quickly, poor child. RN, Congrats on the new job Nancy!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 11:22 am
RN, would you believe this is the second time? 2 summers ago she broke just one of her arms falling off the jungle gym from only about 3 feet.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 12:01 pm
RN, thanks all. I just got back from watching the movie "the proposal" with sandra bullock--it was filmed in and around mass. last summer (mostly rockport and my local airport) which is funny as its being portrayed as sitka alaska 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 4:42 pm
RN - ((((Naja's & Neice)))) Big ouchie! Hope she heals well, and quickly.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 11:23 pm
RN, I have one more dish to finish in preparation for Father's Day tomorrow. Gonna be yum! And I'll have a house full, just the way I like it. One of those days I live for. Happy Father's Day. Congrats, Nancy! Oh, my, Naja...poor little diddle.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 8:31 am
RN: Ugh I am so dang tired. My neighbors behind us have a barky dog. We have never complained because we used to have a barking dog. The neighbors next to us did complain and we had to put a bark collar on her. It fixed the issue, and she no longer barks. BUT, every time we go out in out backyard their dog barks and barks. We just recently relandscaped and we can't even enjoy it. She doesn't bark all night thankfully. They must let her in at night just as we do with our dogs. But they put her out at 5:30 AM and she proceeds to bark from there on all day. I don't get up that early. And we live in a neighborhood where we can sleep with our windows open, except I have to wake up and shut my windows so I can get an extra hour of sleep. That sleep is important, we all know that. NOW, this is where it starts getting irritating. This morning at 5:30 AM it was not their dog barking. NO. It was their three kids playing out in the backyard, squealing, laughing, etc. 5:30 AM!!! I got up, slammed my window and I am thinking this is really getting out of hand. What should I do?
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 9:01 am
RN Escapee what parent in their right mind lets their kids outside at 5:30 in the morning? I think you should try and talk to the parents.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 9:14 am
RN: I think that is what time they leave for work, or right at 6 because that's when they put their dog out. My guess is that the kids were just playing outside until they left for daycare. But still I would never let my child play outside so early just so they would NOT disturb the neighborhood.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 9:21 am
RN: we were leaving for our game the other morning, and my dd wanted to shoot some hoops and we said no...it's too early you will wake the neighbors.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 10:07 am
RN Scoot good for you to say no. I have a friend that will not let her kids go out to play until at least 10 in the morning.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 10:49 am
RN, living in the desert, we have strict hours of NO outside play during the summer. 11 or 12 to 4pm, depending on how hot it is (some days it's already past 100 at 11 am.) Even being a self imposed rule, it sucks cuz like Scoot and Dfennessey's friend, we also have a rule that the kids can't go outside til at least 9am and unless its some holiday like 4th of July they have to come in at 8:30pm. Doesn't leave a lot of time for outside play (remember leaving home early in the morning during the summer and not coming home til it got dark?) but we don't want the kids to get sick from the heat and want them to learn to respect our neighbors.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 11:58 am
Should I leave a note? Wording help? Howdy neighbors: I was hoping that maybe you could do something about the increase in noise in regards to your dog barking and your kids playing outside before 7:00 AM. It tends to get quite noisy, espeially since they are playing/barking within 20 feet of our house. Other neighbors complained about the barking to us, thinking it was our dog, but our dogs sleep inside. We don't feel it's fair that we should have to keep our windows closed in such nice weather due to the noise. We also have a swing shift worker who needs his sleep. We hope you understand.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:02 pm
RN...Escapee, it's better to mention it in person in a nice tone. I know from experience when you leave a note, no matter how nicely worded, the only way they will read it is as mean and aggressive. Heck, you may end up with the kids and dogs out there an earlier than normal every day because of the note. eta: this is just my opinion
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:10 pm
RN I have to agree with Naja. I had a neighbor leave me a not but it was nasty and I think what made matters even worse is that he could have talked to us during the day (when we were sitting outside and he walked by us) but no he waited until almost 9 to leave us the note and then when we confronted him he got very verbally abusive.) It got the point that I had to tell him if he did not knock it off I was getting the police involved. Needless to say he has not talked to me in 2 weeks and I know it is killing him.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:31 pm
RN, Of course, it is only better to talk in person if you are calm, persuasive and personable when speaking in person. Not everyone is good at that in these situations. Remember that no one ever likes to be told what to do.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:39 pm
Rn and I understand that Jimmer, my neighbor (who is just a tenant in the building) thinks he can tell people what to do and I am not accepting of that when he IS NOT the landlord.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:49 pm
RN I say talk in person too if it's possible, but I say don't bring up the neighbors complaining to you. If the others come to you, tell them it's not your kids/dogs and they can go talk to that neighbor themselves if they want to. My neighbor across the street went complaining to the neighbors next door to us, claiming we'd complained to him (we hadn't) about their kids playing basketball late at night (we hadn't heard the kids!) and even after I went and explained we'd never complained it's left the neighbor relationship with them (the next door neighbor) rather chilly. If I have a problem, I'll go over myself.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 1:21 pm
RN: I think that if they play outside tomorrow morning, I may go over and say something. If it's just a one time thing, I'll let it go. I may have to say 'something' about their poor puppy.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, June 22, 2009 - 1:28 pm
RN that sounds like a good point maybe it was just a one time thing
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 8:39 am
RN: I just couldn't NOT share this. Last night I was harvesting some carrots from my garden. Carrots are always the hardest thing for me to plant. The seeds are so itty bitty, you sometimes tend to get more than one in one pod. Well that must be the case here because when I pulled this out of the ground last night, I laughed so hard I almost peed. Wait for it, wait for it, it's so worth it Only in Sutter County can you grow something this obscene:

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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 8:43 am
RN, do some research Escapee! You could probably sell that for more than you can imagine! That's funny! I already showed my co-workers.
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