oh yeah, RANT ON (or, "I wish my neighbors would hurry up and die") - Page 9

**Rincewind** · 08-31-2006, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by 0b1one

It's the first of the new posts that I look at.

Me too. GO GET EM J!!!

**Rincewind** · 08-31-2006, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JMJ

The dogs have been running loose a bit lately, it shouldn't be long before they are taken away by animal control

I hope a family that can give them the space they need takes them. Actually, my father in law in Missouri is looking for some dogs..... And he lives on 20 acres

Pickle · 08-31-2006, 12:54 PM

I have taken to getting weed killer and pouring it by the container full on my neighbor's weeds. We share a hill in the front yard (more of a slope actually) and he never takes care of it. There are routinely weeds in excess of 3 feet with large stalks on this slope. The problem is that this slope looks like it could belong to me. There is one particular weed that keeps growing back after I pull it. Right now it is 5 feet tall. So the other day I was out doing my lawn when I noticed that this neighbor still had not taken care of the grass growing out of the sidewalk crack in front of his house. It was a few months since the last time I cleaned out the gutter of his grass. This grass gets so long that it grows down into the gutter and clogs it up. Last time I shoveled it out it stunk so bad!! Anyways, I see that his grass is once again out of control. I grab my weed killer and walk over to the grass. No biggie, I spray it. As I turn around I notice that 5 foot tall weed. Like some slow motion scene from a movie I look at the weed, look at the bottle in my hand, look at the weed, look at the bottle again. Then I realize that a few squirts is not going to cut it. That's when I got the idea to dump the bottle. I have to admit it felt a bit odd to be killing weeds on my neighbor's slope. The weed is currently in its death throws.

Now I just need to find out how much it will take to kill a rogue tree they let grow right up against the fence in our back yards. It wasn't planted there. It just sort of started to grow.

**CingularDuality** · 08-31-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pickle

Now I just need to find out how much it will take to kill a rogue tree they let grow right up against the fence in our back yards. It wasn't planted there. It just sort of started to grow.

Go to the hardware store/garden shop and buy some stump remover. Drill a large hole in the tree that goes all the way to the center of the trunk, making sure that it's drilled at a downward angle. Fill the hole with stump remover and wait. Depending on what kind of bark the tree has, and how small you drill the hole, this can be done in a way that is very difficult to detect.

**Chewy** · 08-31-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JMJ

Turns out he has been diagnosed with severe ADD.

Hey now, I have ADHD... but I don't act like that!

Conversation between me and my landlord:

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Originally Posted by Murphy Home Development

Well the neighbotrs said they have been hearing "star wars" like noises through their walls.

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Originally Posted by Me

Ah yes, that would be Dystopia... I try not to play it too loud though.

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Originally Posted by Murphy Home Development

Dys... what?

JMJ · 08-31-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Go to the hardware store/garden shop and buy some stump remover. Drill a large hole in the tree that goes all the way to the center of the trunk, making sure that it's drilled at a downward angle. Fill the hole with stump remover and wait. Depending on what kind of bark the tree has, and how small you drill the hole, this can be done in a way that is very difficult to detect.

Heh, Cing are you a detective?

Pickle · 08-31-2006, 08:19 PM

Unfortunately, I never see these people and they park their cars in the garage and keep their shades drawn. I never know if they are home or not. The method you describe has too high of a detection rate due to me getting in their yard with power tools. I am thinking of getting a length of PVC pipe, snaking it into their backyard and using it as the delivery system for liquid death.

Obi · 08-31-2006, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Pickle

Unfortunately, I never see these people and they park their cars in the garage and keep their shades drawn. I never know if they are home or not. The method you describe has too high of a detection rate due to me getting in their yard with power tools. I am thinking of getting a length of PVC pipe, snaking it into their backyard and using it as the delivery system for liquid death.

If you do this you MUST take photos. Not to incriminate yourself obviously, just for our personal enjoyment.

Pickle · 08-31-2006, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 0b1one

If you do this you MUST take photos. Not to incriminate yourself obviously, just for our personal enjoyment.

Well, I would never do such a thing

: and if I did I don't think I'd take any pics

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**CingularDuality** · 09-01-2006, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Pickle

I am thinking of getting a length of PVC pipe, snaking it into their backyard and using it as the delivery system for liquid death.

Do they make tree killer that you can apply to the soil around the tree? I've never heard of such a thing... Most trees have root systems that will prohibit that method from being effective.

Obi · 09-01-2006, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Pickle

Well, I would never do such a thing

: and if I did I don't think I'd take any pics

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If they don't care about thier garden, why don't you just ask them if you can take it down?

Boot · 09-01-2006, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Do they make tree killer that you can apply to the soil around the tree? I've never heard of such a thing... Most trees have root systems that will prohibit that method from being effective.

I think most products that end in -oline or -osine can do this job, if done in quantity. Apply is probably the wrong word to use. The word dump invokes legalities. Now an accidental spill... that happens sometimes and is pretty hard to avoid.

**Rincewind** · 09-02-2006, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Do they make tree killer that you can apply to the soil around the tree? I've never heard of such a thing... Most trees have root systems that will prohibit that method from being effective.

Yes. There are industrial strength tree killing products in the pellet form that when sprinkled on the soil, will kill most 0-10 yo trees. Farmers and utilities use it for removing trees along fences/power lines. It is not environmentally sound to dump liquid consumer RoundUp around trees nor will it kill them.

What is a hell of a lot of fun though is to fill water baloons with concetrated, industrial plant remover and launch covert attacks on unsuspecting fraternities who may have just made their pledges resod their entire lawn...

Buckets · 09-02-2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy

Hey now, I have ADHD... but I don't act like that!

Me too! Here's a good ADD joke:

How many people with ADD does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Lets go ride bikes!

JMJ · 09-11-2006, 03:52 PM

Sunday was a great verbal showdown between myself and Mr. and Mrs. Oblivious. I was on duty Saturday night and didn't get home until 2:45am Sunday morning, and by the time I got to unwind a bit and get to bed, I probably didn't get to sleep until close to 4am. At 7am I was woken up by Marmaduke and his horrendous bark.

The barking went on for about 15 seconds before they shut him up. What they do is tie him up on a dog run in the morning and just leave him there. I started to doze back off sometime later when his barking started up again. I waited and waited for them to stop him, but they didn't. I looked outside and their vehicle was gone. They just tied him up at 7:30am and left him. SUNDAY GOD DAMN MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME PEOPLE USE THAT AS A DAY TO SLEEP IN, WTF?????????????

Fast forward about 1 hour (he barked the whole time). I'm in the kitchen and look out the window to see them getting out of their vehicle. I don't know what possessed me, but I went right out the door and over to their house. I'm sure I had an expression on my face that let them know I wasn't coming over to wish them "good morning". I explained (calmly and respectfully, I might add) that the dog woke me up early. I added "I work as a police officer on Friday and Saturday nights, I usually don't get home until close to 3am. It takes me at least 30 minutes to "unwind" before I can even think of going to bed. Would it be possible on Saturday and Sunday mornings for you to just let him out to do his thing, then bring him back inside?" *He* replied "It was 7:10am, past the 7am noise curfew. What do you want me to do, let him piss in the house?!?!? We heard another dog barking before ours, that's what caused our dog to bark. It was one of those small *yippity* dogs. We checked with the police and animal control, it's perfectly fine for us to let him out past 7am!"

Okay, you want to yell Mr. Asshat, so be it. I shot back "First, it wasn't my dog that got yours barking. My dog sleeps in a crate in my room, and if it was him that barked I can assure you, I would've known. Look, I have been nothing but respectful to you by coming to you each time I have had a problem. I would like to also point out that I'm the only one that has done so. Other people just called animal control or the cops. I don't feel I'm being unreasonable here in my request. I can't be the only neighbor that wants to sleep in on Saturday or Sunday. All I'm asking is that instead of tying him up, just sit out there with him for 2 or 3 minutes while he goes, then bring him back in. I would really appreciate it, my wife would appreciate it, and I'm sure all the neighbors that have called animal control on you would appreciate it to."

That seemed to calm him down a bit, and his wife said that was a very reasonable request and that she would "try". I guess that's a start.

After this he told me "Bob" (neighbor on the other side of them) has no problems with them or the dogs at all. I said "He's a very passive person who wouldn't admit it if he did." So he said "Well, I need to talk to him and tell him that if it bothers him, he really needs to tell me." They both went on to feed me sob stories about all kinds of crap that I could care less about, must've lasted 15 minutes. It was then over, and he thanked me for telling him Saturday evening that we had a heavy rainstorm coming. He had tons of wood out (he was building shelves) that he started puting away. It rained shortly after. Boy, i'm a really bad neighbor, huh?

Later that morning I saw him talking to the neighbor on the other side of him. I haven't heard what was said yet (but I will), but I'm really hoping that dude grew a set of balls and at least said "Well, you know, the dog is loud and is waking us up all the time. Also, your leash for him is too long and he comes across my driveway into my yard." I know these are true, but I'm not counting on him to be so honest with Marmaduke's handler.

Oh well, till next time...that's the end of this episode.

08-31-2006, 12:54 PM	#123 (permalink)
Pickle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Land of Fruit and Nuts! Age: 35 Posts: 1,281	Re: oh yeah, RANT ON (or, "I wish my neighbors would hurry up and die") I have taken to getting weed killer and pouring it by the container full on my neighbor's weeds. We share a hill in the front yard (more of a slope actually) and he never takes care of it. There are routinely weeds in excess of 3 feet with large stalks on this slope. The problem is that this slope looks like it could belong to me. There is one particular weed that keeps growing back after I pull it. Right now it is 5 feet tall. So the other day I was out doing my lawn when I noticed that this neighbor still had not taken care of the grass growing out of the sidewalk crack in front of his house. It was a few months since the last time I cleaned out the gutter of his grass. This grass gets so long that it grows down into the gutter and clogs it up. Last time I shoveled it out it stunk so bad!! Anyways, I see that his grass is once again out of control. I grab my weed killer and walk over to the grass. No biggie, I spray it. As I turn around I notice that 5 foot tall weed. Like some slow motion scene from a movie I look at the weed, look at the bottle in my hand, look at the weed, look at the bottle again. Then I realize that a few squirts is not going to cut it. That's when I got the idea to dump the bottle. I have to admit it felt a bit odd to be killing weeds on my neighbor's slope. The weed is currently in its death throws. Now I just need to find out how much it will take to kill a rogue tree they let grow right up against the fence in our back yards. It wasn't planted there. It just sort of started to grow. __________________ "Umm Deputy these aren't my pants" - Common alarm cry of the North American Crackhead [tg-c1][ma-c1][defense]

08-31-2006, 08:19 PM	#127 (permalink)
Pickle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Land of Fruit and Nuts! Age: 35 Posts: 1,281	Re: oh yeah, RANT ON (or, "I wish my neighbors would hurry up and die") Unfortunately, I never see these people and they park their cars in the garage and keep their shades drawn. I never know if they are home or not. The method you describe has too high of a detection rate due to me getting in their yard with power tools. I am thinking of getting a length of PVC pipe, snaking it into their backyard and using it as the delivery system for liquid death. __________________ "Umm Deputy these aren't my pants" - Common alarm cry of the North American Crackhead [tg-c1][ma-c1][defense]

09-11-2006, 03:52 PM	#135 (permalink)
JMJ Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 37 Posts: 4,077	Update from 9/10/06 Sunday was a great verbal showdown between myself and Mr. and Mrs. Oblivious. I was on duty Saturday night and didn't get home until 2:45am Sunday morning, and by the time I got to unwind a bit and get to bed, I probably didn't get to sleep until close to 4am. At 7am I was woken up by Marmaduke and his horrendous bark. The barking went on for about 15 seconds before they shut him up. What they do is tie him up on a dog run in the morning and just leave him there. I started to doze back off sometime later when his barking started up again. I waited and waited for them to stop him, but they didn't. I looked outside and their vehicle was gone. They just tied him up at 7:30am and left him. SUNDAY GOD DAMN MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME PEOPLE USE THAT AS A DAY TO SLEEP IN, WTF????????????? Fast forward about 1 hour (he barked the whole time). I'm in the kitchen and look out the window to see them getting out of their vehicle. I don't know what possessed me, but I went right out the door and over to their house. I'm sure I had an expression on my face that let them know I wasn't coming over to wish them "good morning". I explained (calmly and respectfully, I might add) that the dog woke me up early. I added "I work as a police officer on Friday and Saturday nights, I usually don't get home until close to 3am. It takes me at least 30 minutes to "unwind" before I can even think of going to bed. Would it be possible on Saturday and Sunday mornings for you to just let him out to do his thing, then bring him back inside?" He replied "It was 7:10am, past the 7am noise curfew. What do you want me to do, let him piss in the house?!?!? We heard another dog barking before ours, that's what caused our dog to bark. It was one of those small yippity dogs. We checked with the police and animal control, it's perfectly fine for us to let him out past 7am!" Okay, you want to yell Mr. Asshat, so be it. I shot back "First, it wasn't my dog that got yours barking. My dog sleeps in a crate in my room, and if it was him that barked I can assure you, I would've known. Look, I have been nothing but respectful to you by coming to you each time I have had a problem. I would like to also point out that I'm the only one that has done so. Other people just called animal control or the cops. I don't feel I'm being unreasonable here in my request. I can't be the only neighbor that wants to sleep in on Saturday or Sunday. All I'm asking is that instead of tying him up, just sit out there with him for 2 or 3 minutes while he goes, then bring him back in. I would really appreciate it, my wife would appreciate it, and I'm sure all the neighbors that have called animal control on you would appreciate it to." That seemed to calm him down a bit, and his wife said that was a very reasonable request and that she would "try". I guess that's a start. After this he told me "Bob" (neighbor on the other side of them) has no problems with them or the dogs at all. I said "He's a very passive person who wouldn't admit it if he did." So he said "Well, I need to talk to him and tell him that if it bothers him, he really needs to tell me." They both went on to feed me sob stories about all kinds of crap that I could care less about, must've lasted 15 minutes. It was then over, and he thanked me for telling him Saturday evening that we had a heavy rainstorm coming. He had tons of wood out (he was building shelves) that he started puting away. It rained shortly after. Boy, i'm a really bad neighbor, huh? Later that morning I saw him talking to the neighbor on the other side of him. I haven't heard what was said yet (but I will), but I'm really hoping that dude grew a set of balls and at least said "Well, you know, the dog is loud and is waking us up all the time. Also, your leash for him is too long and he comes across my driveway into my yard." I know these are true, but I'm not counting on him to be so honest with Marmaduke's handler. Oh well, till next time...that's the end of this episode.

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