Douchebag Neighbor
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From: Connecticut
So we just moved into a Townhouse in Morrisville NC (temporarily by the way,we are looking for a place with some seperation and privacy)and on our very first day of living there I fired the bike up at around 11:30 am on a Wednesday and this nutjob comes running out of his house-about 3 or 4 units down on the other side of the street-and starts asking me if I will be riding "often" and at night!Says his wife is having Heart palpatations as we speak.Asks if I can push the bike down the street and then start it!I calmly(somehow) tell him that motorcycles are not illegal and I will be as respectful as possible and idle in and out of the neighborhood.
Dude rings the doorbell later that night,finally introduces himself as "Rick"(rhymes with...)and hands me some printout about some neighbors having a conflict and the "Dude" with the motorcycle agrees to push the bike down the street and then start it.This guy just won't give up.Just happened to run into an officer later that day and he laughed and said don't pay any attention to the guy.It has been waves and smiles from pretty much all the other neighbors.
Good thing I didn't set up my drums!
Dude rings the doorbell later that night,finally introduces himself as "Rick"(rhymes with...)and hands me some printout about some neighbors having a conflict and the "Dude" with the motorcycle agrees to push the bike down the street and then start it.This guy just won't give up.Just happened to run into an officer later that day and he laughed and said don't pay any attention to the guy.It has been waves and smiles from pretty much all the other neighbors.
Good thing I didn't set up my drums!
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From: Ellenwood, GA - The Ghetto Part
Funniest thing read on this topic followed by the grilling out and the steak drippings falling through the cracks of the deck.
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From: Linden, Virginia
+1 on the mustache ride. I think "heart palpitations" is church lady speak for climbing the walls horny and a way to get "sounds like Rick" out of her hair so she can dream about bikers and diddle her digit.
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man i must be a lucky guy my neighbors all love the sound of my bike and all the guys wish they had one, of course i don`t leave early am or very seldom stay out past 11pm
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
It's been said already most of us have that kind at some time in our lives , I've had a few . One was just an unhappy person and he went out his way to share it but was harmless , had another who wasn't . Like the OP he stomped up the driveway red faced while the moving truck was unloading , guess he didn't care for the garage toys so he layes down all these " You will ... " and " You won't... " " Not allowed in this neighborhood ... " and the " or I'll ... " lines like he's the king . First time I was polite and did some placating but ******* did the camera out the window blinds , walked all around the property lines looking for transgressions taking picture when he thought I wasn't home , formal typed letters if the grass wasn't cut ect. Just chicken **** control freak stunts . Second conversation I laid it out in civil language games where done , so I start finding roofing nails scattered around the driveway and street in front of my place , City came by a few times because of anonymous complaints of suspicious activity and smells and I know the cops gave it a once over when I wasn't home , a friend on the force clued me and killed anything further there the dick was hinting at drug making . The final conversation was in full colors with several larger members in company it was made very plain it wasn't going anyfurther and his volkswagon was on it's side when we left and his garden shed had nasty fire later that week . Never had another issue lived there 4 more yrs .
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From: navarre ohio
i grew up in akron ohio,on a huge (for the city) lot. since my mom was born there was an old anti social neighbor..never had a problem,he just didn't want anything to do with us..fine,no one bothered anyone.. around the time i started driving/riding 16yo he passed away and we got a new neighbor girl,she was mid 20's,fat and nasty.first day they put up a spot light on the garage aimed across their and my yard,strait into my bedroom window.i never said anything,just put cardboard in my window to block the light..of course she complained that it looked bad..then they would call or come over and bitch weekly for about 6 years because i was keeping them up at night by being in the garage after 9pm,i made no noise,they said the light being on,a single 75watt bulb then 2 4' florescents later, kept them up and worried..they put up a 6' stockade fence because they said rats were coming into our yard to eat dog poop.the last straw was when the neighbor lady's even fatter and sloppier boyfriend yelled across the yard that if he ever saw my dog out he would shoot it then went in and slammed the door.non of my fam had ever said a thing to them except when they would come over bitching about something.i had it,i walked up to his front door with a sks rifle,black folding stock, 50rd clip, bayonet extended, i knocked,when he answered i pointed the rifle at him said have you ever even seen a gun?pointed the rifle at him a few more seconds and walked back to my house.. a few weeks after that,they moved and sold the house to the sweetest old couple
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