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[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Fordtech86]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Fordtech86]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[i7win7]

 

[i7win7]

 

[Old_Paint]

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A young couple moved in next door a couple years ago. I kinda liked the guy because he was very industrious and was cleaning up brush and overgrown trees and weeds that the previous neighbor wouldn't touch for the first 16 years I lived here, much like I've been doing for my entire time of living here, but I NEVER did anything to disturb the privacy between me and the neighbor unless a tornado laid down a tree or something. He had the property surveyed (as I did when I bought mine) and turns out I was over the line by the width of my mower when cutting grass. No biggie, and I would have kept mowing the little strip on my side of the holly bushes and undergrowth that offered some privacy between our homes. I wasn't really expecting him to cut down most of the trees between our houses, thus exposing our decks and back yards to each other. Yes, that's DECKS, not the other word. But if you're a Kiwi, it'll sound the same. Ennyhoo, he suddenly realized he and his missus no longer had any privacy on their back porch, so they put up some cables and hung opaque shower curtains up on them so they could have their privacy. I was a little gobsmacked about the shower curtains, but had a good giggle about it with the missus. It gets better. Finally met the guy and turns out he's a fireman with one of the local departments, first responder EMT, and all that. Good to know if I have a coronary in my back yard, someone's close. As the weather got cooler that autumn after he cut down most of the blind between our house (which also gave us a direct view of a window in their master bedroom from our deck), more leaves fell off and made it even worse. Not that I was interested, but I found it both amusing and annoying at the same time that he'd done that to both our privacy. I'll admit, it looks better and glad I didn't have to deal with it, but I wasn't really thrilled about his dogs barking at me every time I came out to sit on the deck and have a beer to RELAX. I was sitting on the deck one evening, and saw what I thought was a fire flickering on his deck (a wooden one) and was confirmed the next morning when the wind was blowing and the shower curtains opened enough to see it was a little fire pit similar to one my step-daughter had. They were having a fire on the wooden deck, within 6 feet of the house, which is covered in vinyl siding. I guess anyone can be a fireman. Earlier this year, we were doing a little purging, and I had a 10x12 canopy that my step-daughter had dumped on us after she moved to a new home, and had no intention of using it. I asked if they wanted it, yep, they did, so I carried it over in the bucket of the LX. They had a neat little patio kinda thing set up in their back yard, complete with fire pit, and it's where their young friends all sit around and have a few drinks, etc. They're never loud, so they don't bother me, except for the dogs. They're LOUD, extremely, despite the young couple trying to keep them trained and disciplined. The next day, we see them putting up the nylon canvased pergola right over top of their fire pit, and they even hung hammocks that were obviously made from some kind of synthetic fiber, and most probably extremely flammable. All of which are within 4-5 feet of the CENTER of the fire pit, which is centered under the pergola. Again, I guess anyone can be a fireman. I have a feeling we're in for a rude awakening when the local fire department has to come to his house to put out a fire. How embarrassing would that be? They seem to be good kids, but geez, I have a feeling he's testing Darwin's theories out over there.

 

[fried1765]

A young couple moved in next door a couple years ago. I kinda liked the guy because he was very industrious and was cleaning up brush and overgrown trees and weeds that the previous neighbor wouldn't touch for the first 16 years I lived here, much like I've been doing for my entire time of living here, but I NEVER did anything to disturb the privacy between me and the neighbor unless a tornado laid down a tree or something. He had the property surveyed (as I did when I bought mine) and turns out I was over the line by the width of my mower when cutting grass. No biggie, and I would have kept mowing the little strip on my side of the holly bushes and undergrowth that offered some privacy between our homes. I wasn't really expecting him to cut down most of the trees between our houses, thus exposing our decks and back yards to each other. Yes, that's DECKS, not the other word. But if you're a Kiwi, it'll sound the same. Ennyhoo, he suddenly realized he and his missus no longer had any privacy on their back porch, so they put up some cables and hung opaque shower curtains up on them so they could have their privacy. I was a little gobsmacked about the shower curtains, but had a good giggle about it with the missus. It gets better. Finally met the guy and turns out he's a fireman with one of the local departments, first responder EMT, and all that. Good to know if I have a coronary in my back yard, someone's close. As the weather got cooler that autumn after he cut down most of the blind between our house (which also gave us a direct view of a window in their master bedroom from our deck), more leaves fell off and made it even worse. Not that I was interested, but I found it both amusing and annoying at the same time that he'd done that to both our privacy. I'll admit, it looks better and glad I didn't have to deal with it, but I wasn't really thrilled about his dogs barking at me every time I came out to sit on the deck and have a beer to RELAX. I was sitting on the deck one evening, and saw what I thought was a fire flickering on his deck (a wooden one) and was confirmed the next morning when the wind was blowing and the shower curtains opened enough to see it was a little fire pit similar to one my step-daughter had. They were having a fire on the wooden deck, within 6 feet of the house, which is covered in vinyl siding. I guess anyone can be a fireman. Earlier this year, we were doing a little purging, and I had a 10x12 canopy that my step-daughter had dumped on us after she moved to a new home, and had no intention of using it. I asked if they wanted it, yep, they did, so I carried it over in the bucket of the LX. They had a neat little patio kinda thing set up in their back yard, complete with fire pit, and it's where their young friends all sit around and have a few drinks, etc. They're never loud, so they don't bother me, except for the dogs. They're LOUD, extremely, despite the young couple trying to keep them trained and disciplined. The next day, we see them putting up the nylon canvased pergola right over top of their fire pit, and they even hung hammocks that were obviously made from some kind of synthetic fiber, and most probably extremely flammable. All of which are within 4-5 feet of the CENTER of the fire pit, which is centered under the pergola. Again, I guess anyone can be a fireman. I have a feeling we're in for a rude awakening when the local fire department has to come to his house to put out a fire. How embarrassing would that be? They seem to be good kids, but geez, I have a feeling he's testing Darwin's theories out over there.

"young"....meaning that they likely have yet to experience some bad things!

 

[D2Cat]

 

[Old_Paint]

"young"....meaning that they likely have yet to experience some bad things!

He actually went to school with my oldest stepson. Kinda weird when the kids that went to school with your kids start filling up the neighborhood you've been living in for 20 years. Kinda paints the writing on the wall, so to speak. So he's young, late 20's early 30's definitely, and definitely industrious with the yard. But surely there's some kind of testing for firemen? I'm an electrical engineer, and I had to take fire safety classes every year for 40 years. I'll have to presume he knows what he's doing, but I'll also keep the battery charged in my phone so I can call 911 when the time comes. Like I said, nice enough guy, but some of the things he does with fire worry me a little.

A couple weeks ago, he was digging a trench to extend a discharge line from a sump pump in his basement and was having a pretty rough time with the roots from trees he had cut a couple years ago. Having done that myself to bury some wire in my yard before I got the LX, I offered to help him out by ripping a cut for him. Between the hard clay and the tree roots, digging in these yards is NOT a pleasant experience. I put the sub-soiler on the LX and ripped a furrow for him about 50 feet long in about 5 minutes breaking all the roots to make his digging a bit easier. He was pretty happy with that. I don't have anything to trench with, or I woulda done it. A middle buster would have been perfect for that. I figured out a long time ago that if you want good neighbors, ya gotta be a good neighbor. Probably didn't cost me any more than about a buck for the diesel and 20 minutes of my time to swap out the QH and the subsoiler.

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[Daren Todd]

 

[skeets]

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Really I mean how many options can you put on a buggie ?

 

[Newlyme]

Really I mean how many options can you put on a buggie ?

Believe it or not, around here they have heated seats.

 

[DustyRusty]

Believe it or not, around here they have heated seats.

The heated seats are great for keeping the pizza hot on the way home. Just need to angle the seat so the box sits flat and the cheese doesn't all move to one side.

 

[i7win7]