My neighbour-RANT!!!

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Hi all
Hope everyone is well, it was supposed to be a hot day here but its quite overcast, anyhow I am fuming. We don't get on with our neighbours at all, he is just a serial complainer and she just thinks she's it, we did used to speak to them when we first moved in but I av never spoke to him since he said if any of my cats (or anyone else's) came into his garden then he wouldn't be responsible for his actions! My cats are now mostly indoor cats, they sometimes follow me into the garden when I am out but when I come in they come in. Anyway I posted a bit ago that I have adopted a young cat that was hanging around on our front for a while, my neighbour brought him to me, he was starving and I couldn't leave him out there. He is fab. I have my bedroom windows open in the day and our cats just sit on the windowsill looking out.
Well my daughter came in from the garden and said that Felix (the new kitty) had climbed out the window and made his way onto next doors roof (our houses are joined-unfortunately) and he was banging on the window shouting at the cat to get down. I quickly went upstairs shouted Felix in and shut the window, I will keep them shut from now on, or open just enough for him not to be able to get out of. Thing is I thought he wouldn't be able to get out the window anyway but obviously he could and by that idiot doing that he could have fallen off the roof and I know now that he will probably report me to our landlord for the cat tresspassing and we have too many cats. He is a
I really do hate him that much.
I really hope we do move, the cats and us can live in peace without an idiot like him next door.
Thanks-rant over

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I really hope you gt that house you're hoping for too! Some more vibes for you Shame about idiot neighbours. There's so little you can do about them and they really can up the stress level in day to day life.
 
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Oh I so know what idiot neighbours are all about. Our dumb*** neighbours have had a multitude of cats that IMO they shouldn't have. This one they now have had been declawed
and they still let out. They now put Oliver out on a leash in the backyard without supervision mind you and another stray cat will come and fight with poor defenceless Oliver.
 
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He hates cats, when we used to talk to them, she told us that they used to have a kitten but they had to get rid of it as he threw it at a wall because it kept annoying him.My opinion of him is extremely low and I hate people like that. x
 
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I've read your other thread about the neighbors a while back, they really do sound like tools. And that's just putting it lightly. I really feel for you.

But you're moving soon, so then no more putting up with their
anymore, right? Best wishes for a peaceful home and neighborhood!!

(and good luck with Felix too!!)
 
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My mum just came round, I told her what happened she said she will dangle him off the roof if he so much looks at anyone cat or human funny again
My mum is a HUGE cat lover and takes no rubbish from anyone. I just hope we can move, my grandad hasn't phoned yet, its not looking promising as they just bought a new stairlift and he said he may not have the funds as their cash is tied up. We will never get another opportunity like this again and we all will be gutted if we can't move :-( x
 
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Geez! Your neighbour sounds like one that lived next door to us when I was a kid! Only his peeve wasn't cats, it was kids....and likely cats too! He was just a big meanie!!!

Here is his story and what some of the neighbours did to him to get even!

When I was a kid in the 1960's we lived just on the edge of the City in an area that didn't have running water piped in. We had to get our water from a pumping station about 1 mile down the road from where we lived. We also had out houses.

The neighbour directly to our right was a married couple. Her name was "Rose". I don't know his name as everyone called him "Bull Moose". I remember he was a big burly looking man, and very MEAN! He hated kids and made sure everyone knew.

I was about 5 or 6 at the time and remember him running out of his house with a shot gun every time a kid ran across his yard (there were no fences and you know kids will take the shortest route as the crow flies, lol)

He was always having arguments and fights with the neighbours and my family was no exception. My Mom liked Rose, but everyone hated Bull Moose. He was a mean and ornery person.

One year my Dad and his brother wanted to cut down an old dead tree in the front of our yard. Bull Moose refused to let anyone on his property and refused to let my Dad onto his property in order to cut down the tree. He ended up cutting the tree down on an evening when Bull Moose was at work and using the car to tip it on to our land.

We also had tornado-like winds that knocked down our chimney and blew over our outhouse on more than one occasion, and whenever Bull Moose caught my Dad on his property retrieving our out house building, Bull Moose had a total fit, and out came the gun. To my knowledge he never shot anyone though.

A few times my Dad and cousins would go and knock over his out house so that it was partially on our property and then my Dad would sit there with his 30-30 Winchester and watch while Bull Moose tried to lift up his out house without stepping on our property,
It was like the Hatfields and McCoys!


Anyway, my Dad's brother lived on the other side of us and he didn't like Bull Moose anymore than anyone else did. Plus Bull Moose pulled a gun on my cousin more than once and that didn't sit well with my Uncle!. So my Uncle and my Dad, my brother, and cousin got together and concocted a scheme to get back at Bull Moose; they enlisted the help of my Mom and my Aunt.

Because we lived just outside the City it was pretty dark even though there was the occasional street light on the street, but the back yards, and especially the out houses were totally pitch dark and you had to use a flashlight to see. Bull Moose had a routine. When he got home after midnight he went into his house and got his flashlight, grabbed a magazine and then made his way to his out house.

The plan was to have my Mom and Aunt make a life size dummy/manikin and the rest would position it in old Bull Moose's out house late at night when it was dark.

That night after they put the dummy in his out house we all hid in bushes and behind trees. I climbed up into our Apple tree and watched from high up there.

Like clockwork Bull Moose arrived home, went into his house, grabbed his flashlight and magazine and went out to his outhouse. He opened the door and went in, and I guess by the light of his flashlight saw a "dead man" sitting there,


He burst back out through the door nearly knocking the building over in the process and ran screaming and yelling into his house. OMG! I nearly fell out of the tree from laughing, and my Mom literally piddled herself from laughing so hard, due to stress incontinence. We all scrambled to get inside our house before Bull Moose came back out and realized what was going on.

Not long after that we heard a police siren and saw a black and white police car show up at BullMoose's house. We were all sitting in the dark running from window to window to see what was going on. The police went and looked at the "body" and realized it was a dummy. We saw them drive off with it sitting in the backseat of the car,


Now I don't recommend you do something like that because today you would be charged with all kinds of crimes. But back when I was a kid, laws were a bit more liberal.
 
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Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Geez! Your name sounds like one that lived next door to us when I was a kid! Only his peeve wasn't cats, it was kids....and likely cats too! He was just a big meanie!!!

Here is his story and what some of the neighbours did to him to get even!

When I was a kid in the 1960's we lived just on the edge of the City in an area that didn't have running water piped in. We had to get our water from a pumping station about 1 mile down the road from where we lived. We also had out houses.

The neighbour directly to our right was a married couple. Her name was "Rose". I don't know his name as everyone called him "Bull Moose". I remember he was a big burly looking man, and very MEAN! He hated kids and made sure everyone knew.

I was about 5 or 6 at the time and remember him running out of his house with a shot gun every time a kid ran across his yard (there were no fences and you know kids will take the shortest route as the crow flies, lol)

He was always having arguments and fights with the neighbours and my family was no exception. My Mom liked Rose, but everyone hated Bull Moose. He was a mean and ornery person.

One year my Dad and his brother wanted to cut down an old dead tree in the front of our yard. Bull Moose refused to let anyone on his property and refused to let my Dad onto his property in order to cut down the tree. He ended up cutting the tree down on an evening when Bull Moose was at work and using the car to tip it on to our land.

We also had tornado-like winds that knocked down our chimney and blew over our outhouse on more than one occasion, and whenever Bull Moose caught my Dad on his property retrieving our out house building, Bull Moose had a total fit, and out came the gun. To my knowledge he never shot anyone though.

A few times my Dad and cousins would go and knock over his out house so that it was partially on our property and then my Dad would sit there with his 30-30 Winchester and watch while Bull Moose tried to lift up his out house without stepping on our property,
It was like the Hatfields and McCoys!


Anyway, my Dad's brother lived on the other side of us and he didn't like Bull Moose anymore than anyone else did. Plus Bull Moose pulled a gun on my cousin more than once and that didn't sit well with my Uncle!. So my Uncle and my Dad, my brother, and cousin got together and concocted a scheme to get back at Bull Moose; they enlisted the help of my Mom and my Aunt.

Because we lived just outside the City it was pretty dark even though there was the occasional street light on the street, but the back yards, and especially the out houses were totally pitch dark and you had to use a flashlight to see. Bull Moose had a routine. When he got home after midnight he went into his house and got his flashlight, grabbed a magazine and then made his way to his out house.

The plan was to have my Mom and Aunt make a life size dummy/manikin and the rest would position it in old Bull Moose's out house late at night when it was dark.

That night after they put the dummy in his out house we all hid in bushes and behind trees. I climbed up into our Apple tree and watched from high up there.

Like clockwork Bull Moose arrived home, went into his house, grabbed his flashlight and magazine and went out to his outhouse. He opened the door and went in, and I guess by the light of his flashlight saw a "dead man" sitting there,


He burst back out through the door nearly knocking the building over in the process and ran screaming and yelling into his house. OMG! I nearly fell out of the tree from laughing, and my Mom literally piddled herself from laughing so hard, due to stress incontinence. We all scrambled to get inside our house before Bull Moose came back out and realized what was going on.

Not long after that we heard a police siren and saw a black and white police car show up at BullMoose's house. We were all sitting in the dark running from window to window to see what was going on. The police went and looked at the "body" and realized it was a dummy. We saw them drive off with it sitting in the backseat of the car,


Now I don't recommend you do something like that because today you would be charged with all kinds of crimes. But back when I was a kid, laws were a bit more liberal.
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That is hilarious, what was he like after that? I really wish I could get my revenge but like you say you can't get away with things nowadays. x
 
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Originally Posted by Ruthyb

He hates cats, when we used to talk to them, she told us that they used to have a kitten but they had to get rid of it as he threw it at a wall because it kept annoying him.My opinion of him is extremely low and I hate people like that. x
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I am sssssssssssoooooooooooo with you on that!!! Nasty neighbors are bad enough, but nasty, cat-hating neighbors are a NIGHTMARE...Bella and me are sending tons of for the safety of your furry purry babies and for your sanity. I do hope you get to move and I hope Karma pays that neighbor a visit!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Ruthyb

That is hilarious, what was he like after that?
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You know, I honestly don't remember. We moved from there when I was in grade 2 and all I can remember about him is his lovely wife and how mean he was. I have a couple of pictures of her and my Mom together, but none of him. I really can't imagine how she wound up with such a jerk for a husband, because she was such a nice lady and used to come over to our house when my Aunt was busy, to babysit me.
 
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