Crazy neighbors

[altivo]

Chainsaws again all weekend. This morning we woke up to the sound of heavy equipment, as in bulldozers and such. Sure enough, they were over there pushing down trees and shrubs. Knowing that they were very close to the property line, we ran out with a compass, surveyor's tape, and a copy of our survey. The line is 41 feet due west of the southwest

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[schnee]

He has a propensity for crashing through fences and over lines, as demonstrated in the past.

I wonder if the jury would be sympathetic if you got a shotgun, waited for him to do that again and then blasted him into space... c.c

(Yeah, not really feasible in practice - unless maybe you live in Texas -, but sometimes, it'd be nice, wouldn't it? In any case - jokes aside, I'm glad I don't have your neighbours. *hugs* Hang in there, and don't let them get to you...)

[altivo]

Yeah, you don't want any of my neighbors. It was so nice when we bought the place, but people move away and are replaced by inconsiderate jerks.

[equusmaximus]

It looks like Schnee and I had similar ideas. It's great that the foreman seemed nice enough, but the neighbour sounds like the type that just makes you want to sit out on the porch in a rocking-chair, with a shotgun across your lap... %)

[altivo]

Well, no firearms for me, period. No way, nohow. I do have a good slingshot, though, and should do some more target practice with it. Not that the idiot neighbor himself is likely to come within my sights, he knows better I'm sure. But his dogs, cats, chickens, and assorted other pestiferous critters are over here every day. If I could afford it, I'd put up a solid fence on that side for the full 1300 feet, even right through the middle of the creek. I'm really saddened by the loss of the trees. We lose windbreak and flood protection, but of course he has no conception of such values. His own horses are exposed to much more weather and wind because of his wanton destruction

[cabcat]

Poor horsey, it's always annoying to have inconsiderate neighbours, but they may move away in time.

At least you get to see their horsies :)

[altivo]

I can see their horses any time. They are usually up against the fence staring at Tess when I go out. They once said they were moving, but they put their house and land up for sale at double what it's worth on the market, and got no offers. After they invest this much, they'll be far too deep in debt to move, I'm afraid.

[hellmutt]

Americans:

Brits aren't all like this.

[altivo]

No, certainly they aren't. I've pointed this out from time to time but I suppose it bears repeating. This family, however, even described themselves as "the neighbors from hell" on one occasion, and so they are.

We are now being deafened by multiple pieces of very loud heavy equipment running over there from dawn to dusk. I hope they finish this project soon for the sake of my sanity. It used to be so beautifully quiet here until they moved in...

[hellmutt]

What's really funny is that they're behaving in a way that many British folks would ascribe to Americans - loud, out of keeping with surroundings, inconsiderate, intent on changing things.

[altivo]

Heh. You should see and hear the teenage son racing around and around their property in his "go-cart" thing. Talk about obnoxious. And he does it late into the night, as late as 11:00 pm in summer. I dread to think what he will be doing with cars once he gets a license to wreck them.

The daughter was all about horses until recently. Now she seems to have a boyfriend, the kind who pulls his pickup truck into the lane and sits there honking the horn for her to come out rather than getting out and knocking on the door. ;p