Nutty Neighbors?

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annr

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What’s the nuttiest thing your neighbor has said or done to you?
A few days ago my neighbor came over to “talk about the umbrella”.
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About a week before there was a fierce, windy rainstorm mid-day and one of her (open) patio umbrellas wound up in my back yard; my yard guy gave it back to her husband later that day.
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As far as I was concerned it was a non-event. The umbrella caused no damage or inconvenience to me. Maybe she was here to apologize? Nooooooooo, she wanted to give me and anyone else in my household the third degree:
“What did my better half think about it?”
“What do you mean no one else is home? There are two cars in the driveway.”
“ I want you to come over and SEE my umbrella.”

Obviously she had been thinking about this all week (while I had not); I told her that there was nothing for me to see; I already saw the umbrella in my yard. I went next door. She needed to SHOW to me that it was impossible for her umbrella (and heavy base) that had been positioned within reach of the fence to wind up in my yard. She went into her proof, exhibits and theories:
1. It defies the laws of nature.
2. the wind was only 15mph that day
3. Her brother-in-law, a detective, examined the scene and agreed that it was impossible
4. Nothing else in her yard was moved.
5. Her vinyl fence had 2 scratches on it
6. Her umbrella was broken

Finally I asked her ‘”What is your point?” No answer. All I could figure is that she was trying to prove that my yard guy caused the damage since Mother Nature couldn’t have. My rebuttal: I saw the umbrella in my yard earlier in the day; the fact that it was in my yard had nothing to do with me or anyone on my property and I was sorry I didn’t have a movie or photo.

After 15” of this I just told her that she has a dilemma on her hands: keep the other umbrellas open or closed. She says: “open” so she “can experiment”.
 
She's on to you! She knows you stole her umbrella to cover up the flying saucer that landed in your yard. There's no denying the evidence of the two scratches on her vinyl fence.
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Cougar,
They're out there for sure.

I didn’t want to burst her bubble by pointing out that her abilities for interpreting circumstantial evidence are weak at best or entirely flawed in this case,e.g.:
2 cars in the driveway DOES NOT = 2 or more people in the house
 
My neighbor mows with a weedwhacker.

Old lady across the street had her tree trimmed - she thought the branches were going to fall on her head.

Ex-nail salon next door, their customers always parked in front of our house. But one day Wife's sister parked a foot or two on their side, and the nail salon called the police! A few days later I went into the nail salon to 'discuss' their customers currently parked in front of our house. They moved soon after to a new location.

An insurance office moved into a house two doors down. First thing they did was dig out the hedge. About a year later the owner was complaining about people walking through the yard from the side and wearing a dirt path. I suggested he plant a hedge.

I could go on and on...
 
She really wanted to know if umbrellas can fly .If so she could then give up here broom and fly on the umbrella instead !!
 
Mete,
I don't think you are far off the mark.

Out of kindness I wasn't going to mention her outfit: a polyester leopard print dress which prominently displayed the muscles under her arms and the pink, fuzzy rabbit slippers. But I think you guys deserve the whole package to fully appreciate:) how bizarre this was.
 
Next time the umbrella flies into your yard just cut the canopy to ribbons and break the frame into several pieces. Then openly display the wreckage in your trash can. If she approaches you about it just say "Oh, was that yours? Are you offering to make restitution for the damage it caused?" Then point to some minor flaws in your siding and/or landscaping and profess your belief that "the missile" caused the damages to your property as it "crashed" into your yard, but "thank God it was only property damage and nobody was seriously injured" so restitution for the damage should be sufficient "to end it here."
 
Thanks Mycroft,.
I wonder what their dinner conversations sound like. It took a week and a lot of effort to collect all of this "evidence" and perform reenactments, bring in the detective, wait 'til I had 2 cars in the driveway..... Who knows what others injuries they may have perceived? I realize now that a yard is a dangerous thing.
 
I would have loved to be there during the investigation by the brother-in-law detective.

Neighbor: "Will you come out and look at the umbrella? I tell you it's impossible that it just flew up into his yard!"

"(oh brother) Umm, sure . . . . . . ah well, if a gust came along, it could have . ."

Neighbor: "NO! - LOOK HOW HEAVY THE BASE IS! And look at the FENCE! It's IMPOSSIBLE!!!"

"Ok, ok, you're right - it's impossible. Um, I think I left my drink inside, see you in a bit."
 
the wind the wind as thunder rolls
umbrellas rise up on their poles
they fly across the fence and yard
she can't agree it's just too hard
she had them planted deep by moles

it's time to stop lying
she'll never stop trying
she'll prove that you meant to defraud her

return to that day
make her umbrella stay
or you'll see what the court will award her
 
Hey Guys....

LOL...

We have some pretty interesting neighbors as well..

We live on a private drive with 11 houses on it. Theres been Alot of really strange things that have happened down here since I've lived here..On and off for the last 30 + years.

Two of the people that use to live here were busting out headlights of cars that were speeding on the lane going to or from a house party. One of them was a Ontario Provincial Police Officer..

The guy the lives directly next door, a POS lawyer came out and Freaked on the guy that lives in the barn directly across from our house, that was trimming branches on the right away so they could get a big 5th wheel down the lane. He comes out and tells him. "I'm a lawyer you know! ". My buddy Pete the Barn Dweller says " Ya I'm an airline Pilot, Whats your Point? "

Another neighbor comes out and freaks out on the neighbor on the other side of us who is cutting the grass along the lane which he has been cutting for 20 years because it's his property..He's only lived there for 5 years, so Squatters Rights have been in effect, long before he moved in....

Yup,, some pretty Whacky people..

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
Another neighbor comes out and freaks out on the neighbor on the other side of us who is cutting the grass along the lane which he has been cutting for 20 years because it's his property..He's only lived there for 5 years, so Squatters Rights have been in effect, long before he moved in....
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arkansas had a similar law. if a fence was in place for so many years without dispute, then that fence becomes the property line. I dont buy it that the property line should change just because someone was mowing grass that wasn't their's.
 
Reminds me of the story of the city slicker who moves into the country & meets his neighbor from the adjacent farm & they were discussing the exact location of the property line- When the city slicker tries to pin down the exact boundary between the properties, the neighbor answers: "For mowin' or for ownin'?"
 
Rugger,
Sounds a bit like my neighbors (same folks). Just substitute dead trees, HUGE trees behind their house that could likely demolish their roof in a good storm. (Though I know that she doesn't believe in the power of wind.)

Well this same umbrella lady, was POSITIVE, that the trees did not belong to her. Had City inspectional services out several times to inspect, photograph, file papers, threaten to take the backyard neighbors to court....for months this dragged on....... She called insp. svs. 2-3 times a day to check on the disposition of the (not her) trees. By the end her rear neighbors had to produce a survey, involve their lawyer and realtor and PROVED that the trees did not belong to them. I don't know that it cost my neighbor a dime to have all of this done on her behalf.
 
Reading this thread makes me even more grateful for the nice and wonderful neighbors that I have!!!
 
We had a neighbor, Bert, who was a nice guy, but not too bright. He didn't want his back yard ripped up so he sent his kids to ride their sleds over our back yard one winter. We had to reseed it in the Spring.

One year he decided he didn't need a back yard, he needed a pool. So he called the company and told them how big a pool he wanted and they put one in. It took up the whole yard and the strip of woods behind that AND a piece of the woods of the property of the doctor behind THAT.

The doctor complained that the contractor was cutting into his woods. Bert said it was OK, they wouldn't take much. The doctor called in the village to stop this, and they had a big meeting. Naturally, my Dad went. When Bert saw him walk in he was happy because as he said, "I didn't think I had a friend in this place." Dad said, "You don't."

Bert had to remove the pool and the contractor was barred from doing business in the village any more, for not verifying the property line.
 
Esav,
This umbrella lady eventually chopped down the 2 trees ( and silly me, I thought that was going to be the end of it and her yard) without doing her own survey. I am just waiting for the new neighbors on the hill to complain that the umbrella family has now taken possession of THEIR land.
 
If you think she's nuts now, wait till someone hauls her into court! :)
(I would pay to watch.)
 
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