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My new neighbour moved in about 2wks ago if that..
She's a prize turd with her parking... Parked (abandoned) outside other neighbours garages for about 3days... 3/4 over one garage & 1/3 over the other next to it, no vehicular access to either of them for the owners of the garages.

A 2nd car is always parked outside of my place when there's room outside of hers for 2 cars. The car that is outside of hers looks like its been left diagonally to the pavement... She obviously likes to get out & get a taxi to the kerbside as she's parked that far away (either front or back.. Seems to be no preference)!

Tonight I just got home & it's a good job I can parallel park as there's about a foot each end of my car - if that to park in.

Accidently-on-purpose revved my engine, slammed the doors & garden gate when I came in.

Think I'm going to have to politely explain parking etiquette to the dopey trout.

Not spoken to her yet but not keen... Outgoing neighbour said she'd asked what the neighbours were like... Would we mind if she smoked dope...

Actually yes... Would she mind if I shat in her garden in exchange... Perfect antisocial bargaining me thinks? :yikes:

Skanky wench! (should that be skunk'y wench? :hmm:)

Thanks folks, sorry rant over! 😐 X
 
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Ending a sentence with a preposition!

“What are you interested in?” - wrong
“What interests you?” - right
 
dhill_cb7 said:
Ending a sentence with a preposition!

“What are you interested in?” - wrong
“What interests you?” - right
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Black piggies said:
On this side of the pond, it's correct English to end a sentence with a preposition 😊
You might avoid it in formal written work, but it's not wrong.
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There's a fair number of English dialects with unspoken grammar rules that everyone local always seems to know. Written English is one thing, verbal/spoken English is a different beast entirely.

And I should know. Northern Ireland does a quare job of throwing grammar rules off the roof of a skyscraper where verbal English is concerned :))
 
The one thing that annoyed my late Dad was people saying "I got off of the bus" instead if "I got off the bus" he used to say that you can't get "off of" anything. Yet it's quite a common thing to say where I used to live. Also I say somewhen what I actually mean is sometime. It really annoys brother!
 
It's been over a week. I still feel like death, I'm still coughing and still testing negative ☹️
 
Lady Kelly said:
It's been over a week. I still feel like death, I'm still coughing and still testing negative ☹️
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There are so many cold/virus going around, I felt rubbish last week at school, unsurprising as so many of our little ones were coughing and sneezing, really bad ache in my neck and shoulder like I was bruised and just exhausted, now I'm off for half term and Sunday came out with a cold, also testing negative on LFT so hoping it stays that way, hope you start to feel better soon. 🤗
 
Lady Kelly said:
It's been over a week. I still feel like death, I'm still coughing and still testing negative ☹️
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Son no 3 had a really bad cold virus not long after we took him up to Uni in September, he lost his voice and felt dreadful for about a fortnight and was testing negative. Hope you soon feel better Kelly.
 
Thanks, still have a raised temperature and feel horrible but doing lft pretty much daily and it's still coming back negative so guess it's just a really nasty bug
 
Shopping at the grocery store. It is getting hard to find the food that my autistic son will eat. Every item seems to be out of stock or only available in a small container that lasts a couple of days. When the food is in stock, I try to buy 3 or 4 of them as it is all he eats. I feel bad if that is all they have, but he will not eat anything else.
 
RedLoredAmazon said:
Shopping at the grocery store. It is getting hard to find the food that my autistic son will eat. Every item seems to be out of stock or only available in a small container that lasts a couple of days. When the food is in stock, I try to buy 3 or 4 of them as it is all he eats. I feel bad if that is all they have, but he will not eat anything else.
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I agree. It’s getting so hard for my dad to find food for my mum who has dementia and only eats certain foods. So stressful for you and him. Is it because of the lack of drivers/deliveries? I don’t know. Hope you can get food for him. 😐
 
weepweeps said:
I agree. It’s getting so hard for my dad to find food for my mum who has dementia and only eats certain foods. So stressful for you and him. Is it because of the lack of drivers/deliveries? I don’t know. Hope you can get food for him. 😐
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Your poor dad and mum! I hope they can find what they need. I have my mom on the lookout too as she lives about 30 minutes from me.
 
One of my neighbours keeps parking in my spot and they park about 1m away from the curb so i can get into my driveway. It also means that no-one can turn in our close! 😡
 
I am also in the horrible neighbors club! My neighbors really are the stereotypical neighbors from hell. They actually made me cry the first time I ever spoke with them because they were so mean, it was really embarrassing lol. I was really stressed at the time because my husband was dealing with a bad recovery from surgery amongst other issues so that didn't help either, I'm usually not one to get upset like that, but getting yelled at for something that wasn't my fault was the tipping point. The guy called our garden "a pile of sh*t" the first time we ever spoke to him because he was unhappy with how our landlord landscaped the yard. There is more to the story, but that was the highlight.

They have been incredibly difficult ever since too. They never speak to us unless they have an issue. Our landlords are always on our side because they know how annoying they are. I always want to ask the guy why he has been so aggressive since we moved in, but I don't think he can be spoken to. I think he had a problem with the past renters (our landlords) and all of his anger has just been put on us now because we live here. It feels very unfair. I also never complained when I had little problems with them here and there to try to keep the peace. I tried to be friendly, but they never stopped being rude so I just ignore them if I can now. He also freaks out if a single leaf or twig of anything gets within a foot of our shared fence so I have to check the yard and worry about it all the time or he will go straight to calling the landlord about it. This has only happened once so far, but I even sent the landlord a picture of what he was complaining about because it was so ridiculous and she agreed with us that it was. I do wish they would've been nicer. The other row house next to us has been vacant for the past few years, hopefully whoever moves in eventually is nicer.
 
I'm not too keen on people that tell blatant lies! As many of you know I sell a bit on ebay to fund my Vet Fund. Well tonight someone put in an offer 3 times on an item and retracted it 3 times. The reason? "Seller changed description of item". I did not. Once the item is listed it doesn't get changed. Now you may or may not know this but the bid history is available for anyone to see. I didn't want everyone else looking at it and thinking I wasn't to be trusted. I have a good reputation on ebay for a fast and reliable service. I was not very happy when I saw that reason. I have banned the person from bidding/buying my stuff and I've had to relist the item. I am not a happy bunny right now!:rant:
 
I know it's a minor thing, but I haven't read The Stand the whole way through for almost 15 years, but I still can't listen to Don't Fear the Reaper without the entire plot running through my head.
 
GPTV said:
My new neighbour moved in about 2wks ago if that..
She's a prize turd with her parking... Parked (abandoned) outside other neighbours garages for about 3days... 3/4 over one garage & 1/3 over the other next to it, no vehicular access to either of them for the owners of the garages.

A 2nd car is always parked outside of my place when there's room outside of hers for 2 cars. The car that is outside of hers looks like its been left diagonally to the pavement... She obviously likes to get out & get a taxi to the kerbside as she's parked that far away (either front or back.. Seems to be no preference)!

Tonight I just got home & it's a good job I can parallel park as there's about a foot each end of my car - if that to park in.

Accidently-on-purpose revved my engine, slammed the doors & garden gate when I came in.

Think I'm going to have to politely explain parking etiquette to the dopey trout.

Not spoken to her yet but not keen... Outgoing neighbour said she'd asked what the neighbours were like... Would we mind if she smoked dope...

Actually yes... Would she mind if I shat in her garden in exchange... Perfect antisocial bargaining me thinks? :yikes:

Skanky wench! (should that be skunk'y wench? :hmm:)

Thanks folks, sorry rant over! 😐 X
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Jet and Cloud said:
One of my neighbours keeps parking in my spot and they park about 1m away from the curb so i can get into my driveway. It also means that no-one can turn in our close! 😡
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The neighbour the other side is OK generally, she shouts at her cat & dog a lot which annoys me, but they don't take any notice of her! :))
Her daughter & grandchildren are VERY noisy with colourful language when they come visiting... I usually mow the lawn so I don't have to hear them lol! 😂

@Betsy I've hardly been home as long/odd shifts last week - her parking is no better! I had to squeeze into this gap outside home tonight, there's loads of room outside hers & 1 of her cars is in front, the other behind mine.
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No law against it I know... Its just not very considerate... I noticed 1 of them has its windows down an inch or so.... I'm doing a rain dance as we speak lol! 😂

I was going out again shortly afterwards so couldn't be bothered to straighten up for the sake of 10mins... I don't normally park that squewiff! :yikes:
 
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GPTV said:
The neighbour the other side is OK generally, she shouts at her cat & dog a lot which annoys me, but they don't take any notice of her! :))
Her daughter & grandchildren are VERY noisy with colourful language when they come visiting... I usually mow the lawn so I don't have to hear them lol! 😂

@Betsy I've hardly been home as long/odd shifts last week - her parking is no better! I had to squeeze into this gap outside home tonight, there's loads of room outside hers & 1 of her cars is in front, the other behind mine.
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No law against it I know... Its just not very considerate... I noticed 1 of them has its windows down an inch or so.... I'm doing a rain dance as we speak lol! 😂

I was going out again shortly afterwards so couldn't be bothered to straighten up for the sake of 10mins... I don't normally park that squewiff! :yikes:
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Oh! :( i used to have VERY loud neighbours! They were
next door to me and their baby would cry very loudly! I could tolerate the baby but then they'd be louder than the baby and litterally cry out, 'WOOOOOOO!'! They were very annoying!
 
I'm still having mild chest stress pains thanks to our last neighbour experience. I'm planning on trying to find a big plant at the weekend to put on my kitchen window sill so I can hopefully stop catching their eye and being glared at.

It's a whole petty story which never needed to get to this point. But he is a selfish shouty man child. No matter what we do at this point we can't 'win' - not that it's really about winning at all, we just want things to at least be civil! It really is a ridiculous and horribly stressful thing.
 
As an adult I've always lived in built up areas and tolerated noise. But the neighbours we've had for over a year, the noise has been something else and has been depressing, affecting sleep. Tried everything. What annoys me is that they act like butter wouldn't melt, and other new neighbours who they speak to, now don't smile at me, as though I'm the bad one 😕
 
Betsy said:
I'm not too keen on people that tell blatant lies! As many of you know I sell a bit on ebay to fund my Vet Fund. Well tonight someone put in an offer 3 times on an item and retracted it 3 times. The reason? "Seller changed description of item". I did not. Once the item is listed it doesn't get changed. Now you may or may not know this but the bid history is available for anyone to see. I didn't want everyone else looking at it and thinking I wasn't to be trusted. I have a good reputation on ebay for a fast and reliable service. I was not very happy when I saw that reason. I have banned the person from bidding/buying my stuff and I've had to relist the item. I am not a happy bunny right now!:rant:
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Yes that's naughty of them. Ebay works on seller reputation.
 
Sending hugs and best wishes to everyone having neighbour problems.
Having "difficult" neighbours is so distressing and stressful. I've had anxiety attacks, the doctor thought I was having a heart attack and sent me to hospital. These people know how to work the system and turn every situation round to their advantage, they deliberately cause trouble. I can't believe I'm in this situation, I hate living here but I don't have enough money to move nearer to family, if I moved it would have to be to somewhere else I don't want to be. I completely ignore these neighbours now and blank them if I see them in the street, last time I passed them one of them shouted after me to watch out as they were going to smash my face in! I have found it easier to cope with since I talked to a lot of the other neighbours and found out I'm not the only one having problems with them. Hopefully something will happen to improve life soon.
 
I’m so sorry to read about all these nasty neighbours, it’s an awful situation to be in, sending hugs to you all x
I once had a neighbour who took down our 5 ft fencing and built a conservatory with plain glass down our sidelight against our boundary. She then flatly refused to put the fencing which she’d promised to do because it would make her conservatory dark. Everytime we were in the garden or kitchen she would deliberately sit in the conservatory and glare at us, making sitting in the garden quite unpleasant. I rang the council Planning Department and told them about the situation, they make round and slapped an enforcement notice to make her put courtesy film on the window that faced into our garden and replace the fencing down the boundary. I was so relieved. Luckily we moved 6 months later but I can imagine how depressing this situation must become long term
 
May all these bad neighbours forever step on Lego and upturned plugs whenever they are barefoot or in socks. May seagulls steal their ice creams in summer and ants invade their picnic. May jar lids be forever stuck and the milk in the fridge always off.

I wouldn't wish any actual harm on someone but I have no problem hoping for a lifetime of inconvenience. 😂
 
The weevil wars started today. I napalmed the cupboard with vinegar that was so strong it made me gag. Checked every item I took out, every fold in any packaging. Binned anything open, binned any cardboard boxs wether they were open or not and just kept the bags/sachets from inside. I didn’t kill them all because some retreated into wooden joins in the cupboard but the population was extremely decimated. I’m confident that if I keep up the “daily squishing“ session I’ll eventually get them all.

Never will I buy spelt again.
 
Pawz said:
The weevil wars started today. I napalmed the cupboard with vinegar that was so strong it made me gag. Checked every item I took out, every fold in any packaging. Binned anything open, binned any cardboard boxs wether they were open or not and just kept the bags/sachets from inside. I didn’t kill them all because some retreated into wooden joins in the cupboard but the population was extremely decimated. I’m confident that if I keep up the “daily squishing“ session I’ll eventually get them all.

Never will I buy spelt again.
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Yes you have to be persistent. A few years back I had an invasion of earwigs in the hutch took weeks to get rid of. They did go but you just have to keep at it @Pawz. Good luck!
 
Pawz said:
The weevil wars started today. I napalmed the cupboard with vinegar that was so strong it made me gag. Checked every item I took out, every fold in any packaging. Binned anything open, binned any cardboard boxs wether they were open or not and just kept the bags/sachets from inside. I didn’t kill them all because some retreated into wooden joins in the cupboard but the population was extremely decimated. I’m confident that if I keep up the “daily squishing“ session I’ll eventually get them all.

Never will I buy spelt again.
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We had a bad outbreak of weevils and my mom use to freeze the grain or flour for a couple of days in order to kill any bugs. After bringing it out, she would put the flour into a container and then put a bay leaf in and she said that helps with keeping away weevils. Good luck with the weevil annellation!
 
After an unfortunate infestation a few years back I now freeze any flours or grains I buy for about 48 hours before storage. Just let them thaw out to room temp before tucking them away so the packets dry out. Haven't seen anything since I started doing this - and I've got ground rice in there that's 5 years out of date! I'll get round to it eventually....

TBH it's often the organic stuff that is the source which doesn't stop me buying it but just makes me a bit more careful.
 
My baby cactus plant now has 16 leaves. It's around 5 months old (going from the date it started growing leaves). It was only 2 leaves from the parent plant when I took the cutting so I'm happy its doing so well. (Parent plant is 34 years old and as far as I know healthy, though had a nightmare about it one night.)

The thing that annoys me is I wish I'd have taken three cuttings to see if all would have taken/grown the same way at the same rate. Though at the time, I only did one as I didn't know if would work ans didn't want to take too many leaves off the plant to start with. I'm hoping to take two cuttings next year.
 
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