Stupid Neighbors
Yes, they were at it again this morning. This time I suppose it’s a bit understandable: the temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s today, so my neighbor no doubt decided to mow his lawn before the heat really sets in.
But, if you ask me, 7:00 a.m. on a Saturday is still too early to be out on one’s riding lawn mower, zipping around one’s lawn and hollering over the sound of the lawn mower to one’s children who are playing on the patio while one works. I swear these people never sleep.
Stupid neighbors.
Meanwhile, it appears that some of our other neighbors have had it with them, too. Yesterday as I stood out front watering plants, the woman next door — she of the clickety-clackety 6 a.m. stilettos and a voice as big as her hair — asked if we were the ones who’d stuck a notice on their door reminding them of the homeowner association’s noise rules.
Why, no. No we weren’t, but I’d sure like to know who did it so I could buy that person a drink.
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Three words for you to share with local law enforcement:
Disturbing The Peace
Heh. I expected you to say:
Big Freaking Bombs.
Well, that IS an option. Or a sniper rifle, or a bear trap…
The unwritten suburban rule reads that “no mechanical devices such as leaf blowers, lawn mowers, string trimmers or power saws will be used before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday, otherwise 8:00 a.m.” However, assholes will continue to be assholes no matter how many signs are posted on their door. In fact, they usually get worse.
As an aside, I grew up in Leavenworth – class of ‘80- and these folks remind me so much of the people with which I grew up…scary!!!
I never start this sort of thing before 9 am. Of course, I seldom drag myself out of bed on weekends before 8:30.
Bryan, they’re a family that’s lived here for 2 generations now. Chances are very good you went to school with at least one of them.
Chaz: good man.
You could always organize something with the other neighbors. The rest of you mowing your lawns at, say, 2 AM on a Sunday morning all at once should do the trick.
I’ve also been a fan of playing Pink Floyd’s Time at earsplitting volume when they have to be up the next morning, too. I did that to my upstairs neighbors in an apartment during finals week, after I’d asked them to quiet down no less than six times. Oddly enough, they never bothered me again.
Me, I would invest in a nice 7.62mm and find some way of silencing it… engine blocks are fragile things, cast metal or not.
Beyond that, sugar in the fuel tank does interesting things.
Or just take the lawnmower blade. That is always entertaining.
Of course, I would never actually propose following through on these suggestions… Of course not.
When I blamed the heat and humidity as reasons for not mowing the yard, Youngest Daughter pointed out: “you could do it around 7:00am, before it gets bad”.
I think this statement alone is grounds for kicking her non-working bum out…. especially since she doesn’t rise until roughly noon…
I would suggest pouring sugar in his gas tank but then he’d probably never mow his lawn again… (Had to ask the husband what one would pour in a gas tank to make said vheicle not work… now he’s all freaked out about why I wnated to know… hee hee)
Sugar, actually, doesn’t work at all when poured into the gas tank, since it doesn’t dissolve in gasoline. Bleach in the oil pan, however, is a different story.