If it were me, I’d take out my garbage earlier in the day just to deprive him of his fun. I do this when I’m going to be away in the evening, even though it’s technically early for taking it out - like morning of the day before, occasionally.
It sounds like this guy is really working hard to provoke a conflict. You don’t sound worried enough given the content of your posts.
Good point; that day caught me as it gets dark earlier.
That guy: he’s like the aggressive neighborhood bully who somehow has money to piss away on all this shit. Supposedly he has family ‘ties’ to some mobster in the early 50s and long dead… but everyone who checks into that story out finds its some lie he likes to spread around.
Like I told you: Bully.
Anyway, I’m not afraid of a lie, if he pulls his gun out and “brandishes” it, there are enough cameras around that he’ll have it taken away by the PD, and if he keeps starting shit, the PD will finally get tired of him and will look closely enough to find any number of things he’s doing that he shouldn’t. That CCW is signed off on by the mayor or the chief of PD around here (I think). It’s a privilege in this state and you’d better be squeaky clean to ‘earn’ it. I’m sure the PD would be plenty PO’d if they found out it was being used to try to intimidate anyone.
And then it’s Toilet: Flushed.
I knew a guy who was working on clearing property he owned, cutting down trees. He would do this after work for a few hours each evening. He mounted airplane (?) lights on his Jeep’s rear bumper to light up the work area. He mounted an on/off toggle under his dash.
One night he was driving home, exhausted. A driver behind him had their bright lights on and it was really aggravating him. He eventually flipped the toggle on then off. The car behind him disappeared.
I’m almost positive that that is illegal in NJ… But it is criminal, not civil, so what money does it put in my pocket?
I don’t want to throw rocks at a bee’s next; I want to take all the honey from it so the stink-foot bastards buzz off, never to return.
There are a variety of federal and state laws on extra lights on vehicles. Which govern their use while driving. Not necessarily their installation.
if he’s just lighting up your driveway using his parked car, there’s almost certainly no vehicle code violation there. What there is is the sort of petty bullying that might be illegal but is practically impossible to enforce.
I went grocery shopping last night. I bought a loaf of bread. Now, I cannot find it. I strongly suspect I paid for it and then left it on the self checkout stand.
I’m a Recent Changes patroller at Wikipedia; seems there is an inordinate amount of Zoomer slang being added to various articles today. 6 is likely the largest number of vandals I’ve reported in one day and the day ain’t over.
Mundane_Super_Hero, have you considered putting brighter lights along your driveway and then taking out the trash wearing sunglasses?
Probably more expensive than warranted.
Shit, you have my sympathy and empathy.
Sometimes I think I’d like to live closer to town, maybe in a suburban neighborhood with regular sewer, water, decent electric infrastructure and working phones. A little nearer to medical care should the need arise. Closer to friends. Then I read about something like this and tuck in a little harder on the rural property for the foreseeable future.
Best of luck to you and do be careful. Nutty neighbors are a bane and a true threat to your well being.
Of course there’s no reason your own rural neighbor can’t be equally nutty. And have an even more expansive definition of how far his freedumbs extend into your space. But with more guns.
Sure, but I’ve managed here just fine for 20 years. I’ll take my chances.
The sunglasses idea works and is a light less expensive than p-ssing good money away on stupid tricks. Besides, light pollution is real so why add to it?
If Joey Bananas starts tossing lead around, I’ll let you know.
Not disagreeing for a moment with that.
My deeper point is that on any given day an asshat can move into the place next door to any of us. And complicate, ruin, or terminate the life of whoever gets in their anger-filled and selfish way.
For sure the more near neighbors one has, and the faster the turnover in the community at large the greater one’s exposure to newbies moving in. Some of whom will be asshats. As a general rule of thumb e.g. your neighborhood probably fares better on both of those metrics than e.g. mine does.
Partly offset by the (IMO and hence arguable) propensity for the folks with less patience or regard for their fellow human to prefer low-density rural over high density urban/suburban. Not that ruralians lean that way because they’re rural, but rather that folks who’re that way lean rural because they’re that way.
I’m having a plumber in tomorrow to fix my slow draining kitchen sink. I’ve put it off for a while because I just didn’t want to have to deal with all the stuff in the cabinet below it. But I’ve now pulled everything out of there. My god the things that accumulate in 21 years! Batteries, extension cords, cables to electronic equipment long gone, small tools of all sorts, nuts, bolts, screws, nails, velcro strips, string, duck tape. At least now I can get rid of most of it. I know I only need a hammer, a couple pliers, a few screwdrivers, some velcro and duct tape to do any repairs I’m able to. Keep a few extensions cords and the good batteries and I should have plenty of space to fill up with other stuff.
The rant part is that there was a folded sheet of plastic that I stuck in the side of one of the bins. I decided that I should use that to put over the cleaning supplies in the cabinet next to it in case of splashes (there’s no wall between them). And now I can’t find it. Where the hell did it go? I’ve checked each bin and it’s just not there. I hate when that happens.
I bet you put it in a “safe place,” and you’ll next see it in another twenty-one years.
I just got my mail. There was an envelope from my former health insurance company. It was stamped “Second Notice”. I didn’t remember receiving a first notice. Maybe it got lost in the mail. Maybe my memory was faulty. Then, I opened it. It was a mass mailing about a Medicare Advantage plan. You bastards!
We’ve been trying to get an electrician to come do a few things around the house. Every single one we’ve called have ghosted us. One came out for a quote then went MIA. Another wanted to charge us an obscene amount of money just for the quote. I know this isn’t a whole-home rewiring job, but we still kind of need it done?
It’s like this for everything in this fucking city…a colleague wanted a job of about $30k done and it took months to find a contractor because the project was too small.
I’m at a loss and it’s so frustrating. Who the fuck does this type of work and how do we pay them to do it?
There needs to be a law against advertising for Medicare Advantage Plans.
Also, All Drug advertisements.
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