Another neighbor story

[95XL883]

Okay, I usually lurk as I feel I don't have much to say but what happened yesterday struck me as humorous. So, I'm sharing just for humor's sake; no knock on my neighbor.

So I was on my 40 acres. It's vacant ground, about 25 acres of pasture and 15 of woods. My ground is to the north and west of their 10 acres with a home. A young couple and 3 kids moved in about a year ago. They have worked hard on the house, built a nice shop and keep about a third of the property nicely mowed and are making good progress cleaning up the junk prior owners have dumped in their woods. Had a couple of minor fence issues which were resolved by a friendly discussion.

The gate to my property that I use is very close to their property. I usually just open the gate, pull in and leave the truck to hunt the woods.

So yesterday, Mike, the husband, approaches me and starts a polite discussion. I'm waiting for what he wants as he is usually pretty quiet and his wife is the talker. He is being friendly and finally asks, in a somewhat embarrassed tone, if I would mind parking my truck so it is facing away from his house. He explains that when he opens the drapes in the morning and sees my truck (It's probably 200', maybe 300' away) that he is creeped out by it. Now Mike is a big guy and a bit of a bodybuilder. His size is intimidating. He's a big, strong, country boy.

I smile and say "Sure, no problem. I'll just back it in." He thanked me and said he felt a little silly asking but they moved there to have privacy and it just creeps him out to see my truck facing his window. He said he discussed it with his wife and she made him talk to me about it. He's a big boy. He could probably pick up the end of a car if he wanted to. He was polite and somewhat sheepish the whole time.

I just find the situation mildly humorous. I'm glad to back in if it makes him feel better. I have been backing out to leave; now I'll back in and pull straight out to leave. Hopefully, this puts a smile on others' faces.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Amazing what nice and polite can accomplish.

 

[woody]

Glad you posted just goes to show it don't have to be all bad.

 

[MossRoad]

Easy peasy. :laughing:

We've got a neighbor a few houses down that drives into her driveway, turns left into her grass, and parks in the front lawn parallel to her house. Very early in the morning, she starts up her truck to let it warm up, leaves the headlights on, and walks into the house for 20 minutes to half an hour. Her headlights shine down the row of houses and lights up about 6 of our living rooms.

 

[Molalla1]

Okay, I usually lurk as I feel I don't have much to say but what happened yesterday struck me as humorous. So, I'm sharing just for humor's sake; no knock on my neighbor.

So I was on my 40 acres. It's vacant ground, about 25 acres of pasture and 15 of woods. My ground is to the north and west of their 10 acres with a home. A young couple and 3 kids moved in about a year ago. They have worked hard on the house, built a nice shop and keep about a third of the property nicely mowed and are making good progress cleaning up the junk prior owners have dumped in their woods. Had a couple of minor fence issues which were resolved by a friendly discussion.

The gate to my property that I use is very close to their property. I usually just open the gate, pull in and leave the truck to hunt the woods.

So yesterday, Mike, the husband, approaches me and starts a polite discussion. I'm waiting for what he wants as he is usually pretty quiet and his wife is the talker. He is being friendly and finally asks, in a somewhat embarrassed tone, if I would mind parking my truck so it is facing away from his house. He explains that when he opens the drapes in the morning and sees my truck (It's probably 200', maybe 300' away) that he is creeped out by it. Now Mike is a big guy and a bit of a bodybuilder. His size is intimidating. He's a big, strong, country boy.

I smile and say "Sure, no problem. I'll just back it in." He thanked me and said he felt a little silly asking but they moved there to have privacy and it just creeps him out to see my truck facing his window. He said he discussed it with his wife and she made him talk to me about it. He's a big boy. He could probably pick up the end of a car if he wanted to. He was polite and somewhat sheepish the whole time.

I just find the situation mildly humorous. I'm glad to back in if it makes him feel better. I have been backing out to leave; now I'll back in and pull straight out to leave. Hopefully, this puts a smile on others' faces.

That, 95XL is a great post, :laughing: . . . maybe run a few beef and everything will be copacetic . . . :drink:

 

[ovrszd]

I'm so Blessed to live where I do. I think this may be the first of more to come "humorous" visits with your neighbor.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Strange to be creeped out by a truck 200-300 ft. away. If turning it around makes them happy, that's ok.

 

[Sodo]

I have a neighbor 300 feet away who came over and said he had to get blinds for his bedroom cuz of my security light. Its on at dusk, off at dawn, 5+5 watts of LEDs.

OK then. So I put a motion sensor on it, now its off most of the time. And the trees have leaves now, which certainly blocks it now.

People get used to having things a certain way. And since they cant buy your land to make the changes they want, rather than change their wants, they feel the solution is to ask someone else to change their way.

I bet the guy & wife like their view being devoid of other peoples “stuff” and probably thought it would be pretty easy to get you to park in a slightly different location. Probably sheepish cuz he was embarrassed for being so petty.

 

[goeduck]

I am glad his request is easily solved but I am glad he is not my neighbor. And I agree that is likely not the last odd request you will get.

 

[CalG]

Not to derail this warming thread, but if I may add.....

Last week the neighbor's garage and yard light was lighting up our bedroom ceiling All Night long. I had never noticed it once over the past 30 years, (we are "good neighbours , both ways). The garage is more than 150 yards away, but that doesn't stop light!

I went over to see if the light could be re-aimed, thinking something new had come up and the light had been adjusted.

Well, There was a step ladder under the lamp when I pulled up on the Kubota tractor. I mentioned that the light was keeping my wife up late in jest.
Good neighbor Bill replied that "we are on the same page" and that he had just turned the motion switch off on the fixture. Turns out a nesting pair of Phoebe's had put a mud nest on the fixture that somehow kept the motion sensor on all the time.
We got a chuckle out of that.....

All is well. Now he wants me to help him change the fixture so he can fit energy saving LED lamps......when the birds have left the nest.

Ain't life special! ;-)