Here is the thing Willie, when you live in the Beverly Hills of Illinois, you don't worry about dropping a few c-notes for a neighbor. Next you're going to tell me that you actually ask the price of a car before you decide to purchase.
A letter to the neighbors
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I was a little surprised by some of these last few replies thinking willie was actually being serious, but then again it didn't sound like anyone questioned whether or not this original story was a complete fabrication or at least partially fabricated, so the ******** meters all around on CF must be failing today
We moved into our neighborhood last year(Bentwood in Ames) and have met most of our neighbors(all great people), except for the guy across the street. Never had a problem with him, he just seemed to keep to himself. Until yesterday...... Here is the setup...... We only have parking on one side of the street(opposite to our house) and that is very limited because of mailboxes and spacing(we can't block the curbside mailboxes or we get a warning from the postman) O.K. not a big we have all been doing fine about sharing over the last year. Four weeks ago we hire an in-home baby sitter for two of our kids, and the baby sitter was parking in the street between the neighbor's driveway and the house to the west of him. After about a week, a strange pickup we have never seen appears in the spot the babysitter parks in and is parked in such a way that it uses up two spots and then there is a mailbox, so our baby sitter is unable to park there anymore. So, she then starts parking on the other side of our neighbors driveway (only enough room for one car because of mailboxes) so now she is directly in front of his house(on the street)...... perfectly legal and not blocking any mailboxes. So yesterday morning he is sitting on his porch waiting for the babysitter to arrive. When she finally arrives, he proceeds t chew her *** for having the nerve to park in front of his house, blocking his view(of what?), and blocking the mail boxes(which she was not). He wasn't nice, or didn't make a request, he just verbally attacked her. This instantly ****** me off, so I was ready to go over and confront him. Then I had a great idea...... I moved my ****** rust-bucket explorer(errand/work vehicle) out of the driveway and parked it in her spot(in front of his house), and now she parks in our driveway. Now instead of seeing her car(an older, but in good shape, vehicle) for eight hours a day, he can look at my ****-box all day and all night. HA HA ******! This morning, as I drove off, I looked back to see him standing in the doorway of his house with a sour look on his face.
I could see this happening. I lived in town like this out in Connecticut. Also, have an uncle who lives in Vernon Hills (VP at RJ O'Brien). People there aren't always that ridiculous but on occasion.
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I wish we gave out "Poster of the Week" awards, because this guy is awesomesauce.
A quick update on my former neighbor for those interested. A few years ago he visited Nantucket for the first time and when he came home he bragged to everyone about spending three weeks there. This past Christmas he got a new dog and named it "Tucket" (his wife insisted it was because "the kids love Nantucket so much"). He leased one of those Infiniti SUVs that purportedly hits the brakes if an object is in your path while you are backing up. Well, Tucket is still alive, but let's just say, I wouldn't test that system in the scenario they put forth in the commercial.
If you notice above, I said former neighbor. It turns out that he had a problem keeping his job at a lower-tier firm as well and a few weeks ago he moved down to Georgia to be an accountant at a small company. He did not even so much as thank me for the wine I brought to his house, but when the moving truck pulled away, I was very happy. His home was purchased by a gentleman who seems to be a fairly high level executive at a pharmaceutical company a few towns to the north of here, so hopefully things will get better on the neighbor front, but they have yet to move in since they have been waiting until the end of the school year to make the move. I don't anticipate I'll have any need to call the police on this family.
If you notice above, I said former neighbor. It turns out that he had a problem keeping his job at a lower-tier firm as well and a few weeks ago he moved down to Georgia to be an accountant at a small company. He did not even so much as thank me for the wine I brought to his house, but when the moving truck pulled away, I was very happy. His home was purchased by a gentleman who seems to be a fairly high level executive at a pharmaceutical company a few towns to the north of here, so hopefully things will get better on the neighbor front, but they have yet to move in since they have been waiting until the end of the school year to make the move. I don't anticipate I'll have any need to call the police on this family.
I have opposite street parking (every other day) and a neighbor of mine said that the neighbor further down the way gets REAL testy if the other guy has friends over and they park in front of his house. He gave him a "I pay the taxes, I am entitled to that spot" stuff. I was shocked when I heard that, I always just assumed if it wasn't your driveway, it was fair game.
So people can be a-holes.
