Wait, a neighbor that KILLS your family pets??!!!...I have a neighbor that kills my outdoor cats so I'm going to add 18" to my 6' fence. Good fence makes good neighbors.
Been there, done that. Police said they can't do anything without proof, as in security camera. I tried to tell my neighbor the cats keep down mice rats snakes geckos, moles, run off Raccoons and possums. His response was he didn't have anything like that in his yard!
. At this point I called him stupid because the reason he doesn't have these vermin is because of the cats. Half of our cats have disappeared but now we have moles. These cats are wild and live outside but Mrs. Cat has taken a shine to them. The hard part is not stooping to his level. I'm 64, a VNV, been a bouncer and lived in Dallas doing Apt. Mant. for 15 years, battled a 17yo in Dallas that came out of Calf. Bloods, Hes in prison now for 1st degree murder. Since I have been out of the Military I have looked down the wrong end of a gun 4 times. If I tear into somebody I'm afraid I am going to hurt someone. I have seen to much violence. All I am saying is give peace a chance. John Lennon, God help me I won't snap. Got 16' of fence done today, doesn't sound like much but I have to cut the pickets and each section of the fence is a different level which makes it a challenge. If he can't see me and I can't see him and the cats won't bother to jump the fence I'm happy. Fence is now 9'+ and all made with scrap fence that was being thrown out.
I'll post some pics when I get closer to finished. MikeDan, I'm the same way I believe in live and let live. Mrs. Cat wouldn't hurt a fly, literally she catches the ones that get in the house and puts them outside. Unfortunately we might have a small racist problem, not on my side. He is a young angry black man and his wife pushes his buttons. I'm a 64 yo white man. He thinks he can push around using the race card. He also has a substance abuse problem, booze and weed and a "ex cocaine"problem. He has admitted this to me. All I can do is inform him of my past and warn him I will protect my family and property. I have invested in a solar spot light that has a bright red light that blinks at night, I put that one in the front drive and plan to get one for the back yard. The one in front keeps him from partying in his front drive, in front of the children. Maybe if I put one pointed to his back deck he will get paranoid and move.
We understand, the cats are ferrel and only lately has Mrs. Cat been able to get close enough to pet some. He says they keep shitting in his yard and killing the grass, I have tried to explain to my "Good Neighbor" these cats kill rats, mice, moles, snakes, bugs, the list goes on and they don't kill the grass. Lately we have had a mole problem and our little friends have been taking care of them for us. Our houses back up to a 10 acre field, he has told me he doesn't have a problem with those vermin. No pill for stupid. When I told him thats because of the cats he just couldn't believe that. We have noticed that one of the oldest stray females has taken up with someone else she looks like she has been fixed, she still a outside cat and comes around now and then. Mrs. Neighbor came over and knocked on my door and ask if she needed to know anything, why did I make the fence higher and why did we have a security camera pointed at her back yard. They party (smoke weed and who knows what) and drink, I think she's paranoid, I told her it was to keep the cats from jumping the fence and she needs to ask her husband why half of the cats are gone now. I told her I didn't want to talk to her and go away. I repeat there is no pill for stupid. 1 - If I was going to record anything in her backyard why would I make the fence higher? 2 - Its not a security camera its a solar spotlight to keep the raccoons and possums away, its motion activated and when it goes off it has a red light that blinks for a few seconds. Yes it looks like a SC but I'm not going to tell them that. This ***** bought corn stalks and set them on chairs to block what he thought was a camera. I guess he thought they would stay up forever. His latest DA move was he dug up a vine that had grown on his side of the fence but the root was on my side, he dug under the fence to get to the root, OK I'm alright with that only he didn't fill in the hole he dug, I know he's doing it thinking it's ******* me off but its not. I noticed raccoon tracks going under the fence.
Thats whats been shitting in his yard. 
Thought this would be cool on the Man cave wallAnother Norm fan here!
I got to meet him many years ago when he was at a grand opening of an Ace Hardware store.
He autographed this saw blade for me, after making sure it was a Vermont American, since they were sponsors of TOH at the time.
I also heard the story of how he got the TOH job.
A slightly different version, but the limited amount of scrap was the key.
. Enough 4x4 to do the legs on my shelves. Free wood, love it.
Little Ranger has over 250000 miles, I'm on the second motor. This fence was a sad case of a DYI gone bad. All pickets put on with screws. gotta cordless but a lot of screws. Some screws put in knots! Three rails and bottom rail was. laid on the ground with the pickets buried about 3". They didn't even use outdoor screws so wood has a few streaks. I just call it weathered wood, can't buy that. Mike
Mrs. Cat called it distressed wood when I told her I had some free wood, then I realized we were talking about two different things
. We prefer to "snob" the upper class wannabes, I make my own shine and Mrs. Cat likes to recycle and fill her Pierre empties with wine straight from the box. Then we sit out in the Man Cave catio and talk about the important issues like how thankful we are not to have to take care of a cement pond, gun control, how Elon Musk should shut up so Tesla stock will go back up, should I dig a root cellar and put a safe in it to keep all our bitcoins in or just put them under the mattress and inflation - the price of corn, sugar, Mason jars prices and yeast.
Then we laugh, laugh, laugh and watch the price of the Rivian stock that I just bought for $111 a share go up. Mrs. Cat and I have lived a humble life, she was a elementary school Bookie, Katalogger, Lyberrion, Librarian and I have always been in some sort of maint., tools, carpenter. Never really wanted to be rich just comfortable and keep a sense of humor. Now we are both retired, she subs PT and I pick up odd jobs. Strange thing is I make more doing odd jobs and SS than I did working for corp. Did a tour 76-80 USAF.
Bob the HOA has sent me notice and Mrs Cat and I have decided to paint the greenhouse and fence "CAMO", they can't ***** if they can't see it.
I have a rusty Chevy Astro Van there now, haven't tagged it since 2019, I'm just waiting on them
Trying to get the garage cleaned up so I can work on it, it need brakes, everything. But the engine only has 105k miles on it, other than the brakes its all good. I picked it up at a police auction for $400.You know me to well! It is acting like a storage just because I'm to lazy to tote my tools back to the man cave, BUT plans are to replace the brake system on the van, even though the Ranger PU has served me well it does have issues. Van has v-6, PU has a 4 banger which I'm on the 2nd motor now and this engine is on its last leg. I bought the van on a gov. auction site, they said it didn't run, when I got to it it had kicked the alt. belt and ran the bat. down. I think it was in a hurricane flood and water came up to the floor pan. Mexicans bought it and started to transport drugs with it. When they got caught they had gone from Houston to Nashville with NO brakes. I haven't tore into it yet but would like to replace everything from brake lines to pads. It does run great and no smoke, thats a plus. If the PU went **** up, it would be cheaper to fix the van than buy a new truck. Last time I replace the motor I had to buy a used motor because you couldn't but a rebuild kit for the 2300, cheaper to throw it away. I do like the van because it has no rear and side door windows. More secure that way. Hopefully the law won't think I'm transporting drugs!
As far as the greenhouse goes it is really a greenhouse, if worse came to worse I could call it a covered deck.I'm real happy with my little van, I do handyman/maint./build work and the van use to be a service van. it has a wall behind the seats that I can lock up tools. With all the "God fearing people in the world" hopefully I can keep them honest. If they can't see my tools maybe they won't be tempted to break the commandment, thou shall not steal.
Still not finished, I'll add shelves and I have a couple of cabinet doors for the left side and a 20gl. tote I'm going to use for the drain under the sink, the tote cost me $11 it was a Lowes Black Friday deal, I also need to "Steam Punk"some type of faucet, that bathroom fixture got to go. Mrs Cat just slapped me down and reminded me I'm not building the Taj Mahal.
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