Neighbour/Eiquette Question

[SlowPoke-Canada]

Neighbour/Etiquette Question

My new neighbour whom I've yet to meet is vacuuming his garage.

Is it poor etiquette to walk across the street and revoke his man-card without first introducing myself?

Oh, don't bother posting "a good time to introduce yourself"... we've tried and they disappear into the house if we walk in their direction lol. The woman of the house left her tailgate open for several hours and my wife went over to let them know. She introduced herself and the guy just said "oh, okay, thanks" and closed the door. Hopefully they loosen up a bit for the next block party.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Shop vac or a sweeper like a Hoover ? Shop vac, heck I've done that before to clean out the expansion joints or before I was going to paint something.

If he's using a Hoover, Dyson or Eureka, he's probably OCD.

 

[Dennis93]

I use a shop vac all the time to clean out my garage, and even once a year for the back of my truck bed next to the cab because after a while the trash accumulates there and the water won't drain well.

 

[Ben Buck]

Wave at the dude with a beer in your hand, if you, yourself is so inclined. I find a beer will loosen up a conversation, just say greetings!!

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

I should have mentioned, it was a Dyson.

 

[Kev442]

Don't knock it till you've tried it. I've got an ancient vacuum that I use on the concrete in the basement and occasionally in the garage. It's pretty amazing how easily they clean up the floor.
I discovered it while at work pushing sweeping compound around for the umpteenth time. There was an old vacuum lying there, so I said what the hell. That's the last time I ever touched sweeping compound.

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

Wave at the dude with a beer in your hand, if you, yourself is so inclined. I find a beer will loosen up a conversation, just say greetings!!

I doubt a beer would get his attention... maybe a nice Zinfandel? lol

 

[jrsulo]

Witness protection program ??

 

[Jack90210]

Re: Neighbour/Etiquette Question

My new neighbour whom I've yet to meet is vacuuming his garage.

Is it poor etiquette to walk across the street and revoke his man-card without first introducing myself?

Unless you were in the middle of welding up a custom stainless steel trailer with which to pull your homebuilt aluminum-skinned Hemi-powered airplane, I'd cut the guy some slack.

 

[GTA Matt]

I doubt a beer would get his attention... maybe a nice Zinfandel? lol

I'm guessing he has just a run of the mill, concrete floored garage? Pretty sure you guys would be reading my obituary in the news if my other half ever found me with the house vacuum out in the garage

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

I'm guessing he has just a run of the mill, concrete floored garage? Pretty sure you guys would be reading my obituary in the news if my other half ever found me with the house vacuum out in the garage

Not positive but there might be a carpet in there. There isn't a tool in sight except for the one pushing the vacuum.

 

[justanengineer]

Is it poor etiquette to walk across the street and revoke his man-card without first introducing myself?

I doubt a beer would get his attention... maybe a nice Zinfandel? lol

Not positive but there might be a carpet in there. There isn't a tool in sight except for the one pushing the vacuum.

Id suggest caution. Talking trash about someone behind their back before you know them is generally considered a good way to get your *** handed to you.

Some folks are just naturally cautious about meeting others. If theyve recently moved in, odds are they dont want anyone in their house until its unpacked and straight. Same goes for the garage. Moving is a metric **** ton of work and it takes time. Youll meet them when theyre ready, not when you are. Odds are good that if you push things, youll have issues down the road worse than hermits for neighbors.

 

[december45]

Maybe he doesnt even know what a man card is.... not everyone has one you know. let it go and just give him a quick wave when you see him on the street and let it go at that.
Becareful the next thing you know and you are BFF

 

[jd_1138]

Some people are just not very friendly. The neighbours next to us moved in 6 months ago. We said hi when they first moved in and introduced ourselves. And we've maybe spoken for 2 minutes in 6 months. I said hi once, and was greeted by a caveman grunt sort of thing. Meanwhile, the other neighbour on the other side is super friendly. He brings over a cold one for me a lot, and I return the favor.

 

[blackz26]

Wow. A downed tailgate, that IS a problem...

 

[joebiodiesel]

I have moved multiple times, and it isn't uncommon to see what you are experiencing. Many folks are suspicious or newcomers, distrustful, antisocial, slow to warm up, or just born crabby. The ones like that generally make good neighbors though, as I've always seen them keep a low profile. Some of them come around eventually. Some of them you end up being glad that you never made friends with them.

My mostly-unqualified advice to you would be to leave them alone if they reject your attempts to be neighborly.

Joe

 

[javanator]

I have moved multiple times, and it isn't uncommon to see what you are experiencing. Many folks are suspicious or newcomers, distrustful, antisocial, slow to warm up, or just born crabby. The ones like that generally make good neighbors though, as I've always seen them keep a low profile. Some of them come around eventually. Some of them you end up being glad that you never made friends with them.

My mostly-unqualified advice to you would be to leave them alone if they reject your attempts to be neighborly.

Joe

I agree with this. We've been in our house for 15+ years now and have seen neighbors come and go. We do all the attempting to welcome them into the neighborhood and always ALWAYS would say hi or wave to them. But some people just don't go for that for whatever reason, so over time we just don't bother anymore. But, those like that pretty much end up being OK neighbors in the sense that they are quiet, take care of the outside of their house, and don't park a lot of cars (junk or otherwise) in their driveway or street.

I'd say, keep being neighborly for a while and see where it goes. They'll let you know how they want to be neighbors with you. And just because they are not as friendly or talkative as you, don't read too much into it. Just be prepared for the first time he comes over, he may be coming over to ask to borrow something! I'm always prepared to say 'no, sorry I don't borrow my stuff out, had some bad experiences with previous neighbors', with is my code for 'you haven't swapped beers and shot the **** with me, so no you can't'.

 

[Kevin C]

I used the old retired house vac on the rubber mats gym side of the garage... It does a great job. Its pretty good on the epoxy too.

I need to work on dust control from the work I'm doing on the other side of the shop.

Feel free to drop over and make a wise crack about the vacuum cleaner.

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[javanator]

I used the old retired house vac on the rubber mats gym side of the garage... It does a great job.

Feel free to drop over and make a wise crack...

I dunno....is that a pink weight belt I see?!!??

 

[Kevin C]

I dunno....is that a pink weight belt I see?!!??

It is a pink rubber stretch band. In my defense it belongs to my wife.

Do I get my man card revoked if I was to tell you I'm not the one you need to worry about?

Not that I have anything against pink. That's been my color for the past few weekends. Something about routing and cutting Dow foam insulation seems to have caused a skin condition.

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The final cleanup is compressed air, brooms, shop vac and then the retired house vac. My 20 year old Hoover Elite does a great job at getting the last bits of foam of the rubber mats. So yes, in my experience a house vac does work in the shop. The shop vac wont get the small flecks of the foam up.

 

[javanator]

Ha ha! You're good! Very nice setup you have on the workout equipment.

 

[atfulldraw]

I dunno....is that a pink weight belt I see?!!??

you worried about the belt?

Look at the walls!

what the heck are you doing routing that stuff ????

 

[RKA]

Don't knock it till you've tried it. I've got an ancient vacuum that I use on the concrete in the basement and occasionally in the garage. It's pretty amazing how easily they clean up the floor.
I discovered it while at work pushing sweeping compound around for the umpteenth time. There was an old vacuum lying there, so I said what the hell. That's the last time I ever touched sweeping compound.

Ditto, I do it every 2 weeks with an old upright that's been demoted to garage/basement duty. My dog uses it as his personal playroom (he can't play outside when it's hot outside due to a medical condition), so I try to keep it clean so he's not tracking all kinds of **** into the house and he sheds a lot, also I prefer not to work with furry tools! On top of that I like keeping the garage clean. I take pride in a clean organized work space! Last weekend I was walking down the block with a trash bag, cleaning up some broken glass and other debris some idiots threw on the street. Continue reading for what it all means...

Don't antagonize him, odds are he's the neighbor you'll like because he'll mow his lawn weekly, trim the shrubs, paint the house trim, and generally make the neighborhood look better. But if you do decide to bring it up, expect to be walking home a little funny.

 

[Kevin C]

you worried about the belt?

Look at the walls!

what the heck are you doing routing that stuff ????

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203340

I have a few pics in another thread... I rout the backside to clear surface mounted conduit and compressed air lines. It then gets glued and screwed to the studs. Sheet rock in a few weeks.

Cutting is easy.... Its making cavities in the back side that's a pain. Yes, the place does have a pink look to it, should I have gone with blue board?

 

[Falcon67]

I need to mop my shop. What was the question?

 

[Kevin C]

I need to mop my shop. What was the question?

Should the OP help his neighbor clean his garage..... And is it good manners to BYOV ( bring your own vacuum).

 

[hardalada]

Vacuums ****!

 

[NHBandit]

Not positive but there might be a carpet in there. There isn't a tool in sight except for the one pushing the vacuum.

You're probably much better off keeping your distance... Sacrifice a goat on your front lawn or something to make sure they continue to avoid you. Just sayin

 

[Twiggss]

You shouldn't revoke his man card. You should just go post your opinion of a person you never met on a internet message board. That will really stick it to him!!



:tard:

 

[rshadd]

I remember once when I was vacuuming out the car in the garage and a guy stop at the street and walk up to ask directions. I didn't see of hear him until he was right behind me. It really startled me when I realized that he was there.

 

[PugetDude]

We can all see where this is heading...

 

[Herb]

So, any pictures of the wife?

 

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

I sweep my shop and my gara....good Lord, Herb! I just fell in love with your avatar!

 

[koditten]

I should have mentioned, it was a Dyson.

The Dyson vacs have a bare floor setting. Even tho my wife would have my nuts if she caught me using her Dyson to vacuum the shop. Writing this doesn't look as good in print as it did in my head.

Me thinks my own man card just took a couple of hits. Oh, well, time to straighten my skirt and get back to doing the dishes.

 

[hh76]

Not positive but there might be a carpet in there. There isn't a tool in sight except for the one pushing the vacuum.

Don't be too quick to judge. Maybe he just had the carpet installed, and is waiting on the bigscreen, bar and recliners to arrive.

And why does vacuuming with a standard house vac make you any less of a man? I'm open to any tool that makes life easier.

 

[rednecklimo85]

I wouldn't worry about the vacuum cleaner. I've used em before and they make cleaner of saw dust and the like a lot quicker.

As far as being unfriendly, it is what it is. Their either gonna show signs of being friendly or their not. We were the new people just about a year ago, and the people directly next to us are decent people but not social at all. Mean while other neighbors will throw beers at ya as ya walk by. Were some where in the middle, very friendly, very helpful, but don't go out of our way to hang out with them, were just to busy.

 

[Kevin54]

I have a vacuum in the garage closet and use it to vacuum the carpet runners. No biggy and I'm not turning in my Man Card because of that. If you'd see the mess that our Golden, Sam, does, you'd have a vacuum too. I know that I'll never have to buy a wood shredder. He finds a limb, and shreds it to pieces on every carpet runner there is. My cleaning is air hose with a long extension, then get out the Leaf Blower, then when that's done, grab the vacuum and clean the carpets, just to go through the same **** tomorrow.

 

[dirtrich]

Sheesh, I vacuum my garage. Then I put the vacuum cleaner away...it goes right next to my Stihl 090 with the 6' bar. That I used to climb trees with.

 

[Periodic]

I too vacuum my garage. Little shopvac with the long want and floor attachment. Does a way better job than any broom, plus you don't get dust flying all around.

 

[porschedude996TT]

I doubt a beer would get his attention... maybe a nice Zinfandel? lol

Maybe a White Zin, it would go with the un-manly vacuum. LOL

Personally I have a central vac...