Neighbour/Eiquette Question

[tbrenan]

Back to the original post--why do you feel compelled to introduce yourself to the new neighbour, If he was wanting to meet you he would have given an indication when your wife took it upon herself to go and tell them the tailgate was down--the implications of this I fail to understand.

As to vacuuming the garage--are there rules in your area about how to clean a garage?

 

[Bender78]

Neighbors? Phht.

A couple moved into the house next door to my property about 10 years ago. I've never met them, and don't even know their name.

About once a week or so I do hear him screaming at his dog for one thing or another. I can't imagine bothering with somebody who rants to a dog. Who does that kind of stuff?

 

[LX-Markham]

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

I had to look it up. You need to turn in your man card just for saying Zinfandel.



P.S. what part of London?

 

[polexican23]

you Canadians are queer folk, It wouldnt surprise me if you saw him swiffering the walkway too.

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

I had to look it up. You need to turn in your man card just for saying Zinfandel.



P.S. what part of London?

LMAO!!!!
South-East London, NE of Highbury/401

Forgot about this thread... I figured a couple "LOL" and it would fade away.

I really don't give a **** what he does or how he does it, I just thought it was odd to see somebody vacuuming a mostly empty garage. I have a shop-vac and central vac outlet in the garage and rarely use either. Mostly for cleaning the cars. I find it quicker and easier to sweep.

I still think it odd that he didn't have to courtesy to introduce himself when my wife took a moment to go over and advise them that the hatch was left open on their vehicle.... for about three hours and it was getting dark out. I would just hope one of neighbours would do the same for me.

 

[Daniel Dudley]

Gossiping about the neighbors. Isn't that what women do after peering from behind closed curtains ?

I guess the neighbors aren't very friendly, but I would be willing to bet that they aren't commenting about the OP on some internet chat room, like a bunch of women.

 

[Modifieddriver]

Witness protection program ??

That was my thought.

Had the same neighbor on the closest side of me for 30+ years. Great neighbors, but most of the stuff they do and what we do is a mystery to each family.

BUT, they're there if I need them and visa-versa.

I do remember him painting his brother's car in his garage with a Wagner Power Sprayer or maybe it was one of those sprayers that hooks to a vacuum cleaner. Either way, I said "no way Jose". Never did see the end result. I think they used a putty knife on the rocker panels to minimize the "drip dry" and moved out in the dead of night so I wouldn't see the end result.

It's a helluva deal when you can total loss a car with a paint job.

 

[Nick DL]

I've used my Dyson in the garage. Sometimes it's just easier or quicker than pulling out the shop vac. There have been times where I've used the shop vac in the house. The right tool for the job. As far as not being too friendly, maybe they've had bad experiences before & are cautious on meeting others. I've seen neighbors going from being the best of friends to mortal enemies.

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[BDT/NWMN]

Might be that his inner circle has a high set of standards that you do not meet.... A snob ring that is......... Well some of those folks have a power trip when they can snob someone else.........I know a few like that who are not worth getting to know.. I just ignore them, and deprive them of another power trip at my expense... There are enough good folks to chat with.

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

Gossiping about the neighbors. Isn't that what women do after peering from behind closed curtains ?

I guess the neighbors aren't very friendly, but I would be willing to bet that they aren't commenting about the OP on some internet chat room, like a bunch of women.

I guess you just lumped yourself in with that same group.

It's a helluva deal when you can total loss a car with a paint job.

Likewise, I've seen some paint jobs come out of a booth that looked like the paint was applied with a trowel. On the other hand, a buddy of mine did a flame job with rattle cans that would make Mike Lavallee do a double-take. My buddy turned out to be a pretty good artist and now air brushes goalie masks, cars etc. for a living.

maybe they've had bad experiences before & are cautious on meeting others. I've seen neighbors going from being the best of friends to mortal enemies.

I don't think my wife was looking for a new "bff" but it is a little surprising that when you help a neighbour out, introduce yourself and receive nothing more than you would from holding a door open for a stranger. Maybe we're expecting too much. Another neighbour locked herself out of the house. My wife, shovelling the sidewalk, noticed her outside shivering and asked if she wanted to come in and wait for her husband(?) to return home. The woman declined but did 'borrow' my wife's mittens and hasn't returned them... from two years ago lol

Might be that his inner circle has a high set of standards that you do not meet.... A snob ring that is......... Well some of those folks have a power trip when they can snob someone else.........I know a few like that who are not worth getting to know.. I just ignore them, and deprive them of another power trip at my expense... There are enough good folks to chat with.

I hear ya; they can't all be as good as us!



I'm thankful for all the great neighbours we do have. One of them from several houses down the street really blew me away. Our street doesn't get plowed and I've pushed, towed, shoveled at least 30 cars in the last couple years and I'll make tracks to the main road with my Suburban so others can drive. An older lady down the street presented me with a cardboard box while I was working on my boat in the driveway last spring. It was a box with some old fishing lures from her late father and she thought I could make use of them. She then thanked me for helping others that were snowbound. Funny thing is, I don't think she drives or has a car... just thoughtful.

 

[skulldrinker]

Was he wearing an apron? Maybe you don't want to meet the guy.

 

[ovilla]

Vacuuming the garage is nothing. I once saw my neighbor vacuuming dirt off his front lawn (did it for about 3 hours). He had just dug up the yard for new sprinkler lines and didn't want to kill his grass with compacted dirt. Anyway,have the wife bake some cookies and then go over as a family and introduce yourselves. If they don't become friendly neighbors, no biggie. They might be ex-apartment dwellers that don't know about being social yet,

 

[SlowPoke-Canada]

Was he wearing an apron? Maybe you don't want to meet the guy.

If he's wearing an apron and cooking steaks on the Q I'll be the guy jogging over with a box of beer!

Vacuuming the garage is nothing. I once saw my neighbor vacuuming dirt off his front lawn (did it for about 3 hours). He had just dug up the yard for new sprinkler lines and didn't want to kill his grass with compacted dirt. Anyway,have the wife bake some cookies and then go over as a family and introduce yourselves. If they don't become friendly neighbors, no biggie. They might be ex-apartment dwellers that don't know about being social yet,

My old neighbour liked to shovel his lawn... onto ours. This would of course double the amount of snow on our lawn and make it really difficult to find places for snow from the driveway in a very short amount of time. He was, shall we say, difficult at best. We ended up getting along once I knew how he needed to be handled. Call him on the BS and the reason why. Asking politely didn't convey the message. He was an abrupt kind of guy and would run right over you if you let him. Stand up to him and he was reasonable.

We won't do the cookie thing but they'll be invited to the block parties. If they come, great. If not, no biggie. It's a riot... young couple at the end of the street don't like to cook so they supply the shooters.

Good point about the apartment dwellers. Our maybe first time out on their own. When we were young and rented a house, we didn't get too invested in the neighbourhood but as years pass I value having and being a solid neighbour.

 

[nyy845]

You sound like you have never had a "bad" neighbor...

A neighbor that is quiet and doesn't bother me (albeit unfriendly) is a good neighbor.

If you ever have a bad neighbor, you will wish they were just like this one.

 

[3 at 8]

You sound like you have never had a "bad" neighbor...

A neighbor that is quiet and doesn't bother me (albeit unfriendly) is a good neighbor.

If you ever have a bad neighbor, you will wish they were just like this one.

Amen to that!!! The best neighbors are the ones you don't see and hear. My last neighbor was an *** that would do a variety of weird ****; one being running a Hoover upright in his grass under his birdfeeders weekly. I think he was trying to get the spilled birdseed up I quess. It was so strange it was'nt even funny.

 

[RalphInCA]

Amen to that!!! The best neighbors are the ones you don't see and hear. My last neighbor was an *** that would do a variety of weird ****; one being running a Hoover upright in his grass under his birdfeeders weekly. I think he was trying to get the spilled birdseed up I quess. It was so strange it was'nt even funny.

For a while my wife and I did bird watching and feeding as a hobby. Had a bunch of bird feeders and experimented with all types of seeds. Some of the seeds were kind of pricey. Some birds are really messy and throw seeds all over the place looking for what it wants.

I was tempted to vacuum the ground under the feeders to recover some of the lost seeds and save a little money.

I can sort of understand what your neighbor was doing.

 

[hh76]

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?

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.

Just happened to me, only I was the unfriendly one. I was really busy when the door rang. I answered the door, and it was one of my neigbors who I don't really know. I wish I could have talked a bit, but I had dinner on the stove, and a kid who was in a bad mood, so I had to cut the conversation short. I hope he doesn't think I'm being a ****, just had life to attend to.

 

[crazytrain]

The vacuum is a tool and has it's place even in the garage if needed. I had a neighbor who used to vacuum the carpet in his garage all the time never thought anything ill of him. He had a mint 69 Mach 1 Mustang and a very nice t-bird that lived in the garage on the carpet under covers.

I use a shop vac every year to vacuum the grass at the end of my driveway. I **** the small stones out of the grass because it works better then trying to rake them up. They get pushed into the grass when plowing snow, I just **** them up and dump them back into the driveway in the spring.

 

[some zilch]

i have vacuumed my shop floor before.

That was just after i got done working on a Cat D6. That's a bulldozer for those who dont really work in their garage, or know anything about machinery.

Ill turn in my man card too

 

[mtmd11]

Youll meet them when theyre ready, not when you are.

This.

Make yourself available and it will happen.

I moved into a newly built house on Halloween 2013 and within 4 hours of the moving truck leaving I had a older couple from down the block with a plate of cookies. Went through 4 bags of candy that night while I didn't have glasses to drink out of.

Bold, but not everyone would give or receive that kind of hospitality so freely.

 

[mtmd11]

As for the vacuuming... I do it all the time. Some spot cleaning (shop vac or dust buster) to prevent too much dirt piling up keeps it looking good and prevents the need for a once a year Armageddon-level disinfecting.