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There is a WRONG way to handle a difficult child
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 354029" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, the article makes her sound less stable, but from what I read, it is something even I might do if sufficiently provoked. At least the paint job was neat - it could have been a mess of neon-coloured graffiti. </p><p></p><p>We have a neighbour who has the sensor lights and cameras pointing to the street all set on automatic. OK, he hasn't painted his house in neon colours, but his problem is with neighbourhood kids who repeatedly vandalise his property and attack his family (all because his wife used to be a rather unpopular teacher at our local school). I get on well with these neighbours but they can be very prickly and frankly, if they could back down a little they would find themselves far less targetted. But I think dad gets off on being a target, he seems to get a thrill out of having to call the cops and set up yet another high-tech gadget to foil these pesky kids. The kids throw banskia cones at his house (think pine cones only heavier and uglier) and so dad patrols the street with a chain saw, cutting back all the banksia trees that are growing on the nature strip. I got a bit annoyed with him for that, because these kids will (like te chimps at Gombe Reserve on their way to harvest termites) merely pick banksia cones form trees elsewhere, before they get to his house. And meanwhile it is OUR nature strip trees being stripped by this jerk instead.</p><p></p><p>Some people feud. And some people are drawn into feuds. From the sounds of this case, the neighbour was on this woman's property first, there are no prior reports or you can bet the media would have listed them (if only to make this woman sound even worse).</p><p></p><p>And some people like bright colours. We have a bloke in town (not the neighbour I just mentioned) who has painted his roof and one wall of his house, a vile electric blue. Then he stuck a large bright yellow plaster sun on the blue. Now the paint is peeling. It looked bad before, now add shabby to the list of crimes.</p><p></p><p>As for the trailer - I love colour. Something like that across the street from me wouldn't worry me one little bit. But it does make you a target for the neighbours, though.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, there would be no problem having mail delivered. No way the mailman could say, "I couldn't find your house."</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 354029, member: 1991"] OK, the article makes her sound less stable, but from what I read, it is something even I might do if sufficiently provoked. At least the paint job was neat - it could have been a mess of neon-coloured graffiti. We have a neighbour who has the sensor lights and cameras pointing to the street all set on automatic. OK, he hasn't painted his house in neon colours, but his problem is with neighbourhood kids who repeatedly vandalise his property and attack his family (all because his wife used to be a rather unpopular teacher at our local school). I get on well with these neighbours but they can be very prickly and frankly, if they could back down a little they would find themselves far less targetted. But I think dad gets off on being a target, he seems to get a thrill out of having to call the cops and set up yet another high-tech gadget to foil these pesky kids. The kids throw banskia cones at his house (think pine cones only heavier and uglier) and so dad patrols the street with a chain saw, cutting back all the banksia trees that are growing on the nature strip. I got a bit annoyed with him for that, because these kids will (like te chimps at Gombe Reserve on their way to harvest termites) merely pick banksia cones form trees elsewhere, before they get to his house. And meanwhile it is OUR nature strip trees being stripped by this jerk instead. Some people feud. And some people are drawn into feuds. From the sounds of this case, the neighbour was on this woman's property first, there are no prior reports or you can bet the media would have listed them (if only to make this woman sound even worse). And some people like bright colours. We have a bloke in town (not the neighbour I just mentioned) who has painted his roof and one wall of his house, a vile electric blue. Then he stuck a large bright yellow plaster sun on the blue. Now the paint is peeling. It looked bad before, now add shabby to the list of crimes. As for the trailer - I love colour. Something like that across the street from me wouldn't worry me one little bit. But it does make you a target for the neighbours, though. Mind you, there would be no problem having mail delivered. No way the mailman could say, "I couldn't find your house." Marg [/QUOTE]
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