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Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 05:27 PM

Editing after I see that they tried to be nice...

But my previous post was...

That whole thing just so totally blows.

We had a similar situation behind our house. The "mother" (single mother) let her college-aged kids and all of their loser friends party all night long. There was "mom" out there partying with her kids.

We tried leaving a note and being nice and it didn't work. Finally we had to start calling the cops. Fortunately (very fortunately) the cops weren't wishy-washy and broke it up.

What was annoying is that those morons didn't learn that if the party was after 12:00 midnight - forget 2:00 AM or 3:00 AM - we were going to call the cops.

But, we considered what we should do when all of that crap was going on and what we were actually going to do was to mount industrial strength blinding football-stadium lights and blast their house at night with those lights - along with blaring classical music at them.

Of course, that is not very mature or feasible, but that's how upset we were about it.

I don't know what else to recommend. It really sucks and the worst part is that these girls' landlord(s) appear to be a legal firm.

That makes it kind of tough to really do anything to them.

Maybe throw some ground up fish over the fence into their grass so that it rots and stinks a lot?

Good luck.

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 05:31 PM

Oh, and BTW, we moved recently and the noise and annoying neighbors was one of the reasons.

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

The "mother" (single mother)

Uh... you're not really a mother unless you're married?

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 05:34 PM

Uh...

What are you talking about?

Give birth to a baby and you're a mother, are you not?

I didn't say "wife"...I said "mother" and actually, she acts like an overaged hanger-on wannabe college groupie and not a mother...you know...one of those women that are kind of pathetic because they refuse to dress or act appropriately and instead try to act like teenagers?

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 05:39 PM

You have it quotes. That denotes the term is being used loosely. (This is also why I asked)

one of those women that are kind of pathetic because they refuse to dress or act appropriately and instead try to act like teenagers?

Well, getting old doesn't mean acting old, but yeah, if we're talking white trash style, not cool.

itai195 · Sep 6, 2006, 05:43 PM

Sorry to hear about it Scifience, but hope the situation improves. Unfortunately there are more noisy neighbors in the world than any of us would like there to be. For us, this was one of the best reasons to buy an actual house, as the noise issues in apartments and condos were getting ridiculous. I don't know how wellI would handle it if we had noisy neighbors now..

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 05:45 PM

My point is that sometimes parents don't care if their kids are out of control or not.

I told them in a nice letter that people have lives to lead and if they feel the need to party so late at night and into the morning then they need to take their party to a hotel room but making neighbors stay up because of their unthoughtful behavior was just bullsh^t.

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Scifience

In any case, the girls came over yesterday and apologized for the noise and brought a plate of chocolate chip cookies.

I've seen pornography that starts this way.

itai195 · Sep 6, 2006, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar

I've seen pornography that starts this way.

"Chocolate chip cookies" eh???

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 05:53 PM

Return the favor of the cookies by bringing them pot brownies the next time they have a party...THEN call the cops and tell the cops that those chicks are having a pot brownie party...

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

My point is that sometimes parents don't care if their kids are out of control or not.

I told them in a nice letter that people have lives to lead and if they feel the need to party so late at night and into the morning then they need to take their party to a hotel room but making neighbors stay up because of their unthoughtful behavior was just bullsh^t.

I lived in a duplex and my neighbors kids were two little cursing brats who yelled at least once a day and ran up and down the stairs with good regularity.

The one sunday I tried to relax to a good cd nice & loud the mother came over and asked me to turn it down. In her defense she said she couldn't hear her tv over the bass, but seriously, take one for the team. Your little brats are yelling in the street all the time and you never leave the house. I need some Dakar time.

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 06:01 PM

That's bullsh^t, also.

I won't allow my kids to act like that and if someone's kids did that next door to me then I'd be complaining to the mother, then to the landlord, then to the cops. Then I'd call child protective services on her and tell them how her kids run around unsupervised all day long and they may end up seriously injured or hurt. I'd back it up with a couple of pictures.

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

That's bullsh^t, also.

I won't allow my kids to act like that and if someone's kids did that next door to me then I'd be complaining to the mother, then to the landlord, then to the cops. Then I'd call child protective services on her and tell them how her kids run around unsupervised all day long and they may end up seriously injured or hurt.

To this day I have no idea how she lived there. I lived on the 'cheap' side and money was always tight splitting bills between my girlfriend and I. She was raising two kids by herself and she didn't seem to work.

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 06:04 PM

Probably child support and welfare combination.

Just another reason why she'd have time to control her kids.

Dakar · Sep 6, 2006, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

Probably child support and welfare combination.

Just another reason why she'd have time to control her kids.

That's pretty disgusting then.

I sincerely hoped she was getting some type of ridiculous child support, because welfare would be sickening (Though it was a sh¡tty neigborhood and she drove a piece of crap mini-van, so you do what get you earn, to a certain degree).

11011001 · Sep 6, 2006, 07:38 PM

Is it possible to sue people for damages over these sorts of things? I mean, if it's affecting your work life, school, etc. such that you are loosing money, or that it has repercussions on future earnings...

A nasty gram from a lawyer should shut them up.

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 07:39 PM

Dakar -

Well, if she was getting a nominal amount of dependable child support and her ex cared one bit about their kids then she'd live in a house that she owned or a townhouse.

But, no, she's a single mother living in an apartment...who lets her kids run around like maniacs.

11011001 · Sep 6, 2006, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

That's bullsh^t, also.

I won't allow my kids to act like that and if someone's kids did that next door to me then I'd be complaining to the mother, then to the landlord, then to the cops. Then I'd call child protective services on her and tell them how her kids run around unsupervised all day long and they may end up seriously injured or hurt. I'd back it up with a couple of pictures.

You would seriously destroy a family over something like this? Sigh..

macintologist · Sep 6, 2006, 07:58 PM

Speaking of annoyingly loud neighbors, I have a bunch of those living around me in my dorm

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 08:01 PM

Yes, I'd have no problem calling on a woman like that if she repeatedly lets her kids run around unsupervised.

To be honest, maybe she needs help. If child services gets involved they'll evaluate her and her parenting skills and if she needs daycare help they might provide it to her or steer her in the direction of a low cost or no cost facility.

On the other hand, there's a good chance that if she has little kids just running around loose that one or both might get hurt, hit by a car, kidnapped, molested, etc.

After all, we're talking about a situation where a woman was repeatedly asked to control her children and she did not, remember?

andi*pandi · Sep 6, 2006, 08:39 PM

actually, dakar never said he complained to the mother.

Cody Dawg · Sep 6, 2006, 08:46 PM

Dakar said

I lived in a duplex and my neighbors kids were two little cursing brats who yelled at least once a day and ran up and down the stairs with good regularity.

The one sunday I tried to relax to a good cd nice & loud the mother came over and asked me to turn it down. In her defense she said she couldn't hear her tv over the bass, but seriously, take one for the team. Your little brats are yelling in the street all the time and you never leave the house. I need some Dakar time.

No, he didn't, but he is complaining about those kids.

sek929 · Sep 6, 2006, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by Scifience

Nope. Not in college.

In any case, the girls came over yesterday and apologized for the noise and brought a plate of chocolate chip cookies. The police cited them for not having a building permit and for having beer cans on the lawn.

They said that they would "keep better control of their friends" in the future. We shall see...

Why would the tennants need to have a building permit? Seems like something thew building OWNER would need to keep tabs on.

goMac · Sep 6, 2006, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Scifience

Nope. Not in college.

In any case, the girls came over yesterday and apologized for the noise and brought a plate of chocolate chip cookies. The police cited them for not having a building permit and for having beer cans on the lawn.

They said that they would "keep better control of their friends" in the future. We shall see...

Oh man. Girl made cookies are the best.

Spliffdaddy · Sep 6, 2006, 11:15 PM

There was a big party going on in the field beside my house. Lots of noise- yelling and screaming and whatnot. I went over there with my shotgun in order to make an example out of the loudest folks, but I noticed there was a hot redhead wearing a skirt - so I went back to my house, combed my hair, changed my clothes, put the shotgun back under my pillow. Then I grabbed a few cases of Coors Light and brought them over to her.

Gossamer · Sep 6, 2006, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

There was a big party going on in the field beside my house. Lots of noise- yelling and screaming and whatnot. I went over there with my shotgun in order to make an example out of the loudest folks, but I noticed there was a hot redhead wearing a skirt - so I went back to my house, combed my hair, changed my clothes, put the shotgun back under my pillow. Then I grabbed a few cases of Coors Light and brought them over to her.

She couldn't resist the 'stache, could she?