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This is why I like you!
Jeremy Falcon
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We're going to need more details:
- Were voices raised?
- Was swearing involved?
- Any direct insults to his wife or children?
- Any threats of bodily harm?
- Were any weapons drawn?
- Did the word "lawyer" get muttered?
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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- Were voices raised?
- Was swearing involved?
- You know it.
- Any direct insults to his wife or children?
- Nope. It was man to man. Although I insulted him.
- Any threats of bodily harm?
- Were any weapons drawn?
- Did the word "lawyer" get muttered?
- No, but I did say I'd get the city involved if I had to.
Jeremy Falcon
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Then by my standards you handled it with grace and decorum.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Jeremy Falcon
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Mike, are your services available for hire?
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Mike, are your services available for hire? Absolutely! But my rates are epic!
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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If he placed it in communal space, then obviously it's for communal use and I'd be jumping on it. Wahoo!
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That's an idea.
Jeremy Falcon
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For my own future reference, does CP also have a mushroom emoticon to go with the badger?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Given the litigious society we live in, you should clarify who is responsible if someone gets hurt - the "owner" of the trampoline or the collective 3 backyard neighbors since you are allowing it to "share" space. At least in the states, having a tramploine increases your cost of home owners.
Toto1107
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Bah! Simply ensure you're the first to be hurt!
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There are still some things you can do, for example you could mail him a Dragon Dildo.
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Just take it to the HOA. Pointless getting involved in a direct spat with a neighbor; never ends well. Using the HOA makes it non-personal and will probably get it resolved far more quickly than screaming at someone. Your actions may make you the bad guy.
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Yeah, that's what I did this morning. What's done is done as for as me getting hot tempered though, but I don't plan on revisiting them because I know I'll just get hot tempered again.
Jeremy Falcon
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I haven't read the other responses however:
Given from what you have said about this neighbour this is probably not the first time they have done something like this I think it was fine to bang on their door.
If they were civilised they would ask you first and I imagine if you were reasonable you would probably say something like "sure but could you take it down after two hours as I want to sit in the garden later this afternoon."
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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You are correct with that assumption, although I would've requested something reasonable in size for such a small area. This thing quite literally is the biggest trampoline I've ever seen. Just makes no sense to stick something that large in such a small space.
Jeremy Falcon
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Just tell him that if it accidentally catches fire because it is encroaching on your smoke pit, you won't be held responsible.
Also it may be blocking your Archery Range, but not to worry I am sure the arrows will pass harmlessly between anyone bouncing on the trampoline if you get the timing just right.
If he can use all the area for a pastime then so can everyone else.
BTW: I never yell when I am angry at someone. In fact I do my best to not show my anger at all, I just make my point(s) in a quiet, calm manner. Some people have told me I am scary when I do this - maybe because I am British and all Americans think we are all secretly evil masterminds per Hollywood stereotypes! Obviously, if you are an American this wouldn't work for you so the yelling (not in front of spouse and offspring) is probably the acceptable norm.
PS. Casually carrying a gardening implement, such as a hoe, machete or axe can also help make sure they pay attention. Wear gardening gloves to enhance the impression that you were just recently working in the garden and not actually being threatening.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: maybe because I am British and all Americans think we are all secretly evil masterminds per Hollywood stereotypes! I don't think it's really a secret...
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Forogar wrote: BTW: I never yell when I am angry at someone. In fact I do my best to not show my anger at all, I just make my point(s) in a quiet, calm manner. Some people have told me I am scary when I do this - maybe because I am British and all Americans think we are all secretly evil masterminds per Hollywood stereotypes! Obviously, if you are an American this wouldn't work for you so the yelling (not in front of spouse and offspring) is probably the acceptable norm.
Jeremy Falcon
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Forogar wrote: In fact I do my best to not show my anger at all, I just make my point(s) in a quiet, calm manner. Some people have told me I am scary when I do this Do you also twitch in one of your eyes and refer to 'Mother' when you do this?
... as in [in a nerdy emotionless voice] "Mother always taught me" [eye twitch] " to be polite when people are bad to me" [eye twitch]...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I would have told him, "that as he already knows, what went up, must come down."
Plus, you have to consider, that being a common area, you all may be jointly liable if someone, probably a neighbourhood kid, injures themselves on it.
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Matthew Dennis wrote: Plus, you have to consider, that being a common area, you all may be jointly liable if someone, probably a neighbourhood kid, injures themselves on it.
Excellent point.
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