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Lyn W

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I’m good!! How is the house hunting going ??? Any prospects?
Nothing yet but still looking and today made me realise it's the right decision to go.
Think I'm going to have to take Lola to viewings with me to see what he thinks as any new house has to be right for him too.
I wonder what the estate agent would think if I turned up to a viewing with a tortoise?
I wish I was like Lola so that I could just move but take the house with me.
 
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Cathie G

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Me too, I'm not a very brave person and it's harder when you're on your own against 2 or more of them. Plus there's always the worry and waiting to see how they'll retaliate.
All I ask for is some consideration!
Hope you're having a good weekend.
Yes on all of everything above. Even though I've been catching up on house work for 6 days, I'm having fun now. The fact that I have some energy to do it is a miracle to me. Sometimes the biggest miracle is knowing what to do. I've been taking some calcium and d3 supplements. I woke up Monday and my energy was there for the first time since 2015. It's been 6 good days so far. Yeah!
 

EllieMay

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I know. If I have to do a confrontation like that I shake from the inside out... It makes me sick that I have to do it.

I have never liked confrontation but I have some kind of a personal defect that makes me too honest... even when I know I should keep my mouth shut... and the older I get, the worse it gets!!! Sometimes it leads to confrontation ?
 

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Nothing yet but still looking and today made me realise it's the right decision to go.
Think I'm going to have to take Lola to viewings with me to see what he thinks as any new house has to be right for him too.
I wonder what the estate agent would think if I turned up to a viewing with a tortoise?
I wish I was like Lola so that I could just move but take the house with me.

Take Lola! The real estate agent will get a better idea of what your looking for and work harder;-). G’night Lyn!
 

Cathie G

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I have never liked confrontation but I have some kind of a personal defect that makes me too honest... even when I know I should keep my mouth shut... and the older I get, the worse it gets!!! Sometimes it leads to confrontation ?
Me too. I feel at my age and stuff I've earned the right to run my mouth. If you don't like it just shut up. I'm Madea only smaller.???
 

Blackdog1714

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Sadly I don't have the space in my tiny garden to be as generous with. There is a long history of problems with my neighbours and it's become so bad recently that I'm looking to move, not something I want to do as this is my old family home, but it's too much of a strain wondering what they are going to do next.
That is so sad. I lost one of my oldest neighbors (22 years) a few weeks ago and the rest of us neighbors are waiting with baited breath to see who moves in. So far the 2 newest neighbors have been fairly benign or hermit like . So sad for you!
 

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I didn't go to the Expo in Daytona Beach this year. :(
We had a schedule conflict. My other half had to work some this weekend, as well (not entirely unrelated to the weather). Completely understandable. Still...
It's the first one I've missed since I started going again, three years ago.
I'm rather bummed out about it, actually.
 

Chefdenoel10

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THIS is what I was trying to explain the other day about seeing the 'actual' sun:

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Woooooow!!!!! Holy Gouda cheese!!!! Thus gorgeous!!!! It looks like something from a movie or maybe mars came too close to earth!!???? Breath taking! Thankful for that pic!! ?
 

Chefdenoel10

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I'd already failed dismally by 10 am - had a blazing row with the nasty neighbours!:mad:

i am sorry to hear that. I have stinky neighbors too. They think they own the whole street!! Do as they please everywhere... I try not to let it get to me because I will go insane. I get angry for hours or days at a time then realize how much of MY time I have waisted doing things I like all for plotting against them..
Now I just blast my ear buds A LOT... ?
Hope this helps? ?
 

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Good evening all. It's not been a good day here weather wise - wet and very windy but nothing as bad as hurricanes. I hope anyone affected by those expected in the US stay safe....it sounds very scary!

I've had a bad day today - big row with nasty neighbours whose dumping of rubbish in the lane at the end of my garden has escalated lately and then today they cleared a space to permanently leave one of their 5 large bins there too. It may sound petty but it was the last straw when I saw that. To cut a long story short I ended it by telling them if it was left there I would ring the council and the housing association who own their house. She told me I was being pathetic - but the bin was moved!!! :)
I expect they'll get their own back somehow eventually.
Hope you've all had or are having a better day!

I would have quietly smiled to them... and then in the morning.... back into it and run it over with my CAR! (I did that once) they couldn’t get the big dent out. Serves them right... they see the lanes and yet they overstep . I think it is a test to see if I will say anything.... ??
I didn’t have to..???
Never did see their bins again?? ????
either one the driveway or in the street??
I wonder now how they put their garbage out??? ????????
Sorry I am mean ,but I am like a volcano.. I hold everything in until one day.... I explode!
 

Pastel Tortie

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I hate neighbors with boundary issues. One of my bad neighbors damaged our fence. No apologies, no remorse, no repairs, no responsibility, and not really any recourse that would be worth the effort. :mad:

Perhaps it's modern day forensic science that provides enough deterrent to keep us from doing something rash... or effective. Take your pick. ;)
 

Tidgy's Dad

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Thank you all for the good thoughts about Dad! Surgery went great.. lasted almost the whole 5 hours so my nerves were shot but there were no complications and he’s moved from recovery to a room now. His surgeon said that he is now CANCER FREE! I am so relieved and grateful for life in general... I have no idea yet when we will get to go home but I won’t complain no matter what;-). Tonight, Cinder and I are celebrating with Prosciutto, Mozzarello, and Roscato ?
Terrific news. Hurrah!
 

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Me too, I'm not a very brave person and it's harder when you're on your own against 2 or more of them. Plus there's always the worry and waiting to see how they'll retaliate.
All I ask for is some consideration!
Hope you're having a good weekend.
Here's some information for both of you. When you can see a confrontation coming...In MY experience, the more aggressive and angry (sorta crazy) you act during this confrontation, the more "normal" people even when angry will back down. Unfortunately, I am not afraid of confrontation but did discover that most people will back away from a fight. I am 5'6" and weight 111 lbs. But have a nasty temper, people back down from me. Not because I think I'm a badass, but because they think I'm crazy....lol and I am!
 

Blackdog1714

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I hate neighbors with boundary issues. One of my bad neighbors damaged our fence. No apologies, no remorse, no repairs, no responsibility, and not really any recourse that would be worth the effort. :mad:

Perhaps it's modern day forensic science that provides enough deterrent to keep us from doing something rash... or effective. Take your pick. ;)
I used to have a small bass boat years ago that I parked in my yard by the alley. I noticed one day it had been moved then I saw the plane on the motor had been damaged. ? I live at the corner of two alleys so it is T and very tight to turn in. Now it’s even tougher to turn. I used 4” heavy wall square tube and made an H that sits 3’ down in 4 bags of concrete. I repaint yearly so I can see the new paint smears?
 

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