tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post3832656814188365394..comments2024-03-11T01:56:27.279-07:00Comments on The Chubby Chatterbox: Howdy Neighborsstephen Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-2725201568103716312012-10-24T05:33:58.543-07:002012-10-24T05:33:58.543-07:00I have had mostly good luck with neighbors. Wow...I have had mostly good luck with neighbors. Wow!! that lady was pretty rude to let you do her babysitting and not to even thank you. I think I would have had the little girl call her mother back and I would have had a few words with her. I think after I was finished with her, she would have left her job early to pick up her kid.<br /><br />Still can't comment on most of your new posts. I keep trying.<br /><br />Not sure if you are on twitter or not but I tweeted this for you. Here is the link if you want to Retweet.<br />https://twitter.com/CandidaJourney/status/261082774717476864Are We There Yet!https://www.blogger.com/profile/17476976305383634060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-175776045147657152012-03-02T11:57:37.295-08:002012-03-02T11:57:37.295-08:00well, when the CEO of a big time company finally b...well, when the CEO of a big time company finally broke down and bought the house next to the lot we had just bought, he thought he was going to have a quiet life. Then mutual friends told him oh you are moving right next door to a family who is going to have their 8th baby....he almost had a heart attack from panic. Turns out he really is a great neighbor...we just try to keep all our kids friends off his land!!momto8https://www.blogger.com/profile/13964950285763339907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-77734369543688379072012-03-01T19:10:31.642-08:002012-03-01T19:10:31.642-08:00You've had some very odd experiences. I'm ...You've had some very odd experiences. I'm fortunate to mainly have had friendly neighbors. Once I called 911 when I overheard domestic abuse. The police took forever and left in a heartbeat after she said "We were just playing." I thought to carry a knife, I was scared he'd figure I'd made the call. Peacefulness resumed, though, and that was the worst of it. <br /><br />xoRobynRawknrobyn.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997241410192066577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-21148542149476294882012-03-01T17:35:10.436-08:002012-03-01T17:35:10.436-08:00Neighbors??? You mean those houses on my street ar...Neighbors??? You mean those houses on my street are not empty model homes?Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-59469692122962345552012-03-01T02:08:49.086-08:002012-03-01T02:08:49.086-08:00You said it all really.You said it all really.john bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15624118202659480062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-31259454757604200512012-03-01T01:23:04.121-08:002012-03-01T01:23:04.121-08:00Loved your post. Glad to hear we are not the only...Loved your post. Glad to hear we are not the only ones that don't know our neighbours.Monalisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734693255704664139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-89407045737107582482012-02-29T21:07:47.586-08:002012-02-29T21:07:47.586-08:00Our neighborhood has an Emergency Response plan an...Our neighborhood has an Emergency Response plan and a coordinator who signs us up for a variety of potential tasks in case of an earthquake. There is a community email group if we need to ask for referrals for painters, plumbers etc. or complain about the local cement plant's plans to expand. No-one complained when one of the employees went on a shooting rampage several months ago. There have been pot-luck block parties during summer months with some very multi-cultural cuisine. My main connection to the neighbors is that they see me out and about with the dogs. We did hold an Open Studio/ Open House when we first moved in. That helped as well.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-9674845310932178712012-02-29T20:01:59.089-08:002012-02-29T20:01:59.089-08:00First, I love the photo illustrating this post. To...First, I love the photo illustrating this post. Too funny. And how can you ask us for our experiences with neighbors after you've just topped every story we could possible tell? I smiled all the way through this. Still smiling, in fact.Linda at To Behold The Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07419060763634934217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-69179915595756592652012-02-29T18:23:02.642-08:002012-02-29T18:23:02.642-08:00I've lived in 5 different apartment complexes ...I've lived in 5 different apartment complexes over the past 5 years. I don't get to know my neighbors because in such close living quarters I have heard most of them- or at least those living in the four apartments that touch mine- having sex. I can't meet someone after hearing their sex noises, attaching faces to the things I've heard. I've tried but it is just too weird.L. Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628071448677324481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-32153533092003526192012-02-29T18:06:31.412-08:002012-02-29T18:06:31.412-08:00You sound like such a good neighbor that me and my...You sound like such a good neighbor that me and my heavy metal band, Satan's Black Dogs, are moving in next door to you. Feel free to come visit anytime although we may not be able to hear the doorbell or your knock. By the way, our friends..Anarchists on Airplane Glue..will be staying with us from March through August but just don't pay any attention. If the FBI and Interpol haven't been able to find them it ought to be cool.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-80285378624990779482012-02-29T17:20:39.691-08:002012-02-29T17:20:39.691-08:00Ok, I'm moving in next door, you sound like a ...Ok, I'm moving in next door, you sound like a fun neighbor. I'd be all over that fish/Darwin bumper sticker, so cool! I've always found if you bring cookies or fudge you ALWAYS make friends. In fact, every time my family flies we go purchase a couple of pounds of fudge the day before and cut it into bite sized pieces. Offering fudge to the stewardesses and asking them to bring a few pieces to the captains seriously gets you goody points!! I can't count how many flying wings I got as a child because of this. Once I was given a tour up the stairs into the VIP lounge just for celebrities, so cool! I didn't even know planes had that kind of hiding place! So, go make friends with some of Mrs. Chatterbox's cookies, I bet they're totally friend-makingly delicious!<br />Best,<br />Jenn of www.JustAddWaterSilly.com<br /><br />PS You're totally right about the light thing. It's one of the things I'm working on learning! Thanks for the encouragement.Jennifer McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684514236592711220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-19790985793254402992012-02-29T13:39:06.847-08:002012-02-29T13:39:06.847-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-43505487235501031212012-02-29T12:48:48.547-08:002012-02-29T12:48:48.547-08:00I live in a human warehouse and don't know any...I live in a human warehouse and don't know any of my neighbors. I know one of them by sight...a guy that's in the military that has a rockin' body across the hall from me. But he's got so many women in and out of there that it's kinda funny. But I have no idea what his name is...only that he is regularly serviced by women.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-60577984308597606612012-02-29T11:24:37.873-08:002012-02-29T11:24:37.873-08:00I would love to be your neighbor. And I wouldn'...I would love to be your neighbor. And I wouldn't be weird at all. Well, not as weird as all your other neighbors, anyway. Mrs. Jensen cracked me up. We've had our share of unusual neighbors, too, but they've always been outnumbered by the nice ones. It never ceases to amaze me, though, when parents leave their kids with strangers. Man, that was WEIRD.Diane Laney Fitzpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332345732271216536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-42196624213843470162012-02-29T11:24:20.505-08:002012-02-29T11:24:20.505-08:00We are blessed with fabulous neighbors. We know e...We are blessed with fabulous neighbors. We know everyone up and down the block, in fact. When neighbors need the house watched, or we need ours watched, we do that for each other. Run each other on errands if the car is down. Borrow some sugar or an egg. Maybe it has to do with being in the South.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-85663623005394873582012-02-29T11:22:29.647-08:002012-02-29T11:22:29.647-08:00For the most part our neighborhood is awesome. Th...For the most part our neighborhood is awesome. The neighbor behind us was a slob and a clod but he moved a few days ago. He had two barking dogs that barked all day long while they were at work. They let their plants grow over our fence so hubby had to clean their mess up. They put in a trampoline and then all the neighborhood kids would scream all day long. They were just clods. I was thrilled to see them go. <br /><br />Have a terrific day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-20763474707223129892012-02-29T10:53:00.770-08:002012-02-29T10:53:00.770-08:00I am totally with you..I've always wanted to h...I am totally with you..I've always wanted to have a grandmotherly tupe living nexty to me, probably because I didn't really ever have a Grandma. You know the ones who are always cooking and baking, and who can tell you how to get a stain out of your new blouse or make a batch of jelly. I had one neighbor when I was a mere 20 years old, newly married, and living in a studio apartment in the Bay area. She was the most talented and creative women I have ever known, but alas, we lost touch. LaurelLaurel's Quillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11992961037629400452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-86846991323379829562012-02-29T10:51:55.617-08:002012-02-29T10:51:55.617-08:00Oh, neighbors. I've had both kinds since we...Oh, neighbors. I've had both kinds since we've lived here, and it's been 27 years. Right now, we just try to be civil and, like other commenters (and you), wave and "live and let live." Sadly, however, this has become a Dog Neighborhood, and most of the people are apparently deaf, never home, or simply discourteous. It has caused some...tension.<br /><br />Having said that, it's too bad, not having the Good Neighbor Experience. No one to leave a spare key with in case you left windows open and it pours down rain while you're at the grocery store; no one to take you to the ER if you have a household accident; no one to grab your mail if you go off on a jaunt for a weekend. It makes me sad the way things are now. It has definitely changed as the years have gone by.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-52952202237460359972012-02-29T10:37:49.054-08:002012-02-29T10:37:49.054-08:00Love the photo! IMHO you're lucky if you never...Love the photo! IMHO you're lucky if you never know who your next-door neighbor is. I had a guy next door who was very quiet, kept to himself. Then he moved. A woman with two kids and two dogs moved in. The kids were fine, but the dogs were hell on legs. They barked and clawed at the windows whenever anyone walked by her unit, and when she put them out back they barked and lunged at the end of their chains ... until finally she was forced to move out by the consensus of the condo association. <br /><br />Then there was a fellow who moved in upstairs. He took out the wall-to-wall carpeting and installed wooden floors. Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump. All night long. Had to move. Just the thought of it makes my blood pressure rise.<br /><br />Anyway, good luck with your new neighbor. May he or she truly be a friend!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-1264494152579633482012-02-29T10:09:42.523-08:002012-02-29T10:09:42.523-08:00We wave at ours and talk to them when we pass, but...We wave at ours and talk to them when we pass, but haven't had any in for dinner (or drinks)JoeinVegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613274657685121948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-21183767348153699712012-02-29T09:31:26.703-08:002012-02-29T09:31:26.703-08:00One of the very best friends I ever had was my dow...One of the very best friends I ever had was my downstairs neighbour. When he moved in within a few days there was a knock on the kitchen door, which was located at the top of the stairs leading down to his apartment. There before me was this large red-haired man with a deep and very jolly voice introducing himself and inviting me for a drink. David had a very warm and special way with people -- he really loved them, meeting them, entertaining them. Within a year or so he grew a great red beard and was pretty much a spitting image of Henry VIII. We were never boyfriend and girlfriend in the romantic sense, but he was a wonderful man. I even met my future English husband because he was having a party to introduce him to people. I've found that when I've got to know neighbours its usually because of particular people who have a quality which draws people close to them. It has been more difficult for me where I live now...The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-63695918738382573712012-02-29T08:59:16.527-08:002012-02-29T08:59:16.527-08:00"...yet to have an altercation with a neighbo...<i>"...yet to have an altercation with a neighbor..."</i><br />Me, either. But some former neighbors had one with my ex. <br />They waited until after I was moved out(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-61611628043591389182012-02-29T08:22:37.788-08:002012-02-29T08:22:37.788-08:00We live so far out in rural Texas that we don'...We live so far out in rural Texas that we don't have many neighbors within shouting distance. Sometimes I do miss that.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930262815304757150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-45247921692409000492012-02-29T08:22:05.468-08:002012-02-29T08:22:05.468-08:00It's your leggy fish. Has to be the leggy fis...It's your leggy fish. Has to be the leggy fish. LOL!<br /><br />I had some bad experiences with neighbors in my younger days. Learned it was better to import my company and just nod and smile at the neighbors. But I did grow up watching Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best and lived in a suburban neighborhood where the kids ran wild and free...so I thought it should have been different, too. ;) <br /><br />Times have changed, I guess. Well, they were never quite as nice as TV life--but TV gave us something to aspire to back then. Not anymore. Not by a long shot.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300332596847087857.post-47839792577372049332012-02-29T08:05:50.079-08:002012-02-29T08:05:50.079-08:00I admit to being anti-social, hence I don't ha...I admit to being anti-social, hence I don't have a problem ignoring my neighbors or my neighbors ignoring me.<br /><br />There's probably something very wrong with me.<br /><br />*smile*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com