Thanks all. Just needed to vent a little.Sometimes I wonder if I'm being an old crone, shouting 'get off my lawn!' or if I'm justified in my rage. I think I'm justified.
Quote from: Lynn LeFey on April 03, 2014, 02:46:01 AMThanks all. Just needed to vent a little.Sometimes I wonder if I'm being an old crone, shouting 'get off my lawn!' or if I'm justified in my rage. I think I'm justified.I think your well justified.
It's a good thing I'm not in your shoes. A neighbour like that in a country where I'm allowed to buy an AK-47... I'd be the one in jail by now!
(...)As for the neighbors themselves, well hang in there. Sooner or later the woman will either go to jail or lose her job and have to leave anyway, at which point someone else will come along, get a good deal on a trashed house and fix it up either to live in or flip for a lot more money- either way you'll get better neighbors and increase your property value at the same time. Def
To that end, I would seriously consider making peace with the dog- start feeding it through the fence, and sooner or later it will start to recognize your scent as a good thing. Not only will it stop charging you, but you can consider yourself under it's protection, and it's always good to be on the good side of a dog like that.
Geez. Sounds like you need a nice high fence... made of concrete. Like a freeway barrier to block any sound and people.Good or bad neighbours can sure make a difference to how you feel about your home too. Of the 3 that border my yard, only one is annoying, but Im planning a nice big fence project that should block out the screaming at each other arguments I dont care to hear. A regular solid wood fence should drop sound by about 10 decibels and since that's logarithmic scales I think that's half as loud... I think...
Quote from: Syph007 on April 03, 2014, 08:39:06 PMGeez. Sounds like you need a nice high fence... made of concrete. Like a freeway barrier to block any sound and people.Good or bad neighbours can sure make a difference to how you feel about your home too. Of the 3 that border my yard, only one is annoying, but Im planning a nice big fence project that should block out the screaming at each other arguments I dont care to hear. A regular solid wood fence should drop sound by about 10 decibels and since that's logarithmic scales I think that's half as loud... I think... I don't know how much the fence will reflect and absorb, but 10dB equals half as loud, that's right!