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[bfth]

Inspired by Patsy-C's post...there are alot of STRANGE people out there.

We have relatively friendly neighbors next door (moved in about 2 years ago). We don't really socialize with them, but we do know them and are invited to their parties (and they seem to have 3-4 a year, which in my book is a lot!).

Anyway, last night when I came home from choir practice (around 9:15 PM) as I parked my car, I could hear what I thought was a loud radio. First thought is that it's the neighbor across the street's teenage daughter out in a car. But there are no other cars with people in them (we live on a very small block).

I can hear it when I get out of the car, and inside my house! (Remember, it's cold and all our windows are shut and storm windows are down). In our bedroom (which faces the neighbor's that I spoke of) I can hear the radio or tv very clearly. I can also hear it in the bedroom. It becomes obvious that it is the neighbor's tv.

Now, I am annoyed because I get up early on Thursday mornings and I just wanted to take a shower and go to bed. So I call them. The machine picks up. I try again. Still no answer, just the machine. And I notice that their cars are not in the driveway. They're not home but their TV is BLARING?? Makes no sense.

So I call the neighbor on the other side of their house. He can hear the tv too, but didn't know what it is. The three of us (me, hubby & other neighbor) go out to investigate. Obviously there is no one home, but the TV is on full blast. ALl the doors are locked and there is no sign of anyone trying to enter the house I am debating what to do because even though the cars aren't there, I don't know if the are all right and the noise is really bothering (the windows are shaking that's how loud it is).

I decide to leave a note saying that we are concerned due to the noise and that if they are not home by 11 PM we are calling the police and to call us to tell us that they are all right.

Well, around 10:30 the noise stops and I see that their cars are in. So I wait for a call. And I wait. And I wait.

Finally at 11, the wife calls me, thanking me for my concern and saying that they had left the TV on and that the receiver is broken and it automatically gets louder by itself?!?!? I didn't believe it for a second, but I wasn't going to get into it.

Is this the longest, strangest story you've heard? Or do you have another wackier and/or more annoying neighbor story to tell?

[kadterp]

I know that my ex had a stereo system that did that. It compensated for the noise that was in the room and got louder as the noises got louder in his room. Very annoying!

My neighbor here is a very sweet man, but strange. He loves to collect junk, and when I say collect I mean COLLECT! His garage is sooo full of stuff that there is just enough room to fit his truck into it. But it just doesnt stop there, his whole yard has junk on it too! As posted in another one, he has a birdcage outside with a chicken in it, gave us a housewarming gift of chimes made out of spoons and forks, and on our cold snap that just went thru was seen walking on his treadmill that is outside! He is very sweet, and will wave to us if we drive by his house and vice versa, and wouldnt ask for a better neighbor if asked. My other neighbors dont say boo, come outside, and have only mowed their yard once this year. Like they say, there are two things that you cant pick, family and neighbors.

[stonewall]

I think that your neighbors have relatives here! One neighbor has his 60" TV blaring ALL the time-even when they are not home; the grandson of the woman on the other side sits in his friend's cars with the stereo turned up full blast, making it seem as though they are in my living room. And then, there is the older man cattycorner across the street--- he is an MD with a very bizarre penchant for collecting junk!He drives around and picks up anything and everything that was thrown out, broken baby gates, rusted bike handlebars,crushed lamps, you name it. He fills up his car or truck until there is no possible way to squeeze in another item(not to mantion the fact that he can't see out of the vehicle!), and then parks it in his backyard and buys another car and begins the whole process again!Thankfully, we can't see the yard from here--he also buys old buildings and warehouses to store more of his "treasures". I want to move to Minnie's house and live with "normal" characters!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[PhilaDisney]

When I lived in my last apartment the walls were paper thin (as I'm sure they are in most apartment buildings). Anyway, my husband and I amused ourselves almost nightly by listening to the guy who lived below us fighting with his girlfriend. We didn't mean to be nosy, but you couldn't help but hear everything very clearly and it was better than what was on tv.
The night before our wedding my sister had stayed at the apartment with me. At 6:00 in the morning I heard the guy downstairs and started giggling. My sister asked me what that noise was and I replied laughing "That's the guy downstairs snoring!" [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

PhilaDisney,

I lived in an apartment like that too. We had a guy and his girlfriend upstairs who were constantly fighting. One time, she was throwing stuff out the window at him as he was trying to get into his car. Your right, it sometimes made for more amusement than TV. And I had a guy downstairs who snored so loud. I was amazed he didn't wake himself up. I was glad to get out of that building.

[Ursunique2001]

Well where can I start about my wacky neighbors. I have a few!!! But I'll just tell you about one.

1.Okay the one who lives right next to me got mad because when the parking authority put up the handicapped poles, the majority of the space used was in front of her house. (we rent our homes from the same landlord). We eventually moved them so that they would only be in front of our house. The reason we got the poles was because my mother is disabled and her son who does not live at her house parked his truck (that he is working on and has been for the last 3 years) in front of our house for over a month without moving it.
2.Last week she was putting up plastic to her windows at 9 o'clock at night. Then when my mother called over there, because she did not know if she was okay or not, she said "oh am I disturbing you?"

I could share more, but I think you get the point.