Without looking at the calendar you can tell it's the end of the month on this street. It becomes the u-haul rental highway for a couple days. I got new neighbors myself just today. My friend across the street has new tenants this weekend as well. I've seen several other rental trucks go up and down street all day. My party buddies a couple doors down the street are leaving.
Talk about a transient neighborhood!
Actually, I should say a neighborhood of transients.
Apparently I am a rarity being here over 5 years now.
Oh well.... just an observation. Nothing more.
I find that the longer I put off the monthly bath, the more people move away too. :snarky:
> I find that the longer I put off the monthly bath, the more people move away too. :snarky:
Now that is funny you would say that!! To be honest, I only shower about every week or so. I don't do anything to break a sweat anymore and live alone, so who cares? I don't and the cat doesn't either. So, why run up the water bill?
I was going to make a comment...
and then decided maybe I shouldn't. But then I thought about it some more and decided - oh what the hey. Please don't take offense.
But maybe that explains why you live alone. 🙂
We live in a college town...over a semester is "long term" in my 'hood. Me and my next door neighbor and a house down the way are the only 'owner-residents'..everybody else is transient.
I enjoy the changing scenery and the challenge of trying to figger out "who's who".
It's all relatively tame...until they start thinking they can park in front of my house. If the windows are down or the temp is below 32 degrees, I turn the lawn sprinkler on...
I was going to make a comment...
> and then decided maybe I shouldn't. But then I thought about it some more and decided - oh what the hey. Please don't take offense.
>
> But maybe that explains why you live alone. 🙂
No offense taken Dave. That was a good one.
Two neighbors across the street just moved out, both rental units owned by the landlord I bought my home from 12 years ago.
Neighbor A moved out with everything they could pack in two vehicles, including 4 kids. All their furniture, down to baby beds and kitchen utensils, was unceremoniously put out on the street for trash pickup by the folks hired by the landlord to get the house ready to rent.
Neighbor B then dragged everything from Neighbor A into their yard and combined with their stuff, had a 4 day yard sale and sold most of it. I got two nice Carhartt ranch jackets and a 19" flatscreen monitor for 40 bucks total. They then took the money and ran to parts unknown. This was the same house I had to call in 7 months ago due to the unmistakable smell of ether that permeated the hollow in the wee hours of the morning. Not the same people (they went away and left the house pretty much furnished, given the short amount of time the local constabulary allotted them) so Neighbor B was pretty much selling OPS.
Neighbor C just moved in to Neighbor A's old house, biracial and actually bothered to come door to door introducing themselves. Really nice folks with 5 kids, both parents have jobs and granny as live in babysitter, really hope they stay a while.
I was going to make a comment...
Dave.... very diplomatic and very funny. 🙂
That is appropriate behavior to convince the zero U bunch to mind their manners. B-)
> Two neighbors across the street just moved out, both rental units owned by the landlord I bought my home from 12 years ago.
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> Neighbor A moved out with everything they could pack in two vehicles, including 4 kids. All their furniture, down to baby beds and kitchen utensils, was unceremoniously put out on the street for trash pickup by the folks hired by the landlord to get the house ready to rent.
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> Neighbor B then dragged everything from Neighbor A into their yard and combined with their stuff, had a 4 day yard sale and sold most of it. I got two nice Carhartt ranch jackets and a 19" flatscreen monitor for 40 bucks total. They then took the money and ran to parts unknown. This was the same house I had to call in 7 months ago due to the unmistakable smell of ether that permeated the hollow in the wee hours of the morning. Not the same people (they went away and left the house pretty much furnished, given the short amount of time the local constabulary allotted them) so Neighbor B was pretty much selling OPS.
>
> Neighbor C just moved in to Neighbor A's old house, biracial and actually bothered to come door to door introducing themselves. Really nice folks with 5 kids, both parents have jobs and granny as live in babysitter, really hope they stay a while.
I had some neighbors like that in Houston about 20 years ago. They were good neighbors.
Can't say much better than that.
B-)
The oldest kid came over yesterday, would guess him to be about 9 or 10, and wanted to borrow my lawnmower as the neighborhood cats can stalk unnoticed in the tall weeds. I filled the tank and sent him on his way, although it was just beginning to sprinkle.
It probably took him all day dodging showers, but when he brought it back the tank was full, the mower had been wiped down, and he tried to give me 5 bucks for the use of the mower, which I wouldn't take. I also sent him home with a plate full of fresh homemade cinnamon rolls and my thanks about how much better the yard looked.
I got up this afternoon (am keeping vampire hours these days, sleep schedule is FUBAR) to find him cutting my front yard, couldn't have been home from school more than 15 minutes.
Yep, I'm going to like these folks.
