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Wedding Woes
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Next Door Nonesence
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There is a country club a few blocks from our neighborhood, which sits on a major river. They had an event Saturday night and set off fireworks over the river. Well, based on the messages on ND and our neighborhood FB group you'd think there were multiple bombs and explosions being set off at 3am (instead of a short firework show at 10pm). There are dozens of posts about how rude, inconsiderate, traumatizing (for the pets and the children) the fireworks were and how the CC (one of the more prosperous businesses in the neighborhood) is self-centered. Seriously, who are these people.
Re: Next Door Nonesence
Our latest Next Door blew up from a local guy who thinks he's the best thing for traffic tips.
Without knowing him he smacks of retired too early divorced guy in late 60s who still needs to feel important.
Luckily he got shot down when everyone younger basically told him to STFU.
If it's on a weekend, jeez people relax!
My crazy neighbor has been eerily silent. I drove past his place (it's on a main street I'm not stalking him) and he has a No Trespassing sign up now.
On my moving weekend they had fireworks (February) going off at the center as well. I was facetiming with my sis at the time. I told her those were the fireworks welcoming me into my neighborhood. They go all out.
Every fall theres the "why is someone setting off fireworks now?!" Diwali. Every year the same people ask
The fun brain image I had reading this:
Scene -- A psychiatrist's office with a doctor sitting on a chair next to a fainting couch. Dog is on the fainting couch.
Dr: Tell me about your mother. How was your relationship with her?
Dog: She weaned me after only 4 weeks. I felt abandoned and uncared for.
Dr: Hmmm...yes, I see. Your mom weaning you too soon has sparked deep insecurity in your psyche. This insecurity is brought out when fireworks are shot off. We'll discuss coping exercises in next week's session.
I wouldn't necessarily classify this as nonsense, just odd. So a person on NextDoor posted a "doggy play date" request. I thought that sounded like a great idea to meet another person in my neighborhood and my Izzy can make a new friend (she LOVES other dogs). The poster and I have communicated back and forth a few times. But it keeps turning into my suggesting a couple good days/times and silence on her end.
For example, last Monday, I suggested after work on Thursday. No response. Until 4:50 PM on Thursday. That was something like, "Yeah, today would be great if you are still up for it." Holy last minute, Batman! I had already made other plans and expressed that. I also suggested Friday or Monday (today). She replied back asking me what I thought of the restaurant I had mentioned, but that was it. I replied back to her. No response since. Umm...okay.
Someone else wanted to know why a nearby trail was closed and speculated that it might be due to "teen mischief" or "wolves." Someone else helpfully posted a screenshot of the email from the HOA saying that it was being repaved.
Oh, and my favorite, in response to a coyote sighting (that ended with "stay Alert"):
"I tell you what....If a darn Coyote came anywhere near my home, whether it was legal or not, I would shoot the SOB as they are out to kill so it's like "KILL OR BE KILLED!!" Sorry, but I'm going to take action especially if I had a pet in my care and a coyote came charging at me, your darn right I'm going to do something!! Who agrees with me?"
To the bolded, that poster should really wait until mid-April when ACME Products has its annual Spring sale on Anvils.
Just checked it and there's someone complaining about a newer white volvo sitting on the street. Not everyone is out to get you.
Maybe I should post about our neighbor that stole H's cell phone off the top of his truck?
People are obsessed with fireworks on my ND too. You'd think the fireworks were set off with the sole purpose of angering them.
Oh, and I lost it the other day on a "suspicious person" post. People in my neighborhood are so fucked up and racist. One guy keeps quoting Trump. He is 100% serious.
Apparently I just had to complain about it, lol. My ND doggy date peep sent an e-mail apologizing, that she thought she had sent me an e-mail a couple days ago, but today was good for her. As it turns out, she lives on my same street but three blocks up! Super convenient.
So we're meeting up for our doggy date tonight. Here's hoping she's just a flibberty-jibbit and not a crazy person.
ETA: Although there is a skeezy-sounding guy who wants a pedicurist who'll make house calls . . .
I have a boring one also.
It's all lost or found dogs/cats. Community events going on. Reminders to vote when an election going on...complete with a link to find your polling place. Concerns about crime and notifications when a crime happens. A few classified type ads, but all local peeps.
Pretty much exactly what it is supposed to be and all around helpful information. What a concept, lol.
Someone is "appalled" that there is now a section for "dating & hookups" on Nextdoor and it's "completely disgusting".
It's a sponsored ad showing up in her feed for Match.com.
I also find the sponsored ads to be annoying interruptions in my ND scrolling. But then, it's a free service, so that is the nature of the beast.
Though it is funny she didn't "connect" that it was an AD, not a new section in ND.
Although I enjoy your all's crazy stories. My ND is still exactly what it should be! Calm, helpful neighbors. Passing along useful information. Shocking, I know, lol.
One thing I found surprising. I tried to sign up for ND in neighborhoods where I own rentals, but they make it a huge PITA. More importantly, a security concern. Off the top of my head, I think they wanted me to send them a copy of my driver's license with a page(s) from my closing documents that I owned a property in that area. And if it is under an LLC...which they are...then I also needed to send them my articles of incorporation with my name as one of the officers. To match the aforementioned ID. WTF?!?
Oooohhh NO! Y'all don't need any of that and are crazy pants. I just wanted notifications of what is happening in other parts of the city. I've only had banks and government agencies ask me for that kind of documentation. Next Door, pfft, go take a long walk off a short pier, lol.
We do have 2 FB groups. One is a swap, the other is for road/weather conditions for the entire valley (about 50 miles long).
Well right now there is a 95 day bridge construction project going on. It's not in my town, but it is the bridge that connects to us the rest of the world.
We are 43 days in and people are complaining EVERY SINGLE DAY on BOTH pages. Post after post on this project. I get it, the project sucks, some people are spending hours commuting when it use to take half hour. However, do we need to complain everyday for 95 days? This in one of those things that complaining isn't going to fix anything. People need to just keep the eye on the prize. This bridge project is long overdue. 95 days isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.
I joined our ND and haven't looked in a month. I do still occasionally go on the FB page of the place I used to live in just to read the drama!