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Post by dreamer on Apr 30, 2016 18:23:20 GMT
Who does that? Someone who has nothing else to do but be bugged about a leaves in his yard.
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 30, 2016 18:40:40 GMT
Not sure I would call this passive aggressive.... More aggressive but you just didn't notice!! Funny!
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Post by alexa11 on Apr 30, 2016 18:51:43 GMT
I wish the neighbor's leaves was all that I had to worry about- geez! I would continue to ignore the piles. What an idiot! I do like the sprinkler idea.
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Post by littlefish on Apr 30, 2016 19:02:43 GMT
Not sure I would call this passive aggressive.... More aggressive but you just didn't notice!! Funny! I remember noticing them before but never really thinking much of it. He must think I'm a clueless idiot or something. Or I'm just a reasonable adult who would think to speak up if something was bothering me. Ha!
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Post by anniefb on Apr 30, 2016 19:14:23 GMT
It would never even occur to me to be upset that a neighbor's tree is dropping leaves in my yard. That's how trees work. They don't have property lines. I have no tree in my back yard, but every year we have to rake up piles and piles of leaves from the neighbor's trees. Piles. Huge massive piles. But you know what? Every summer we get to enjoy the wonderful shade from their trees. It's nice. Why should I be mad because it's not my tree that dropped the leaves? It's my yard. I'm responsible for what's in my yard. Your neighbor is a nutcase who needs someone to explain to him that your not responsible for the leaves that land in his yard.
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 30, 2016 19:17:26 GMT
That is just nuts.. we have a huge tree next to our house and the leaves fall into our backyard... we just rake them up.. never thought about owned the leaves.. lol
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Post by bc2ca on Apr 30, 2016 19:30:42 GMT
It would never even occur to me to be upset that a neighbor's tree is dropping leaves in my yard. That's how trees work. They don't have property lines. I have no tree in my back yard, but every year we have to rake up piles and piles of leaves from the neighbor's trees. Piles. Huge massive piles. But you know what? Every summer we get to enjoy the wonderful shade from their trees. It's nice. Why should I be mad because it's not my tree that dropped the leaves? It's my yard. I'm responsible for what's in my yard. Your neighbor is a nutcase who needs someone to explain to him that your not responsible for the leaves that land in his yard. perfectly stated I would have been oblivious, too, littlefish. My favorite part of your story is his disbelief that you drove through those piles! Did he really expect you to stop the car on the street and start picking up leaves?
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Post by melanell on Apr 30, 2016 20:08:14 GMT
This is the nature of trees. I mean, yes, I totally understand the a magnolia, while gorgeous, does make quite the mess. But any tree near a border will drop leaves, acorns, helicopters, petal, etc. into both yards. I don't expect my neighbors to clean the leaves that fall into my yard, no matter what tree they fall from. And some people just don't rake leaves. I know several people who use mulching mowers and let the leaves become nutrients for the soil. So in the time between when the leaves drop and when the mowing is done, the wind blows them around. To me this falls under the "if you are going to be bothered by every thing your neighbor doe, don't live close to people" umbrella. In your case, though, if you've liived there for 2 years plus already, surely this neighbor has seen that someone else comes to do all of your yard work. I wouldn't expect someone who pays a rent that includes yard maintenance to go do the yardowrk ahead of time to appease the neighbor. Best of luck!
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Post by kamper on Apr 30, 2016 20:12:40 GMT
Another vote for the motion activated sprinkler.
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Post by freebird on Apr 30, 2016 20:25:30 GMT
this is probably my favorite thread this week. The shit people get worked up over is so hilarious. I'm sure he'd make a great pea. I bet he washes his hands every 15 minutes too.
You should get a deer cam so you can catch him on camera doing it, then I'd confront him about it. or if you really want to drive him crazy, do nothing. lol. Who cares about a few leaves? big deal. He'd go bat shit crazy if he saw all the dandelions in my yard not to mention we don't even mow about 2/3 of our 2 acres. What's the point? I don't need a huge yard.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 20:38:30 GMT
I wouldn't sweep them up I'd fashion them in to an F and a U and hope he sees them.
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Post by alissa103 on Apr 30, 2016 20:40:55 GMT
Omg, my parents had a neighbor like that in their old Neighborhood. She did the same kind of thing! She also stole plants OUT OF THE GROUND after my mom would plant them. We think she had an illness. Because who does that unless there's something else going on?! And this was in a very upscale neighborhood. Her husband was a physician and they could certainly afford all the flowers she wanted. So bizarre.
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Post by Lexica on Apr 30, 2016 21:02:29 GMT
I would go to the 99 cent store and buy a small box of trash bags. The next time you come home to a pile of leaves in the driveway, sneak out there and put the box of bags next to it. Be passive aggressive right back at him.
I actually would ignore the man, but giving him trash bags to finish the job sounds fun.
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Post by gloryjoy on Apr 30, 2016 22:03:35 GMT
Um my neigbours on both sides of me have trees and they drop tons of leaves into our yard, especially when it is windy in the fall.
Now we jokingly say we should rake them up and throw them back over the fence, but only because there are so many of them, we would never in a million years do it.
I'd leave them right there on the driveway till the yard service came, or until I was damn good and ready to clean them up.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Apr 30, 2016 23:35:03 GMT
Who does that? Someone who has nothing else to do but be bugged about a leaves in his yard. My first thought was Peas!! I'm always surprised at how often Peas describe themselves as passive aggressive!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 30, 2016 23:47:27 GMT
I would go out and buy the noisiest leaf blower I could find, and fire that bad boy up at about 7:00 am on a Saturday. "Sure, buddy. I'll clean up those leaves!" Passive aggressive can be a two way street! (I have to admit I like what lainey suggested too!)
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Post by *leslie* on May 1, 2016 0:24:22 GMT
Are you sure it's not the wind? I've had leaves bunched up just like that in front of my garage door too and it was caused by the wind.
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Post by PLurker on May 1, 2016 0:26:29 GMT
I wouldn't sweep them up I'd fashion them in to an F and a U and hope he sees them. I was going to suggest HELP (like a rescue beacon) or a simple HELLO spelled out in the leaves. How can someone get mad at a simple greating? But wouldn't it be truly much easier if people would learn to speak up. To get so angry at something that the other person isn't even aware of. We aren't mind readers. Reminds me of my MIL who wanted to "be friends" with my mom but got angry and mentioned that she'd "like to do something with her (my mom) but she never calls"... um, what?
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 0:59:58 GMT
I would go out and buy the noisiest leaf blower I could find, and fire that bad boy up at about 7:00 am on a Saturday. "Sure, buddy. I'll clean up those leaves!" Passive aggressive can be a two way street! (I have to admit I like what lainey suggested too!) If he is an older man, he is awake at 5 am. Do it late at night. But me, I'd probably just keep driving over the piles and pay them no mind. maybe rake them into neat piles to drive through again a few more times.
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Post by kelly8875 on May 1, 2016 1:32:47 GMT
Neighbors are a delight lol. My crazy lady neighbor insists that I take down a small fence on MY property between our yards. I moved to this house on Halloween, in a rain storm. It rained for weeks, then the snow fell. Multiple times she has insisted I take it down. A few times before I even legally owned the house. (It was vacant and I got to rent until my closing date). She has tried taking the fence down for me even. Other neighbors had warned me about her...so I know it isn't just my opinion...she's a weirdo.
We got into it about 6 weeks ago about the fence, and I've won (so far). Haven't seen her since!
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Post by mikklynn on May 1, 2016 2:11:28 GMT
That is hysterical! I'd ignore him. He's clearly OCD.
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Post by refugeepea on May 1, 2016 2:38:13 GMT
I was going to suggest HELP (like a rescue beacon) or a simple HELLO spelled out in the leaves. How can someone get mad at a simple greating? After writing Hello with the leaves, in chalk write from the other side.
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Post by littlefish on May 1, 2016 3:06:05 GMT
Are you sure it's not the wind? I've had leaves bunched up just like that in front of my garage door too and it was caused by the wind. That's what I always figured up until he started yelling about it.
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Post by azredhead on May 1, 2016 5:27:45 GMT
Of course he thought to put them in front of your drive way cause you would stop your car right in front of the pile of leaves and get out of your car and go 'WTH?!' I can see that being their thought process, but then my thought process would be to somehow move them to their front door so they could see that you moved them before they got home or whatever. Especially if he started yelling about it. Love the Help idea too! You could really taunt him back but then you might have a war of leaves on your hands!
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Post by Zee on May 1, 2016 14:50:13 GMT
I don't care at all if my leaves blow into my neighbor's lawn or vice versa. It's so bizarre to me to get upset over whose tree dropped what leaves. I had a neighbor who stalked around his treeless front yard aggressively raking up all the leaves from my trees in a big show of temper whenever he could see we might be watching. We ignored him completely, LOL.
Honestly, we had tons of large oak and maple trees and we lived in a windy area. Short of wrapping the trees in a giant net, there was no way to stop our leaves from blowing into his yard and I was not about to cross the street and rake them for him. He was a tool.
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Post by freecharlie on May 1, 2016 14:59:25 GMT
Neighbors are a delight lol. My crazy lady neighbor insists that I take down a small fence on MY property between our yards. I moved to this house on Halloween, in a rain storm. It rained for weeks, then the snow fell. Multiple times she has insisted I take it down. A few times before I even legally owned the house. (It was vacant and I got to rent until my closing date). She has tried taking the fence down for me even. Other neighbors had warned me about her...so I know it isn't just my opinion...she's a weirdo. We got into it about 6 weeks ago about the fence, and I've won (so far). Haven't seen her since! what is her problem with the fence?
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Post by casii on May 1, 2016 15:30:40 GMT
I'm with Freebird that you get a deer cam because we need to see this phenomenon.
I have trees that I'm sure blow leaves everywhere. My neighbors have trees that blow leaves everywhere. No one fights about who has custody of the leaves. Holy moly.
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Post by littlefish on May 1, 2016 16:25:30 GMT
No new leaf piles yet, but we've also been home all morning. I didn't see him at all yesterday.
I think he does it when I'm at work. They weren't there when we left for school Friday morning.
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Post by mikklynn on May 1, 2016 19:07:25 GMT
littlefish This is a most entertaining thread! Keep us posted
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2016 22:07:29 GMT
Lol! Motion detector sprinklers set up in the middle of the night. I would also sprinkle them all over my yard like confetti. I like how you think!
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