Out of the Blue

Someone was honking their horn outside to get someone's attention in their house this morning, so I went out to explain that the horn is not a doorbell (a pet peeve of mine), especially early on the weekend. It turns out this was the same neighbor with whom I had a confrontation with years ago about being noisy outside with his kids at the crack of dawn on the weekend. This actually made me go easier than I would have, and I think my simple question of "was that your horn?" got my point across, as he seemed suitably apologetic.

Hey, it's 12/13/14 in U.S. date notation! Sorry Europe, unless they add a 13th month real fast, you're left out of this one.

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Re: honking their horn
Dec 15, 2014, 02:50
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Prez wrote on Dec 14, 2014, 06:46:
People are such self-centered, inconsiderate assholes. I have 7 dogs and I fall over myself naking sure they do not bark and bother my neighbors, meanwhile all my neighbors leave their dogs out to bark incessantly at 6am on a Sunday.

7 dogs? 7? You a fan of Snow White or what?
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12/13/14
Dec 14, 2014, 18:52
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Dec 14, 2014, 18:52
 
Hey, it's 12/13/14 in U.S. date notation! Sorry Europe, unless they add a 13th month real fast, you're left out of this one.

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Re: honking their horn
Dec 14, 2014, 18:39
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jdreyer wrote on Dec 14, 2014, 12:10:
Prez wrote on Dec 14, 2014, 06:46:
Also, I suspect that Tie Fighter accident scene video might be faked.

I know, right? WHITE stormtroopers flying a Tie Fighter? Totally fake!

And with safety vests!? pffft....
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 14, 2014, 12:10
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Dec 14, 2014, 12:10
 
Prez wrote on Dec 14, 2014, 06:46:
Also, I suspect that Tie Fighter accident scene video might be faked.

I know, right? WHITE stormtroopers flying a Tie Fighter? Totally fake!
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 14, 2014, 06:46
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Dec 14, 2014, 06:46
 Prez
 
Also, I suspect that Tie Fighter accident scene video might be faked.
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 14, 2014, 06:46
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Dec 14, 2014, 06:46
 Prez
 
People are such self-centered, inconsiderate assholes. I have 7 dogs and I fall over myself naking sure they do not bark and bother my neighbors, meanwhile all my neighbors leave their dogs out to bark incessantly at 6am on a Sunday.
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 13, 2014, 19:08
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Dec 13, 2014, 19:08
 
Hahaha, well done nin.

It can be quite fun being the local neighbourhood vigilante... it's very satisfying after a successful mission Smug
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Re: Out of the Blue
Dec 13, 2014, 17:40
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jdreyer wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 12:16:
If Blue lived in Florida or Texas, I'd agree with you.

As a Texan, let me be the first to say to you; bless your little heart.
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 13, 2014, 16:40
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Blatz wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 15:59:
Good on you Blue. That me reminds of a problem I had with a noisy neighbour 3 houses ago. They were getting up at the crack of dawn with pop music blaring. My complaints over the fence were ignored. I got fed up, so what I did was get up even earlier than them, positioned some speakers at one of my house windows, wide open, facing in their direction... and blasted them with some nice, calming death metal tunes. They stopped after 2 days.

I, and 3 other houses, live on the end of a narrow paved (maybe a line and a half wide) street. So getting two cars (people going in and out) can be a challenge, and you have to be mindful of who's around you. And you don't park cars on the side of it, as it tends to make it difficult for everyone else.

Well. For a time, we had these people at the very dead end, who would have "estate sales". Only they'd do them like every 6 months, for years at a time. So basically hawking their wares, but labeling it "estate" to try and get peoples attention.

About the 3rd time this happened (with people parking up and down both sides of the narrow street, and barely being able to get a car through the middle), I started going around the neighborhood and collecting their signs, as soon as I knew what they'd done. One time I think I collected a total of like 23 signs, and tossed them all in the dumpster.

All their business suddenly died around 9:00 am.

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Dec 13, 2014, 16:11
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Dec 13, 2014, 16:11
 
Well the flipside is random acts of kindness. Was in the Starbucks today and the dude in front of me buys my coffee and wishes me a Merry Christmas. It's good karma. And I got the tip for both of us.
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Re: honking their horn
Dec 13, 2014, 15:59
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Good on you Blue. That me reminds of a problem I had with a noisy neighbour 3 houses ago. They were getting up at the crack of dawn with pop music blaring. My complaints over the fence were ignored. I got fed up, so what I did was get up even earlier than them, positioned some speakers at one of my house windows, wide open, facing in their direction... and blasted them with some nice, calming death metal tunes. They stopped after 2 days.
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Dec 13, 2014, 14:45
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1badmf wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 14:30:
BobBob wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 13:42:
In America it's risky to complain. It can go either the apologetic nice neighbor way or the weapon toting angry neighbor way.

not pictured: the shotgun blue was wielding at the time XD

No, that would be either a plasma gun or a rocket launcher. I was referring to the guy he confronted.
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BobBob wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 13:42:
In America it's risky to complain. It can go either the apologetic nice neighbor way or the weapon toting angry neighbor way.

not pictured: the shotgun blue was wielding at the time XD
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 10:48:
That honking the horn garbage makes my blood pressure rise. EVERYONE has a cell phone, some more than 1 - yet for some stupid reason, neanderthals feel the need to use the horn on their vehicle. Lazy inconsiderate bastards....

It happened all the time where I used to live and people would just lay on the horn too. Of course there were a host of other scuzzy low life behaviors going on too.
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Re: Out of the Blue
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Dec 13, 2014, 13:42
 
In America it's risky to complain. It can go either the apologetic nice neighbor way or the weapon toting angry neighbor way.
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Dec 13, 2014, 13:15
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 10:48:
That honking the horn garbage makes my blood pressure rise. EVERYONE has a cell phone, some more than 1 - yet for some stupid reason, neanderthals feel the need to use the horn on their vehicle. Lazy inconsiderate bastards....

All those little inconsiderate things are problematic. People parking in no parking zones, not parking properly, not using indicators, using their horns like in this instance, not allowing people to merge into traffic, etc. Stop being so lazy and selfish or don't drive. What really gets on my tits is when cops are actually there and don't do anything. What? Are tickets reserved solely for speeding? There's a reason we have these laws and bylaws and fines associated with them. The more you guys enforce it the less those assholes will do it and that's better for everyone.

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Dec 13, 2014, 12:16
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Bill Borre wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 12:07:
Pretty balsy move in America today Blue. You must feel confident that no one is going to whip out a gun and empty it in you.

If Blue lived in Florida or Texas, I'd agree with you. Dead Rifle

But in suburban NY, it's pretty safe, especially if it's a recognizable neighbor.
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Re: Out of the Blue
Dec 13, 2014, 12:13
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 10:48:
That honking the horn garbage makes my blood pressure rise. EVERYONE has a cell phone, some more than 1 - yet for some stupid reason, neanderthals feel the need to use the horn on their vehicle. Lazy inconsiderate bastards....

One would think that as an officer of the law, there'd be something you could do about that...

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Re: Out of the Blue
Dec 13, 2014, 12:07
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Dec 13, 2014, 12:07
 
Pretty balsy move in America today Blue. You must feel confident that no one is going to whip out a gun and empty it in you.
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Dec 13, 2014, 11:13
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MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Dec 13, 2014, 11:09:
"Star Wars: TIE Fighter accident" - nice TIE Fighter, but then they added 2 stormtroopers, not TIE pilots. Sacrilege!

OCD sated, briefly.

See, that's the problem: Not only can they not shoot, they can't fucking fly straight, either.

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