PastaQueen - Comments on 'Get out of my yard!'

Angela commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:20:24 -0500

By Angela]]> I thought your new apartment was on the second floor...I'm confused! :)

PastaQueen commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:26:51 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> @Angela - My old apartment was on the 2nd floor. The new one is on the 1st floor, thank God.

Braveheart commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:26:57 -0500

By Braveheart]]> Oh dear! Your upstairs neibours should be warned that they have some stiff competition for the International Clogging Championships. My upsstairs neighbours practice from first thing every morning till pretty late at night only stopping to make noises that can surely only be the sound of them assembling flat pack furniture.

I think the thing that you see eing played on is a Nintendo DS. I was born in 1972 and still covet my sisters multi screen Game & Watch Donkey Kong!

Braveheart commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:30:04 -0500

By Braveheart]]> @Braveheart - sorry about the spelling - I clicked submit before I checked!

K commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:40:14 -0500

By K]]> Unfenced back yards are one of the things that foreigners probably find exotic and strange about America (European foreigners, anyway). No strangers ever wander through my flower beds because there's a fence in the way. As children, we would never have dared enter someone else's garden uninvited - well, unless there appeared to be nobody at home and we were on the track of a lost ball. But even then, you trod carefully.

In my current neighbourhood, there are many fences although they don't provide very much privacy. The neighbourhood children do occasionally climb them to get to one another's gardens. Then their parents come out and yell at them. I don't mind the climbing as much as the yelling, but there we go.

Dana commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:43:10 -0500

By Dana]]> I hate to move. Especially in the summer! The worse. I am such a creature of habit that I will get all out of bent out of shape having to make a new routine. So much new to get used to, sounds like you're doing geat though.

Diana commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:28 -0500

By Diana]]> I use to live in an apartment exactly like yours, on the ground floor with a green belt (I think that's what they called it) right outside my slider doors.

Same thing, strangers staring at me as I sat at the dining table. It was weird, but finally I got to where I'd just smile and wave at them. That would usually make the kids take off running. :)

And the noise from the upstairs, even quiet little old ladies, took some getting use to. But I was young and single and I loved that little apartment. And I'm sure you're loving yours too.

Dyan commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:52:38 -0500

By Dyan]]> Make sure you have a charley bar on your back door if it's a sliding door! Be safe!
No way would I ever live on the ground floor again. I never felt like I had any privacy!
And they should really make people who live above others take a test or something to make sure they understand how loud they actually are!

Jean commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:59:55 -0500

By Jean]]> Definitely get a bar on your sliding door - you never know about people these days (unfortunately). When I moved into my house from a 2nd floor condo, I slept on the couch for a week (bedroom was upstairs) b/c of paranoia & strange sounds. Now there are days and/or nights that one of the doors doesn't get locked before I go to bed/leave for work!

Quix commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:30:39 -0500

By Quix]]> We had one of those areas in my college apartments. I guess it wasn't as weird since I shared with 4 other people, but I can see how unsettling people wandering in *your* area would be if you didn't already have a bunch of people around you.

And oddly enough I have ALWAYS moved during the summer, even though I remember (usually after giving my notice) how awful it is to move in the heat!

Julie commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:47:54 -0500

By Julie]]> Such is the joy of living beneath someone else. I have a townhome with a broken mesh fence in the back yard that it seemed the whole neighborhood would go thru. I decided be passive aggressive and instead of yelling, planted climbing rose bushes in front of the fence breaks. Believe me traffic stopped pretty quickly. Perhaps you could plant roses - either in containers or in the yard? Flip-flop boy would have to stop then.......unless he's cute and you don't want him to stop?

cindy commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:44:38 -0500

By cindy ]]> Did you say "our"?!!! Do you have something to tell us?!

Merry commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:17:13 -0500

By Merry]]> @K - I think that everybody-in-everyone-else's-yard thing is common in the midwest or east. It's not so common on the west coast.

My neighbor in California wanted to get rid of our mutual fence so it would be more like his childhood home. When I pointed out that that would mean my dog could visit him any time, he wasn't quite so keen on the idea.

Don't people back east have dogs?

fd commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:27:16 -0500

By fd]]> @cindy - well caught! dammit you're right.
PQ?? may we please join your neighbours and trample some more on your privacy?

Braveheart commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:11:45 -0500

By Braveheart]]> @fd - the cats???

tiredthighs commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:13:43 -0500

By tiredthighs]]> @cindy - that's not the first time she has used "our" in regards to the new apartment. I have been checking comments and waiting for some sort of announcement. Maybe it will never come?!

Mom Taxi Julie commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:17:28 -0500

By Mom Taxi Julie]]> No walking around naked with the drapes open for you I guess ;o)

Meg commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:08:03 -0500

By Meg]]> Congrats on the completed move! Next time that guy walks by you should burst out of your sliding glass door and yell "BuGabugabuga!" ^_^

Kim commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:40:44 -0500

By Kim ]]> When I lived in my apartment, I had this GROSS guy with a huge, hairy stomach that was always shirtless whenever he went outside, living right next to me. He would play his music SO LOUD. He made the room that SHOULD have been his bedroom, his office, which shared the wall to MY bedroom. He mounted speakers on the wall and he would work all night and I can't even begin to tell you how much of a nightmare it was. I complained to the landlord and it would change for a few days. I swear he hated me, but I don't know why. About the noises you're getting used to - we got a new fridge a few months ago that has an ice maker. Nobody told me the knocking noises it would make before the ice SLAMS down into the little box!! Good luck in your new place, it sounds like you're enjoying it :)

Lyn commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:16:56 -0500

By Lyn]]> I am far too old (at 39) to put up with people walking past my windows and creeping me out. Too paranoid too, I guess. Which is why our main living quarters and my bedroom is on the second floor of our HOUSE. I swear if I was on the main floor, I couldn't sleep at night with the windows open because I have irrational fears of whackos cutting through the screen and harming me. But now I worry about how the heck a woman my size would squeeze through a window and jump to the ground if there was a fire. Hmmm.

Sarah commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:08:26 -0500

By Sarah]]> "..Then the cats would attack."
If they do, you should film it. That would be HILARIOUS to see!
"Man walks into living room, mauled by cats"

Pam commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:41:58 -0500

By Pam]]> the ice maker noise...ah, music to my ears. when it doesn't go off for a day or so, my partner starts making mountains out of mole hills and is sure it is broke. when it finally starts up again...ah, better than listenin' to complainin'.

Lynn Haraldson-Bering commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:36:00 -0500

By Lynn Haraldson-Bering]]> Better Int'l Clogging Championship practice than sex marathons. Trust me on this one ;)

Kalyn commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:42:58 -0500

By Kalyn]]> If you have a yard, you'll have to try growing some veggies and herbs (maybe next summer!) Then you'll have to figure out how to keep people from walking on them!

Cori commented on 'Get out of my yard!'

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:31:22 -0500

By Cori ]]> The only reason to be in other peoples backyard is if their dog has to "go". BeWARE