The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I first
moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he called
"his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the house. A
month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he would've done a
bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone
I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all
sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge
of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)

Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100 foot
area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up from the
hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so low that
it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much dust that
the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks
crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the
other side of the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet,
and turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)

In article , JoeSpareBedroom says...

The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I first
moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he called
"his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the house. A
month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he would've done a
bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone
I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all
sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge
of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)

Or the first lady could simply have indeed been just a friend. (oh but that
wouldn't be quite so interesting a possibility to you...)


Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100 foot
area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up from the
hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so low that
it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much dust that
the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks
crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the
other side of the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet,
and turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)



You need to get out more.

Banty


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"Banty" wrote in message
...
In article , JoeSpareBedroom says...

The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I
first
moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he called
"his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the house. A
month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he would've done
a
bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife. Reminds me of
someone
I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all
sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in
charge
of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)

Or the first lady could simply have indeed been just a friend. (oh but
that
wouldn't be quite so interesting a possibility to you...)


Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100
foot
area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up from
the
hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so low that
it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much dust that
the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The sound of
rocks
crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the
other side of the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor
carpet,
and turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)



You need to get out more.

Banty

I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.

You need to get out more.

Banty

I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.
Then YOU need a hobby!.... I had neighbours like you once ....didn't
have a life of their own, so has to look over the fence to pick apart
others... Take up needlepoint and close the drapes.... Jimi

"Jimi" wrote in message
...



You need to get out more.

Banty

I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.
Then YOU need a hobby!.... I had neighbours like you once ....didn't
have a life of their own, so has to look over the fence to pick apart
others... Take up needlepoint and close the drapes.... Jimi


Stop, will ya? If you're in front of a computer all day, you're supposed to
get up regularly. What better place to go than outside for fresh air and a
peek at the garden?

In article , JoeSpareBedroom says...


"Jimi" wrote in message
...



You need to get out more.

Banty

I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.
Then YOU need a hobby!.... I had neighbours like you once ....didn't
have a life of their own, so has to look over the fence to pick apart
others... Take up needlepoint and close the drapes.... Jimi


Stop, will ya? If you're in front of a computer all day, you're supposed to
get up regularly. What better place to go than outside for fresh air and a
peek at the garden?




Then snoop and post to Usenet all about it? Gimme a break. Guy's trying to
keep up a house that's not even his, in his 'spare' time, struggling a bit with
some of the oddities of the property, and you're next door watching in
fascination, speculatin' on his love life, and spewing about it?

Get a more interesting work-at-home job.

Banty


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JoeSpareBedroom, 5/30/2006, 11:49:37 AM,
wrote:

The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's
supposedly been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to
sell. When I first moved in, he introduced himself along with a good
looking lady he called "his friend", who's there all the time with
him, fixing up the house. A month later, he introduced his wife.
Smart guy. You think he would've done a bit of prep work with me
before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone I knew years ago
who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all sorts of
nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge of
paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)

Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to
mow the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have
two thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet
apart, like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a
75 x 100 foot area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots
that stick up from the hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the
riding mower set so low that it seems to be actual contact with the
ground. It raises so much dust that the guy and his mower are
completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks crashing around
inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the other side of
the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet, and
turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)

Sounds like you are into soap operas.

"badgolferman" wrote in message
...
JoeSpareBedroom, 5/30/2006, 11:49:37 AM,
wrote:

The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's
supposedly been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to
sell. When I first moved in, he introduced himself along with a good
looking lady he called "his friend", who's there all the time with
him, fixing up the house. A month later, he introduced his wife.
Smart guy. You think he would've done a bit of prep work with me
before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone I knew years ago
who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all sorts of
nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge of
paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)

Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to
mow the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have
two thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet
apart, like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a
75 x 100 foot area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots
that stick up from the hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the
riding mower set so low that it seems to be actual contact with the
ground. It raises so much dust that the guy and his mower are
completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks crashing around
inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the other side of
the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet, and
turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)

Sounds like you are into soap operas.


When has a soap opera involved exotic lawn mowing techniques?

My neighbor used to prep his garden with a cat bulldozer on a 3/4 acre lot.
He also doesn't mow his lawn, he harvests it. He lets it grow long. Then he
cuts it short in a small patch each day, he gathers up the cut grass and
feeds it to his chickens and ducks.

Odd neighbors are everywhere!

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
...
The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I
first moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he
called "his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the
house. A month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he
would've done a bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife.
Reminds me of someone I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take
his goomar out to all sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that
his wife was in charge of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners &
hotels were on his American Express card. Duh. :-)

Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100
foot area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up
from the hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so
low that it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much
dust that the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The
sound of rocks crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his
location. On the other side of the property, the grass is shorter than
cheap outdoor carpet, and turning brown. He told me last week that the
problem might be lack of nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right
now. :-)

Free entertainment. I love it. :-)