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We live in a townhouse, and have had some doozies over the years. Our newest neighbors are not that weird (yet), except for one thing. They are a young couple (no kids), but they do at least 4 loads of laundry a day. Only way I can tell is their washer is realllly loud, and I can hear it through the wall. I can not imagine running my washer & dryer that much.

Other than that, they are fairly quiet. In fact, the whole complex is pretty quiet since so many soldiers are deployed. Once they get home, it will be back to loud parties, and loud music I am sure

We have had some crazies in the past, but I know some of you have great stories. So what do your neighbors do?

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we don't have any really big problems but we find the way our neighbors mow their yard interesting for sure. They do it as a family (fine, no problem). Dad mows, mom sweeps up the grass clippings, kids look for weeds in the flower beds, etc.

Once mowing is done, the dad gets our a pair of scissors (they don't look like hedge trimmers) and he "edges" the yard with them on his hands and knees. It's a pretty funny site (at least to us). I mean, my DH Is anal but not THAT anal.

I know my story won't compare to most but I think it's funny (where a lot of the stories are not funny)

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My neighbor is an amateur scrap collector and his yard is filled with cans and scrap metal. Now, I don't have a problem with this in general, but he waits until the pile is SKY HIGH before he takes it to the aluminum recycle place. Guess who has to look at it? We're putting in a wood fence instead of the chain link we have now so we don't have to look at it.

I know the guy does it to supplement his income and times seem to be hard for them right now, so I don't want to call the city.....Ya know?

Our new next door neighbors have 4 dogs and don't clean up after them. They don't have a fence (yet -- the man told DH they were going to have one put in), so they walk them through the common areas, undeveloped lots and unsold home lots of our neighborhood and don't clean up after them. I guess that's an improvement because they used to walk them on small grass between the sidewalk and street starting at their house and going in front of my house and down a few.

Our HOA was going to send them a letter informing them that the neighborhood covenants require that they pick up after their pets outside of their own yard, but I don't know if the letter was ever sent.

The thing that gets me is that they are middle aged professionals with grown children (already out of the house) -- certainly people who should know better!

There is also someone else in our neighborhood (we don't know who), who walks their dog, picks up after it, but leaves the bag on the ground at the corner where the school bus stop is. WTH -- can't they take the bag a few steps farther to a garbage can. I wouldn't even care if they used *my* garbage can as long as the bag made it into the can. What is WRONG with people?

We had neighbors who would constantly point out every little thing my then 6 year old would do ! They had kids as well..but don't cha know theirs were perfect angels ?

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Our neighbors like to call the police!
So far they've called the police on our babysitter's grandfather. Now mind you this is the babysitter we've had for nearly two years, and her grandfather has had the same red pickup truck. Anyway, he came to pick her up one evening and got here before we did so he parked in front of our house. The neighbors called the cops and said he was "suspicious".

They called the cops when we put a no parking sign in front of our mailbox--their guests have a tendency to park smack dab in the front of our mailbox--which upsets the mail man, who then in turn gives a nasty gram in the box.
When the officer responded, it certainly surprised the neighbors when I called the officer by name and asked how his wife (calling her by name) and his kids (again using their names)! I had worked w/ the officer and knew him. anyway, the officer told the neighbor that we were correct and they were wrong.

Our youngest boy had a splinter in his foot. We were trying to get it out and clean it up and he was screaming bloody murder. We got it taken care of, and settled him down and he went to bed. As I was coming up the stairs, saw an officeer walking up our drive---yep, neighbors turned me in for child abuse! Again, I knew the officer and offered to let him come in and check the kids and whatever he needed to do. He said no need, he understand what was going on. And left. All the neighbors were looking out from behind their window blinds...

We've been reported for letting our dog run "at large"---ummmm....NO, are dog is too lazy to get out of the house, much less out of the yard.
We've been reported for child abuse---because the kids wers squealing and screaming while playing in the pool (DH and I were on the deck cooking).
We've been reported as neglectful parents...

Not real sure why are neighbors call the cops for everything, but they do.

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Our backyard neighbors are called "tweedle dee" and "tweedle dum" by our other elderly neighbors across the street, lol. If we had known our backyard neighbors would be such a pain in the butt, we never would have moved here. They've calmed down the last couple of years or so, but now they have acquired a new to them four wheeler. For whatever reason, around 1am or so they will go start it up and ride it around. One time I had to laugh, b/c they must've been really drunk and ran into the side of their garage with it.

We have neighbors who have visitors often. No problem, execpt when they leave everyone comes out to chat in the driveway and they have loud voices..LOL Believe me, we are thankful that is the "worst" of our neighbors

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We had the rental house from Hell next door to us for 9 months. There were about 13 people who lived in the house. Because we live in So. CA and the weather is pretty nice all year (and we live in a high-immigrant neighborhood), we have ice cream trucks that go by several times a day. Well, with so many people next door coming and going all the time, EVERYTIME an ice cream truck went by someone from the house would stop it to buy something. It wouldn't be so bad except the ice cream truck drivers would not turn off the obnoxious music while they waited on their customers. Oh, and one of the trucks knew someone from the house would always come out so he would literally stop in front of the house and play his music and wait for about 5 minutes and see if anyone would come. We complained so much that the drivers finally began turning off their music when they would stop near our house. Oh, and we had to complain to the neighbors about their kids opening up their ice cream and throwing the wrappers on our lawn. We finally started picking up the trash and dumping it on their lawn in front of them. That finally did the trick. The biggest piss-off was that these kids (there were 5) were on the free lunch program at their school but the parents would let them spend $1-2 EVERYDAY at the ice cream trucks.

A lot of people around here burn their garbage. YUCK even if it's plastic or ??? I don't know what some of them are burning but I can sure smell it. And garbage pickup is only $33 for three months. Makes me wonder about the intelligence of people.

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We live rurally where all homes are on at least an acre so we don't really have anyone right up on us. Most of the people on our road are 50+ years old so we don't have the kid/teen problems. And we all know each other at least enough to okie doke and wave.

One of the older gentlemen, I would say early 70's, kind of makes the neighborhood collectively scratch their heads.

He does not walk when he can ride.

And by that I mean he never seems to walk more than 10 paces at a time.
He will ride his quad to get his mail. His mailbox is no more than 25 yards from his front door.
He will ride his quad or his tractor to visit with neighbors that are out in their yards.
The only yard work he will do is if it can be done on the tractor, everything else he hires out.
According to the neighbor next to me, the old boy has a little circle that he moves around in that includes from his kitchen into the garage where the vehicles are kept, from the kitchen to the utility bathroom, from the kitchen to the frontroom where he usually sleeps on the couch.

Some of the other neighbors have questioned him about what his "ailment" is that curtails his walking and he doesn't have one. He is "old and overweight" - his own diagnosis.
One of the ladies on the road told him that it was better to "wear out than rust out".
He didn't care to hear it.

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Our neighbors let their kids scream all day and late into the evening. They put in a pool and the kids invite their friends over and all they do is scream, scream, scream. They aren't 5 year olds. One is about 16 and the other is 13. I know I was well past the screaming stage by then. If those kids ever have a serious accident, no one will call an ambulance because all the neighbors will assume that their just screaming their fool heads off again. (Oh yeah, and the parents are no where in sight. I wonder how many of the kids who are visiting let their parents know that they are in a pool unattended by an adult.)

We were living in an apartment about 8 years ago...and had upstairs neighbors. The problem wasn't the kids, it was the mother's boyfriend when he would come and visit. He would stomp around, jump on the beds, etc., anything that was loud. It got to the point that we had the manager come and listen (from anywhere in the apartment, you could hear it)...they actually got a notice for noise and he stopped coming around.

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Is the lady that had a neighbor building a fort around his house still around? was like 2-3 years ago she told us about it

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These neighbors have retired to Cape Cod and Cocoa Beach (jealous!), but the wife used to garden in the backyard in her bra and panties. She'd wave and say hi, carry on a conversation.....funny!

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I'm afaraid we're ones that aggravate our neighbors. We're a very noisy bunch!

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R U sure they are actually doing laundry? I have heard things about washing machines...... LOL

we have some folks that live up the road from us, thank god they are not really close. but when someone in their HUGE family comes in town from whereever it is they all live( no one speaks english) They put up 8 huge tents in their yard, bring in porta potties, grill goats and play music all day long. VERY LOUD.I dont think anyone there works outside the home. they are about a half mile from us and we can hear the music even when we are inside. ITs not in english so not sure what the singers are saying. This goes on for a week. In fact, when we came home from church today, the tents was going up again. Someone died last fall and they did the same thing and the tents was up for 3 weeks and the yard was full of cars and kids and porta johns the whole time. Its not to bad except for the music being so loud. One of the older ladies who , bless her heart, lives beside them called the cops and the cop came out and tried to talk to them but no one would speak english. They have this huge stereo system that was out in the car port and the cop went over and unplugged it. The older lady said the cop came over and told her he had unplugged it and before he left her property, they plugged it back up and he had to go do it again. The kids run up and down the road by our house on skates and skateboards and last yr , one almost got ran over running out in the road in front of a car chasing a ball. The driver missed the kid but wiped out a fence across the road.

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we used to live down stairs to a couple who had very noisy long sex! we would end up getting out of bed and watching tv until they were done! I'm talking several hours! I often wondered how she could walk the next day!

my neighbors had moved in about 3 years ago and must have had a couch set that was old and decided to leave it in the backyard which abutts my yard. The set was there for over a year, until the 4th of July when they decided to have a bon fire an set it up in flames. We were out with other neighbors enjoying the holiday with kids and couldnt believe that they would do something so irresponsible! I guess they didnt want to pay to have it taken by the trash men or they were to lazy to carry it out to the street!

Since my DH and I got married we've had nothing but crazy neighbors! Our first neighbor was in an apartment building that our bedrooms were on the same wall. My neighbor would start to snore and then DH would snore and they would go back and forth getting louder and louder until I'd poke DH and hit the wall.

Then when we bought our house we didn't know it but the house next to us is a rental. In the 6 years we've been here the last year is the only "normal" people we've had living in that house. When we moved in, it was a Woman (60's) and her grown son (40's) living together. She supported him. Then it was a younge couple that were so adorable and clueless about EVERYTHING. They were so super impressed with their BBQ skills that they invited us to try their chicken, when DH asked what they did to it, the Man said very enthusiastly "BBQ Sauce! Isn't it great?" Then it was an unmarried couple that He was obessed with his car, so much that he washed it every day, inside and out. If we pulled up in the driveway at the same time he would sit in his car and pretend to have something to do just to avoid the nicities of hello, and then when he did get out he RAN to the front door. Now it's two brothers that are super nice and I couldn't ask for better neighbors.

Across the street they thought it would be a good idea (3 years ago) for Easter to get their children 2 rabbits, a male and a female. They got out of their cages and did the thing rabbits do best, and then those rabbits did the thing rabbits do best and so on and so on and 3 years later we still have a large rabbit population in our neighborhood. This same woman tried to give my daughter, 2 at the time, wearing a white dress a red popcicle without asking me. I said NO. She said well I already unwrapped it, I said well, that's your problem.

Those are my crazy neighbors! But, I still love my neighborhood and when we had my son and our options were to move or do an addition on our house, we decided to stay and do the addtion. While there are a few crazies, they are mostly great people.

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Why do or should you care if they are buying Ice Cream everyday ? If they have Money for Ice cream then there's LESS money to buy Dope, Booze, Cigarettes If any of this Applies to them.Maybe the Kids get Money Via other sorurces that U dont know about. Just because they get Free Luch doesn't mean they are NOT allowed to get Ice Cream.And how do you KNOW they get Free Luch anyway ?Maybe from being a lil too Nosey of a Neighbor >?

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We have a neighbor across the street who washes one of his 3 vehicles almost every day.
There's one lady who is kinda nosey, but we don't see her much and now our RV sits in the driveway so she can't see much down here anymore. But no one causes anyone else any trouble.

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Why did I care they were buying ice cream everyday?
Because they were throwing their trash on my lawn everyday. And I had to listen to the horrible ice cream truck music all hours of the day and night.

There was plenty of dope, booze, cigarettes, loud (and I mean loud) music going on in "their" house.

The kids weren't buying the ice cream ~ the mother and boyfriend were. The owner of the house CAME TO US in frustration because they quit paying rent 3 months after moving in because they COULDN'T AFFORD IT. The owner had to get a court order to get them out which took 6 months and he ended up losing the house because he couldn't make the payments, had to pay court costs, etc. It was sad because this was his first attempt (and last according to him) at rental property. Poor guy lost thousands of dollars.

I knew they were on free lunch because I knew the teacher of one of the kids and HE QUESTIONED ME about their home life as he was concerned about the student and the mother hadn't return any of his (repeated) calls. All but 3 schools in our district have 100% of the students on free lunch. I know this because I work for the school district.

And, yes, I am a nosey neighbor when what my neighbors do affect me and they come to me AND TELL ME what is going on. I think everyone is.

When it is my tax dollars helping to subsidize other people's (bad) habits and lack of responsibility then I am also nosey and want them to be making good choices so as to prevent more drain on my pocketbook. I think it should be everybody's business. I'm with you, Zoobie!

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NEITHER one of you Personally know where the Ice Cream Money came from !!

And if you want to get all Pissy about where YOUR tax dollars are going to 'Fund' things why not start with Crimals in Jail since they get PAID to be in Jail ! Or better yet start with the "Soccermom' Club that gets over their heads with I JUST HAVE TO HAVE THAT SUV/HOUSE and then end up havng to file a bankrupt because their eyeballs were bigger than the pocket,.Or here's one, People that Buy a 2nd home for Extra money that can't afford to buy it then lose it because they got lackers as renters !


rather than the owner coming to YOU about the Neighbors not paying the rent which BTW is none of your business unless you are steping up and paying the rent they are not.He should have been in Renters Court getting them out of the House. to which btw ties up the courts and resources all because s1 has a 2nd home they CANNT AFFORD.

If you knew the kids were being subject to Dope/ Booze and a poor home life since you know all this was taking place Why didnt you call CPA ?? Or was it just better to get all the *dirty stuff* on them so it could be "Talked about" rather than getting Children at risk the heck out of that kind of Home ??

Oh and BTW a Teacher felt it was so important to talk to you about the Non return phone calls he has to tell you they are on FREE lunch what the Hell does that have to do with them NOT returning the calls back to him ?And Why did the Teacher come to you ?? Sounds like you and the Teacher and Chat Buddies that Talk about OTHER peoples Spending habits rather than Calling people that are PAID to investigate Families at High risk. Now thats putting YOUR Tax Dollars to good use now isn't ? You know removing these children from a bad home life where there's drugs and booze and 'shady" people in and out all times of the day, Opss guess that never crossed your mind about how your tax dollars could be put to good use !!

Since you said there were 13 or more people living there how do you Personally know the Parents were paying for the ice cream ? Just because you saw them paying doesn't mean the money belong to them ,. How do you know s1 else in the house didn't pony up the money or for that matter several of them doing it each day ? Maybe the other people felt sorry for the kids and or maybe the older kids did chores to earn the money / You dont know this now do you ? U knew from a Teacher that 1st had NO right to be talking to YOU about another Family, even if they didn't return the phone calls back to him. His 1st Job if he was that concern was to call CPA not a neighbor and he sure as hell had NO right to be blabbling their kids Payment or lack there of for lunch with you. Thats against the law in EVERY single State to talk about another family business to somenoe NOT involved in the investigation of the family.( Thats why there's laws about this, so people that know little about the family other than what they are TOLD from a Teacher can't be used to Judge them when they Buy Ice Cream )
All you knew was twhat the Teacher told you about them getitng free lunches and You knew they got Ice cream daily so you Jumped on that as well MY TAX DOLLARS and they have NO RIGHT to be buying the Ice Cream. Had you NOT known they got Free Luches you could Probably care less Other than the paper being thrown on your lawn . To which BTW thats what the Police is for "Littering laws"

Making it ones Business in Fraud of the system is one thing, However, Putting your Nose into a Families spending habits over Ice Cream all because they get free lunches for their kids is another. BTW (I know of NO laws that say since a family recieves Free Luches for their children they are NOT allowed to buy Ice creams ( If any of you 2 know differnt please post so I can be informed as well ) Thats NOT FRAUD of the system thats just bad spending habits to which is NONE of anyones business. If there's a case where they are recieving Public aid and then abusing it by all means TURN THEM IN other wise keep your Nose out of it.

And your Point is ?? So every single time U see a Parent from the School that recieve free luches spend Money of things 'You might not" you going to get all Pissy about it ? Man your days are going to be really full !!

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Wow you sure going to have your work cut out for you !! Since more and More people will be on Public Aid as the days/ weeks/ Months/ Year goes by with the Ecom going down.. As far as the " Subsidizing" goes I willing to bet by Year ends this will Include someone you PERSONALLY know.Good Choices come in all kinds of forms , Not just families with children getting free lunches, (BTW I happen to personally know of 3 Teachers that get free lunches, Should I make it MY business on how they spend thier money when they Buy pencils, Paper, Snacks for their classroom ? After all their Kids get free lunches !! ) It can also come from People losing jobs, Spouse dying , Sickness, Divorces and the list can go on for ever !! You going to be the "watch dog" for every single person out there that has to bankrupt or finds themself on the reciving end of the system all because of this ?? After all dear YOUR tax Dollars will go to fund this even IF they don't buy Ice Cream.

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I agree as well

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This thread seems to have taken a direction into which the poster (I am assuming) didn't mean for it to go...

I will apologize now for that...keep bringing the "crazy neighbor" stories...they are fun to read...and make my neighborhood seem very quiet and calm...thanks!

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I used to have a neighbor who took EVERYTHING off her porch everyday, and would clean the entire porch and all the furniture everyday. This same neighbor would deck her entire house out for Christmas and get mad about something and then she would take it all down and a few days later, put it all back up again!
She also would periodically wash all her towels because she was bored, I mean the clean ones.

LOL....oh my gosh McCartyjj....remember that great dog she had? She used to wash the poor thing all the time but he was sure good smelling, happy dog! LOL

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Got2save2, you're getting really fired up. Way to stick up for the ice-cream consumer. Even crack-heads' kids deserve their orange pushups. (At $3 a pop--yikes!)

Thanks Rebeccarr,
I wouldn't had said a word about the thread, I was enjoying it and thanking my lucky stars I have wonderful neighbors, However, To take a cheap shot at people for buying Icecream while getting free lunches was well a cheap shot !Had this not been posted in the post I wouldn't had open my fingers(lol) and said a word. The kids tossing the wrappers on the lawn was 1 thing which was what the thread was about there was no reason at all to add in the fact they got free lunches and buying icecream while recieving it.
And you are right even the children of the biggest crackheaded Mother/ Father or both deserve to have Icecream after all they are still CHILDREN and shouldn't be looked down on because of the parents.
3.00 ? Geshh thats the price of a 1/2 of Bluebell LOL ! Ihavnt seen a Icecream truck in years, But I do remember that music that played on the trucks Ekkk !

I also wanted to add this.
The comment that was made was a bad one IMHO, that comment could and DOES apply to alot of members on this board also,. You can't just pick and chose whom you want to direct it too, It's a comment directed at anyone that gets free lunches and buying 'special what evers" It sends a message that if you recieve any kind of Public aid then you are not entitle to anything special even if it's once a month or once daily.I know there are Mcer's on here that get foodstamps, Public aid, Section 8 ect ect and I also know they "trade" Buy or sell Coupons too. There is no difference between doing this and buying icecream or what ever, they still have to spend for envies, stamps, gas, papers ect ect. whole while getting public aid, I don;t know of anyone that would tell a fellow Mcer to stop doing this, In their eyes its a GREAT thing as they are stretching the buck sorta of speaking, However, On the same hand I'm sure some of that stretching goes for Well for Ice Cream, Candy, Softdrinks, Popcorn, Sugary Cereals <Following me ?> If you are going to be the "WatchDog"over peoples spending then you have to do it was a whole ,Not jsut whom ever you have a problem with and this means even inside the MC Family Circle. I have been on here for years I have seen the post about Tax refunds also. Sexy you are getting back a refund Via the other thread How would you like it if another member on here told you how to spend that refund ?? Since you are getitng it means you are in a no tax bracket, and in every sense of the owrd you are recieving Federal Aid Via a tax refund, How would you like the thought of someone telling you Hey you do Ebay I know you can't always get back what you put in and if you have the money to "pay fees" then you shouldnt be getitng a refund of MY Taxes, Or Hey you buy / sell / trade coupons, You are having to spend on envie, stamps( each person pays their own postage) ect , If you have the money to do that you shouldn't be getitng a refund... If you are getitng back a refund do you care for someone telling YOU how it should be spent ?? it's the same Only the people that have lower incomes and in a lower yearly wage paying job will get the refund LIKE US. Do you want the "WatchDogs " to start telling you how to spend it or what you could better be using it for to" Gain" a better paying job ? so you are not getitng THEIR Tax dollars ? In a nutshell its all " Free Handouts Via the fed,State, Goverment", So unless you are willing to allow others to poke their nose into YOUR spending habits then it's best to just sweep at your own back door and leave other backdoors alone.

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It's starting to rain less <that was most of the winter was rain instead of snow> anyway the Ice cream truck passed by last ngiht. my kids know not to even ask since I could buy almost a gallon for what the truck wants for a single stick. I wished they'd change the tune though keeps making me think about some movie I watched long ago where the ice cream truck chased the kids around or something like that lol

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LOLOLOLOL Squeak-

The older lady across the street has no qualms about being out and about in her housecoat and slippers, i can see if shes just going to check her mail but shes been out there with a mask on doing yard work..

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I agree, too.

Actually, it wasn't a cheap shot. The topic of the OP was what drives you crazy about your neighbors. This did it for me. Obviously you have very strong opinions on the subject and that's fine with me. Freedom of speech is a great Amendment! I have no problem agreeing to disagree.

I wish more people would get that message because you aren't ENTITLED! Public Aid is charity. If you receive it, it means that for whatever reason, you aren't taking care of yourself and the children you created. It means that ice cream is a LUXURY that you can't afford and should be going without. I'm wasting my time, aren't I? Obviously, you feel ENTITLED to luxuries, whether you can afford them or not. If you want 'something special', you should get off welfare before you buy it. Otherwise, that money should have gone to support your family and ease the burden that you place on the taxpayers.

It wasn't a cheap shot. If you have money to buy icecream (a LUXURY), you have money to pay for your child's lunch. The money that was spent on the frozen LUXURY, should have gone to pay for your responsibility.

Wow....I didn't read this thread before I started the other one.........eek.

Let's see......crazy neighbors.........mine stalked us for a while...though I don't think it would be wise to get into that...ahem.

We lived on a base for a while...lots of crazies there. Child neglect/abusers abounded.

There was a guy who squared off his snow banks, very strange. He had other weird lawn habits as well.

I can't really think of anything too crazy. Maybe we WERE the crazy neighbors! LOL

Melissa

I'll take the YOU as a general YOU and not as in me. But in case you are meaning the YOU as being me, I'll thank you very much to say I get NO welfare at all Thank YOU very much ! and If I did get it it would be NONE of YOUR business when or how much I spent of things , If you think I'm committing Fraud by buying a icecream or chips by all means call the Hotline thatswhy its there , See how far YOUR call will get you .Any welfare program can't /will not/ does not tell the person what they can spend their CASH MONEY .. If you want to get all pissy about the "entitlement of people thats on welfare start with in YOUR State and write letters, Lobby, Do what ever it takes to get the policy changed, But till its changed it's not breaking any rules PER the guidelines of getting the welfare.Whether or not YOU like it. However, I still stand my my statement If you want to start watch doging people's spending habits while they get public aid you better start with in your own circle of friends as I know there are many in the MC Family that gets WIC- Section 8, FoodStamps while having the LUXURY of the Internet, You want to be
the 1st one to start calling them out on their spending habits ??
And why is it that when someone sticks up for something they feel would be wrong they must be in that circle ?? can't people feel that when others try to start poking around in others affairs that this could lead to bigger things later on ??
I seen this board go in a full melt down over post being deleted because they didnt beleive in censorship, but some how when someone post they dont think the "general public" has a right to poke their noses into the personal lifes of someone just because they are on WIC, Food Stamps, Free lunches Or aid to families it's because thats their life stlye as well ..
I also don't think prayers should be in schools either because if you allow one group to pray you have to allow them all, Does this make me a nonbeliever ? and for the RECORD I never said it was right to do this , I said we dont have a right to be the watchdog over spending habits all because the person gets a type of welfare, thats why the program pays a special department employees to do once there's proof there's been fraud .
So all you little hidders that 'signed' my guessbook calling me a 'welfarequeen""" a leech"" Know what you all can do right ? need I have to tell you ??At least I had the BALLS to post what I stand behine with the NAME for all to see.

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THIS is what you can't seem to comprehend! It IS my business! It's my MONEY! Why do you feel such a sense of entitlement? How can you believe that how welfare and public aid is spent should be personal and private? If you want complete discretion and privacy with money, then use your own money and support your family yourself. As long as you make someone else do your job for you, then they have a right to comment on what you're doing with THEIR money!



Yes, I'll be glad to be the first but I won't be the last! Their spending habits are public business if they receive public money. It won't do any good, though because they probably feel 'entitled' to that computer (another LUXURY).

FYI, my own circle of friends receives no public aid of any kind. If they did, I would be more than happy to tell them to their face that they are not ENTITLED to any luxuries until they stop receiving public assistance and that includes the LUXURY of the internet. The money that is spent on the internet provider could be better used to pay their bills and I would point that out. It wouldn't be an issue though because the people I choose as friends don't need anyone to point out something so obvious. The people I choose as friends would have already sold their computer and everything else of value before they requested public assistance in the first place.

I'm really proud of you !

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Opaldancing, there is so much more to ppl than whether they recieve state aid or not. Ppl are way more complicated than how they handle their money, and I think it's sad that their worthiness to be called a friend by you is rated on that scale. Although I think you may be surprised by some of your friends, I could be wrong, but who knows. And...how much, exactly, do you pay in taxes??? How many aid programs does your personal tax money fund??? Good grief, you must be rich!!! lol

Melissa

After rereading your "friend" post.........I was actually in tears. I was thinking of all of my friends/acquaintances who are doing the best they can in this economy and still have to rely on YOUR tax dollars to make ends meet. I hurt for them and how hard it is....I hope none of them have to read this.....

Next month, it could be me, or even you....

Melissa

I think some people would do well to remember the saying "There but for the grace of God, go I."

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I'm not sure why you thought that sad...but here's another example.

If I were that bad off, would I keep my high speed DSL at 50 bucks a month? No. I would either sign up for a 10-hr a month free Netzero account and/or use the library or work if I was able.

I would know that I don't NEED high speed internet. I would do my absolute best to find a way.

It just befuddles me that parents can repeatedly and OFTEN, treat their kids to luxuries, yet HAVE to rely on the government for NEEDS. Seriously, you don't find anything wrong with that?

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It just befuddles me that parents can repeatedly and OFTEN, treat their kids to luxuries, yet HAVE to rely on the government for NEEDS. Seriously, you don't find anything wrong with that?


YES! YES! I think this is EXACTLY what has been trying to be put across!!!! So frustrating

I totally agree that there are ppl that take advantage of the system and it's wrong and I wish it were different, and it does make me upset. I DO see something wrong with that. What made me sad is that I KNOW ppl who maybe have a FEW "luxuries" and are on assistance and this poster find these ppl that I LOVE SO distasteful, she wouldn't even be friends with them. That is what made me sad. She doesn't know what she's missing.

This attitude is just so judgemental and distasteful to me....we just dont' know where ppl come from, how can we paint with such broad strokes?

You're right, it is frustrating....

Melissa