This neighbor (one of the other condo owners)... he is basically clueless about how his actions impact others, for example, leaving close to 30 pairs of shoes in the fairly small vestibule he shares with other people, cursing out the gardeners for pruning bushes and trees on the property as they've been directed to do, and many other annoying things.
@baqui63 I read your comment before your username and thought, "Man, this guy must live in @baqui63's building, that sounds like the same awful neighbor!"
@Thumperchick lol... yep. it is him. he seems to like lopsided things... the way overgrown weeping cherry tree in the courtyard that he chased the gardeners away from for several years looked like it had a massive tumor when viewed from the street... and now, the "lighted christmas tree" he set up in front of his window is leaning way to one side and has those cheap older LED lights on it that "vibrate"... shines in my kitchen window at night...
@pitamuffin Don't hate me, but I think they are adorable. I don't bother them, they don't bother me. We have even trapped some to move them and no spray.
@ceagee I think they're cute too, and stick to the everybody-leaving-everybody-alone method of staying unskunky. I did have a fun night, however, where I camped out in the basement for a while after being greeted by one staring me right down at the top of the steps as I was trying to get laundry. That one looked like it really wanted to test its spray gun…
@ceagee Oh I think they're cute, too. Especially the five young ones that lived under our front porch with their mommy/daddy. Oh so cute when they all came out at night and frolicked by my door. Then one of them died under there. Nothing cute about that smell. So much worse than just plain old skunk.
@PocketBrain Have to agree. Hard to barbecue in the back yard or have a marshmallow roast, because as soon as there's a flame, there's a rhino there to stomp it out. Talk about party killers! (Yes - the whole fire/rhino thing is a myth! But I love the mental image.)
@sarahsandroid I grew up in Georgia with those bastards. One day, when I was a kid, I was messing with an old dresser in our garage and discovered one of those turds living in a drawer. Probably climbed up through the back. I went in and just mentioned it to my brother. He casually took out his .22 rifle, went into the garage, and shot up the dresser. Then walked in and continued his business. We eventually dragged that dresser to the curb, my mom didn't want to know what the hell happened to that dresser or why there were divots in the concrete.
@The_Baron I consider myself a fairly sane female. No real squeamishness. No girlie flights of fainting or such.... About 2 years ago I heard a scritch scratching in my laundry chute. Thought one of my cats had gotten stuck (it happened before). I opened the door and peeked in, hand ready to pull the fur kid to safety. A freaking pissed off opossum had forced in one of the slats and was sitting on my laundry hissing and growling at me. I screamed like a girl (first time ever and hubs HAD to be home to hear it, right?) and jumped up on the bathroom counter...... Said opossum waddled back out the slot in the wall, hubby nailed it back up. And to this day...I get asked...anymore counter perching. I hate opossums...
@The_Baron maybe 20years ago, I'm woken up around 6 am by the sound of a rifle being fired. Dad was shooting at an opossum, with his 22. he hit it, all it did was stop, turn it's head, and hiss at Dad, then continue on it's way. (Full Disclosure, the rifle may have been loaded with birdshot)
@narfcake My Cousin Frank had a German Shepard, named Tank, with a similar Definition of "squirrel". Frank's sister would take Tank to a nearby park, point at some of the resident, nuisance, non-migratory, Canada Geese, and say "Tank! Squirrel!" and he would run at them barking his head off, until they flew away.
Cats give me the most trouble in my house but then again, that's their job.. You simply can't have feline pets without inviting curiosity with them and curiosity creates bedlam and occasional chaos that usually results in humor.
I had a mouse this year! I still don't know how it got in, which makes me nervous that there will be a repeat in the future. The trap was highly effective, though; the mouse was dead in less than an hour.
If we're going to talk about neighbors, though, I'm getting nervous because the people across the street have set up their Christmas decorations again. In past years this has included a loudspeaker blaring bad MIDI versions of Christmas songs, easily audible in my house. I haven't heard it yet but they only put them up Sunday. I really should've said something that one Christmas Eve they left it playing until 3 a.m.
@jqubed I'd most likely have walked over and fucking snipped the cord anytime right after 10:30PM. Problem solved. If they had noticed me, I'd have acted like I was out for a walk and feigned that something had fallen over in their display and I was helping to pick it up - and tell them the music had stopped which I figured was on a timer since it was very late anyway - and then tell them I hope I hadn't damaged anything.
@jqubed Call your county commissioners. Or your local PD. There should be a noise ordinance. Find out what it is. Here it is 10p. 11 on weekends. At whatever time it is, if the noise pollution is still wailing, call PD. Repeatedly and every time. The crap will stop. They can get ticketed and noise pollution tickets can be pricey.... I'm a scrooge. I know.
@Pavlov Oh believe me, I thought about it. The thing is, I don't celebrate Christmas, so if I was caught vandalizing a Christmas display I would suspect it's at least even money that I'd become the poster child for the War on Christmas™ for at least a few weeks. Lost in the story would be the part about the neighbors flagrantly violating the noise ordinance and it'd be like the Starbucks cup, except with my face instead of a stylish paper cup.
@sarahsandroid There is a noise ordinance; anything that can be heard beyond the property's mailbox after 10 p.m. or something like that (I definitely looked it up at the time). I absolutely could've called the cops and they'd've been in violation, but it seemed like the police shouldn't be the first step with that situation; adults ought to be able to simply talk first in a civilized manner. But that would've meant getting dressed to go out in the cold and it was well past midnight and I was tired and already in a warm bed and "is seriously no one else on the street bothered by this? I can't be the only person this is keeping awake." Plus, (see above post to @Pavlov) I don't celebrate Christmas so I'm more inclined to not want to be a Scrooge or Grinch; just because I don't celebrate doesn't mean I'm trying to infringe on anyone else's rights and make others stop celebrating and I'm not part of any War on Christmas™. But seriously, 3 a.m.! Even if it wasn't awful MIDIs, I think at that time anything short of an actual chorus of angels singing of the birth of The Savior would've been annoying. Fortunately, I stood outside for a few minutes this evening and only heard the fans that keep the inflatable elements up, so maybe they finally got an FM transmitter or just stopped doing the music.
@irishbyblood Try cayenne pepper around all your plants and where they dig. Or cinnamon powder. Or whole pepper flakes. No cruel and unusual pain, just intense dislike of everything yours and they should go somewhere else. If you know when they are birthing or have babies. Remove their babies. They will not raise them after they have been touched my nasty humans.....
I only voted rabbit because we have a pet rabbit. Shes not terrible when it comes to destruction, but our old one was the shredder of all things carpet and cords.
Woodchucks! (AKA Ground Hog) These little turds tear up my deck. I'm up to 9 shot and killed in 8 years. All of which made my deck their home. Whoever said they're territorial and won't go to another's home, lied.
Does a kid count? nah... he doesn't.. well he does but he doesn't... How about a wife? ;) nah, she does more work than anything... myself! there we go... I'm the mammal pest of the house...
@Trillian Pellet gun with scope. Adjust pressure for sting and not to break the skin - they learn fast - problem (hopefully) solved. Funny thing with squirrels, they avoid dead of their own species (if urbanized) - some places sell "fake" dead squirrels which can help keep them away also. It is like they sense the danger . . . Or find an aggressive cat that you can get to hang around.
@jqubed true, but horribly irritating. I guess if I wanted to stick with mammals I'd pick mice. They are almost a given living in rural area surrounded by fields.
Cats
@darkzrobe I'm with you. Feral cats roam my neighborhood.
Saleschildren.
Too many Grandkids!
They are cute and fuzzy, though.
Chief Technology Gerbil, of course
Humans in general, although I wouldn't exactly call them "cute" OR "fuzzy" ...
@FroodyFrog Aww, that's sad. My humans are pestering and troublesome, but still cute and fuzzy.
@joelmw Fuzzy?
@jqubed Oh, indeed. It might be tacky in a couple of different ways for me to elaborate, but I'm sure you can figure it out.
sasquatch
My Mother-In-Law!! Boy, I wish she'd move out!!
family members.
This neighbor (one of the other condo owners)... he is basically clueless about how his actions impact others, for example, leaving close to 30 pairs of shoes in the fairly small vestibule he shares with other people, cursing out the gardeners for pruning bushes and trees on the property as they've been directed to do, and many other annoying things.
@baqui63 I read your comment before your username and thought, "Man, this guy must live in @baqui63's building, that sounds like the same awful neighbor!"
@Thumperchick lol... yep. it is him. he seems to like lopsided things... the way overgrown weeping cherry tree in the courtyard that he chased the gardeners away from for several years looked like it had a massive tumor when viewed from the street... and now, the "lighted christmas tree" he set up in front of his window is leaning way to one side and has those cheap older LED lights on it that "vibrate"... shines in my kitchen window at night...
Skunks. I am so sick of the damn skunks.
@pitamuffin ditto
@pitamuffin Dog has been skunked 14 times... killed one. Bobcats but no skunks??? LOL
@pitamuffin Don't hate me, but I think they are adorable. I don't bother them, they don't bother me.
We have even trapped some to move them and no spray.
@ceagee I think they're cute too, and stick to the everybody-leaving-everybody-alone method of staying unskunky. I did have a fun night, however, where I camped out in the basement for a while after being greeted by one staring me right down at the top of the steps as I was trying to get laundry. That one looked like it really wanted to test its spray gun…
@ceagee Oh I think they're cute, too. Especially the five young ones that lived under our front porch with their mommy/daddy. Oh so cute when they all came out at night and frolicked by my door. Then one of them died under there. Nothing cute about that smell. So much worse than just plain old skunk.
I would happily commit genocide on raccoons. Those bastards live to break things.
Husband.
@smkarizona I thought for sure this one would be in the list
@smkarizona Same here.
None of them give me trouble... but we have rabbits like crazy... and the owls that invite them to dinner. ;)
opposum
hominids
yep
Rhinocerii.
@PocketBrain Have to agree. Hard to barbecue in the back yard or have a marshmallow roast, because as soon as there's a flame, there's a rhino there to stomp it out. Talk about party killers! (Yes - the whole fire/rhino thing is a myth! But I love the mental image.)
Our 2 sets of twins.
Particularly our 3-yr-old sons.
I've said too much already.
Opossums. Cute name...vicious wall eating basturds.
@sarahsandroid I grew up in Georgia with those bastards. One day, when I was a kid, I was messing with an old dresser in our garage and discovered one of those turds living in a drawer. Probably climbed up through the back.
I went in and just mentioned it to my brother. He casually took out his .22 rifle, went into the garage, and shot up the dresser. Then walked in and continued his business.
We eventually dragged that dresser to the curb, my mom didn't want to know what the hell happened to that dresser or why there were divots in the concrete.
@The_Baron I consider myself a fairly sane female. No real squeamishness. No girlie flights of fainting or such.... About 2 years ago I heard a scritch scratching in my laundry chute. Thought one of my cats had gotten stuck (it happened before). I opened the door and peeked in, hand ready to pull the fur kid to safety. A freaking pissed off opossum had forced in one of the slats and was sitting on my laundry hissing and growling at me. I screamed like a girl (first time ever and hubs HAD to be home to hear it, right?) and jumped up on the bathroom counter...... Said opossum waddled back out the slot in the wall, hubby nailed it back up. And to this day...I get asked...anymore counter perching. I hate opossums...
@The_Baron maybe 20years ago, I'm woken up around 6 am by the sound of a rifle being fired.
Dad was shooting at an opossum, with his 22.
he hit it, all it did was stop, turn it's head, and hiss at Dad, then continue on it's way.
(Full Disclosure, the rifle may have been loaded with birdshot)
Squirrels. To my doggie, anything that moves is a squirrel. RC cars, skunks, kids riding a power wheel ... all "squirrels".
@narfcake My Cousin Frank had a German Shepard, named Tank, with a similar Definition of "squirrel".
Frank's sister would take Tank to a nearby park, point at some of the resident, nuisance, non-migratory, Canada Geese, and say "Tank! Squirrel!" and he would run at them barking his head off, until they flew away.
Do my dogs count?
Cats give me the most trouble in my house but then again, that's their job.. You simply can't have feline pets without inviting curiosity with them and curiosity creates bedlam and occasional chaos that usually results in humor.
I had a mouse this year! I still don't know how it got in, which makes me nervous that there will be a repeat in the future. The trap was highly effective, though; the mouse was dead in less than an hour.
If we're going to talk about neighbors, though, I'm getting nervous because the people across the street have set up their Christmas decorations again. In past years this has included a loudspeaker blaring bad MIDI versions of Christmas songs, easily audible in my house. I haven't heard it yet but they only put them up Sunday. I really should've said something that one Christmas Eve they left it playing until 3 a.m.
@jqubed I'd most likely have walked over and fucking snipped the cord anytime right after 10:30PM. Problem solved. If they had noticed me, I'd have acted like I was out for a walk and feigned that something had fallen over in their display and I was helping to pick it up - and tell them the music had stopped which I figured was on a timer since it was very late anyway - and then tell them I hope I hadn't damaged anything.
Bet that shit wouldn't be on late again.
@jqubed Call your county commissioners. Or your local PD. There should be a noise ordinance. Find out what it is. Here it is 10p. 11 on weekends. At whatever time it is, if the noise pollution is still wailing, call PD. Repeatedly and every time. The crap will stop. They can get ticketed and noise pollution tickets can be pricey.... I'm a scrooge. I know.
@Pavlov Oh believe me, I thought about it. The thing is, I don't celebrate Christmas, so if I was caught vandalizing a Christmas display I would suspect it's at least even money that I'd become the poster child for the War on Christmas™ for at least a few weeks. Lost in the story would be the part about the neighbors flagrantly violating the noise ordinance and it'd be like the Starbucks cup, except with my face instead of a stylish paper cup.
@sarahsandroid There is a noise ordinance; anything that can be heard beyond the property's mailbox after 10 p.m. or something like that (I definitely looked it up at the time). I absolutely could've called the cops and they'd've been in violation, but it seemed like the police shouldn't be the first step with that situation; adults ought to be able to simply talk first in a civilized manner. But that would've meant getting dressed to go out in the cold and it was well past midnight and I was tired and already in a warm bed and "is seriously no one else on the street bothered by this? I can't be the only person this is keeping awake." Plus, (see above post to @Pavlov) I don't celebrate Christmas so I'm more inclined to not want to be a Scrooge or Grinch; just because I don't celebrate doesn't mean I'm trying to infringe on anyone else's rights and make others stop celebrating and I'm not part of any War on Christmas™. But seriously, 3 a.m.! Even if it wasn't awful MIDIs, I think at that time anything short of an actual chorus of angels singing of the birth of The Savior would've been annoying. Fortunately, I stood outside for a few minutes this evening and only heard the fans that keep the inflatable elements up, so maybe they finally got an FM transmitter or just stopped doing the music.
@jqubed If it wasn't for the sake of keeping up the whole myth thing for my son I wouldn't celebrate the Christmas either.
@Pavlov you're getting rather curmudgeonly lately. Do we need to send you 3 ghosts?
@Thumperchick
Are armadillos mammals? I don't know, but I do know they tear up a yard in a hurry by digging for bugs.
Kill da wabbit......kill da rabbit.
These little 4 legged mexican jumping cats eat more shit I grow, like trees, plants and stuff. Ima 'bout to go Elmer Fudd on their sorry asses.
And don't get me started on their sordid sex lives.
@irishbyblood Try cayenne pepper around all your plants and where they dig. Or cinnamon powder. Or whole pepper flakes. No cruel and unusual pain, just intense dislike of everything yours and they should go somewhere else. If you know when they are birthing or have babies. Remove their babies. They will not raise them after they have been touched my nasty humans.....
@sarahsandroid Thanks Sarah. All of your suggestions are good and legal and will keep me out of the clink.
I only voted rabbit because we have a pet rabbit. Shes not terrible when it comes to destruction, but our old one was the shredder of all things carpet and cords.
@patthetuck Ha! I came on here to say the same thing. Still, as far as pets go, the rabbit is probably my favorite.
@smyle oh yeah. We love her. Easy to care for and snuggly. What more could you need?
The cat. She's fluffy and cuddly and won't leave me alone until she gets what she wants. Yes I'm pussywhipped.
Woodchucks! (AKA Ground Hog) These little turds tear up my deck. I'm up to 9 shot and killed in 8 years. All of which made my deck their home. Whoever said they're territorial and won't go to another's home, lied.
Dang there is no all of the above button , or a ' the human ' button ! That's the one I need to check!
Does a kid count? nah... he doesn't.. well he does but he doesn't... How about a wife? ;) nah, she does more work than anything... myself! there we go... I'm the mammal pest of the house...
Mountain Lions :D
@pixelchef Do you have a gun? I would want to have a gun handy.
@jqubed Actually I do have a couple.
My neighbor.
He's a mammal.
Dolphins. The Miami kind and all the others.
@404Error squish the fish
Da bears...
Rats on stilts. They are not cute, they're friggin' assholes.
A bat lives in our attic, and apparently they're protected, so we can't hire anyone to get rid of them. It's bizarre.
I don't mind the bat that much, but the guano is another story.
@dave @MrsPavlov would make me sell the house.
Chipmunks that can dig tunnels under walkways and flowerbeds like the tunnels under Brooklyn
Squirrels with an appetite for destruction:
@Trillian Pellet gun with scope. Adjust pressure for sting and not to break the skin - they learn fast - problem (hopefully) solved. Funny thing with squirrels, they avoid dead of their own species (if urbanized) - some places sell "fake" dead squirrels which can help keep them away also. It is like they sense the danger . . . Or find an aggressive cat that you can get to hang around.
Fall flat squirrel season is in full swing here.
Woodpeckers. They peck on the wall of my house right outside my bedroom at first light.
@kainlane Technically not a mammal, but
@jqubed true, but horribly irritating.
I guess if I wanted to stick with mammals I'd pick mice. They are almost a given living in rural area surrounded by fields.
They are definitely squirrels. Those red-haired freaks got to me.
They are definitely squirrels. Those red-haired freaks got to me.
They are definitely squirrels. Those red-haired freaks got to me.
Squirrels you say?
@Ignorant They are definitely squirrels. Those red-haired freaks got to me.
@OnionSoup and you’re sure about this?