Posted on 08/14/2015 2:59:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
A front yard sign calling a neighbor a "douchebag" may not be the best way to change the neighbor's behavior.
But for one frustrated Farmers Branch family, it's at least getting a lot of attention.
James and Lisa Price -- who have a sign in their yard that says "'House for sale by owner because my neighbor's a douchebag" -- have appeared on Dallas TV and now say they're getting calls from New York news outlets.
The sign went up Aug. 7, after months of tension between the Prices and their nextdoor neighbors culminated in the Prices getting a $121 ticket from the city over their dogs, James Price said Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...
We moved from our house in Ventura county partly because our white trash neighbors were impossible to live next to with the constant partying, etc.
Eventual buyers (biomedical professional couple) asked if neighbors were quiet. My wife told a white lie that they were, mostly.....
Poor people only lasted a couple years before they sold at a loss. I hope they were not too honest about the trash living nest door.
Not a sales school method.
No kidding. I stopped attempting “rational discussions” with my neighbors back in the 50’s when my valve stems were yanked from my car sitting in the carport after attempting to get my neighbors dog to stop yapping.
Neighbors reply:
“That’s odd, you’re wife and I get along just fine.”
Stupid Yahoo News posted this article with a photo. But the “douchebag” lettering on the sign was illegible, and never once in the article did that use the word. So very politically correct, Yahoo News. So stupid.
I actually signed on to FR just now to find out what “the word” is. Not even a swearword. Oh my.
The neighbor is a democrat?
Wow! May I ask how old you are? Your (one line) profile says you are an Octogenarian.. Isn’t that 100+? Way cool!
Octogenarian a person who is from 80 to 89 years young.
Somehow that doesn’t seem like a desirable feature, does it?
Anti-freeze hot dogs do the trick when ALL ELSE fails.
Their house is not for sale. They are just trying to make a point about a neighbor who appears to be an idiot. I, too, have one one of those. He doesn’t have barking dogs but he has not trimmed a tree or bush in his front or back yard or mowed the back yard in eight years. He is an HB-1 from Russia and his wife has an HB-1 from China. Have to admire their guts for putting the sign up. Freedom of speech is alive and well in Texas!!!!!!
Wow! That was 60 odd years ago. Are they still your neighbors? Are they even still alive?
the retired couple are renters. they are harassing the neighbor who is an owner. in my book, owners > renters. let the old curmudgeon renters move somewhere else.
Who are they to dictate when people can let their dogs out? 9 is bull hockey. Use ear plugs. Even cities with lawn service rules allow them to crank up mowers, leaf blowers and chainsaws at 8. My dogs are begging to go out to do their business at the crack of dawn. Is the douchebag going to come clean my carpet when I can't let them outside? My dogs bark in the middle of the night if there's something out there. My neighbors' dogs bark. No one says a thing because the entire neighborhood's dogs bark at all hours and there's no better security system.
And let me tell you, their cameras wouldn't be pointed at my house for very long. They'd soon have a spot light or three pointed directly at their bedroom window. You can bet I'd be mowing every morning bright and early along their fence and having breakfast bbq with a big fan blowing smoke their direction. It might be time to learn furniture making and buy a few more electrical saws and tools that made noise. Hey, a new deck is in order and the house might need some carpentry repairs for the "sale". Carpenters start here between 7:30 and 8 and block neighbors' driveways. They also have noisy trucks with back up warnings that go "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! Of course, being neighborly, I'd call the douchebag neighbors about 6:30 to give them a heads up on the construction. Hmm, I've always wanted to learn to play the drums or the trumpet... or both! Wonder what time the retirees take their afternoon naps?
And that's just a start. If they complain, the wife might start to question all the mail addressed to her husband on AIDS and mail order brides. Would $50 cover 3 minutes for a floozie to ring their bell and seductively (nothing illegal) ask for the hubby? Or better yet, an outrageously flaming guy in short shorts, heels and a pink feather boa. It won't be long until they'll be begging to get out of their rental lease.
“A front yard sign calling a neighbor a “douchebag” may not be the best way to change the neighbor’s behavior.”
Maybe not, but it’s about the worst way I can imagine to try and sell your house!
OH! Didn’t know that! Thanks for the clarification. Probably could have googled it, but didn’t think to. Still! I love that we have FReepers like this! So much can be learned from our elders, if we’d just LISTEN! Hubby and I played a gig last month for a retirement community in Tacoma. The ONLY resident that got up and danced was a 95 year old man who’d fought in WWII. Hubby talked to him for quite a while afterwards. He loves the old folks. So much to learn, so many stories to be told.
God Bless you and hubbie! You must bring them joy!
You’re right, I didn’t read the article.
They neighbors have no say on how the dog owners control their dog.
I also don’t know what current regulations are in place about dogs barking.
Colorado Springs CO had, and maybe still has, rules. Barking dogs are forbidden.
When we moved there, I was just off the farm, so when one of the neighbors let his dog bark for hours, I just went over to talk to him about it. As anyone with any experience knows, that was a mistake. Town people are very different than the farm people I’d known until then.
After that, I simply called animal control and signed complaints.
I’ve found that owners of dogs that bark are some of the most self-centered, mean-spirited, up-yours, people I’ve met.
We moved a few times, and I always enjoyed signing those complaint forms
Amen!
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