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Fence feud: McDowell County neighbors argue over wall of tires
WLOS ^ | July 26, 2018 | Stephanie Santostasi

Posted on 07/29/2018 5:25:12 PM PDT by EdnaMode

A war over a wall of tires. That's what's happening in one McDowell County neighborhood.

Jennifer Guyer and her parents have lived there for more than six years.

They love where they live, but lately, Guyer says, it's not as enjoyable as it once was.

"We were asked to put up a fence," she said. "Chain link fences are really expensive. We can't afford the expense of a chain link fence to go all the way down through there."

So, Guyer came up with an idea. She decided to create a tire fence. "It's not a dump yard. This is not trash. This is actually a work of art," she said.

Her neighbor Karen McKinney doesn't see it that way.

"I consider it a spite fence. They did it for a nuisance in the community, to make our area look ugly because we have to drive by, and they wanted us to have to look at it," McKinney said.

(Excerpt) Read more at wlos.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mcdowellcounty; northcarolina; tirewall; wall; walloftires
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To: mabarker1
"...But who am I to get in the middle of a good old fashioned Neighborhood War..."

Hahahahahahahahahaha! Who indeed!

61 posted on 07/29/2018 8:49:27 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: lastchance
For the most part people don’t ask neighbors to fence off their property unless there is a nuisance like a big pile of crap they are tired of looking at.

If you don't like lookin' at the neighbors, put up your own fence so you don't have to look at them...

62 posted on 07/29/2018 8:56:52 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Figment

If you pour a cup of vegetable oil in each one, the mosquito larvae will smother, as the oil covers any water that collects.


63 posted on 07/29/2018 8:59:50 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: rlmorel

Banks give mortgages to peeps without a survey?


64 posted on 07/29/2018 9:01:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: tinyowl

I never tire of a wheely good story, even if it’s a retread.


65 posted on 07/29/2018 9:03:03 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Iscool

Hegomonic neighbors don’t do that.

Even if they did, they’d still be awake all night knowing what was behind their expensive fence.


66 posted on 07/29/2018 9:03:36 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: rlmorel

I like that story too. Did your brother and the neighbor end up being friendly or was the neighbor one of those standoffish ones?


67 posted on 07/29/2018 9:06:27 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: EdnaMode

That’s not a fence; it’s a row of sloppily piled up tires.


68 posted on 07/29/2018 9:12:08 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Paladin2

No, that is all part of it, but given the nature of knowing the lay of the land for the past 60 years or so, it wasn’t really given much thought. (it was our grandfather’s house)

But the survey was indeed done and duly recorded!


69 posted on 07/29/2018 9:18:05 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Clay Moore

She can skip the disposal fee. Lake James is nearby...she can get rid of them there. Fish will love’em.


70 posted on 07/29/2018 9:19:05 PM PDT by moovova
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To: kelly4c

I think they were okay after that, but I think it has changed hands again since that time...and I believe my brother talked to the new people who moved in, just to make sure they understood!


71 posted on 07/29/2018 9:19:18 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Moonman62

Interesting...long running feud. Won’t be long before the muskets come out.


72 posted on 07/29/2018 9:20:36 PM PDT by moovova
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To: gundog

I guess it all depends on why they were asked to and we don’t know because the jooornolist apparently didn’t consider important. If it was because someones dogs or other animals were wandering out of their property it would be an appropriate request. As much as California sucks, sometimes I read the bullshit going on in other states and just shake my head, seems like every other state is jacked up one way or another too.


73 posted on 07/29/2018 9:36:31 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: rlmorel

To: rlmorel; Moonman62
Good one also...

When I was in asphalt business would go into neighborhoods where driveways would be between every couple of houses or so, mostly because ‘back in the day’ where the neighbors probably built the houses at same time and would pave they driveway.

All it would take is for one guy to move or die or something or the kids grow up not liking each other and now they are ‘sharing’ a driveway.

Could get pretty ‘tricky when it came to resurfacing or replacing...


74 posted on 07/29/2018 9:42:29 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If bacon kills you and smoking kills you, How come you smoke bacon to cure it?")
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Chain link fence is cheap. I’m going to be replacing my current fence with http://www.illusionsfence.com.

It’s NOT cheap. About $285 per panel installed.


75 posted on 07/29/2018 10:03:10 PM PDT by Snowybear
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To: WyCoKsRepublican
"I fell in to a burning ring of tire...."

"I went round, round, round, and the flames got higher...."

76 posted on 07/29/2018 11:02:09 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: Bommer; mabarker1

Sheriff gave the lady 30 days to remove the tires. Same lady says she will replace the “fence” with another form of “art”! Can’t wait ta see what happens next ! These southern gals can get quite, ummm, er, uhhhh, animated !


77 posted on 07/29/2018 11:16:05 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: rlmorel

My in-laws house faces a river. The lots are straight but the river takes a curve. The next door neighbor couldn’t understand that when he looked out his window toward the river, he was overlooking my in-laws land. My FIL caught him one day actually moving the property line markers. He finally paid for a survey and had the markers replaced. Then, just because he wanted to, he parked his old rusty boat trailer down in the far corner of his lot. When my FIL died, I scrapped the old trailer. I didn’t want the jerk neighbor hassling my widowed MIL.


78 posted on 07/30/2018 5:53:15 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Iscool

Well that is what I would do. If they were jerks I’d put the smooth side inwards.


79 posted on 07/30/2018 8:17:54 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: cyclotic

It has been my observation that people can be turds about this kind of thing...and we wonder why so much violence was committed over land disputes throughout history!


80 posted on 07/30/2018 3:43:35 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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