My neighbour (who we constantly have bickering disputes with) has just
knocked on my door and asked when I'm going to do something with the
'eyesore' of a climbing rose on the wall next to her house (on our land,
up our wall, but potentially flopping towards her house, and dropping
petals onto our land which may blow onto her path)

Given I'd just been deadheading it yesterday, this didn't really please
me too much. I'm normally more placating, but this time I just told
her I like it and to **** off. I've pinned it up so it's not flopping
near her window any more, and you can walk under it without it bopping
on the head (over /our/ bit of path, which runs down the front of all
the houses).

Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!
:-(

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My neighbour (who we constantly have bickering disputes with) has just
knocked on my door and asked when I'm going to do something with the
'eyesore' of a climbing rose on the wall next to her house (on our land,
up our wall, but potentially flopping towards her house, and dropping
petals onto our land which may blow onto her path)

Given I'd just been deadheading it yesterday, this didn't really please
me too much. I'm normally more placating, but this time I just told
her I like it and to **** off. I've pinned it up so it's not flopping
near her window any more, and you can walk under it without it bopping
on the head (over /our/ bit of path, which runs down the front of all
the houses).

Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!
:-(


Right thing to say. They will probably not give you anymore rubbish now
that you have vented your spleen. Well done I say.

Baz

Baz wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

Right thing to say. They will probably not give you anymore rubbish now
that you have vented your spleen. Well done I say.

Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's been
one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the end of the
garden, they think the chickens bring in mice (they don't, they just chase
them out of our garden into hers! Heaven forbid she finds out about the
rats, though!), they got fruit flies in their kitchen last year or the
year before when it was really damp and there were flies everywhere and
we got the blame for that, Nick was once drilling at 9pm to put a tv up
(when we got home from work) and they complained about that, they have
moved the boundary fence back and forth and nearly killed one of our
favourite roses due to it, then when Nick put posts up to grow grapes
and hops on that boundary fence with wires, they complained about that
(even though it was built to stop their child bouncing on his trampoline
and shouting into our garden) ...

And in the meantime, people (not us, afaik) complain at them about them
letting their dogs roam about on the common grass in front of the house
and crap everywhere ...

On 17 Jul 2012 13:56:25 GMT, wrote:

Baz wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

Right thing to say. They will probably not give you anymore rubbish now
that you have vented your spleen. Well done I say.

Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's been
one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the end of the
garden, they think the chickens bring in mice (they don't, they just chase
them out of our garden into hers! Heaven forbid she finds out about the
rats, though!), they got fruit flies in their kitchen last year or the
year before when it was really damp and there were flies everywhere and
we got the blame for that, Nick was once drilling at 9pm to put a tv up
(when we got home from work) and they complained about that, they have
moved the boundary fence back and forth and nearly killed one of our
favourite roses due to it, then when Nick put posts up to grow grapes
and hops on that boundary fence with wires, they complained about that
(even though it was built to stop their child bouncing on his trampoline
and shouting into our garden) ...

And in the meantime, people (not us, afaik) complain at them about them
letting their dogs roam about on the common grass in front of the house
and crap everywhere ...

Vicky, I can see the beginnings of a new "Soap" here! You could write
a script and add new happenings each week. What a dreadful neighbour
to have. I do sympathise. With that sort of person you just can't
win.

Pam in Bristol

Sacha wrote in :

On 2012-07-17 15:52:18 +0100, Pam Moore
said:

On 17 Jul 2012 13:56:25 GMT, wrote:

Baz wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

Right thing to say. They will probably not give you anymore rubbish
now that you have vented your spleen. Well done I say.

Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's
been one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the
end of the garden, they think the chickens bring in mice (they
don't, they just chase them out of our garden into hers! Heaven
forbid she finds out about the rats, though!), they got fruit flies
in their kitchen last year or the year before when it was really
damp and there were flies everywhere and we got the blame for that,
Nick was once drilling at 9pm to put a tv up (when we got home from
work) and they complained about that, they have moved the boundary
fence back and forth and nearly killed one of our favourite roses
due to it, then when Nick put posts up to grow grapes and hops on
that boundary fence with wires, they complained about that (even
though it was built to stop their child bouncing on his trampoline
and shouting into our garden) ...

And in the meantime, people (not us, afaik) complain at them about
them letting their dogs roam about on the common grass in front of
the house and crap everywhere ...

Vicky, I can see the beginnings of a new "Soap" here! You could write
a script and add new happenings each week. What a dreadful
neighbour to have. I do sympathise. With that sort of person you
just can't win.

Pam in Bristol

It might be a thought to write down every single whine and whinge of
theirs and present it to them after 6 months. Of course, they could
retaliate by writing down every imagined transgression of Vicky's!

If they can write! Or read for that matter.

Baz

wrote:

Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's been
one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the end of the
garden, they think the chickens bring in mice

Her name isn't "Hyacinth," is it?


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Gary Woods wrote:
Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's been
one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the end of the
garden, they think the chickens bring in mice
Her name isn't "Hyacinth," is it?

Nope, I think it's MentalBatshitCrazyWomanNextDoor.
(Actually, I say that, I think most of the time it's her husband who
complains, then she passes it on)

On 17 Jul 2012 13:56:25 GMT, wrote:



And in the meantime, people (not us, afaik) complain at them about them
letting their dogs roam about on the common grass in front of the house
and crap everywhere ...


Report them to the dog warden for that. It's a disgusting thing. A
neighbour's grandson is blind because of dog mess.
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

Sacha wrote in :

Some people were born to live up a muddy track in total isolation.
These sound just such a family!

I understand who you mean!

Baz

Sacha wrote:
Some people were born to live up a muddy track in total isolation.
These sound just such a family!

Actually, I think they think /we/ are such a family!

On 17/07/2012 15:30, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-07-17 14:56:25 +0100, said:

Baz wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

Right thing to say. They will probably not give you anymore rubbish now
that you have vented your spleen. Well done I say.

Oh, she will. It's normally her husband rather than her, but it's been
one thing after another - they didn't like the compost at the end of the
garden, they think the chickens bring in mice (they don't, they just
chase
them out of our garden into hers! Heaven forbid she finds out about the
rats, though!), they got fruit flies in their kitchen last year or the
year before when it was really damp and there were flies everywhere and
we got the blame for that, Nick was once drilling at 9pm to put a tv up
(when we got home from work) and they complained about that, they have
moved the boundary fence back and forth and nearly killed one of our
favourite roses due to it, then when Nick put posts up to grow grapes
and hops on that boundary fence with wires, they complained about that
(even though it was built to stop their child bouncing on his trampoline
and shouting into our garden) ...

And in the meantime, people (not us, afaik) complain at them about them
letting their dogs roam about on the common grass in front of the house
and crap everywhere ...

Some people were born to live up a muddy track in total isolation. These
sound just such a family!


As one who lives at the end of a muddy track I must say your neighbours
have my deepest sympathy.
Fancy having to live next door to a person who grows plants up her house
wall and doesn't have the decency to put nets over the flowers to stop
then falling on other peoples property, and as for having other plants
that attract creepy crawly things that come onto our property, Outrageous!
Growing grapes is a true sign of someone who must be addicted to
drinking and just can't afford to have good wine delivered by the case,
the same goes for the hops which are probably used to make her own beer.
I won't mention the rodents attracted by the fowls kept in her garden,
Absolutely revolting, they are probably where their darling dog got it's
flees from.

In article ,
says...

Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!
:-(

I knew someone who cut off every single flower bud (hundreds) on a huge
old healthy shrub rose, just before they started to open. She told me such
a magnificent flowering would "exhaust its strength and kill it".


Janet

Janet wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

I knew someone who cut off every single flower bud (hundreds) on a huge
old healthy shrub rose, just before they started to open. She told me such
a magnificent flowering would "exhaust its strength and kill it".

Their own, or someone else's? Why on earth wouldn't they just cut it
down at the stem then dig it out if they wanted to kill it?
(Anyhow, surely that wouldn't work - the flowers take energy, so if you
are trying to kill it it'd be better to make it flower /more/ not less!
The leaves woudl be the things to target!)

People are bloody annoying. :-(

On 17/07/2012 14:57, wrote:
Janet wrote:
Since when has a rose full of flowers ever been "an eyesore"?!

I knew someone who cut off every single flower bud (hundreds) on a huge
old healthy shrub rose, just before they started to open. She told me such
a magnificent flowering would "exhaust its strength and kill it".

Their own, or someone else's? Why on earth wouldn't they just cut it
down at the stem then dig it out if they wanted to kill it?
(Anyhow, surely that wouldn't work - the flowers take energy, so if you
are trying to kill it it'd be better to make it flower /more/ not less!
The leaves woudl be the things to target!)

People are bloody annoying. :-(

Try treading the post in full
"cut off every single flower bud (hundreds) on a huge old healthy shrub
rose, just before they started to open.
She told me such a magnificent flowering would "exhaust its strength and
kill it".
She was trying to save it from killing its self

David Hill wrote:
Try treading the post in full

I did, but you're right, I mis-understood the quoted bit

"cut off every single flower bud (hundreds) on a huge old healthy shrub
rose, just before they started to open.
She told me such a magnificent flowering would "exhaust its strength and
kill it".
She was trying to save it from killing its self

Which kind of agrees with what I said. :-) But that's ok, cos Janet
already thinks I'm bonkers.