Neighbours?

westcoast66

Anyone have any neighbours who are complete pricks?! Stories? There is one lad near us who wouldn't give us a bucket of water when a ewe dropped a lamb early on an outfarm. Mumbled something about not allowing us entry to his garden.

patjack

westcoast66 wrote: »

Anyone have any neighbours who are complete pricks?! Stories? There is one lad near us who wouldn't give us a bucket of water when a ewe dropped a lamb early on an outfarm. Mumbled something about not allowing us entry to his garden.

There out there all right, if they ever ask for something from yourself, just say "no problem whatsoever", it will confuse them, no point coming down to their level.

Also, we don't know what state of mind individuals are in, and whether their irrational behaviour can be attributed to other problems, so try not not get too fussed about them, and I have seen in time some to come around.

bbam

We had a crowd of bachelor alcoholic brothers next to us.. They would take our bull out to their cows when they had a cow bulling and then leave him there..

Got a call one day from them to come and take the bull back... apparently the bull with ring and chain in, had cut four strands of barbed wire, cleanly with snips to let himself in :rolleyes:

Two of the three have since died and the last lad seems to be fairly straight..

reilig

Everyone has them.

We bought land in the 80's and historical rights gave our neighbours 1 cut of hay off 1 rood of land in a field that we bought. When the neighbours found out that we bought it, they approached us to sign over the rood of land to them. ie. sign over half an acre of land that we bought. We recognised their right to take the 1 cut but refused to sign anything - why would we. The woman of the house told us that she would put a curse on us for stealing her land. The man took his 1 cut - he even went in with a scythe and cut the sides of the ditches to get as much from it as possible - leaves, briars and all!! We were only kids and we had land on the same laneway as them. They used to beat us with sticks if we went in there on our own to look at cattle. They called the guards on us several times - saying that we broke down their fences and allowed their cattle to thieve - they had no fences in the first place and they starved their cattle. Guards got to the stage where they gave them a warning about time wasting.

My father decided that to ignore this couple would be best. We got on with our own business and built a successful farm - which really pissed them off. When we met them we just turned around. The curse didn't work. Both of them got sick in their old age and could have done with help from their neighbours. They had no children and their niece and nephew had been badly treated by them - so they didn't come around. Both ended up in a home at a time in their life when they could have stayed at home with a little help from family and friends. Both died shortly after and their niece planted their land.

I need my neighbours. They need me. We all help each other out. We have swapped land, we share machines, we are good friends, we are there for each other and we sort out any issues that arise. If neighbours wren't civil with me then I would just ignore them. one of the worst things you can do to a person is to ignore them - especially when you meet them on a very regular basis!

Greengrass1

Neighbours here are a bit odd. One day they would be all friendly and next they would walk straight past ye without saying hello.
Neighbour has 15ac that used to be long to this farm above our yard. 5 yrs ago he bought a brand new 2k gallon tanker and only had a 2wf ts110 to pull it.
He cut maize off the field in October and spread sluury on it. It was a real wet time and he got stuck in the gap so he let off half the tanker to get up the field.
Slurry washed down our house entrance and came into the house.
We had got on very well up to this stage. Would nearly talk once a week and borrow each other's machines.

Father rang him asking him to sort it out. Said he could do nothing about it.
Father told him he would have to sort it out or he will have to ring the council.
Fcuker slammed down the phone and has barely said hello since

Reggie.

We have good neighbours here, share machines, I help when I help to stack bales and the like and they move my cattle to marts and such so it's a win win

on the river

Ask a neighbour to stack bales but never came . Then when i got it done he said he would have done it. I helped this neighbour out any way i could but he has yet to help me when i most. needed it.

goes to show some neighbours are DICKS

Conmaicne Mara

They are in every parish. Some lads here will do things from driving sheep into lakes or the sea to stealing them. I was losing a lot of lambs one year and next door saw the fox crossing into my place every morning around 7, not a peep out of them until the fox didn't arrive one day. Then "Oh you shot our fox".

They got an appropriate reply that I still get satisfaction from

Other lads will steal anything not concreted in - forget nailed down they'll bring a nail bar. Couple of lads who'll tell tales too trying to get neighbours fall out.

Mind you, what goes around, comes around

biddy2013

most of them are fine. 1 prick. have just finished putting up a fence along his boundary to keep his dogs from chasing my cattle...

Conmaicne Mara

biddy2013 wrote: »

most of them are fine. 1 prick. have just finished putting up a fence along his boundary to keep his dogs from chasing my cattle...

Methinks you need visit the gun thread Biddy

biddy2013

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Methinks you need visit the gun thread Biddy

his dog was shot, he got another one

Conmaicne Mara

biddy2013 wrote: »

his dog was shot, he got another one

Boxes of cartridges come in 25 :cool:

Base price

Everyone around here is great except for one totally obnoxious wanker.
When my Uncles coffin was been put in the hearse he drove by the house at speed with a slurry tanker and people waiting on the road had to jump onto the ditch out of his way
We are on a small enough road and if you meet him he never pulls over into a gateway, always expects you to do so. A few years ago I had enough of him and in a fit of road rage I jumped off the tractor (had a load of turf on) with a lump hammer, walked up to his jeep and told him I would bury the hammer through the windscreen into his head if he didn't back up into the gateway a few yards back. The look of shock on his face still makes me smile.
To this day he gives away to me
Rest of the neighbours are great and we all help one another out.

Reggie.

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Boxes of cartridges come in 25 :cool:

I like your style

foxy farmer

Dogs can cause a pile of trouble alright. One neighbour of mine whose husband is well ranked in the gardài walks her prize terriers 2or 3 times a day on the public road unleashed I might add. If any dog comes out of a property to her the owner will have a visit from the local seargent within 24 hours. The seargent just says he has better things to do but must act on a superiors orders. 2 of my neighbours have dealt with this and she will turn her back to me on the road because im friendly with them. Needless to say shes not very popular. Her father was a notorious chancer.

Nekarsulm

biddy2013 wrote: »

his dog was shot, he got another one

Not a problem, now that you have got your "aim in" on the first one........:D...

Gillespy

Like the old saying goes, shooting dogs makes good neighbours? Good call to put up the fence. It's one thing that isn't a problem here, we all have good fences and gates, no real issues as a result.

td5man

We've good neighbours round here would mind your business for you.

bikes

I have great neighbours here,we help each other out. I can go off for a weekend and there is always someone to look after the place. I do the same for them,they are more friends than neighbours. There is one bad egg locally,but he is hated by all , which helps. I think the department are closing him down after years of problems.

Base price

Over the years from time to time the neighbours come together to help another farmer out be it due to illness etc. We call them a meithal (spelling probably wrong). The word goes out within the community and people come from miles around to help out. When you see events like this it hammers home how important and caring our neighbours are.

biddy2013

Gillespy wrote: »

Like the old saying goes, shooting dogs makes good neighbours? Good call to put up the fence. It's one thing that isn't a problem here, we all have good fences and gates, no real issues as a result.

sheep wire and 2 strands of barbed wire the main reason i did it was for peace of mind... you should have seen your man out inspecting the fence yesterday evening:D

Reggie.

biddy2013 wrote: »

sheep wire and 2 strands of barbed wire the main reason i did it was for peace of mind... you should have seen your man out inspecting the fence yesterday evening:D

Stretch here that needs doing.....how ya fixed

Lano Lynn

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

They are in every parish. Some lads here will do things from driving sheep into lakes or the sea to stealing them. I was losing a lot of lambs one year and next door saw the fox crossing into my place every morning around 7, not a peep out of them until the fox didn't arrive one day. Then "Oh you shot our fox".

They got an appropriate reply that I still get satisfaction from

Other lads will steal anything not concreted in - forget nailed down they'll bring a nail bar. Couple of lads who'll tell tales too trying to get neighbours fall out.

Mind you, what goes around, comes around

do you not have pro rata ownership of local vermin linked to commonage share?;)

Conmaicne Mara

Lano Lynn wrote: »

do you not have pro rata ownership of local vermin linked to commonage share?;)

Hah, what is the saying something like victory has many fathers, defeat is an orphan. The latter applies to responsibilities!

TITANIUM.

We've three real pricks of neighbours here all boundsing us on one side. There more odd balls really. Hated by all around them. Unusual to get 3 in a row. My auld fella calls it the gaza strip.

charleysurf

hit and miss around me. most are fine but have a few really rotten ones. have a retired lady who would be environmentally conscience and when an adjoining block of land to me came up for sale last year, she organised an meeting with other neighbours in order to pool their monies and bid for the land in order to keep it away from me. she wasn't pleased when i knocked all the ditches on my own farm. never bid on the farm as it i wasn't interested but heard of the meeting months later

123lookatme

Im new to the boards but I wanted to get your opinion on an issue I am having with a neighbour. I moved to Laois 8 years ago. We live in a quiet neighbourhood and the area is nice. A lot of us moved in at the same time which helps.

A couple moved in next door. Initially I tried talking to both. The wife came across as ignorant. Like getting blood from a stone but the husband was talkative. Until I realised how much of a moaner he was. And sarcastic, often making jokes at my expense in front of fellow neighbours. He always had this smirk on his face when you talked to him, almost as if he was mentally slagging you off as you were talking.

After nearly 5 years I had enough. So I stopped talking and making the effort. After a couple of efforts to talk to me came to nothing he got the hint. Now after nearly 3 years we still havent spoken. Plus him and his wife really made the effort with their other neighbours beside them. They made little effort with us.

I cant stand the guy and realised that after 3 years Ive still nothing to say to him.

Im wondering did I do the right thing. He has little respect for me or my wife and thats the biggest issue.

Cheers

_Brian

I think the biggest mistake was giving this guy the benifet for a whole FIVE years. My god your a patient man.
Shallow people aren't worth the bother.

Your far better with no neighbours than bad neighbours.

Nekarsulm

Traditional response to this kind of "neighbour" is to plant Leylandaii

Muckit

There's always going to be people you don't get on with and never probably will. It doesn't make either of you a bad person. Don't beat yourself up over it.

life's too short to be holding grudges or resentment. That doesn't mean you have to get everyone to like you. Nether should you frame your self worth around what other people think of you.

As someone else has stated at the beginning of this tread, a lot of the time people who are curt or rude to us have other things going on that we know little about and are misplacing their anger at us. Yes that doesn't mean they have an automatic right to do it, but that's what happens.

coconnellz

We had one neighbour from hell that would open gates and let out stock on the road. Then get drunk and come up to house start shouting abuse at us. he burn down his own house on purpose for insurance money/building sites and because he wanted another free house in the town because the ambulance stopped being a personal taxi for him!

have2flushtwice

have some who wouldn't look at ya, we don't look back either and everythings grand!! its no hassle.

I said

Biggest mistake was moving to Laois in the first place lol

Chemical Byrne

Mad lad living on my road inherited the farm and then let it go to rack and ruin. I'm told in years gone by there were cattle with huge horns and skeletonised remains in fields apparently. Then he let it out to the same lad who we've let our place to, thankfully, it's a fine farm. In later years he would be driving along the local roads and seemed to make a point of refusing the salute or even acknowledge anyone. He could go along in front of you at 1mph and if you beeped him he would then tear off at full feckin speed! he would never pull in to let you pass, always made you reverse. Obnoxious prick if ever there was one. When passing the house you woudn't even know there was a house there - the whole front of it was literally totally enveloped in bushes and briars. Still is to this day!
One day another neighbour had enough of his shyt when he wouldn't let him pass and got out of the car, went over and fúcked him out of it. The mad lad threatened him and locked himself in the car and refused to budge. Gaurds had to come out, break the glass and pull this loon out through the door window of the car. I believe he is living in some type of sheltered accommodation in a local town nowadays. Clearly, he was/is mentally ill. Still mighty prickish behaviour regardless though.

mf240

Bit of a first world problem really.

Why dont you just talk about the weather and then bicth about him behind his back like a normal person:D

fastrac

I have great neighbours .

http://ie.geoview.info/saint_senans_cemetery,1424056934n

123lookatme

The annoying thing is he swans around like hes best friends with everyone. Occasionally he holds garden parties but we dont get invited. His other immediate neighbours are always invited in, not to mention neighbours across the road.

The wife is a strange one, she will talk to most people but to either me or my wife we get little. She stands around talking for hours to her other neighbours and we barely get a look in.

Its like both are trying to come across as great people but to me they are as two faced as they come. I just avoid them when I go out, even if they are in the garden I just blank them. Cant be bothered. I tried guys, I really did but got nowhere.

Bullocks

123lookatme wrote: »

The annoying thing is he swans around like hes best friends with everyone. Occasionally he holds garden parties but we dont get invited. His other immediate neighbours are always invited in, not to mention neighbours across the road.

The wife is a strange one, she will talk to most people but to either me or my wife we get little. She stands around talking for hours to her other neighbours and we barely get a look in.

Its like both are trying to come across as great people but to me they are as two faced as they come. I just avoid them when I go out, even if they are in the garden I just blank them. Cant be bothered. I tried guys, I really did but got nowhere.

Sure why would ye get invited or even want to go to his garden parties if yer not talking ?
Don't worry about it , there are plenty more people in the world to talk to

123lookatme

Bullocks wrote: »

Sure why would ye get invited or even want to go to his garden parties if yer not talking ?
Don't worry about it , there are plenty more people in the world to talk to

Its just how false he goes on. I wouldnt have gone in anyway. To see him being mr big shot with his gazebo. Looked crap anyway.

About 5 years ago my wife crocheted a bunny for their first child. They had a second recently but we dont even know whether it was a boy or a girl? I had to ask another neighbour what they had. It looked strange not knowing what my next door neighbour had.

Thats how bad its gone. For no real reason other then I got sick of his moaning and his sarcastic comments to other neighbours about me so I just stopped talking. No respect.

Bullocks

123lookatme wrote: »

Its just how false he goes on. I wouldnt have gone in anyway. To see him being mr big shot with his gazebo. Looked crap anyway.

About 5 years ago my wife crocheted a bunny for their first child. They had a second recently but we dont even know whether it was a boy or a girl? I had to ask another neighbour what they had. It looked strange not knowing what my next door neighbour had.

Thats how bad its gone. For no real reason other then I got sick of his moaning and his sarcastic comments to other neighbours about me so I just stopped talking. No respect.

You should get a bigger gazebo, that looks better .
Feck themselves and their baby , so long as you don't have to feed and clothe it don't let it bother ya

frazzledhome

123lookatme wrote: »

The annoying thing is he swans around like hes best friends with everyone. Occasionally he holds garden parties but we dont get invited. His other immediate neighbours are always invited in, not to mention neighbours across the road.

The wife is a strange one, she will talk to most people but to either me or my wife we get little. She stands around talking for hours to her other neighbours and we barely get a look in.

Its like both are trying to come across as great people but to me they are as two faced as they come. I just avoid them when I go out, even if they are in the garden I just blank them. Cant be bothered. I tried guys, I really did but got nowhere.

Where you live sounds like my idea of hell. Neighbours gossiping over the walls. I went in holiday last year and neighbours kids were the same age as ours so in and out all day.

That was grand till the mom and pop were at it as well. Drive me mad so much that'd in the evening when all swimming etc was over I used go to the pub and the phucker followed me.

I noticed he wasn't a drinker after about an hour so horsed it into him, sickened him so much he left me be

123lookatme

frazzledhome wrote: »

Where you live sounds like my idea of hell. Neighbours gossiping over the walls. I went in holiday last year and neighbours kids were the same age as ours so in and out all day.

That was grand till the mom and pop were at it as well. Drive me mad so much that'd in the evening when all swimming etc was over I used go to the pub and the phucker followed me.

I noticed he wasn't a drinker after about an hour so horsed it into him, sickened him so much he left me be

Nice. No personal space by the sound of it. I would never go away with neighbours, not in a million years. Id rather i never went anywhere then that.

Mr big shot (Ill call him that) is one of these saps that slagged of my front garden (I just keep it tidy) but his back garden is a mess. Plus he had something built on the side that does not suit the house. Its an eye sore. No taste.

Id never say that to his face but if the roles were reversed he say something snarky all the while with that stupid grin on his face,

AP2014

123lookatme wrote: »

Its just how false he goes on. I wouldnt have gone in anyway. To see him being mr big shot with his gazebo. Looked crap anyway.

About 5 years ago my wife crocheted a bunny for their first child. They had a second recently but we dont even know whether it was a boy or a girl? I had to ask another neighbour what they had. It looked strange not knowing what my next door neighbour had.

Thats how bad its gone. For no real reason other then I got sick of his moaning and his sarcastic comments to other neighbours about me so I just stopped talking. No respect.

Would ya not invite himself and the wife over for a few beers. I reckon the wife could be gamey and is probably getting no action. Drop the hand on her after she has had a few glasses of wine.

123lookatme

AP2014 wrote: »

Would ya not invite himself and the wife over for a few beers. I reckon the wife could be gamey and is probably getting no action. Drop the hand on her after she has had a few glasses of wine.

Dont know whether to laugh or throw up lol.

Prolly laugh.

Wouldnt waste my good beer on them. I remember a few months before I called it a day with him we got a very last minute invite into a barbeque. It was well over by the time we went in and both were well oiled. I was asked what disd i want to drink, I said cidar but they said they had none. So they gave me cheap beer and at about 12 midnight he tells me laughing that he did have cidar.

I can tell you the other neighbours did get what they wanted. I realised when I was there how angry he got when drunk and his complaining went through the roof. He started slagging me in front of everyone I told him to shut up.

Hes as paranoid as f~~~~. Thinks the economy is out to get him and only him. The moaning was incredible, angry about things that happened years ago.

In all the time I talked to him he never once told me he liked music (he had decks in his house) I am a big fan too but as he was so much time wasted moaning that everyone was against him he never told me. I tried getting a conversation out of him about it but he didnt want to know.

Two months later I stopped trying.

Going on 3 years now

AP2014

123lookatme wrote: »

Dont know whether to laugh or throw up lol.

Prolly laugh.

Wouldnt waste my good beer on them. I remember a few months before I called it a day with him we got a very last minute invite into a barbeque. It was well over by the time we went in and both were well oiled. I was asked what disd i want to drink, I said cidar but they said they had none. So they gave me cheap beer and at about 12 midnight he tells me laughing that he did have cidar.

I can tell you the other neighbours did get what they wanted. I realised when I was there how angry he got when drunk and his complaining went through the roof. He started slagging me in front of everyone I told him to shut up.

Hes as paranoid as f~~~~. Thinks the economy is out to get him and only him. The moaning was incredible, angry about things that happened years ago.

In all the time I talked to him he never once told me he liked music (he had decks in his house) I am a big fan too but as he was so much time wasted moaning that everyone was against him he never told me. I tried getting a conversation out of him about it but he didnt want to know.

Two months later I stopped trying.

Going on 3 years now

Ah jaysus ya definitely need to get them over. Will be some paranoia and anger out of him if ya get some results with that hand drop If she is a 10 pinter just get a slab of beer and after can no. 10 it will be just her cans you will be focused on.

123lookatme

AP2014 wrote: »

Ah jaysus ya definitely need to get them over. Will be some paranoia and anger out of him if ya get some results with that hand drop If she is a 10 pinter just get a slab of beer and after can no. 10 it will be just her cans you will be focused on.

Man if you saw her you wouldnt be saying that lol.

Weve all been effected directly or indirectly by the recession but he carried on like it was only him that was. Never had anything positive to say one way or the other.

I wondered how he has any friends. I really dont. You would need to be hammered to tolerate him. I remember the peace i had when i went weeks then months not listening to him. I have good relations with my other neighbours which is great.

I stopped dropping cards in at christmas. In 2012 I stopped, they dropped one in but it was clearly written by her but we never got any in 13 or 14. No point. Christmas is one of the most hypocritical times of the year. I dont see the point of posting cards to people i dont talk to from one end of the year to the other. I do with the others as I get on with them.

Muckit

He probably thinks you're tight not bringing your own drink!! You want to smother him with kindness then call it a day if that doesn't work. There must be something alright about them when you are mad to be in with them after 5years!!

123lookatme

With immediate neighbours you give it every chance to work. The last thing I wanted to do was fall out with anyone. So I gave them every chance. But I think the barbeque finished me with them, especially him.

We brought a bottle of McGuigans white wine in with us. We would never go one arm longer then the other lol so we made the effort. I always try.

A week after the barbeque that wasnt a mate came to visit me. I was talking to one other neighbour and my friend spoke to Mr big shot. Afterwards my mate tells me he was slagging me off. I told him that doesnt surprise me.

It was the end of it.

Im just glad to be able to have a place to vent. Thanks all for putting up with me lol

frazzledhome

The way I see this is either you're a dick or he is. We presume the latter and that poor guy is lacking self confidence and uses you as a punch bag to let off steam and be the big man.

You need to let it go carry on as before with your neighbours because if you can see him for what he is so can they.

Move in my friend he's jealous of you or you could be the dick on the street:)

123lookatme

Ah yeah I just wanted the opportunity to get your opinions.

I appreciate your responses

Sam Kade

This dick thing seems new on here God bless America :mad: