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Neighbor Vent
Our next door neighbors are odd. They hardly ever talk to us but wave hi and what not. Last year after I made a comment that it was nice that his son was able to help him do something to the house he said " Well I basically paid for his life so he should help me" and a few other odd things have been said.
Today I get home for lunch. I walk down and get the mail and wave as he pulls in the driveway. He stops me and says " Afton," and I say "Hi M," and then he starts about having us have our tree trimmed that is in our side yard because it dumped leaves on his truck and caused the check engine light to come on. The tree does not hang into their yard, it was from the wind. I have no problem having the tree trimmed, its just the way he never says anything ( he's said hi to me three times in the last week, he could have asked then) . And the tree was here long before we were so it would have been nice to know if he had a problem with the poor helpless tree before.
Sorry for the vent. Thanks for reading. Here is a nice juicy orange.
Re: Neighbor Vent
What blueshirt said. I'm pretty sure that if leaves, of all things, made his check engine light come on, it's the car that needs fixing -- not the tree.
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His truck must be a very sensitive machine of blown leaves cause the check engine light to come on. What do your local laws say about stuff like this? Does the guy have a garage? If he does, I'd suggest he park his truck in his garage. You don't control the wind.
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If your tree was actually hanging over the property line onto his property I can see wanting it trimmed. Otherwise how you landscape your yard and whether your tree needs a trimming should be up to you. Besides, what type of tree is it that is losing that many leaves in February?
His comment about the son reminds me of one of the episodes of Arrested Development where the grandma said that her granddaughter "spent her inheritance getting there". But that's a TV show for which the premise is that people have messed up about family and social interactions.
You orange picture looks yummy and I don't even eat oranges.