Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

DISCUSS!!!!!!

Re: Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

they probably wonder how 2 people could accumulate so much garbage. We constantly had big black garbage bags lining our curb, but it was because we were renovating our basement. DH literally gutted the basement and threw it out in the reg garbage (we never got a dumpster)

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my FH and his friend do P90X every night and they sometimes yell.. im sure the neighbors think we're nutso.

eta: with the windows OPEN.

Message edited 4/27/2010 7:20:08 PM.

Re: Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

We screech. All. the. time.

We're basically nuts.

Re: Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

Posted by Slightly-Taller

my FH and his friend do P90X every night and they sometimes yell.. im sure the neighbors think we're nutso.

eta: with the windows OPEN.

Re: Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

DH decided he loves photography & bought a professional camera. He makes me pose in multiple outfits all over the place. & our dog is forced to pose as well.

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We listen to country music really loud while doing anything outside...probably not strange as much as annoying

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I mixed drinks a few weeks ago and barfed in the driveway! I'm sure they thought that was "strange"

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My DH can stand in our driveway by our garage for hours fiddling with his fishing poles and gear.. yet has trouble finding time to mow the lawn on the day he's supposed to.

The tenant in our house is responsible for taking out their garbage can and recycle bin each week.. no matter how many times we tell him recycle only comes on Mondays, it is out on the curb every Monday AND Thursday, without fail... all the neighbors probably think we are morons.

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hmmm well last weekend we got a huge dumpster, gutted our entire second floor and had a few friends over to help gut and throw things into the dumpster.

Well we had some fun with the whole project and they were calling me the foreman and every 5 min begging me for a union break...im sure the neighbors were like how hard is she working her friends??? Then afterwards we stood around on the driveway and had a couple beers...we all got louder and louder as more beers came out...well one neighbor joined in and even brought over cookies while the others were closing their windows and turning up their TV's...my neighbors probably think we are a bunch of drunks (well except for the one who joined us)

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Holy Smokes.. we are the black sheep of the block.

Rob does everything without a shirt on the minute the temperature climbs over 65 degrees. He is constantly half naked.

The 85 year old woman next door whoo hooed him so hard last summer that she nearly fell out of her car.

When we have parties we have fairly large fires in the fire pit. We had a neighbor come over to make sure everything was okay once.. after he came in the back and had a few drinks everything was really OOOOOOKAAAAY!

We also often have people come over and do mini-jam sessions sometimes. My friend will bring his guitar and he'll play and sing - sometimes we'll get a duet or so going. We've gotten applause over the fence!

I use the barbecue all 4 seasons - even in the dead of winter you can see me on the deck firing up the 'que.

Rob actually created a shelf outside his workout room for his speakers so he can listen to music in the backyard when he's laying out.

We've camped in the backyard.

We make Robbie practice his recorder on the deck.

I like to sit outside on the table when it rains really hard.

My kids are lunatics - both of them have been seen outside half naked more than once. Last summer they took a shower on the deck in their bathing suits. I sprayed warm water from the 2nd story bathroom onto their heads and they soaped up. They've also used a skateboard down the slide, screamed their heads off at each other, played 'scare-a-thon' at night with their friends in the backyard and probably 3 dozen other things that have left folks scratching their heads wondering what the heck we are doing that has created such heathens.

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They wonder why a lawyer is always going into work on Saturdays and why 2 grown people cannot control a wiener dog.

What they do on Saturdays when I am at work:

Re: Spin-off: Anything you and/or DH do that your neighbors may find strange?

Posted by rojerono

Holy Smokes.. we are the black sheep of the block.

Rob does everything without a shirt on the minute the temperature climbs over 65 degrees. He is constantly half naked.

The 85 year old woman next door whoo hooed him so hard last summer that she nearly fell out of her car.

When we have parties we have fairly large fires in the fire pit. We had a neighbor come over to make sure everything was okay once.. after he came in the back and had a few drinks everything was really OOOOOOKAAAAY!

We also often have people come over and do mini-jam sessions sometimes. My friend will bring his guitar and he'll play and sing - sometimes we'll get a duet or so going. We've gotten applause over the fence!

I use the barbecue all 4 seasons - even in the dead of winter you can see me on the deck firing up the 'que.

Rob actually created a shelf outside his workout room for his speakers so he can listen to music in the backyard when he's laying out.

We've camped in the backyard.

We make Robbie practice his recorder on the deck.

I like to sit outside on the table when it rains really hard.

My kids are lunatics - both of them have been seen outside half naked more than once. Last summer they took a shower on the deck in their bathing suits. I sprayed warm water from the 2nd story bathroom onto their heads and they soaped up. They've also used a skateboard down the slide, screamed their heads off at each other, played 'scare-a-thon' at night with their friends in the backyard and probably 3 dozen other things that have left folks scratching their heads wondering what the heck we are doing that has created such heathens.

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i honestly have to say we are rather well behaved. People think we wouldn't be because of how we look but we very concerned in making a good impression. I am sure this will ware off after our first year in the house.

Only thing is Sundays are jam day in the basement DH plays drums so he plays them periodically and i have stood outside to verify its not that loud (and it really is not) and usually a few friends come over to play. We have a dumpster on average every month since moving in so people must think we have money to burn (but we have a deal and a very good one with the dumpster company) i just purchased a fire pit and new bbq and tent so we can start entertaining outside the only bad thing is we have no fence or a 3ft fence (all my neighbors fences) so i am sure that is when issues will arise. I think once we put up a six or eight footer really no one would even know we exist.

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We are obsessed with our 2 cats... Like always singing to them, about them, smother them etc.... Its a sickness... We actually have tried to stop and its nearly impossible LOL