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| JoeSpareBedroom 2006-05-30, 1:21 pm |
| The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I first
moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he called
"his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the house. A
month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he would've done a
bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone
I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all
sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge
of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
American Express card. Duh. :-)
Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100 foot
area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up from the
hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so low that
it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much dust that
the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks
crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the
other side of the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet,
and turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)
Free entertainment. I love it. :-)
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| In article <lQZeg.2370$oa1.1799@news02.roc.ny>, JoeSpareBedroom says...
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>The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
>been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I first
>moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he called
>"his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the house. A
>month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he would've done a
>bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone
>I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all
>sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge
>of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
>American Express card. Duh. :-)
Or the first lady could simply have indeed been just a friend. (oh but that
wouldn't be quite so interesting a possibility to you...)
>
>Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
>the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
>experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
>thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
>like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100 foot
>area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up from the
>hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so low that
>it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much dust that
>the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks
>crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the
>other side of the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet,
>and turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
>nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)
>
>Free entertainment. I love it. :-)
>
>
You need to get out more.
Banty
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| JoeSpareBedroom 2006-05-30, 2:21 pm |
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"Banty" <Banty_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:e5hs4m0nmn@drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <lQZeg.2370$oa1.1799@news02.roc.ny>, JoeSpareBedroom says...
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> Or the first lady could simply have indeed been just a friend. (oh but
> that
> wouldn't be quite so interesting a possibility to you...)
>
>
> You need to get out more.
>
> Banty
I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.
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> I work from home. Sometimes, it's weird.
Then YOU need a hobby!.... I had neighbours like you once ....didn't
have a life of their own, so has to look over the fence to pick apart
others... Take up needlepoint and close the drapes.... Jimi
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| JoeSpareBedroom 2006-05-30, 4:21 pm |
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"Jimi" <unknown@nospamhere.net> wrote in message
news:127p1l5fvf9is44@corp.supernews.com...
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> Then YOU need a hobby!.... I had neighbours like you once ....didn't
> have a life of their own, so has to look over the fence to pick apart
> others... Take up needlepoint and close the drapes.... Jimi
>
Stop, will ya? If you're in front of a computer all day, you're supposed to
get up regularly. What better place to go than outside for fresh air and a
peek at the garden?
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-05-30, 4:21 pm |
| friend might be fiancial supporter or fix up adviser.
theres all sorts of legit reasons why guys have female friends, not all
are sex related...
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| In article <Bq0fg.2551$Oh1.1618@news01.roc.ny>, JoeSpareBedroom says...
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>"Jimi" <unknown@nospamhere.net> wrote in message
>news:127p1l5fvf9is44@corp.supernews.com...
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>Stop, will ya? If you're in front of a computer all day, you're supposed to
>get up regularly. What better place to go than outside for fresh air and a
>peek at the garden?
>
>
Then snoop and post to Usenet all about it? Gimme a break. Guy's trying to
keep up a house that's not even his, in his 'spare' time, struggling a bit with
some of the oddities of the property, and you're next door watching in
fascination, speculatin' on his love life, and spewing about it?
Get a more interesting work-at-home job.
Banty
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| badgolferman 2006-05-30, 5:21 pm |
| JoeSpareBedroom, 5/30/2006, 11:49:37 AM,
<lQZeg.2370$oa1.1799@news02.roc.ny> wrote:
> The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's
> supposedly been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to
> sell. When I first moved in, he introduced himself along with a good
> looking lady he called "his friend", who's there all the time with
> him, fixing up the house. A month later, he introduced his wife.
> Smart guy. You think he would've done a bit of prep work with me
> before introducing the wife. Reminds me of someone I knew years ago
> who was having an affair. He'd take his goomar out to all sorts of
> nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that his wife was in charge of
> paying all the bills, and that all the dinners & hotels were on his
> American Express card. Duh. :-)
>
> Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to
> mow the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
> experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have
> two thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet
> apart, like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a
> 75 x 100 foot area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots
> that stick up from the hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the
> riding mower set so low that it seems to be actual contact with the
> ground. It raises so much dust that the guy and his mower are
> completely invisible at times. The sound of rocks crashing around
> inside the deck offer a clue as to his location. On the other side of
> the property, the grass is shorter than cheap outdoor carpet, and
> turning brown. He told me last week that the problem might be lack of
> nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right now. :-)
>
> Free entertainment. I love it. :-)
Sounds like you are into soap operas.
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| JoeSpareBedroom 2006-05-30, 5:21 pm |
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"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xn0emugb3q57bn3004@news.readfreenews.net...
> JoeSpareBedroom, 5/30/2006, 11:49:37 AM,
> <lQZeg.2370$oa1.1799@news02.roc.ny> wrote:
>
>
> Sounds like you are into soap operas.
When has a soap opera involved exotic lawn mowing techniques? 
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| My neighbor used to prep his garden with a cat bulldozer on a 3/4 acre lot.
He also doesn't mow his lawn, he harvests it. He lets it grow long. Then he
cuts it short in a small patch each day, he gathers up the cut grass and
feeds it to his chickens and ducks.
Odd neighbors are everywhere!
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:lQZeg.2370$oa1.1799@news02.roc.ny...
> The house next to mine is empty. The owner died, and the son's supposedly
> been fixing it up for almost 2 years, getting it ready to sell. When I
> first moved in, he introduced himself along with a good looking lady he
> called "his friend", who's there all the time with him, fixing up the
> house. A month later, he introduced his wife. Smart guy. You think he
> would've done a bit of prep work with me before introducing the wife.
> Reminds me of someone I knew years ago who was having an affair. He'd take
> his goomar out to all sorts of nice restaurants & hotels. He "forgot" that
> his wife was in charge of paying all the bills, and that all the dinners &
> hotels were on his American Express card. Duh. :-)
>
> Lately, the neighbor's got a new hobby. He stops by 3 times a week to mow
> the lawn. Half the property is in deep shade, in a spot that most
> experienced homeowners would recognize as one which needed to have two
> thirds of the trees taken down. A dozen pine trees growing 8 feet apart,
> like in an unmanaged forest. There are 3 blades of grass in a 75 x 100
> foot area, along with lots of smallish rocks & tree roots that stick up
> from the hard-as-cement soil. He's got the deck of the riding mower set so
> low that it seems to be actual contact with the ground. It raises so much
> dust that the guy and his mower are completely invisible at times. The
> sound of rocks crashing around inside the deck offer a clue as to his
> location. On the other side of the property, the grass is shorter than
> cheap outdoor carpet, and turning brown. He told me last week that the
> problem might be lack of nitrogen. He's out there with a spreader right
> now. :-)
>
> Free entertainment. I love it. :-)
>
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