So my asshole neighbor...

I like it.. Now can we label it the :Robby-Bobby:

 

Fuck that. I already hate commies, I'm not going to put up with any telling me what shade of blue I can paint my own shit. I'd much rather live by assholes than a neighborhood with an HOA.

 

So since I'm feeling in a bit of an asshole mood and had to run to go to Home Depot anyway, I remembered how much my neighbors hated my garage patio light because it shines in their bedroom window and they can't sleep. I imagine it must have been pretty irritating with that 40w bulb.
In my "try and keep neighbor relations amicable" days, I put a motion sensor on the switch to limit how long it stayed on. Now that I don't give a fuck, I went out and bought the brightest LED bulb I could find and turned off the motion sensor so it'll just shine all the god damned time. It looks like someone pointed a spotlight at their bedroom! It's glorious!

 

Dick!

 

There's a place for everyone and all HOAs are different. I see HOAs just as another enforcer of rules that's localized.

Most cities don't do an adequate job at enforcing rules.

Most people are "middle class" and can't afford to buy where people would have better sense.

 

If you didn't sign anything, how can you be legally obligated to be part of the HOA? Isn't that something that is attached your deed?

 

My next move will be lawn flamingos. Dozens of them on our median strip. Staring...Waiting...Staring...

 

I actually like you today.

One can never have too many flamingos. And whirligigs. A huge tribe of lawn gnomes complements any exterior decor.

 

You really want to piss someone off. Wind chimes. A whole lot of em' right outside the bedroom window.

 

Our neighbor did that inadvertently. She hung a couple big ones on her back porch right in line with our bedroom windows. After the first few nites of nice weather and sleeping with the windows open we had to say something to her. She was all apologetic, hadn't even thought about it. She took them down. She's not an asshole.

 

Send her a link to this thread.

 

Please don't ruin this thread with talk of well mannered neighbors who deal with their problems like civil adults.

 

I like wind chimes...

 

We have some really nice ones with deep tones. Really nice.

 

I'm thinking strobe lights on a timer might set my landscaping off nicely.

 

That'd be dickish. Now ... if a "short" were to happen, and result in flickering, well ... that'd just be inconvenient.

 

Dickish was what I was going for. Tomorrow I'm commuting to work on the Panigale at 7am.

 

The trick to this is to be secretly, stealthishly dickish so they don't quite know. Therein lies the true entertainment.