OP~ Great story, maybe tee times at a nice golf course? Ask the local lutheran board, or even call his wife and find out what he likes, I'm sure she'll be willing to keep a secret.
Heh. My alarm system is a redneck neighbor with a shotgun.
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Seriously. When we were younger, think just old enough to be left alone in a house they always said "If you see someone you don't know around the house and they don't go away call Neighbor..."
Fast forward a ways, and some new guy moves in on our east side. Comes over to ask something rings the doorbell... Me and my little bro don't recognize him. See him walking off around the side of the house. Well... Time to call Neighbor. "Hey, there was some guy we didn't recognize and he just went walking off around the house." "Okay, go lock yourself in a room, I'll be over and check things out, ring the bell twice when I'm done."
:five minutes later:
:ring ring:
Neighbor with double barrel shotgun. "Well no ones around..."
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Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Sounds much better than the nightmare stories we here of crazy neighbors, or ones that don't give a rat's ass even if they see someone breaking into your place.
Heh. My alarm system is a redneck neighbor with a shotgun.
[OT]
Seriously. When we were younger, think just old enough to be left alone in a house they always said "If you see someone you don't know around the house and they don't go away call Neighbor..."
Fast forward a ways, and some new guy moves in on our east side. Comes over to ask something rings the doorbell... Me and my little bro don't recognize him. See him walking off around the side of the house. Well... Time to call Neighbor. "Hey, there was some guy we didn't recognize and he just went walking off around the house." "Okay, go lock yourself in a room, I'll be over and check things out, ring the bell twice when I'm done."
:five minutes later:
:ring ring:
Neighbor with double barrel shotgun. "Well no ones around..."
[/OT]
waggy
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Originally posted by: MrPickins
I don't keep any guns in the house, but I could certainly call my next door neighbor. He's well armed.
You know, thats not a bad idea at all.
Any other ideas for a nice reward?
heh we got a county sheriff living near me. he is always out back shooting his guns. it gets noisy in the summer!
blurredvision
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When my wife and I moved into our house back in September, a nice gentleman across the street stressed that if I needed any tools for anything, be it car or house repair, to not hesitate to come over and borrow his. I had just met the man, but him and his wife were super nice to us. He even came over and gave us a whole bag of garden-grown tomatoes from his backyard on a whim one day as a welcome present!
GeekDrew
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:thumbsup:
That's one of the reasons I really like living in the country, neighbors tend to help each other out. Several years ago, my dad and I were baling hay on a hillside, at one of our farms. Looking down the hill, at another neighbor's farm, we noticed smoke pouring out of the neighbor's round baler. Long story short, we rushed down there and helped him contain the fire until the fire dept could get there (which I called on the way down the hill). Had we not, he could have lost a *LOT* of money on destroyed crops and machinery.
Another situation, a couple of years ago: a strong storm decided to relocate one of our machinery sheds into a nearby creek, and partially blocked a nearby road. A neighbor called us and told us to get there immediately. It's only about 15 minutes from our house, and by the time we got there, neighbors already had tractors, backhoes, skid steer loaders, and etc., taking care of it for us. There wasn't much we could do, as our heavy equipment had been in that shed, and part of the shed was now sitting on top of the equipment. Cleaning that shed up took a lot of people a lot of work... we really appreciated all of the help we got.
That's one of the reasons I really like living in the country, neighbors tend to help each other out. Several years ago, my dad and I were baling hay on a hillside, at one of our farms. Looking down the hill, at another neighbor's farm, we noticed smoke pouring out of the neighbor's round baler. Long story short, we rushed down there and helped him contain the fire until the fire dept could get there (which I called on the way down the hill). Had we not, he could have lost a *LOT* of money on destroyed crops and machinery.
Another situation, a couple of years ago: a strong storm decided to relocate one of our machinery sheds into a nearby creek, and partially blocked a nearby road. A neighbor called us and told us to get there immediately. It's only about 15 minutes from our house, and by the time we got there, neighbors already had tractors, backhoes, skid steer loaders, and etc., taking care of it for us. There wasn't much we could do, as our heavy equipment had been in that shed, and part of the shed was now sitting on top of the equipment. Cleaning that shed up took a lot of people a lot of work... we really appreciated all of the help we got.
These small things are what create a community, and groups of communities interacting create culture-this is refreshing and makes me feel better about our chances of living through another deep depression.
Rogo
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angminas
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I would not give him a check unless you think he really needs the money. If you can come up with a really good book that you think appropriate for the situation, it might be a good gift. If it's a book on advice, make sure you mention how it was good for you when you read it, so it doesn't come across like you think he has a problem. Anything else where you know how to get a high quality product that most people don't know about?
But one of the best things you can do is to appreciate it enough to tell others about it. By inspiring us, you're probably giving the man what he really wants most. If you're religious, pray for him and his family.
But one of the best things you can do is to appreciate it enough to tell others about it. By inspiring us, you're probably giving the man what he really wants most. If you're religious, pray for him and his family.
HomeBrewerDude
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what are...'buttermilk pies'?? Maybe i'm just too young, but, i've NEVER had nor eaten one of these...lol
oh, and great story, hope when me and the wife move in october, we manage to get neighbors like yours. ^_^
oh, and great story, hope when me and the wife move in october, we manage to get neighbors like yours. ^_^
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idiotekniQues
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yeah, great story.
you should have them all over for dinner as well. too many communities these days seem to have a lack of community.
sometimes during big storms our neighbor who has a snow blower does our sidewalk for us before we get upt and we just have to shovel our driveway. good stuff.
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Buttermilk pie is a distinctly southern thing.
It's similar to a chess pie: butter, buttermilk, eggs, sugar pretty much. The recipe she uses is her Grandmother's.
I can't explain them very well, but I love 'em. :heart:
Edit: I guess it's a type of custard?
Great story, I've had some wonderful Neighbors as well. A few stories:
I ordered new computer parts from newegg, and FedEx delivered it when my wife and I weren't home. The delivery guy noticed my note on the door asking to leave the boxes on the porch under a chair (large chair, no overhang on the porch.. i was hoping to be home not much then 20 minutes after he dropped... hes always on time). So he did. I couldnt make it home as early as I wanted and it started to rain.. bad. My neighbor saw the boxes, ran over, picked them all up and brought them into her house then called and left a message saying she had them. I went and picked them up after that. I just got her a box of chocolates and an Applebees gift card. She loves applebees..
Another story is my clutch went out in my car on a mountain pass (no cell service) real early in the morning. I was on the side of the road for an hour with people driving right by going to work, I had my flashers on and i was standing in about 2 degree weather holding my thumb out. Now I am a sales manager for the ski resort out here so hopefully I didn't look like a bum. No one even stopped to ask if i was okay until one guy pulled over with a car in way worse shape then mine and asked if I needed help. I just said I had to use his cell, he didn't have one and INSISTED on driving me anywhere I needed to go. We ended up driving back almost to my house until I could call my wife. Apparently he was just let go from his job after working for many years, just got divorced, had a daughter to take care of and was on his way to sell his car. He was going to hitch a ride home. I couldn't believe his situation and his generosity towards me. So he dropped me off, I gave him my number to call me as soon as he sold his car. I called my wife and she came and got me. A 1/2 hour later he called, I came and picked him up and drove him all the way into town with my other car. After that I mailed him 2 lift tickets, one for his daughter and one for him to spend some time together.
Craziness... pass it forward.
I ordered new computer parts from newegg, and FedEx delivered it when my wife and I weren't home. The delivery guy noticed my note on the door asking to leave the boxes on the porch under a chair (large chair, no overhang on the porch.. i was hoping to be home not much then 20 minutes after he dropped... hes always on time). So he did. I couldnt make it home as early as I wanted and it started to rain.. bad. My neighbor saw the boxes, ran over, picked them all up and brought them into her house then called and left a message saying she had them. I went and picked them up after that. I just got her a box of chocolates and an Applebees gift card. She loves applebees..
Another story is my clutch went out in my car on a mountain pass (no cell service) real early in the morning. I was on the side of the road for an hour with people driving right by going to work, I had my flashers on and i was standing in about 2 degree weather holding my thumb out. Now I am a sales manager for the ski resort out here so hopefully I didn't look like a bum. No one even stopped to ask if i was okay until one guy pulled over with a car in way worse shape then mine and asked if I needed help. I just said I had to use his cell, he didn't have one and INSISTED on driving me anywhere I needed to go. We ended up driving back almost to my house until I could call my wife. Apparently he was just let go from his job after working for many years, just got divorced, had a daughter to take care of and was on his way to sell his car. He was going to hitch a ride home. I couldn't believe his situation and his generosity towards me. So he dropped me off, I gave him my number to call me as soon as he sold his car. I called my wife and she came and got me. A 1/2 hour later he called, I came and picked him up and drove him all the way into town with my other car. After that I mailed him 2 lift tickets, one for his daughter and one for him to spend some time together.
Craziness... pass it forward.
Originally posted by: pontifex
they just felt bad for screwing your wife while you were at work.
That's wrong, man.
slag
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A co-worker gave me a Massey Ferguson 8 hp lawn tractor with chains, a deck and a blade. Right before winter, i put the blade and chains on it and it sits in the garage. I'm pretty good neighbors with people on my street and 2 houses down there is this older lady in bad shape with a blind daughter. I blade their driveway and out into the street for them as well as 4 other neighbors and myself. They give me cookies, flowers, etc for doing it, but I just do it because its a hell of a lot of fun sitting on your garden tractor pushing huge mounds of snow and ice. I try to hit the old lady's house up first, even before doing my driveway because while she likes to shovel the snow, her body cant take it and she had to be rushed to the hospital a couple years back from exhaustion after trying to shovel her walk.
My wife doesn't see the draw.... she'd rather sit inside, but I literally run the gas tank dry a couple times and spend 3-4 hours out blading driveways, sidewalks, part of the street, etc, just because its so fun to do. Neighbors like it a lot also..
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