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I'm going to be getting a camera and if it happens again print out the pics and circulate them through the neighborhood. I'm sure they would not hesitate to help themselves to whatever else too. They are total low lives.
dam i am glad i have no houses close to me no more . you can never know what people like this will do . if there this low what else are they doing when you are gone .
You need a good dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fila_Brasileiro
...The Fila Brasileiro is an excellent estate guardian. It does not hide its dislike towards strangers, but these dogs are not disqualified from the show ring for showing aggression to the judges. Such aversion is instinctive in Filas, so much so that the Brazilian breed standard advises judges not to touch the dog. However, the FCI standard allows for disqualification of excessively aggressive dogs, mainly when the owner doesn't have enough control to show them in public areas. The breed is renowned for their faithfulness to family and friends, but this is not a breed for everyone. The Fila needs a confident, experienced, savvy owner who is aware of the breed's innate tendencies. Filas are not well suited to busy household which entertain many guests, as they do not interact well with strangers. The Fila is a natural guardian breed.
Filas bond strongly with their immediate families and show extreme loyalty and protectiveness towards them. They live to protect their loved ones, including children and other pets. Very few will accept strangers. Many Filas will never tolerate any stranger. Despite their aversion towards strangers they are excellent family dogs, devoted to the children in their family...
My thoughts exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by mick silver
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Originally Posted by tater
I have never heard of that dog before but they sound like a great breed that i need to look into.
Thanks
you could always put out a special "firewood for neighbors" supply ... with FREE TINDER ... and use nice dry poison oak for the tinder.
i've been learning ALL ABOUT winter poison oak this last week.
that was my first thought, what will it be next time? ...maybe they'll decide to go inside when your away, or maybe when your coming home, your house is on fire
Yep, that's why I'm not treating this lightly. If they would do that what else would they do? they are proven them selves to be a bunch of immoral bastards already this is just the frosting on the cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by willie pete
That sucks Hillbilly. I am friendly with my neighbours, and although they are not preppers one of them is well armed and overall they are an asset. We keep an eye on each other's properties.
Could be heroin addicts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antonio
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Originally Posted by Hillbilly
Maybe your neighbors will massage your prostate for a few firewood logs if you ask them nicely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly
This sounds like my American Eskimo! She is great with the family but *hates* everyone else and barks like crazy when anyone tries to come in this house.Quote:
Originally Posted by tater
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The American Eskimo Dog was originally bred to guard people and property and, therefore, is territorial by nature and a valiant watchdog. They are not considered an aggressive breed. But, due to the breed's watchdog history, American Eskimos are generally quite vocal, barking at any stranger who comes within close proximity to their owners or their owner's territory.
Since we have established that these creatures are not decent people on the verge of starvation and death from hypothermia and are common lowlives, treat them accordingly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly
I had to google. Those are georgous dogs. My girls are about 130 and 120 lbs. You wouldn't believe it by looking at them but they extremely are agile and athletic. Serious as heart attacks and meaning business when around strangers. They should be secured and not running loose however.Quote:
Originally Posted by sunshine05
That reminds me of the sign that says:Quote:
Originally Posted by freespirit
If you are found here at night, you will be found here in the morning.
Good dog but be prepared for slobber all over the place, I'm not talking just a little drool eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by tater
Hillbilly you're lucky your neighbor is just stealing a little firewood. The guy in this video has a real problem with his neighbors. Just watch this. Ha!Ha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--XjOQy6arQ
You must own one ;D. You speak the truth, it's like getting slimed. Oh and the snoring, it's deafening.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
Sasquatch Squalor :ROFL: I gotta get some more dogs...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tumbleweed
I was speaking with several associates about your problem hillbilly and they've come to the conclusion you got to fight fire with fire, so to speak. Now it will cost you a couple of grand up front but the return on your investment is about a year, give or take.
First, buy and install a nice cheap solar panel array and a windmill and tie them in into the grid so that your electric company pays you when your meter is running backwards. Next, send your neighbors a "winning" gift certificate to a hotel about 2 - 3 hours away valid only on a specific weekend. Rent a ditch-witch and be on the ready when your neighbors use their hotel gift certificate. You might want some friends to help, maybe have a bbq for them after work is done. Run a 220 volt line (instead of a 120) from their electric panel (be sure to use a dedicated breaker) to your solar/windmill electric meter. Now after you tie their electricity to your meter you'll start getting checks from the electric company every month instead of having to send them one. And the nice thing about this plan it's energy efficient and 24/7/365 you have the satisfaction of knowing whatever amount of firewood they may pinch from you they're helping the solve the energy problem.
That's a very creative solution! I wouldn't recommend it, but it's creative!Quote:
Originally Posted by Publico Pro Se
Well, the other idea we came up with is a variant of an idea old man told me years ago. First, and hillybilly can't be like Saul with this one (trust me there's a joke in there) is win several million dollars in one of them numbers games many states run. Then after claiming the millions buy a house in a better neighborhood. Now most people would up and sell the house with the firewood pinching neighbors. Wrong! Title the house over to a charity set up with some of the winnings. Then turn the old house with the firewood poaching neighbors into a prisoner halfway house. Now hillybilly gets a nice tax deduction for the old house and the satisfaction of knowing he's helping out those less fortunate and who may have picked up a bad habit here and there along the way. (Hillybilly be sure to review the psychological file of all prisoners to be released into the old house - you don't want one who would freak-out over some missing firewood and go on a homicidal rage. Just a suggestion.)Quote:
Originally Posted by k-os
Drill hole, pack with M80's, fill hole with patch of wood ;D
Just got home tonight and found a $5.00 Grocery Story type bundles of Firewood on the front porch. They have stolen over 50 Dollars worth of wood over the last month or so, but I guess it's a start.
Now send him a $45 bill! ;D
Take it off your front porch and put it on his with a note "you need it worse than I do".
One of my neighbors is really mellow. He leaves his door open half the time when he's out working. I asked him if he worries about getting robbed and he replied "If they are going to take what I have, surely they need it worse than I do, so they can take it if they must."
That's some seriously childish behavior on their part, like kids playing a prank and getting caught.
In the context of this thread, that statement is pretty funny. Taken out of context, say, in a sig line, it's hilariously absurd.Quote:
Originally Posted by Book
Right. Some of the quotes above are incredibly naive. You cannot appease some people no matter what they do. They more you give them, the more they will hate you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
I had a neighbor like that once. Single mom with two kids. I played the role of "helping out" for about 2 years. Gave her rides to places (Broken car for years), fixing things, etc. Typical NJ ghetto transplant.
In the end she ended up stealing from my garden, I moved out for a while, she stole all the lawn furniture.
It doesn't matter what you do with your neighbors, they will not be appeased and will still find a way to steal something once you have to leave for a few days/weeks. You cannot reason with unreasonable people who are beyond help.
Their problem is not firewood or money, their problem is responsibility. By giving them stuff you would be acting as the enabler. I have done this for years only to hit a dead-end.
http://gold-silver.us/forum/health-a...d-your-advice/Quote:
Originally Posted by Olmstein
I'm just going for that sardonic observer thingie. I'm struck by just how fast everyone here appears to accept the automatic demonization of the neighbor, hearing only one side of this "story". The OP acts like the neighbor is North Korea with no diplomatic communications. Never once had a real get-to-know conversation with his next door neighbor??? WTSHTF our next door neighbor will be essential to our survival. Defaming and slandering the next door neighbor on GSUS solves nothing. I want to hear the next door neighbor's side of this "story".
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Obama defends cuts to home heating aid program
February 15, 2011
By Michael J. Bailey, Globe Staff
President Obama today defended his plan to cut by half the home energy assistance program, which tens of thousands of New Englanders rely on to help pay their home heating bills.
"On the LIHEAP program, the home heating assistance program, we doubled the home heating assistance program when I first came into office in part because there was a huge energy spike, and so folks, if we just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble,'' Obama said at a press conference, in response to a question about unpopular cuts in his newly released budget proposal. "Energy prices have now gone down but the cost of the program has stayed the same. So what we've said is let's go back to a more sustainable level.''
Funding for the program had been boosted to $5.1 billion for this fiscal year, but House Republicans are seeking immediate cuts, before all the money is disbursed. In the president's budget for the next fiscal year, the money allocated would be cut to $2.6 billion. Both efforts to pare the program have been denounced by Bay State legislators.
US Representative Edward Markey, a Malden Democrat, has been the Democrats point person on GOP efforts to cut at least $400 million from the program this year. He is offering an amendment to restore proposed cuts.
“Cutting off funds for this program now means that millions of families could have their heating cut off,” said Markey last week. “These families would be forced to decide once again between heating and eating.”
Both Republican Scott Brown and Democrat John F. Kerry in the Senate have urged Obama to reconsider cuts next year.
At the press conference today, Obama said his administration would be open to adding money to the program as needed.
"If it turns out that, once again, you see a huge energy spike, then we can revisit it, but let's not just assume because it's at a $5 billion level that each year we're going to sustain it at a $5 billion level regardless of what's happening on the energy front," he said. "Now, that doesn't mean that, you know, these aren't still tough cuts. Because they're always more people who could use some help across the country than we have resources. And so it's still a tough decision, and I understand people's frustrations with some of these decisions."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/...defends_c.html
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I posted this one in the music thread for Antonio. Probably more appropriate here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Book
Are there kids living with the family next door?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs
In need? I will give you firewood, or we can cut a bunch together and split it up.
Steal it from me? Rock salt....to start.
OHL- got a stick of butter, some flour, chocolate chips I can borr.... Ahh hell, just make me some cookies, I'll be in your pool. :-)
I expect this to get a lot worse, and common.
Here in DC area, it doesn't happen yet with firewood. (Mostly GPS and catalytic converter theft).
But firewood here is very expensive. The OP sounds like he is in some rural, more or less, area. I imagine a pickup truck load probably runs 50 FRNs. Here a cord goes for between 200 and up to 280 FRNs. At these prices, you can see how it can get stolen. I bought 3 cords this winter at 200/cord, thought I got a good deal but none of it turned out to be seasoned. I put a cord outside to dry. I totally would not be surprised to see it gone one day.
As the economics deteriorate, sheep will move onto petty crimes they would have never thought about before. Firewood outside is a "low hanging fruit".
Not much of a start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly
Only after they were caught red handed are they willing too act like they were borrowing it and to top it off they are now they are adding insult to injury because they think you don't know how much they have borrowed stolen
A wise woman once told me that we do not see people as they are but we see people as we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by k-os
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Originally Posted by Camp Bassfish
Howdy folks
Great Thread! Great posts too.
Lots of good stuff in this thread, I had to sign in to post, cause bassfish cracked me up
This is a tuff one...I'm not exactly sure, How I would deal with a thieving Neighbor ???
No one like's a thief....but they are your neighbor .
There are certainly a lot of factors that come into play :dunno
I'm a wood scavenger and I pick up wood wherever I can. I won't steal from somebody's pile but I must admit, the neighbor that had a couple of cords of madrona firewood delivered into a pile in his driveway just to let it sit month after month had me thinking about it.
There is a reason rustling cattle and stealing horses was punishable by death back in the day.
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p...me-is-earl.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly
Case closed or will you be making this thread into a weekly series?
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