Those cans would be ancient history were it me....

"I'd like to report a stolen trash can...."

LOL...

That's the response you'd get here also ;)

If you let people walk all over you....some will :(

When I was in college there was this old fella across the street named Casey who used to get AMPED when someone parked in front of his house, (on the public street.) he was a real screamer. At a certain point he started screaming and mumbling to himself when cars would pull up on the opposite side of the street, if he felt that they had parked in front of his house at any point in the past, or if he felt that they had potential to park in front of his house in the future. Yelling and screaming, waving his cane in the air. “I’m an attorny!” Or something.
Then one day Casey died.

The solution is simple. Escalate or STFU. Just start parking an old car or truck in front of their house "legally". The larger and crappier, the better. An old pickup with a load of manure would be a good choice. Eventually, they will ask you why you do so...and you can tell them because they park their cans in front of your house. Offer a truce and you both keep your crap from in front of each other's home. They will be impressed that you are a formidable foe (instead of the pussy you appear to be) and you will become best friends...or they will vandalize your vehicle and you can have them arrested.

We're all gonna die....but they won't be able to dump my sorry azz in my neighbor's toter....that's sitting in front of my house either :).

Me....I wouldn't GAF about the toter....but wouldn't "take" the neighbor's bs attitude with no reaction either...but that's just me.

I'll be nice and get along with anyone....until they give me a good reason not to....then all bets are off...YMMV.

I agree with this to a point. Years back my neighbor(now deceased) used to park his work van in front of our house or the next door neighbor. Bylaw states max 72 hours parked on the street without moving. I called Bylaw dept. on the 73rd hour and got it ticketed. So short term I think it might work to park a pos vehicle in front of your neighbors' house. Our offending neighbor has a new husband and we are still on speaking terms.

It does not happen often but I agree with Fint here.

Good move. Still, the cans are not personal property.

New suggestion: maybe more honey and less vinegar. Write them a short note explaining that you've asked that they keep their cans on their side of the property line and nothing has happened. Ask again with a valid reason and tape if to a bottle of decent wine along with a long stem rose. Yellow would be my choice.

This is the guilt approach. If nothing, then buy the fooking house. To facilitate that, note ALL of any code violations and call the LA City code compliance officer. When the list finds the owner, so do you. You know the drill, screens, house numbers, weeds, trash and junk, anything that will hold water to help with mosquito breeding, habitats for rats, broken foundation vents, deteriorated roof, peeling paint, all that jazz.

Why can't you ask them "WHY are you putting the cans in front my my house?"
They will have to give you a reason. It can not be ignored.
How is this not the FIRST thing out of your mouth?

I'm not opening this thread again...........SmileWavy:rolleyes:

Why....because yer dumbazz idea of calling the cops didn't work :)?

Our trash cans are owned by the trash company. If one is missing we call the trash company, not the cops.
Are you afraid the trash company is going to charge you for the extra cans in front of your house? Call the trash company, tell them what's going on. If they care they'll call the neighbor. If they don't care, why should you?

Wow glad I checked back on this thread. Didn't think I'd look did ya? Now can you take the knife out of my back.

Who made you the expert on ideas, I see yours have worked out so well too.

Pretty low life comment to make thinking that I won't see it.

I knew you'd be back...knew you'd see it too :)

I don't do green...

He hasn't tried any of my BRILLIANT ideas yet...they WILL work however ;)

These are renters right?

I think if direct confrontation is not your thing then a little biblical "plague" justice may be in order.

For starters, hit up your local pet store for a big giant bag of crickets.

You are in construction, I'm sure you can find a way to introduce them into the structure.

If you can get a source for cockroaches even better.

Are they generally upwind or down wind? If the later it may be time for a coupla hundred yards of "fertilizer' to be dropped off right on the property line. Take your time in spreading it around. Make sure to keep it wet.

Pet sit for a friends yappy pocket dog, leave it outside often.

Cover their roof in bird seed every 3 days or as frequently as needed.

Start having parties. Put ads on Craigs list for Swinger parties but insist on really old overweight people that are into nudism.

Disconnect the mufflers on all your cars. Come and go frequently late at night or early in the morning.

To each their own. Not this one for me, though. However, I will wimp out on certain confrontations. Like on brake arguments with Verburg or when Wayne/Jack PM'd me and says I am being a jerk. Or where some dude I pissed off is frikkin huge and could snap me like a pretzel, and I just first had to get my say in like a fool. (Run, Forrest, run)

That said, for the Mrs., she is not quite as diffident. Have her do the nasty. It does not have to be ugly like I would do it. Confrontational with respect.

Cancel your service and use their cans?

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I agree! Street justice!

You should light your house on fire; that’ll show em!!

I know a guy who actually did burn down his own house. Going through a nasty divorce. Cancelled his fire insurance so he could not get pinched for insurance fraud, lit it up and would not let the fire department come on the property to put it out until it was brick chimney standing in the middle of a pile of ashes.

Yeah! Justice delayed is justice denied! Time to get medieval on the bastage! These are trash cans people!! Today it’s trash cans, tomorrow he’ll be kicking gravel onto your driveway - one of these days it willl be Hefty bags, sitting right there next to yer own personal garbage can. Then what are we going to do? Better to blow this sumbich up right here and now. ‘Merica!!

...or let them eat cake ;).

Would you cut your neighbor's fence if he (or his dad), did something that showed TOTAL disrespect for your family's land? I have recently and welcome the day some azzhole wants to say anything to me about it....

I don't live in Pussyville, USA either...and I'm not going anywhere...welcome to my 'Merica :)

Different strokes....