Originally Posted by aap1966 (Post 8789844)

The other technique I've hear of is petroleum jelly ("Vaseline") on the windscreen wipers. Revenge a bit too deferred, and a bit too potentially dangerous, for my taste.

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 8788621)

... he said, "I would be happy to comply if you would apologize for having my car towed."

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 8789617)

That strikes me as a rather reasonable deal, sort of offering an olive branch, so to speak.

...Might have been a good opportunity to put this to rest once and for all, without alienating your new neighbor.

Originally Posted by wayner (Post 8789958)

All my life I have taken this approach, but no more.


oh, and as a cop said to me once in one situation, let us be the bad guys.

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 8789724)

Of course a lot of folks would conclude, if a note had sat on his windshield for days, that he probably had not seen that note. You know, like he had not used that car during that period of time. That would be a reasonable conclusion.

But, alas, I forget who I'm speaking with - you seem to think he drove around with it on his windshield, and kept returning to the same parking spot, ignoring the note right in front of his face (and not removing it) just to spite you.

Neighborly relations take work from both sides. And a level of reason and understanding of which you appear to be incapable. I feel sorry for your neighbors.

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 8789704)

^^

Good idea. He is an English professor. I could put a copy of Proust in the trap and he'd go in after it. I could post a CAD drawing of the trap on the wall and he would starve while trying to figure it out.
Brilliant!!

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 8789546)

I think it comes from them just moving into the 'hood and acting like the new sheriff in town instead of laying low and getting the lay of the land. I try to be a good neighbor. I used to have "No Parking Weekdays 8AM to 7PM" signs hanging on the rope until some kids spray painted them. Parking is pretty tight back there and there was so reason not to let neighbors park there on the weekends or evenings. I think Dr. Twit and Dr. Mrs. Twit (they are English professors at a local college) saw some cars there on a weekend and decided they could park there any time they felt like it. When they were told different, they got their backs up instead of listening.
The rope is there pretty much all the time because my employees use the adjacent alley to access the lot. Dealing with the parking lot has been a real lesson in human behavior. About once a month someone comes down the alley and takes a short cut and drives through the rope, so I started attaching it to the post with a zip tie. The tie breaks before the rope does. Zip ties are a lot cheaper than rope.

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 8789724)

Of course a lot of folks would conclude, if a note had sat on his windshield for days, that he probably had not seen that note.

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 8789724)

You know, like he had not used that car during that period of time.

Originally Posted by aap1966 (Post 8789844)

The other technique I've hear of is petroleum jelly ("Vaseline") on the windscreen wipers. Revenge a bit too deferred, and a bit too potentially dangerous, for my taste.

Originally Posted by Scuba Steve (Post 8789992)

You're nicer than I am - I would have used a chain (also for visibility purposes though).

Originally Posted by wayner (Post 8790075)

Every time I glance at your avatar out of the corner of my eye, I see a guy in a captains hat wearing a yellow life preserver with white reflective stripes. Odd.

I'm serious!:D

Originally Posted by wdfifteen (Post 8790247)

That's, uh, rather disturbing.

Actually, I took it from this photo of a Martian ogling my wife at Niagara Falls.

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