[N11Porsche]

I know why people don't knock on your front door when there's a problem. We've lived in our present home for 23 years and have seldom had any kind of issues with our neighbors.

Two years ago a new neighbor moved in across the street. We have always gotten along really well. Until:

He has 1 barking dog and also keeps 5 exotic birds in his garage. The birds squawk from early morning until it gets dark at night. They open their garage door about 1/4 of the way, so the noise heads across the street and it's like the birds are in our home. So we put up with this for almost 2 years and than finally I go over to ask them if they could not open their garage door at AM because of the birds. I could have called the Sheriff's office but decided we could settle this, neighbor to neighbor. I didn't complain about the barking dog even though I hear it almost every night when I am in my office. Anyway, right off the bat he gets defensive and it's like I am the problem and not his birds. My wife goes over to talk to his wife, the next morning with the idea of smoothing things over but let them know that there is a problem. All my neighbors ask how we can stand the noise from the birds. Well now whenever I day hi, I get this cold response from him and his wife. So I should have just called the sheriff......bottom line is that the birds are much quieter and that's a good thing!!!!