O.K., I think my neighborhood has been posessed, or maybe turned into a redneck soap opera style Truman Show.
I moved onto my block a bit less than five years ago. Since then, I've gotten tight with most of my neighbors, and it seems like one never-ending soap opera.
Neighbor #1; husband, wife, two boys(6&8). They had a good marriage, then he started trying to convince her that they should swing with other people. Last year, she finally agreed, and started bringing guys home. He kept trying to pick up women, but not much luck.Two weeks ago, he goes out looking for some strange (and drinking), fails, comes home, tries to strangle her, pulls out a shotgun, threatens suicide/homicide, cops come, he winds up in Navy detox. Last night, a heater malfunctions, their house goes up in flames. Her and the kids get out, but the dog is D.O.A..
Neighbor#2; Older couple, divorced, but still living in the same house. One night in December, I look out my window, and see a Cadillac trying to climb the 50 year old oak tree in my front yard. Walk out to find him slumped over the drivers seat, foot on the gas pedal, engine roaring. I call paramedics, he gets a DUI. I thought he was having a medical problem, didn't smell the alcohol.
Neighbor#3; Older husband, younger wife, two kids(2&8) 6 months ago, she starts smoking crack. Gets involved in Neighbor#1's games, Neighbor#1 offers his wife to neighbor#2 "to keep things equal". They get in a fight, both go to jail. She gets worse, ends up trading sex for crack to the local dealer. Husband puts his foot down, she goes crazy, attacks him, literally beats the crap out of him. Goes to jail, gets out, lives on the street for a couple weeks, comes back begging to her husband to take her back, ends up in an in-patient rehab 600 miles away.
Neighbor#4; Retired couple, living on social security, own the house free and clear, been living there since 196x. They take their grandson in to live with them. He starts selling crack. Police raid the house about six months ago, bust him, and evict them, take the house as part of the "zero tolerance" laws. They now live with their son, and have been trying to get to court to fight the seizure for six months now, with no end in sight.
Is this normal?
Wow dude, that's kinda harsh.
Was the Neighbor 1 guy in the Navy or is the wife?
They were both Navy, she got out last year to stay home with the kids.
Whaddaya mean, harsh? I'm basically just bemused by the whole thing. I just can't figure out whether this type of thing is normal, and I've had my head firmly stuck up my ass all these years, or whether this neighborhood is a lunatic magnet, or what.
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:05:24 PM
Is this normal?
Hell no! Where in the hell do you live? :o
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:05:24 PM
take the house as part of the "zero tolerance" laws.
That's a complete load of BS!
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:22:33 PM
They were both Navy, she got out last year to stay home with the kids.
Whaddaya mean, harsh? I'm basically just bemused by the whole thing. I just can't figure out whether this type of thing is normal, and I've had my head firmly stuck up my ass all these years, or whether this neighborhood is a lunatic magnet, or what.
No, harsh as in it's a rough neighborhood...
sounds like southern oregon...
pretty normal.
everyone there is either hopped up on meth or religion (or both)
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:05:24 PM
Is this normal?
Do you live in South Central?
If not, then...
NO!!
No
mitt
That is why I don't talk to my neighbors. I just "assume" it doesn't happen on my side of the tracks . . . er . . . highway. It's usually VB crack condos that I see burning down on the news. I guess all you can do is sit back and [popcorn]
This is on FOX?
What night and time?
sounds like a typical day in brooklyn. [laugh]
this stuff is pretty crazy though, maybe you should write a reality tv show and cash in on the addiction while its still hot.
Quote from: He Man on February 09, 2009, 07:45:46 PM
sounds like a typical day in brooklyn. [laugh]
this stuff is pretty crazy though, maybe you should write a reality tv show and cash in on the addiction while its still hot.
Oh, HELL YEAH! You can't write shit this good! [laugh]
Seriously.
That's not normal. That's not even normal for a bad neighborhood.
On the flip side, it sounds highly entertaining. My neighborhood is pure boredom
Other than my neighbor two houses down getting the air let out of all four of his tires (pissed of ex, I think) it's pretty much families with kids and a few cops.
There's a semi hot CSI chick with a Monster across the street, but she's a lesbian and terribly monogamous. [coffee]
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:05:24 PMIs this normal?
Who knows? _That's_ why you should _never_ have "gotten tight with" your neighbours... [cheeky]
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Quote from: Drunken Monkey on February 09, 2009, 08:15:26 PM
There's a semi hot CSI chick with a Monster across the street, but she's a lesbian and terribly monogamous. [coffee]
so close.
but yeah, NOT NORMAL. I lived in a bad neighborhood and really didn't know much about my neighbors in the 11 years I lived there. maybe it is normal and you just have your ear to the ground better.
I don't think you need your ear to the ground, or a spidey sense, or whatever, to sense a Cadillac in a tree or a hostage standoff.
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on February 09, 2009, 09:00:24 PM
I don't think you need your ear to the ground, or a spidey sense, or whatever, to sense a Cadillac in a tree or a hostage standoff.
You should see my amazing powers of "not getting involved in other peoples shit"...
[laugh]
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Grab the [popcorn] and a lawn chair and watch it all from the front porch.... make sure to wear your kevlar. ;D
Sounds. Um. Interesting... Of course, there's 1 small set of apartments (maybe 6 units) in my neighborhood, and another set of apartments with 8-10 units in various states of disrepair on a street across the main road through the area. The folks that live in the houses tend to be fairly common humans. There's me, the Ducati guy, then there's two Harley guys, the house across the street that's the crash-pad for their son's (he and his g/f live there) college friends. There's the quiet folks from Ohio that don't wave, speak or acknowledge anyone in the neighborhood. Then there's the apartment. The 6 closest ones are mostly decent, there's the occasional domestic and one night a drunk driver left out driving like a maniac and tore through about 6 yards. Across the street at the other set of apartments, most of them have makeshift doors. They're always righting and all kinds of crazy stuff ~
JM
After 6:00 PM or so, you'd almost swear my neighborhood is abandoned. No crazy activity whatsoever.
Quote from: Speedbag on February 10, 2009, 04:22:31 AM
After 6:00 PM or so, you'd almost swear my neighborhood is abandoned. No crazy activity whatsoever.
+1, but that is cause it is 10 degrees F out now. In the summer time, it is nice though.
mitt
Not even close to normal and I live in Africa :o
I wouldn't characterize it as a "bad" neighborhood. Single family homes on large lots with decent landscaping and acceptable schools. Mix of races, not near a college, radioactive waste site, or major powerlines. Not a whole lot of crime. There are only 14 houses on the whole block.
Here's a pic of my house.
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3268931153_46bb567053.jpg)
At this point, I'm just keeping my head down, hoping whatever it is doesn't catch me or mine.
least the snowmen are safe
Nope. Not remotely normal. Probably built on an Indian burial ground.
Sounds like enlisted housing in the Air Force. When I was in, the married guys in my shop all lived near each other. Wife swapping while drunk, DUI in yard, underage relations with the master sgts daughter for one guy, etc. It never ended.
Do keep in mind we are coming off from a full moon, if any of said crazy events happened this past weekend. I can always tell it's a full moon by how the cats act ~
JM
Sounds entertaining. I think it's hilarious the guy who wanted to do the swinging is striking out and the wife who he had to convince is getting all the action. He obviously doesn't share my amusement, although he does see the irony, hence the firearm.
I don't think this is normal. But then again, I could identify perhaps 50% of my neighbors in a line-up and I don't know any of their names despite living among pretty much the same group for three years now.
totally normal.
have one household member work in the medical field and the other as an attorney. You just don't see the underbelly of a community until you see the medical and legal secrets.
Kindergarten teachers coming in for drug overdoses on the weekends, scary sex allegations in divorce complaints, etc.etc....all people are make the beast with two backsed up...some just hide it better than others.
I've got a neighbor that keeps me well informed of happenings. He's got a nice scanner and keeps tabs on the all the agencies moving around if they use normal radio frequencies. It's pretty amazing some of the things that go on. Neighborhoods you thought would never have drug users has a sizable number and possible a dealer too ~
JM
i call bs on this.
these are just so outlandish of stories that its insane. someone on your block must have a lot of time on their hands to make stuff up about other people.
afterall, most people are basically boring and have boring lives that will amount to nothing, yours truly included.
but i have to say, you sound like you live on a really fun block, except for the whole, selling crack and such that is basically unacceptable. [drink]
wow. that's intense man. and not normal for all neighborhoods. yes, all hoods have some shit going on, but the consistency and intensity of your shit is "above average" imo...
move?
Quote from: sbrguy on February 10, 2009, 12:24:43 PM
i call bs on this.
these are just so outlandish of stories that its insane. someone on your block must have a lot of time on their hands to make stuff up about other people.
Everything I wrote in the original post is ABSOLUTELY TRUE! I personally witnessed the police raid on the older couples house, and the incident with the shotgun. While I didn't(thank god) see the cheating going on, that was the reason given for the shotgun incident. As for the house fire, I had to go in today and take ppics of the damage, so proof is available. Believe me, I wouldn't make this shit up.
afterall, most people are basically boring and have boring lives that will amount to nothing, yours truly included.
From yourt mouth to god's ears, may it be so. I ask for nothing more than that my life remain boring. Let me get up and go to work each morning, come home safe each evening, continue in a faithful, loving relationship with my wife, and ride my monster and go fishing for enjoyment. Amen.
but i have to say, you sound like you live on a really fun block, except for the whole, selling crack and such that is basically unacceptable. [drink]
any pregnant nuns noticed about?
Quote from: bobspapa on February 10, 2009, 02:32:26 PM
any pregnant nuns noticed about?
Not anymore. I'm married now.
Wow,
I have a nut-case that lives across the street from me (I didn't really know what an actual crazy person
was until I met this one) and it is not fun.
I almost want to move , however I think she will be evicted soon.
We've got one. It's been much quieter since she's been heavily medicated ~
JM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on February 09, 2009, 08:15:26 PM
There's a semi hot CSI chick with a Monster across the street, but she's a lesbian and terribly monogamous. [coffee]
two strikes!
he must be busy with the midget
this is the funniest thread.
just bc everything is so outlandish. if you put your street into a movie about what happened, people would believe the matrix story more than the whole swingers burn the house down/car in the front yard/3rd neighbor offering his wife/ then the whole lesbian ducati person, then the whole crack house being taken away, etc.
[laugh] [laugh]
and you are right most people just work, come home, chill out with family have some fun enjoy themselves stay healthy if possible, with any luck nothing really bad happens nothing really amazing happens (ie, win the 300million dollar lottery, etc), and repeat for the next 50 years.
Quote from: Statler on February 10, 2009, 09:24:07 AM
totally normal.
have one household member work in the medical field and the other as an attorney. You just don't see the underbelly of a community until you see the medical and legal secrets.
Kindergarten teachers coming in for drug overdoses on the weekends, scary sex allegations in divorce complaints, etc.etc....all people are make the beast with two backsed up...some just hide it better than others.
there are at
least two breaches of confidentiality going on here.... ;)
Quote from: herm on February 10, 2009, 08:03:11 PM
there are at least two breaches of confidentiality going on here.... ;)
My girl assured me there's a well known unwritten rule that says anything told to you in confidence automatically meant your significant other gets told as well...
(This is the same girl that's currently going round trying to work out who she needs to tell "Hey, remember I told you X was pregnant but not to tell anybody, well she's miscarried... Don't tell anybody that either...")
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Well, I lived in a village in VT with maybe 1000 people and man there were some damn good stories. Waitress pregnant by the preacher. Bar owner caught dry humping waitress. Friend get caught having affair with other friend's wife, wife becomes lesbian after friend tries three-way.
Honestly, living here in the "hip", "happening" city of SF is pretty boring in comparison.
Small towns really are "twin peaks" freaky. I think there's less to do so people make their own soap operas.
Now I know why you guys are so keen to CCW.
:P
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 09, 2009, 06:05:24 PM
Neighbor #1; husband, wife, two boys(6&8). They had a good marriage, then he started trying to convince her that they should swing with other people. Last year, she finally agreed, and started bringing guys home. He kept trying to pick up women, but not much luck.
What, four pages and no one asked?
Is she hot?
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 11, 2009, 12:29:09 PM
Is she hot?
Geez, you're insensitive. I have half a mind to report your post to the moderator.
Bwahahaahahahahaha!!!!! [laugh]
Quote from: MrIncredible on February 11, 2009, 12:29:09 PM
Is she hot?
Honestly, not so much. She's kinda
cute, but about 50 pounds too much woman for my tastes.
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 11, 2009, 07:21:38 PM
Honestly, not so much. She's kinda cute, but about 50 pounds too much woman for my tastes.
So you're saying she weighs about 50 lbs?
But officer, the joke was just sitting there , I just had to take it [laugh]
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on February 11, 2009, 09:38:51 PM
So you're saying she weighs about 50 lbs?
But officer, the joke was just sitting there , I just had to take it [laugh]
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] I don't care who you are. That's funny right there!
Quote from: herm on February 10, 2009, 08:03:11 PM
there are at least two breaches of confidentiality going on here.... ;)
where?
G saying she is surprised at the number of teachers and daycare providers doing hard drugs and overdosing is no breach. Divorce pleadings are public so no breach there.
:-*
Updaet: According to my wife, (I'm out of town right now.) they let neighbor #1 out of detox early so that he could deal with the insurance co. and contractor in the aftermath of their house fire. No idea if this is temporary.