Oh lovely...our neighbors across the street just put up a trampoline...

[JESW]

They also have one of those nets around it - do those really work or are they false protection? The oldest girl is in 1st grade and the other is 2 years younger. Nice kids, but they still have shrilly screams. Dad sits in his chair and watches. It's only in the 40's here right now so it probably won't last long.

I have also lived with the barking dogs as neighbors - do people who own dogs really not hear their own dogs barking?? When I lived at home our neighbors tied their three dogs up when they went out every day - dogs barked ALL the time. So sad when one died of dehydration due to wrapping itself around the tree too many times and couldn't get to the water bowl..

Neighbors...yes, we have had our share of bad ones when we rented. Loved the drunks who partied every weekend and it just wasn't a good party until the police were called..

Jill

 

[sunnyday123]

A few homes away from us has a tramp. The kids jump on it all the time, but it doesn't bother us because its so far away.

 

[amid chaos]

I don;t mind the children's noise that comes from the trampoline across the street. I like happy children noise. What i don't like is when the adults get on it. I can do without their happy noise.

 

[hoosll]

Our next door neighbor was a chiropractor who wouldn't even cut his own grass because it might injure his back but he bought his kids a trampoline for the back yard ... it sat in the backyard for 7-8 years slowly disintegrating and becoming more unsafe (including being on unlevel ground) and the kids jumped on it all the time while my dogs barked at them ... wonderful times

 

[MM27]

You wouldn't like the people that live behind me then. They built their son a huge skateboard ramp. Looks like something Tony Hawk would have in his backyard, it's huge. The first summer, all you heard all day was the noise from the skateboards going back and forth and back and forth. Then the kid learned to do tricks so you could hear banging from the jumps. I haven't seen any kids on it in ages though. The noise didn't bother me. They're kids. They could be doing much worse things.

 

[luvflorida]

Only problem is when DH is outside they yell over to him "Hay fat Mike." Ok, hes a little chuby, but his name ain't mike!!!!!

btw-i'll take kids squeeling during normal hours anytime over the stupid mocking birds we used to have in our yard. things figured out how to mock the sound of people's car alarms and would go off all hours of the night. then one figured out if it mocked the meow of one neighbor's cat it could set off the other neighbor's dog in barking fits (seemed to like to do this when it got bored around 4 every morning).

The screams I don't mind too much, what gets on my nerves are when the girls jump, look ove into our garden and feel the need to comment loudly on everything they can see (my cats and rabbits are usually out so we usually get half an hour of the kids yelling cat and bunny at the top of their voice.)

I'd take the noisy kids over what we've been dealing with this summer. Bob the Builder in back of us.

Then we had new neighbors move into the house next to us..which is VERY close on that side. Only separated by the driveway. One morning at 7:30 am I heard this loud banging on the driveway ...when I looked out my upstairs bedroom window I saw the husband trying to open a COCONUT by banging it on the the belgium block edgeof the driveway.

What's the matter with people?...I mean has his man never heard of shredded coconut?. Who does stuff like this at 7:30 in the morning?...

Bob the Builder. Banging coconuts.


Okay, I'm sorry, but this thread has me in stitches. I can't help but laugh picturing these things happening. Of course, if I was the person being bothered by neighbors/dogs/birds, I probably wouldn't find it funny at all, though.

 

[clori]

Well after dd broke her arm simply trying to get off the net by separating the safety netting I think they are false protection. They do help if a kid is jumping too close to the edge but dd was just trying to get off and not jumping. Also the net doesn't help at all when the problem is kids jumping and accidently landing on each other. Many homeowners insurance will not continue to insure if they find out their is a backyard trampoline.

 

[terri01p]

Oh you would love my neighbor two houses down and their new motor scooters that they ride up and down the street all day, these technically aren't kids they are in their 20.
Every once in a while they pulled a man on his skateboard going about 45 miles, now that entertainment.

 

[Danauk]

Luvflorida, I do actually find it quite funny and the neighbours girls are very sweet. But after 30 minutes of, "cat, cat, bunny, bunny, bunny, bunny" being yelled over the fence when I have guests around is a tad anoying! In fact one day I might actually pass one of the cats over the fence to them. He is very friendly and would probably enjoy being fussed over by them!