As you all enjoy your day with picnics and grills and fun laying on a blanket on the grass in the sun, think of me, stuck at work for 16 hours with some individuals that hate holidays and how much they mess up the routine of daily life. Wish me luck?
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07/04/2009 05:54 #49183
Happy Independence Day06/26/2009 03:03 #49087
DefinitionsWe have had 3 renters living in the small house next door to us since we purchased this house.
First, was Rosa. I liked her. She was friendly, talkative sometimes, her dog was a bit loud, but she was nice and knew he was annoying.
Rosa had bbq's on her side porch and that first summer i had a few sleepless and smokey nights since our bedroom window is right across our driveway from said porch. Last we heard, she bought a house on Hoyt somewhere. The landlord didn't like her and thought she was messy.
Then, there was Casey and Charles. Nice younger couple. They had a cute little mutt that i cannot remember the name of, which surprises me. That dog would bark for about a minute in sharp, deep loud barks, but once she got to know us and settled in she barked less.
They were rarely home, but when they were, they were friendly and mostly quiet neighbours. They moved to Rochester for her work.
Currently, the couple that live beside us are, for all i know, very nice people. I just don't see that nice side of them much. I attempted to have some friendly words with them, but neither seemed keen, and that's cool, not everyone is chittychatty like me.
They have or had 2 dogs. A bigger, friendly one and another small barkey min-pin.One morning, at about 6, perhaps 6:30am, the little one began his barking and barking and barking. Those that have or know of little dogs and their insessant barking know how much it can freeze the brain. This was not the first morning of bark, but i had stayed quiet, hoping the dog would settle in time and get used to his new digs. No luck. This one morning, it seemed to go on forever and ever. So, i knocked on their front door. No answer. So, i rang the bell... and rang it and rang it and rang it. And when they answered, furious, i was polite. For about 5 seconds. It let to a shouting match. I attempted to stay on subject, but she let it stray all over the damn place, insulting many things about me, calling me a cracker bitch. Then, the dog was gone. No matter what she may or may not think, i like dogs and it saddens me she felt i may do the poor barker harm.
Shortly before this i was on my way home from work and was following a slow moving car. It signaled and pulled up in front of their house, blocking both their driveway pad and the entrance to our driveway. It sat there. I hit the horn. That is when and how i found out the horn on my old Saturn Blue Bitch did not work. So, i got out. Now, here is where the recollection of my neighbour's varies from my own, which i have to say is rather odd since she was never there in the first place. I walked up to the driver's window and asked him to move please. He would not roll down his window. So, i tapped it and he ignored me. So, i yelled through his window, "you're in my way, can you move?" He called me some name and moved. I got back in my car and pulled into my driveway.
During the incident with the dog in the morning, she told me that i was a rude racist bitch to her cousin.
Not too long ago, my husband politely requested that they park on their side of the driveway because he leaves for work early in the morning and wants to clear both cars easily. That exchange with the dude went well. He does seem to be a reasonable sorta person.
Today, they were fixing or adjusting something with the gate on the shared fence and standing on our property to do so. No one made any comments to each other, but (e:Uncutsaniflush) did notice that the ragged edges of the hand tied metal wires (the ones that Casey and Charles put up to keep their dog from running and that ripped my winter coat last winter) are turned back on our side. She did, however, make a comment under her breath that she is surprised the racists next door did not call the cops for being on their property.
Seriously? How does any of this define us as racists? Must be that all white folk are, huh?
First, was Rosa. I liked her. She was friendly, talkative sometimes, her dog was a bit loud, but she was nice and knew he was annoying.
Rosa had bbq's on her side porch and that first summer i had a few sleepless and smokey nights since our bedroom window is right across our driveway from said porch. Last we heard, she bought a house on Hoyt somewhere. The landlord didn't like her and thought she was messy.
Then, there was Casey and Charles. Nice younger couple. They had a cute little mutt that i cannot remember the name of, which surprises me. That dog would bark for about a minute in sharp, deep loud barks, but once she got to know us and settled in she barked less.
They were rarely home, but when they were, they were friendly and mostly quiet neighbours. They moved to Rochester for her work.
Currently, the couple that live beside us are, for all i know, very nice people. I just don't see that nice side of them much. I attempted to have some friendly words with them, but neither seemed keen, and that's cool, not everyone is chittychatty like me.
They have or had 2 dogs. A bigger, friendly one and another small barkey min-pin.One morning, at about 6, perhaps 6:30am, the little one began his barking and barking and barking. Those that have or know of little dogs and their insessant barking know how much it can freeze the brain. This was not the first morning of bark, but i had stayed quiet, hoping the dog would settle in time and get used to his new digs. No luck. This one morning, it seemed to go on forever and ever. So, i knocked on their front door. No answer. So, i rang the bell... and rang it and rang it and rang it. And when they answered, furious, i was polite. For about 5 seconds. It let to a shouting match. I attempted to stay on subject, but she let it stray all over the damn place, insulting many things about me, calling me a cracker bitch. Then, the dog was gone. No matter what she may or may not think, i like dogs and it saddens me she felt i may do the poor barker harm.
Shortly before this i was on my way home from work and was following a slow moving car. It signaled and pulled up in front of their house, blocking both their driveway pad and the entrance to our driveway. It sat there. I hit the horn. That is when and how i found out the horn on my old Saturn Blue Bitch did not work. So, i got out. Now, here is where the recollection of my neighbour's varies from my own, which i have to say is rather odd since she was never there in the first place. I walked up to the driver's window and asked him to move please. He would not roll down his window. So, i tapped it and he ignored me. So, i yelled through his window, "you're in my way, can you move?" He called me some name and moved. I got back in my car and pulled into my driveway.
During the incident with the dog in the morning, she told me that i was a rude racist bitch to her cousin.
Not too long ago, my husband politely requested that they park on their side of the driveway because he leaves for work early in the morning and wants to clear both cars easily. That exchange with the dude went well. He does seem to be a reasonable sorta person.
Today, they were fixing or adjusting something with the gate on the shared fence and standing on our property to do so. No one made any comments to each other, but (e:Uncutsaniflush) did notice that the ragged edges of the hand tied metal wires (the ones that Casey and Charles put up to keep their dog from running and that ripped my winter coat last winter) are turned back on our side. She did, however, make a comment under her breath that she is surprised the racists next door did not call the cops for being on their property.
Seriously? How does any of this define us as racists? Must be that all white folk are, huh?
uncutsaniflush - 06/29/09 22:35
(e:meterpeter) - I think you are very right, racism isn't really about skin color, it is about culture. Just about all predijuce is based on arbitrary differences between people. Look at Ulster (Northern Ireland), in the rest of the world, Church of England and Roman Catholic believers get along. So it's not the religion that's the problem. It's not skin color that's the probelm. Yet, the Protestants and the Catholics have a long history of killing each other. It's what the culture does with the religion.
(e:meterpeter) - I think you are very right, racism isn't really about skin color, it is about culture. Just about all predijuce is based on arbitrary differences between people. Look at Ulster (Northern Ireland), in the rest of the world, Church of England and Roman Catholic believers get along. So it's not the religion that's the problem. It's not skin color that's the probelm. Yet, the Protestants and the Catholics have a long history of killing each other. It's what the culture does with the religion.
metalpeter - 06/27/09 19:10
You do make a good point that she might think all white people are racist, she could even be racist her self. Yes there are blacks who hate whites. I think that currently a lot of what people would call racism isn't about skin color as much as it is about culture really.
You do make a good point that she might think all white people are racist, she could even be racist her self. Yes there are blacks who hate whites. I think that currently a lot of what people would call racism isn't about skin color as much as it is about culture really.
uncutsaniflush - 06/26/09 22:28
(e:metalpeter) - It's also possible that she or they think that all white people are racist. I've lived in racially mixed neighborhoods for most of my adult life. My first wife actually marched with Martin Luther King in the 1960s (she was about 11 years older than me). When I lived in NYC, other than my orthodox Jewish bosses just about everyone I worked with were either Hispanic or African-Americans. One of my fellow workers had trouble with why he got along with me even though he hated Whites. His solution was to decide that I wasn't really White because I was Polish. He said that he thought that when there weren't any "n-word"s around, "polacks" were the next best thing for White people to hate. So to him, we had something in common.
That being said, the woman who likes to think of (e:leetee) and myself as racists reminds me more than anything of the rich, White Suburban women who think (to quote Andre 3000 out of context) that their "shat don't stank"
I wouldn't be surprised if she came from money and was slumming to be with her boyfriend.
(e:metalpeter) - It's also possible that she or they think that all white people are racist. I've lived in racially mixed neighborhoods for most of my adult life. My first wife actually marched with Martin Luther King in the 1960s (she was about 11 years older than me). When I lived in NYC, other than my orthodox Jewish bosses just about everyone I worked with were either Hispanic or African-Americans. One of my fellow workers had trouble with why he got along with me even though he hated Whites. His solution was to decide that I wasn't really White because I was Polish. He said that he thought that when there weren't any "n-word"s around, "polacks" were the next best thing for White people to hate. So to him, we had something in common.
That being said, the woman who likes to think of (e:leetee) and myself as racists reminds me more than anything of the rich, White Suburban women who think (to quote Andre 3000 out of context) that their "shat don't stank"
I wouldn't be surprised if she came from money and was slumming to be with her boyfriend.
metalpeter - 06/26/09 18:42
I'm not them, but I can guess as to why they think that. They think that if they where white you wouldn't sit there and ring the bell till they showed up at the door. They also think that if the person in the car was white you would have reacted differently. I'm sure at some previous time something like this has happened before. The fact that you handle stuff in a different matter then others is a factor also I'm sure.
I'm not them, but I can guess as to why they think that. They think that if they where white you wouldn't sit there and ring the bell till they showed up at the door. They also think that if the person in the car was white you would have reacted differently. I'm sure at some previous time something like this has happened before. The fact that you handle stuff in a different matter then others is a factor also I'm sure.
terry - 06/26/09 11:37
That's Buffalo for you...dare to call someone on anything and the only reason you could possibly be doing it is their skin color. Not the act itself, oh no, that is definitely secondary. The loud barking is only a minor annoyance, the fact you can't get into your driveway is a minuscule detail. You are indeed a racist for possibly daring to confront someone outside of your race for their behavior.
I feel for you.
That's Buffalo for you...dare to call someone on anything and the only reason you could possibly be doing it is their skin color. Not the act itself, oh no, that is definitely secondary. The loud barking is only a minor annoyance, the fact you can't get into your driveway is a minuscule detail. You are indeed a racist for possibly daring to confront someone outside of your race for their behavior.
I feel for you.
paul - 06/26/09 10:46
Sounds like my drama with the dance camp folk in our driveway.
Sounds like my drama with the dance camp folk in our driveway.
06/20/2009 13:50 #49013
Drunk Goldblumjames - 06/20/09 14:44
Additionally, I completely agree about beige.
Additionally, I completely agree about beige.
james - 06/20/09 14:41
I saw these a while ago, and they are still fantastic.
I saw these a while ago, and they are still fantastic.
metalpeter - 06/20/09 14:09
Well the real question is why doesn't he mention some idea of why if you buy a MAC say Vr. PC that will stop the all hell breaking lose and the world coming to and end, HA
Well the real question is why doesn't he mention some idea of why if you buy a MAC say Vr. PC that will stop the all hell breaking lose and the world coming to and end, HA
06/13/2009 12:18 #48940
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06/12/2009 08:49 #48893
Forgot, Gardens, FireWhat i forgot to tell you in my last post is how amazing the food experiences were in Detroit and how lame i am for not taking more food pictures. In one of those "here's what we have to offer!!!" magazines about Detroit, i saw a food ad and we loved the place so much we ate there 3 times. Sweet Loraine's 
a place we never would have gone to had i not seen the menu -- Vegetarian Meatloaf?!? Amazing. And, i have to say - the best veggie burger. Ever.
Went to the Botanical Gardens. How could i not take a few pictures?
This one represents my extreme fear of bees... and how i needed to try to take some pictures of a big fat one.
I called 911 last night when the crakling of a fire woke me up after i had just gone to sleep... at about 2:15am. Kinda scary. The house behind us and over one had a fire in it's garage/carriage house.
a place we never would have gone to had i not seen the menu -- Vegetarian Meatloaf?!? Amazing. And, i have to say - the best veggie burger. Ever. Went to the Botanical Gardens. How could i not take a few pictures?
This one represents my extreme fear of bees... and how i needed to try to take some pictures of a big fat one.
I called 911 last night when the crakling of a fire woke me up after i had just gone to sleep... at about 2:15am. Kinda scary. The house behind us and over one had a fire in it's garage/carriage house.
metalpeter - 06/12/09 18:25
Those Purple/blueish picture looks really nice
Those Purple/blueish picture looks really nice
I'll wish you luck, if you wish me luck!
I am sitting here just praying that no one (else) blows their fingers off today.
Nothing like trial by fire, I guess!
Wow sounds fun ;(