I hate nosy neighbors, especially ones who call people on you. I have a neighbor like that. Ugh! He used to call the police and the humane society on my dog. We live in the frickin' country! If you want to have all the dogs in the neighborhood locked up, move back into the city where they have dog-at-large laws! Once he even told me he "didn't want to have to" shoot my dog. Miserable man!

Once I had an orange cat hanging around on my deck. So I went up to the neighbors behind me to see if it was theirs. The man came out of the house with a suspicious look on his face and asked if I was the one who called the police on his dogs. I told him it wasn't me. I had a pretty good idea who it was, but I didn't say. That's the problem with calling the "authorities" on your neighbors. It just creates suspicion and paranoia all around. You don't know who the complainer is because they didn't come and talk to you.

We have a lake across the road from us, a county park. It's supposed to close at 10 pm, but people don't know that or they lose track of time. If someone's over there listening to their music too loud and I can't sleep, I'll just go out and ask them to turn it down. One time my neighbor told me he doesn't bother asking them to turn it down; he just calls the sheriff on them. I thought, "I bet you do, you miserable old coot!"

Sheesh!

Sorry about your neighbors, newtus. That really sucks.