ONLY when the other person you live with is an idiot !!!!

 

I don't know what your situation is , but I've always tried to put up with as much as I can tolerate before turning to violence . Someone keys my car because I called the manager on them for being a douche bag , I break their face ! I'm not trying to say anything funny about the painting part , but when I painted for a living ( if you want to call it that ) I had some OCD customers walk around with flood lights looking for the smallest dot that they thought was a skipper lol OR they would just somehow think that a painter doesn't make a living , and that they're just there for the fun of it , making them come back 10 times before they got their money so they could get everything they could out of them . I hated painting after that and moved on to a real job .

 

You guys are scaring me , so I bought a 15ft masterlock cable and locked up anything of value I have in the basement . I also turned the wheels on my 72 CS all the way to one side , put the club on the steering wheel , and removed the battery cable bolts .

 

You ARE paying these whether you want to admit it or not. Every renter does.

I can read your lips just fine. Go back and read your own lips. You didn't simply say you can't afford a house. You said you like living in an apartment because it means you don't pay property taxes or utilities. THAT'S what I was responding to.

 

Doesn't matter , I still can't afford it right now because it will cost more money then I have to pay for everything . I'm not saying that I DON'T pay for these things you mention .

I never said I LIKE it , i just have to do it .

 

I sat outside and talked with the neighbor ( the guy ) for about an hour . I never even brought up the " using my stuff " issue because I know it's not him . It's his woman that's doing this . It seems obvious enough just talking to him vs her , and he seems like a real cool guy . I can tell he works hard for his money by what we were talking about . They moved here to get away from the crime and bs that is on the other side of town . I'm not so worried about this now but I'm not going to let my guard down either .

 

^^^Good for you Brian. It's always harder to build a bridge than it is to blow one up.

 

Now that's rich. They escape crime in the old hood to start it up in the new one? Taking without asking is still called theft, even if you consider it minor. I would broach the subject of the 'borrowing' with him anyway, in a polite way just so he knows what's going on. That way you're not the bad guy if she ever starts pushing limits. Good luck with your situation.

 

I think the crux of the issue is that they aren't asking for permission to use what isn't theirs...and if they happen to break or damage any item borrowed in this manner the question is whether they will have the moral fortitude to come clean and make things right?

Or will they feign ignorance of the problem and leave you to deal with something like replacing your kid's scooter?

 

Agreed Allan and VI Cutty

 

I was really pi55ed yesterday.
I went to my local car show with the Cutlass and my Consul, the show is only ten minutes away so I took the Cutlass first and then walked back to my garage and picked up the other one.
Fast forward four hours. Really good day out, only a few car so mine got lots of attention, even managed to get the Cutlass in the local paper.
I decided to take the Consul back first and I asked the guy next to me to keep an eye on my other car. When I got back after ten minutes the guy next to me had gone and there were two youngsters (about 12 or 13) actually sitting in the Cutlass thinking they were so cool, playing aroung with everything. So I walked over, blood boiling trying to keep my cool. When I said to them what the hell are you doing sitting in my car the parents started to have a go at me for telling the kids off. It was as much as could do to stop myself whacking the dad, but I suppose like parents like kids!

 

What is wrong with people any more?

 

I can't answer that

 

I'm sorry but their dad would have to go to the dentist after that ! That's even worse then borrowing someones stuff without asking !

 

FWIW , the guy across the hall from me turns out to be a real cool guy . I've talked to him on a number of occasions now , and I really don't think he even knows about the borrowing thing . He buys lots of cars from the auctions and re-sells them . Me and him kind of teamed up with the stupid drug activity that goes on in the vacant lot I park my third car in ( Buick ) . He also parks some of his cars over there . The activity that was going on went away a couple of years ago when I called the police so they could watch the lot from time to time . The area I'm in is decent , it's just that this lot is hidden from general view and there's no lights in the lot at night , so the dope heads come here . It was the last straw when they started throwing their trash on the ground .

BTW , no more borrowing has happened since the first two times .

 

He is in London after all.

 

Do you not have cards that advise "LOOK, BUT DONT TOUCH" placed on the dash etc? Or "PROTECTED BY SMITH & WESSON, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF" ? Sometimes you just need to state the obvious.

 

There are some people for whom anything less obvious than a German shepherd named Ruger is way too subtle.

- Eric

 

Times like that I wish there was a giant foot that came down out of the sky like in Monty Pythons flying circus....

 

Good old Monty Python . I use to love those cartoon bits when I was a kid , like THAT one and the giant cat ravaging the city .

 

Trouble is its probably my own fault because I am happy for people to sit in the car and have a photo. I charge £1 towards my charity but it is my choice who I let in. What I dont want is people just jumping in as soon as my back is turned.

Loved the reminder of Monty Python. I will go and dig out my DVD of The Meaning of Life. I saw them do the live stage show recently, funniest thing ever, all of them mad as a box of frogs.