I'm going to go weedwhack the fuck out of the neighbor's car

HE IS BEING SO ANNOYING.

He has a perfectly good driveway, but every weekend, from Friday evening until Sunday night he parks in front our house, a bit up on the lawn. Now, I don't mind this per se, BUT I CAN'T MOW THAT STRIP OF GRASS! So, now the whole front yard looks nice except for a strip of grass that's 18" high. I can't weedwhack it, because the string will hit his car. And, to make it even worse, he and his wife are almost never home on the weekend, so I can't even ask him to move the $#@% car. His lawn is, of course, fine, since no one else is as rude as him (he doesn't park in front of HIS house for some reason... probably so he can mow his lawn).

Every night after work I have either Aikido or Crossfit, and I'm not mowing the lawn at 8:30 at night on a weekday. Haruka doesn't have to mow the lawn as per our chore agreement. So, on Saturday, I'm weedwhacking the grass, and too fucking bad if it scratches his car.

Haruka thinks he's being passive aggressive because he and his wife invited us over for dessert on Saturday evening and we had to decline, because I had been exposed to Swine Flu (series), and they have two small children.

Although they do have several small dogs who sound like rabid raccoons on crack.

It's true. It's horrible. They are really cuy=te, but their bark-shriek makes your ears bleed.

I'll wait in the safety of the Land Rover with Marlin

Though "weasels with roid rage" works, too

:toast:

so....reciprocate; throw your garbage on top of his car and when he asks about it, just deny...

hey....no big deal, right?

:evilgrin:

Then move it after they're gone so you can mow.

I may have to take a Friday off so I can do that!

:shrug:

... then how about purchasing some traffic cones and putting them out in the road a bit on the Friday morning before you go to work? If he's reasonable then he won't park there. If he's completely unreasonable he'll be knocking down those cones or moving them.

Surely that can't be against the law since it's on your own property, not a permanent fixture??

Just ask him one day if he could parkk elsewhere till you finish the yard, leave a note or something?

THERMONUCULAR WEED WACKER STRIKE FROM SPACE!!!!111111

I understand this may not happen until August, but by then it will be truly soul-satisfying.

It will be soul-satisfying and LOUD when the ensuing explosion happens. :-)

I was first thinking the traffic cones, but if you think you would get busted, then no. My mom always talked about giving humor a try first:
Maybe print out a sign, or something, and put it on a stick, just like the city does when they don't want people to park to cut down a tree or whatever. Make it funny, but get the point across:
Something like
"No parking here Saturday, by order of (your address here, or maybe if you have a dog or a little kid, their name), for overgrown field of grass removal..."

That is, if you have a stick big enough to tower over the high grass! :P

Good luck!

Syd

That'll learn him not to use his driveway.

Put the car in neutral and push it to their curb? VERY thoughtful not to give them swine flu. :-)

I didn't get the swine flu, thank Jeesbus, but I didn't know if I would, and didn't want to infect the little ones.

http://www.fedsig.com/industry_solutions/law_enforcement/stinger.php

I'm sure you could make your own with a 1" X 4" and some nails.

Or, if you want to be low key about itl, get an old style rake and sharpen the tines with a file, then "accidentally" leave it in the grass pointing upward where he parks.

cars.

We can't do the strip near his car.

Or, failing that, call a tow truck?

Actually, park in front of his house. He'll be over in a New York minute.