[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Getting Back at a Neighbor (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 5/11/2009 6:08:02 PM EDT
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering.
So I go out at 7:30 the next morning (mother's day) to check it. Yup, still smoldering, no real flames to be seen. Then 2 minutes later a cruiser pulls up and the cop asks me if I have a hose to put the fire out before the fire department shows up. I asked him if someone actually reported the fire and he tells me that a neighbor did. I apologised for wasting his time and asked him if he was serious about the fire truck and sure enough, cars and trucks start showing up (volunteer dept). A fire engine actually came. I apologised to all of them for wasting their time and literally dumped about a gallon of water on the smoldering wet leaves and stomped on it to put it out for good. Needless to say I was about as pissed as anyone could ever be but I didn't know which neighbor did it. I almost spoiled the neighborhood's morning with a couple of mag dumps (my wife made me put M4gery away after I came downstairs with it for some target practice- said it would ruin her mother's day.) How do I proceed to get back at an anonymous hypervigilant neighbor? I already put up a big sign saying "FEEL SAFER NOW? CALL ME NEXT TIME" Any and all suggestions welcome. |
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you could just go over there in person and say it rather than put up a sign Uhmm, sure he could do that and it would be a rational and adult response and all that, but the OP is looking to cause some trouble here or he wouldn't have asked us.  Why bother reading when you can post first? It's the much better option, really.
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering.
This is the FAIL of your post. Smoldering is NEVER safe. You should have doused it thoroughly. |
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Leaving a smouldering fire unattended is a pretty fucking stupid thing to do.
Be glad you weren't cited with a large fine, because you clearly should have been. Maybe try and learn from the situation, rather than escalate it into a pointless feud with your neighbor? |
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering. This is the FAIL of your post. Smoldering is NEVER safe. You should have doused it thoroughly. +1 You exceeded the permit limit and you left fire unattended. |
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering. This is the FAIL of your post. Smoldering is NEVER safe. You should have doused it thoroughly. Okay Mr Fire chief. I guess you should have been there. But you weren't and I was. And I say that small pile of wet smoking leaves posed no threat to the populous at large. The fire chief even rolled his eyes when he saw it. Believe me I would have doused it or stayed up all night with it if it was a threat. But it obviously wasn't. |
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering. This is the FAIL of your post. Smoldering is NEVER safe. You should have doused it thoroughly. Okay Mr Fire chief. I guess you should have been there. But you weren't and I was. And I say that small pile of wet smoking leaves posed no threat to the populous at large. The fire chief even rolled his eyes when he saw it. Believe me I would have doused it or stayed up all night with it if it was a threat. But it obviously wasn't. Been a lot of fires started because "you werent there and I was and it was ok". Funny how when YOU fuck up its somehow your neighbors fault. How about hauling your ass off your high horse and realizing you fucked up. Its really THAT simple. Not to say I dont agree with leaving a small smolder, I've done it too. I'm just sayin when someone calls you on YOUR fuck up dont get all high and mighty. |
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So I burned some leaves this past Saurday (had a 12 hour fire permit). I tended it all evening and raked a big bare patch all around it so it wouldn't creep away. It was raining hard so the fire was just barely smoldering. After making sure it was safe I went to bed at 1 am with the fire still smoldering. This is the FAIL of your post. Smoldering is NEVER safe. You should have doused it thoroughly. Okay Mr Fire chief. I guess you should have been there. But you weren't and I was. And I say that small pile of wet smoking leaves posed no threat to the populous at large. The fire chief even rolled his eyes when he saw it. Believe me I would have doused it or stayed up all night with it if it was a threat. But it obviously wasn't. Wow, that's fucking convincing. If it was smoldering at all, it was a potential threat. Thanks, come again. |
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I hate assholes like that.
1. Wait til everyone leaves for work in the morning, or when they leave for vacation, and go over and turn on their outside spigot. Their yard will be a mess, and they will either have a huge water bill, or possibly run the well dry and/or burn the well pump out. 2. Take a trip to a sporting goods store and buy some skunk scent. Squirt it on the foundation, or through the foundation vents. Once soaked into the masonry, it stays around a long time. The first one, they could wonder who did it, but the second, most people would just guess a rogue skunk..Have fun and report back. |
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My son's band practices at my house so one day we get a visit from the police that there was a complaint.
The officer says "I see you told them to turn it down" my wife says no that's as loud as they are allowed to play. He says sound OK to him and leaves. An hour later (after the shift change) a different officer shows up and tells her that there was a complaint. He then says it doesn't seem loud to him but they need to stop...I was home by then and asked who complained, he said they used the anon-call number. I then asked who would write the summons and he said he would, then I mentioned his recent comment that it didn't seem loud to him... I then mentioned that I would have the right to face my acusers in court after he issued the summons for the noise he did not hear. I have yet to hear back from anyone. Pretty sure which pussy neighbor it is, I even helped him renovate his house and they used to park in my driveway on icey days...now he can spend an hour, a full bag of calcium and 2 tires getting up his hill in the ice... |
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If it kept burning for 6.5 hours in the rain, it was hardly safe. Yes it smoldered, burned, whatever. But the key here is did it spread, get bigger, or burn down the countryside? Sounds like some people here would rather fill plastic trash bags with their leaves and take them to the landfill rather than jeopardize the community with a small fire. Yes, I was over the time limit by 3 hours so put me in jail. Yes I made a judgement call that the fire would not spread (a correct call, save the what if's and lectures) Would you have called 911 or would you have knocked on my door. I'm not normally the psycho neighbor type... My last at home mag dump was years ago. |
