In article , =A4NoSuchThing
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1. Years ago, we had a CBer in the neighborhood that had plywood shutters=
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over all the first floor windows, with tiny tank style openings to see=20
from. It is believed that this individual was a habitual jammer on CB. He=
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was even astute enough to bring the coax out of the second floor wall,=20
thereby reducing the likelihood that anyone would "pin" or cut the wire.

LOL! I was big into CB back in the early 70's and this moron became=20
convinced I was another guy that lived nearby and was harassing him=20
constantly. We did sound EXACTLY alike. I didn't believe it until I=20
heard a tape a friend made of me talking to him one night. It sounded=20
like I was talking and arguing with myself. Well, this pinhead pinned my=20
coax twice, and I decided to fix him if he tried again. I had a simple=20
ground plane antenna, with no connection between the shield and center=20
wire on the coax, and I made a box that had a relay in it that was=20
connected to 4 100 watt sized flashbulbs sitting in the windowsill.=20
When/if the coax was pinned, the relay would fire 110 volts to the=20
bulbs, and would scare the crap out of him. A week went by, nothing.=20

Then, one night, I was asleep. It was about 5AM, and the lights go off.=20
When I could see again, I could see a tall skinny guy staggering towards=20
the street that ran past the back of our yard. A pair of pliers was on=20
the ground and a pin was welded into the coax. My friend and I drove=20
past where the moron worked, and there he was, with a banged up face and=20
broken nose. He had run into a tree after being blinded by the=20
flashbulbs. Later on, he apologized and gave me a huge roll of coax to=20
pay me back for the pinnings.=20


A friend moved into a house a few years ago, and he and his girlfriend=20
are asleep and one night they hear someone talking. They didn't have a=20
phone yet and are all freaked out. They could only understand half of=20
what was being said, but it was obvious the guy was pretty drunk and=20
mighty angry. My friend puts some pants on and takes his baseball bat=20
and starts looking. It's coming from his brand new Sony XBR TV, and it's=20
turned off. He turns it on, and the voice disappears, off, and it's=20
back, making threats and swearing like crazy. They didn't know it, but=20
they moved about 3 houses away from the worst "agitator" in town. I=20
helped solve the TV problem with chokes and filters, but we couldn't fix=20
the other thing that had his voice coming out of it. If the toaster was=20
plugged in, you could hear, and understand everything he said coming out=20
of the top of the toaster. Even when it was in operation, you could hear=20
the idiot yelling all the time. Obviously, unplugging it solved that=20
problem, and nature solved the problem itself when the idiot had a major=20
stroke at the ripe old age of 40, and it totally trashed his speech.=20

How Ironic..
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2. Eyesores, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Whether the people are=
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lunatics or not, what they do on their property is their concern. I don't=
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hold to the theory of regulating how another person's property looks.=20
Increasingly, zoning has gone from control of significant differences in=
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real-estate to anal control over the permissible length of a blade of=20
grass or whether or not an Amateur Radio Operator can install an antenna.

When I was growing up, a neighbor lady was the neighborhood "anal".=20
Another neighbor had a car that he was restoring, and after what should=20
have a short test drive, the newly rebuilt engine let go, and he towed=20
it home, and put it in the driveway to work on when he had the chance.

The neighbor lady started calling them up, nagging them about the car,=20
then she called the cops, and finally, she got the neighborhood=20
association involved and they "insisted" that he get rid of the car. He=20
"resisted" and it went to court and by the time it got there, it had the=20
new engine in it, and he "celebrated" by doing a block line burnout, in=20
front of the old lady while flipping her off. About half the block=20
clapped as he smoked the street.=20

Later on, she got a whole world of crap started when she objected to the=20
5 kids and parents who moved in next door and their seven cars that were=20
parked in the driveway and street. This time, the neighborhood Assoc=20
wasn't interested in her crap and she moved out..
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We have a lunatic Nazi enforcer of borough laws next door. When we moved=
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into this house (my wife's house from childhood), the lady next door, the=
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Borough Council vice president, proceeded to tell me that I should cut=20
down this tree and that tree and all the trees on the property.=20
(therefore she would not need to rake leaves). I didn't listen. Another=
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time she was obsessed with the small roll of cable that I left below my=
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Direct TV antenna. It was not bothering anyone but her. My son bought a=
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car to fix up, and it was not licensed. When my wife and I went away for=
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the weekend, my son called us to tell us that the police had driven up=20
onto our property and ticketed the car as abandoned. It was on our=20
property. The idiot next door believed that this would rid the=20
neighborhood of the car, but my wife out maneuvered her. We had the car=
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licensed with Classic car plates and obtained insurance for it. So there=
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it remained, in the same spot, still an eyesore to her, but a legal=20
eyesore.

There was one of those court TV type shows once where this guy and his=20
wife who ran the condo assoc. repeatedly trashed another owners totally=20
restored muscle car that apparently they weren't impressed with. They=20
left notes and wrote on the windshield stuff like "Take this junker to=20
the junkyard!" After all the windows were broken with a punch, the tires=20
slit, and the hugely expensive paint job keyed repeatedly, the victim=20
installed cameras who caught the 60 year old husband and his 40 year old=20
son trashing the car again.=20

The next afternoon at the condo association meeting, the cops come in=20
and cart all three of them off to jail. The wife and son plead guilty=20
and the hubby got 6 months. He goes into this huge tirade after the jury=20
finds him guilty, and ends up getting a psych evaluation before the=20
judge gave him the 6 months. The condo assoc. tossed the family out. The=20
guy who had the car was then elected to the condo assoc. Irony again.

BDK=20



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If it isn't dangerous, (e.g. rat infested or poses a safety problem to=20
others), I say leave them alone. A rose is a rose by any other name. My=
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lunatic neighbor has fine looking property, but she is a nut case that=20
makes living here difficult at times. Others are not so pristine, yet=20
much easier to live with. The lunatic neighboors in the link above will=
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still be lunatics when the steel panels are removed. Is it fair to allow=
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someone else to move into the neighborhood under false pretenses?
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Dr. Artaud
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BDK wrote in
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I would have never thought of the bulb trick.

Years ago, my nephew and I dropped an M-250 into a stream from the
roadway of a bridge. It was dark, and I watched the lit fuse as it went
into the water. Despite my nephew's assurance that it would not
extinguish due to the water, I was sure it did. Leaning over the edge, I
strained to see it. Apparently the firecracker turned over in the water,
fuse side down. Wham, it went off, bright light, loud sound, and
splashing water. It wasted my mind. For a short time, my nephew had to
guide me back to the car. The military and police have exploited such
ideas for crowd control. Unexpected flashes, loud sound, and in the case
of your hapless victim, perhaps a shock too.

For the life of me, I can't see why people move into Covenant Regulated
Neighborhoods. My co-worker was the president of one neighborhood
association, he was proud that he refused a woman the right to have a
yard sale, as the parking problems that would temporarily arise would be
"inconvenient" for others.

Regards,

Dr. Artaud


I had a simple ground plane antenna, with no connection between the
shield and center wire on the coax, and I made a box that had a relay
in it that was connected to 4 100 watt sized flashbulbs sitting in the
windowsill. When/if the coax was pinned, the relay would fire 110 volts
to the bulbs, and would scare the crap out of him. A week went by,
nothing.

Then, one night, I was asleep. It was about 5AM, and the lights go
off. When I could see again, I could see a tall skinny guy staggering
towards the street that ran past the back of our yard. A pair of
pliers was on the ground and a pin was welded into the coax. My friend
and I drove past where the moron worked, and there he was, with a
banged up face and broken nose. He had run into a tree after being
blinded by the flashbulbs. Later on, he apologized and gave me a huge
roll of coax to pay me back for the pinnings.

In article , =A4NoSuchThing
says...
BDK wrote in
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I would have never thought of the bulb trick.=20
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Years ago, my nephew and I dropped an M-250 into a stream from the=20
roadway of a bridge. It was dark, and I watched the lit fuse as it went=
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into the water. Despite my nephew's assurance that it would not=20
extinguish due to the water, I was sure it did. Leaning over the edge, I=
=20
strained to see it. Apparently the firecracker turned over in the water,=
=20
fuse side down. Wham, it went off, bright light, loud sound, and=20
splashing water. It wasted my mind. For a short time, my nephew had to=20
guide me back to the car. The military and police have exploited such=20
ideas for crowd control. Unexpected flashes, loud sound, and in the case=
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of your hapless victim, perhaps a shock too.=20
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For the life of me, I can't see why people move into Covenant Regulated=
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Neighborhoods. My co-worker was the president of one neighborhood=20
association, he was proud that he refused a woman the right to have a=20
yard sale, as the parking problems that would temporarily arise would be=
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"inconvenient" for others.
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Regards,
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Dr. Artaud=20

I don't know why, but when my dad's surplus store closed in 1970, I took=20
a lot of the oddball stuff that didn't sell, including three grocery=20
bags full of those big flashbulbs. I used them for jokes, putting them=20
into a lamp and the huge "POP" it would make and amazingly bright flash=20
always made people jump. In a dark room, ONE of those bulbs would cause=20
you to not see anything but a blueish blob for several minutes, but 4 of=20
them was total overkill. Just one was kind of painful. I was asleep and=20
missed the brightest part of the flash, and they were behind the=20
curtains too, but I wasn't able to see much of anything for a while, so=20
it's no surprise he ran into one of our many huge Walnut trees.=20

I have a friend who's parents are being hassled by the condo board where=20
they live for painting their trim a "unapealing color". It's light grey,=20
and the only colors they mention as a no no are yellow, red, green, and=20
any "obnoxious" color. No explanation of how this is determined.

It looks fine to anyone except the board members.

I would live in a crappy trailer someplace before I would live in a=20
condo or apartment again.

BDK

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I had a simple ground plane antenna, with no connection between the
shield and center wire on the coax, and I made a box that had a relay=20
in it that was connected to 4 100 watt sized flashbulbs sitting in the
windowsill. When/if the coax was pinned, the relay would fire 110 volts
to the bulbs, and would scare the crap out of him. A week went by,
nothing.=20
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Then, one night, I was asleep. It was about 5AM, and the lights go
off. When I could see again, I could see a tall skinny guy staggering
towards the street that ran past the back of our yard. A pair of
pliers was on the ground and a pin was welded into the coax. My friend
and I drove past where the moron worked, and there he was, with a
banged up face and broken nose. He had run into a tree after being
blinded by the flashbulbs. Later on, he apologized and gave me a huge
roll of coax to pay me back for the pinnings.=20
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