Neighbors!!

I live in a block of 5 units.
My common wall neighbour is a Continental Indian.
For the last 6 months he has been banging on Indian drums as late as 10 o'clock at night.
This is extremely annoying and I am very close to talking to him about it.
To me it shows a lack of respect for the neighbours.
No one else makes any noise but he thinks it is okay to disturb everyone with his drumming at least 5 times a week.
 
I live in a block of 5 units.
My common wall neighbour is a Continental Indian.
For the last 6 months he has been banging on Indian drums as late as 10 o'clock at night.
This is extremely annoying and I am very close to talking to him about it.
To me it shows a lack of respect for the neighbours.
No one else makes any noise but he thinks it is okay to disturb everyone with his drumming at least 5 times a week.
Oh my, that would be most annoying. Drums beating loudly would drive me up the wall...at least. One of my last neighbors that moved played music with drums beating loudly. I had a talk with her and she kept it down after that. It may work out better if you do have that talk.
 
I have wonderful neighbors. My next door neighbor has been a real lifesaver for me as I have no relatives living nearby and she insists on taking me to appointments which, for some reason, I cannot drive myself or for medical procedures that require a driver be available. She just says that is what neighbors are for. All of my nearby neighbors are friendly, always wave or walk over for a chat. One couple describes themselves as "artists" and take great pride in their yard and their artistic yard ornaments. We are all around the same age, are retired and there are no kids in the neighborhood. My only complaint regarding a neighbor was one who lived behind me. They had a son who bounced a basketball and shot free throws for hours in their driveway...bounce, bounce, bounce, clang, bounce, bounce, bounce, clang. So annoying. The father was extremely loud, yelling and screaming, to the point that I initially thought there was some problem and wondered if I should call 911. After listening a little more it turns out he was just playing football with the kid and the wife was being an equally loud cheerleader. They moved a few months ago and I now can sit on my patio in peace and quiet.
 
Their property is THEIR property, but letting their kids and relations play football in my front yard is okay. He ran a line of assorted sticks haphazardly between our front yards and rearranged them every few days. I finally asked him, "what's with the sticks?" and he claimed he had the property line surveyed. I said, "Oh - so I can find a record of this?" It was a lie and I proved it! They were expanding their domain foot by foot. He already has 3 times the property that I have. I have since had a real survey done.

When his grandfather lived their, I used to mow between the properties. It gave a nice clean line and was easier for both of us. This is a #head grandson who inherited it. He tried to intimidate me by sitting on his lawn tractor behind scrub bushes when I went out to mow. I really wonder what he intended to do if I "crossed the line."

His kids are rude and I know it is because he encourages this and also criminal behavior. When his 15 year old was busted for traffic violations, he laughed it off. "I did the same things when I was young, haha." Really good parenting, huh?

During the last election, he placed an obscene political sign facing my front door (So only I could see it) and played the most outrageously filthy, disgusting white-supremacist, right wing, and sexist music VERY loud whenever I went outside.

He also called the police with a noise complaint that I was tearing down a wall when I had workers move an 18" retaining wall closer to my house so I didn't have to deal with the mowing border issues. I told the nice officer that all that happened was shoveling of dirt into a wheelbarrow and restacking blocks. I also took the opportunity to tell him that was only being done because of the harassment issues and that I was spending thousands trying to "get away from them." He was very sympathetic. (-:

The list goes on, and yes, I am keeping a dated list.
What is filthy, disgusting, white supremacist music?
 
Since I live in a Senior Living facility, apartment dwellers come and go. At present, the apartment across from me and next door are empty. The last resident who recently moved was always complaining about the services offered, and lord knows whatever. She and hubby would fight in the hallway and she scream she wanted a divorce. Thankfully, her son and his partner, convinced her to move to Florida with them. Silence reigns supreme these days.
 
I live in a block of 5 units.
My common wall neighbour is a Continental Indian.
For the last 6 months he has been banging on Indian drums as late as 10 o'clock at night.
This is extremely annoying and I am very close to talking to him about it.
To me it shows a lack of respect for the neighbours.
No one else makes any noise but he thinks it is okay to disturb everyone with his drumming at least 5 times a week.
what's a continental Indian ? :unsure:
 
Until 3 years ago I had lived in the City all my life. Because of the bad neighbors I had there, I haven't gotten friendly with any of my new neighbors, but my husband has gotten to know them and he said they are very nice. Because of a lie someone told my old neighbors about me and they believed the person, I stopped being friendly to all of them. I will never understand why they believed her. I was good to them. Watched their kids etc. When my daughter got married some decorated my house and the church. They made the wedding a lot of fun, then they were told the lie,believed what the old lady old them and when my daughter got her wedding video they wouldn't even come in to see it.
 
Had a knock on my door at 9:30pm a few months ago. I ask who it was through the door and he said some mysterious things that didn't really make sense and I told him I would not open the door and he said he wanted to show me something. I racked the slide on my Remington shotgun near the door. He left and I never heard from him again. The noise a pump shotgun makes says you are serious, every time.
Yes, the Remington's slide action is louder because the receiver is steel instead of aluminum like most others. When the slide is closed, the steel-against-steel impact is louder. The Remington is my choice too - with a custom extended magazine & attached light.
 
I googled it and nothing came up..what about just Indian... ?.. and for American Indians they can be described as being Native Americans
Exactly right. I've never heard the term "Continental Indian" as a descriptor for Indians from India. Other than a few instances, "Indian casinos" among them, Native Americans are either described as Native Americans or by their specific tribe, i.e, Crow, Cherokee, etc.

p.s. @Bretrick, is there such a large American Indian population in Australia that there's a term commonly used to differentiate Native Americans from Indians? That surprises me.
 
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Sometimes I think of the merits of moving. The possibility of neighbours I don’t care for has me rethinking this notion.
Amen. Also makes me reconsider moving to an apartment, townhouse, condo or other attached dwelling.

I lived in various apartments throughout my twenties. Sure, there were occasional weirdo neighbors, but nobody was difficult, excessively noisy, or problematic. Then again, I worked full time and wasn't home all that much even during my free time.
 
Amen. Also makes me reconsider moving to an apartment, townhouse, condo or other attached dwelling.

I lived in various apartments throughout my twenties. Sure, there were occasional weirdo neighbors, but nobody was difficult, excessively noisy, or problematic. Then again, I worked full time and wasn't home all that much even during my free time.
yes it makes a whole bunch of difference if you work outside the home. Things have happened around here , that I've not noticed when I was working.. and then since retiring, I've had more time to see and hear about things.. and it transpires these things happened several years before, but being out of the house all day most days, I wasn't aware of lots of things.

If 'Nextdoor'' app had been around a few years ago before I retired I wouldn't have missed anything... good lord these people are in everyones' business, I'm shocked..
 
If 'Nextdoor'' app had been around a few years ago before I retired I wouldn't have missed anything... good lord these people are in everyones' business, I'm shocked..
Yeah, to me Nextdoor is the modern version of people gossiping and griping while hanging their wash on clotheslines. So much negativity.

I rarely check in and never post, comment or "like" - it's probably time to deactivate my account.
 
Yeah, to me Nextdoor is the modern version of people gossiping and griping while hanging their wash on clotheslines. So much negativity.

I rarely check in and never post, comment or "like" - it's probably time to deactivate my account.
funny, I was just thinking the same this morning..when yet another negative post popped up in my inbox...
 
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