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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Ask her if she got her annual rabies shot since the light attracts mosquitos and they attract bats. Then the bat guano attracts who knows what. Maybe, not being a country girl, she has some learning to do. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Neighbor has a light on a motion sensor next door damn thing goes off 100 times at night lighting up our bedroom. Have asked him to turn it down and he says he has, but it's still on-off on-off all night, so I"ve let the hedge grow up between us where it blocks it. He may have turned it down but with all the plants in his side yard a small breeze will set it off. Chat with her, perhaps she will be accomodating. | |||
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My closest neighbor is a hundred yards or so away. Well he's like the third or fourth that has been in that house and every last one of them keep the flood lights on ALL NIGHT LONG. They shine right into Roxy's windows and will keep her up all night. I have black foamcore covers I have to put up every goddammed night. Now THIS neighbor has moved out, has the house up for sale yet again and is leaving those goddammed lights on 24/7. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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Go replace the bulbs with 40 watt bulbs . | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Preach it brother! On our left is a retired couple from NOVA that kept their back yard light on for their dogs. The problem is that their home is closer to the road than ours and their light shines directly into my bedroom. I finally went over and explained the situation and they reluctantly agreed. They now keep the lights on in the house which still shines into our bedroom but is not as bright. On the other side a couple from New Jersey moved in and one of the first thing they did was to install a huge LED motion sensors that goes off every time my wife or I come down our driveway...Well we went over there and the husband was very apologetic and turned down the sensors so we don’t get lit up coming down our own driveway... ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Wait just a second. You're telling me that you just went and talked to them and were able to resolve the situation, not once, but twice? You didn't have to threaten them or call the police, or nothing? | |||
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thin skin can't win |
Wait just a second part 2! Are you telling me the dogs who live outside are scared of the dark? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else |
Well I was wearing my vest with 6 mags in it...;-) ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else |
Apparently so. While I’m not a great lover of dogs I do tolerate them but by God these two dogs (full size puddles) have to be the dumbest things on 4 legs. ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Plantation shutters are the best window coverings ever. They look great, and are so easy to open and close. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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| Conservative in Nor Cal constantly swimming up stream  |
^^^^^I agree. I manufactured and sold shutters for over 20 years. ----------------------------------- Get your guns b4 the Dems take them away Sig P-229 Sig P-220 Combat | |||
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Res ipsa loquitur |
We had a light that was shinning in a neighbor's bedroom. She politely asked us to turn it down or off. It was a reasonable request. So off it went. It's been off for years except for occasional night use. We all get along still. Sometimes a quick call can resolve an issue easily. __________________________ | |||
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Happily Retired |
I seriously doubt talking to her would do any good. There are people that like those bright service lights and feel "safer" with them. Won't hurt to try though. I hate those things. I've had to deal with them sometimes but that is just another reason we live where we do. Our closest neighbor is about 1/2 mile away. .....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress. | |||
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goodheart |
You need to talk to her. Reality is: she’s not used to living in the country; YOU are her best security system. Perhaps suggest IR cameras in place of the light(s), emphasizing the beauty of living in the country is seeing the stars at night. Borrow a friend’s telescope, show her how you’re trying to explore the heavens but her light pollution makes it impossible. Don’t start out thinking she’s the enemy. She’s your new neighbor. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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Ammoholic |
Helps when they speak English, my neighbors don't. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Start with this. First check and see if your county (or whatever local government) has an ordinance about such matters. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine |
Wait . . . we are in favor of trespassing and interfering with your neighbor's property now? How would you feel if they tried that on some item on your land? The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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I understand about liking the country lifestyle and having it dark and all but if this is the biggest issue you have with her, I would be grateful. It could be much worse. A single person,a woman especially, with a light in the front of their house might give her some security. I wouldn't think she has it to cause an issue with neighbors but for security. I live in a smallish city and nobody has their carriage/garage lights on but me at night. Some of the neighbors lately are questionable and we have had some car break ins lately. Seems like I supply light for the area/security. | |||
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I am in an apt. on the second floor. 16 months ago,a neighbor ,( across the street and two houses down) Added a 16 x 16 deck to his house, Four months ago he mounted lights to his deck area, About knee height on the house siding. Those two lights illuminate my living room and dining room areas so much , I no longer need to use my lights in the middle of the night. That's about 180 feet away  Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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Go Vols! |
Well, there’s this movie called Christmas Vacation ... | |||
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