Time for another "Good Neighbor" thread?

[300UGUY]

Thanks for the well wishes Murph. The dr gave me permission on the 27th of July to drive the mule. I didn't ask about the tractor. With a little help I was able to get on it. My horse misses me.

Good luck with your recovery!

 

[tractchores]

I may be getting more and more cynical but after 35 years of moving every 3-5 years I have seen a lot of neighbors, I can say my current neighbors are not as friendly as 30 years ago. I am one of the "umpteen bad-neighbor story" posters, as I have two "bad" neighbors. One always seem to think I owe him something for no reason (stiffed me on work payment, said I did not need the money), the other lets his dogs run free which I am good with but they run my property and one dug under my goat fence and my LGDs killed it (they sued).

Now as bad as they are, I have one good one that makes up for both of them, he is just good people.

What is a LGD?

 

[4570Man]

I don't have bad neighbors, but they aren't overly good either.

 

[EarPlug]

What is a LGD?

Livestock Guardian Dog

 

[aeblank]

I only have one neighbor, and he's great. He helped me install some cabinets that would have been hard by myself, and shortly we'll go out in the woods and I'll use my new grapple to haul some wood for him. I certainly owe him more than he owes me (he may say the opposite), but we don't really keep track and help as we can.

 

[sseelhoff]

I have great neighbors. My wife and the Mrs. Neighbor are friends, and often go into to town for lunch and such. Mr. and I "mend fences" along the shared fence line. I haul them compost for their garden and will take them stuff we grow that they don't or take them stuff I have made. (If I am already making a pound cake for SWMBO, not a big deal to make two). They reciprocate. We take them eggs from our chickens, the bring us okra. Just a nice "no keeping score" relationship of sharing, and looking out for each other.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Some good stories.:thumbsup:

 

[woody]

I have some good ones and I have some that think they are too good to speak. my closest neighbor just happen to mention she broke something on her tractor and then her Mom passed away the same day so she or her husband had time to fix it, mysteriously after the funeral she found her tractor was fixed. She figured it out and busted me for fixing her tractor while no one was there LOL.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I have an acreage that we built on in 1972. At that time, it was very rural, and today it is suburban. I have four close neighbors and they're all weird (Trust me, it's them!). My neighbors have run the gamut from wonderful to awful. I had one that lived next to me for 17 years, and I loved the man like my own father. I actually wept when they moved. Mostly, we just tolerate each other now; I just barely get along with 3, the other one, we had a falling out and don't even speak any more. I was born and raised a country boy; my Granddad was a farmer, and I helped him harvest, plow, etc. and worked for other farmers during college. After spending 50 years in the workplace, I have come to the startling conclusion that the majority of the problems in this country are big city problems. Country folks are not all perfect, but they are pretty much all helpful and friendly. Can't say the same for the city folks.

 

[dmccarty]

... After spending 50 years in the workplace, I have come to the startling conclusion that the majority of the problems in this country are big city problems. Country folks are not all perfect, but they are pretty much all helpful and friendly. Can't say the same for the city folks.

I really do believe this is true. When too many people are put into minimal space it brings out the worst in them. I have lived in quite a few places but the worst place I have lived was in south Florida and this was because of the people. Too many people in a small space. Not all of the people were bad of course but the problem people were from NYC, Philly, and other big north east cities. What really surprised me was French speaking Canadians being some of the rudest people down there. :confused3: Just did not expect that at all. Back then, if you drove to south west Florida, the difference was like night and day. Just a short distance in drive time but a vast, pleasant change in people.

I have been reading, meeting, and watching video blogs of people sailing around the world. What really standouts is that what makes people cruise the world is really the people they meet. While seeing new sights, eating new food, and being in different places is part of why people sail to different places, it really is the people that they remember and miss the most. It is kinda ironic because many of the cruisers we have met have said that the reason they are out cruising is to get away from people! :confused3::shocked::laughing::laughing::laughing: I really think what they mean is to get away from BAD people. The nice thing about a boat is that if the "neighbor" is a problem, you can easily move. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

The world is a smaller place today because we can fly in a matter of days to almost any place on earth. Cell phones are all of the place even in some very remote islands. So are ATM machines! :shocked: There are some islands/areas in the Pacific that one should avoid because the men have moved away from their villages to work in mines and such. Once away from the structure of the village and into the anonymity of a larger population trouble can start. There are quite a few places I would like to see but the security situation in these places is iffy. They places can be visited but one must be a bit careful and most likely not stay more than 2-3 nights.

I have read of incidents, even in remote villages, where some people are just bad. Flip side is that I have also read from multiple boaters, where the chief of the villages would personally paddle around a boat to make sure nothing was stolen in the night. That is both good and bad but it is also an exception. The reality is that the vast majority of time the cruisers are meeting and interacting with very nice and helpful local people. They have great experiences with the locals and sometimes form surprisingly long lasting relationships.

Back to my area, the problems here are mostly caused by transplants from north eastern US cities. It really is a mess.

Later,
Dan