how about a nice fence?

 

You know, I sat down at thought, "Maybe I'm doing something with my truck that's really PO'ing him, and this is his way of retaliating, and I'm the problem neighbor!" Lets see, no noise from the garage after 10 PM, no loud music at all, our dog doesn't bark and is kept inside, none of our vehicles are ever parked infront of his house, we never blow or sweep our grass clippings onto his property. . .so he's just a dope!!

The sprinkler he uses is a fan sprinkler which he sets in the middle of his yard. I've moved his sprinkler over right next to my truck and adjusted it to spray away from it, but still cover his whole hard. Guess he didn't like that and moved it back to the middle.

The spigot he uses is right next to our house, and I've tried adjusting the water so it still covers his yard, and at most my truck only gets wet when it's windy. But he still cranks it up again!

And as someone mentioned earlier, I hate that they are building houses so damn close together these days!!

He's got his whole family from Houston over at his house right now, so after they all clear out I'm going to go over and talk to him.

If that doesn't work, I'm going to go on a strict diet of ice cream, chocolate milk, chinese food, potatoes, and corn to work up a healthy ordinance to release!!

 

Check out the water use regs for the city, as mentioned above. There should be some kind of ordinance that you could use to get this guy a ticket or at least a warning for overwatering his lawn.

 

i think you need to lay down the law with this guy.

the way i see it first he was drying off your truck. then you offered to move the truck. that pretty much sent a message that you weren't going to get upset with him. as it turns out he's not a reasonable person, but an inconsiderate jerk. so don't be surprised if he takes advantage of your good nature and fails to show you any courtesy at all

i'd have another talk with him. just make sure you're fed up with HIM and you expect HIM to water HIS lawn in such a manner that the water stays off your property.

 

Where would you move the truck to??? Why don't you just park there to begin with?

I'm only asking because you sounded willing to be calm and collected. You politely adjusted the sprinkler.............. pretty sure it would end up missing about now


I know I'd be at the end of my hose....... er....I mean rope.

 

I am munkey's neighbor (not really, but have a similar situation), and there is a second side to the story.
The neighbors driveway is right on the property line, and he actually has to step out onto my property to leave his car. If he doesn't want to step out onto dirt or mud, I have to water deeply to compensate for the hot curbing. Since I use manual sprinklers, and he leaves earlier than me, it means I wake up before normal to turn them off so he doesn't have to climb in the passenger side.
Live the glass half full life.

 

does he park his cars outside? if he does perhaps you could set up a springkler of your own to water his a few times and see how he likes it?

 

Yeah...unfortunately, it makes the most sense to do that in a lot of communities, and a lot more are going to go that way.

Back to the subject at hand...I think a talk should do the trick, obviously, a little more stern than before. NO ONE would normally go out of the way to dry a giant truck for their neighbor. He is taking into consideration...somewhat...how you are about your truck, so he's not entirely inconsiderate.

 

maybe at one time he wasn't entirely inconsiderate but things have gone down hill from there. This thing needs to be addressed before it becomes nasty and petty.

They're about 10 homes in my neighborhood and everyone living in them is from mexico. I dont speak mexican and they dont speak english. consider yourself lucky you guys speak the same language

 

Here's a novel idea that might blow his mind and make him be more considerate.....Go over there and tell him you noticed his family from Houston was up here and that you hope their homes and such are ok, back home, after Hurricane Rita. (He'll be surprised and grateful for your concern, then he'll put down his proverbial fence.) Then hand him an early Christmas present; a soaker hose for use on that portion of the lawn. They are very inexpensive and effective. Then he should get the hint.


Or if that doesn't work, buy a cheap waterproof truck cover for your truck. Then, don't ask me how I know this but, buy some bird seed and a bird feeder and place it in your front yard. After a few days you'll have lots of pretty birds flying in and around your homes. Your truck will be safe from the water spots and bird poop because of the truck cover. Then you can watch yer neighbor as he spends more Saturday mornings washing his vehicles down because of all the fresh bird poop. When he finally gets the hint and places the sprinkler in a way to not hit your truck, then you could take down the bird feeder.

 

Wow, I didn't know "Mexican" was a language..........it's called Spanish.

 

It should be an easy fix, all he needs to do is adjust the head or replace it with one that is adjustable.
I used to install these systems and this really is an easy fix.

 

Revenge is like your taking poison and then waiting for the other guy to die. It's no good.

I don't know how long this has been going on, but perhaps his change in attitude was because he was preoccupied with the hurricanes and his families homes, or maybe he resented your going over and changing the location of his sprinkler, and adjusting his water, etc. Or maybe it was the way you asked him to tell you when he was going to water, or the fact that you even asked him. I say this because he seemed to be considerate enough to dry off your truck without your even having asked him to, and now he won't even do that. Then too, his putting the sprinkler back to where HE wanted it, and also turning the water back up again should tell you that he's not very pleased about your actions. Now it sounds like a power struggle is going on.

I think I'd just be nice to him and do as CIGARSTC suggested by going over there and telling him you noticed his family from Houston was there and that you hope their homes and such are ok, etc. But I wouldn't give him a soaker hose for Christmas as CIGARSTC suggested, in fact, I wouldn't even mention the water for a while till all this hurricane stuff blows over. In the meantime, I'd just park your truck where you had planned to park it if he had come over and told you he was going to water. Then when things in his life have settled down, (and he sees that you have been nice, and haven't been trying to manipulate him), then perhaps he'll go back to being considerate again. Just remember ... you get more with sugar than you do with vinegar.

 

Gottaford,

Nah, I think I'll still resort to dropping a brown-bomb on the hood of his car! I'm kidding of course. . .

He's still got his family over there, so the talk still waits. . .

 

Regarding Mexican/Spanish... Mexican Spanish is different than the Spanish they speak in Spain, which also differs from the Spanish spoken elsewhere... so it's not totally inaccurate to call it Mexican. But the root language is undeniably Spanish. Anyway...

There is no good excuse for being a bad person. This goes for everyone... I don't care what the deal is, if you're able to get out there and water your lawn, you should be able to keep it limited to your (and only your) lawn. He knows it bothers you and I suspect he's doing a bit of a self-pity number on himself, as saying "I'm not going to have respect for other people because someone in my family is hurting/in trouble" makes no sense whatsoever. It doesn't help anyone to act like you're the only person on the face of the planet who matters. Worrying about other people doesn't excuse you from neighborly duties. I don't suggest playing pranks on him or anything though, so that means unscrewing his sprinkler from the hose while it's still running and tying it WAY UP HIGH in a tree is out of the question. But you can leave a note, confront, and chat. Maybe make them some cookies or brownies for him and the family (hold the laxatives this time... ) and when you go over there, let him know you're sensitive to his situation and you're happy do help him out if he needs something, but he's got to meet you halfway or the next time you bake brownies they'll be laxa-brownies and he'll get a thorough fertilizer job.