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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:04:04 EDT

yabos posted :

said by chabu:

calling Indian food stinky is pretty ignorant and racist...
guess you have not been around or grown up enough to realise that stinky smell cooking is not just restricted to indian food....guess you dont know any thing about Ukrainian food---i dont call it stinky , but it gives a strong odour when it is being cooked...

Yeah, that Indian comedian I saw on TV saying how Indian food wreaks must be racicst

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:37:21 EDT

horsemouth posted : Our house has some strange smells.
Only permeated on the deck!

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQj-hFfmYkQ
and also some fish "dillis"? or something like that

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:47:37 EDT

Crunchyfrog posted :

And inferring Ukranian food is stinky is enlightened and inclusive?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:31:58 EDT

alexpb1 posted : Ugggh now I am reminded of the days I used to visit my friend in his apartment building and the entire hall stunk of something fierce.

I guess I am a racist though since I didn't like the smell!

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:09:12 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by BigSensFan:

I agree with Steve. Calling a food smell (or style of cooking) stinky is not racist.

I have heard Indian and Pakistani people say North Americans smell like sour milk because of our high Milk diet. (and I don't consider that racist)

I LOVE Indian cuisine and I like the smell too. But there are foods that just plain stink and each person's nostrils are sensitive to different things.

I remember a comedy special, I think it was an early Russell Peters one. There were three Indian guys in a bus shelter and a white guy came in. The Indians started making jokes about smelling Kraft Dinner :)
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:41:39 EDT

BigSensFan posted : I agree with Steve. Calling a food smell (or style of cooking) stinky is not racist.

I have heard Indian and Pakistani people say North Americans smell like sour milk because of our high Milk diet. (and I don't consider that racist)

I LOVE Indian cuisine and I like the smell too. But there are foods that just plain stink and each person's nostrils are sensitive to different things.
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:26:42 EDT

Devanchya posted : Being a middle-class child who lived in a house and not an apartment, I always noticed the stink going to my friends house. Always smelled of cabbage, stale urine... and cat litter.

Years later once I became an apartment dweller, I don't recall smelling those smells.

I do know that at work... certain people I can tell what they had for dinner the night before.

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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:11 EDT

Steve posted :

said by chabu:

you call indians dirty and thier food stinky and when anyone fights, you say to turn down the hypersenstive knob!

I didn't call anybody dirty or anybody stinky; it's perfectly fair to not like the smell of even broad classes of food, though calling the people dirty is not very nice.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:08:19 EDT

urbanriot posted : Well, he could have said it a little more sensitively... but in high school, it was always funny to stop by a first generation Indian buddy's house to smell the strong odour of curry... mind you, I loved their spicy foods so I didn't complain. I wouldn't so much say he's racist as he's generalizing, uncouth and frank in what he says. And unrefined in tastes :p

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:59:27 EDT

chabu posted : you call indians dirty and thier food stinky and when anyone fights, you say to turn down the hypersenstive knob! You are a knob! The critic even states that he knows nothing about other foods, yet wants to put down something he knows nothing about!
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:19:56 EDT

Steve posted :

said by chabu:

not only are you a racist, but a complete idiot and that an uneducated one....

I think you need to turn down your "hypersensitive" knob just a tad: it doesn't make anybody racist, an idiot, or uneducated to find some kinds of food odors unpleasant and others not.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:16:13 EDT

horsemouth posted : Good to hear from you. How is the trip going?
The Gov. is now giving out grow permits so you can grow your own.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:13:33 EDT

r81984 posted : I am the racist because I did not name all the smelly food?
In my experience I only encountered Indian food so smelly that it made hallways stink.

I always find if funny when racists get all offended and then call others racist. One day you will have to get that chip off your shoulder and change your racist attitude.
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:12:50 EDT

Rifleman posted : Trouble with prescibed pot is it is much worse quality than what joe blow grows.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:10:51 EDT

horsemouth posted : Canada... The Gov. will sell it to you. All You need is a note from your doctor.
The building is in the south end of Halifax AKA hospital/student zone.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:09:34 EDT

chabu posted : not only are you a racist, but a complete idiot and that an uneducated one....you just showed it with your further comments.....guess you dont know what italian, french and german cooking is....you are just blinded by your intellectual inabilities.....

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:02:46 EDT

r81984 posted : Pot legal? Where?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:58:13 EDT

horsemouth posted :

said by r81984:

said by horsemouth:

As an owner I cant tell people how to live their life. That being said I am sure if I asked a favor like "smoke Pot in the bathroom only for this weekend" Not a problem.

As an owner you are obligated to report any crimes you notice in your building. If you smell pot and ignore it then you are just as guilty. I can't imagine why you would want pot heads in your apartment anyways.

Trust me...in my neighbourhood,that is not a good business plan.
If you rent from me I don't get involved in your life.
Guess you missed the part about the pot being legal?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:45:24 EDT

pnjunction posted :

said by r81984:

As an owner you are obligated to report any crimes you notice in your building. If you smell pot and ignore it then you are just as guilty. I can't imagine why you would want pot heads in your apartment anyways.

1) They keep to themselves when possible and don't complain about trivial crap like their neighbours and minor issues.

2) They don't call the cops or 911 and stir up shit that way.

The vast majority just pay the rent and mind their business. Sure I've known some pot smokers who were degenerates, but really it was the alcohol that usually got them into trouble and had them doing stupid crap. Hung over so they miss work and get fired, drunken fights, etc..

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:32:56 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by r81984:

said by horsemouth:

As an owner I cant tell people how to live their life. That being said I am sure if I asked a favor like "smoke Pot in the bathroom only for this weekend" Not a problem.

Maybe they shared :)
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:29:16 EDT

r81984 posted :

said by horsemouth:

As an owner I cant tell people how to live their life. That being said I am sure if I asked a favor like "smoke Pot in the bathroom only for this weekend" Not a problem.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:26:25 EDT

r81984 posted :

Have you ever lived in an apartment building full of people straight from india, not American born Indians???
I have many Indian friends straight from India, they will tell you that Indian's smell and they are just used to it so they don't care. It has to do with their customs for spicy food and bathing. To American's it is a horrible smell, but to Indian's it is normal.
I was an RA in college and half my floor was from India and I am good friends with some of the guys from India, so don't tell me their food does not smell.

My friend lives in a building that is full of Indians and the hallways have an overwhelming smell of stinky BO and stinky Indian food. That is a fact and not being racist. You need to learn more about other cultures before you just start calling people racist for stating facts.
Regardless of how they smell, they are in America and should respect that in America you do not encroach on your neighbors with noises or smells. The same goes with the pot heads, they need to learn how not to stink up the place. In my friends case the landlord refuses to clean the stinky hallways which is wrong.
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:55:10 EDT

chabu posted : calling Indian food stinky is pretty ignorant and racist...
guess you have not been around or grown up enough to realise that stinky smell cooking is not just restricted to indian food....guess you dont know any thing about Ukrainian food---i dont call it stinky , but it gives a strong odour when it is being cooked...

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:43:56 EDT

horsemouth posted : There is not much to tell. They learned a lesson and so did I.
I was busy at the time he/she called and did not take the time to ask more questions.
One question I did ask was can you smell it in your apartment? Answer no.
What it came down to was that mom and dad were going to be in town and they would be upset if they knew that the young one was living in a building that had pot smokers in it.
As an owner I cant tell people how to live their life. That being said I am sure if I asked a favor like "smoke Pot in the bathroom only for this weekend" Not a problem.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:18:05 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by horsemouth:

As always their is more to the story.

Then tell us.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:21:02 EDT

NCRGuy posted :

said by horsemouth:

said by r81984:

You kicked out the people being legal over the pot heads?

The pot was legal. Calling 911 was considered not.
As always their is more to the story.
The mess could of been avoided if they had of been honest with me.
Right or wrong this is the way I look at it. You call 911 because your neighbour is cooking food that smells bad.

I'd be interested in hearing the rest of the story.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:09:12 EDT

r81984 posted : You told them to call the police because they smelled pot.
But now you say it was the neighbor's cooking stinky food, why didn't you tell them that when they called you at home?

When they called you, you should have told them you would clean the hallway and get rid of the nasty smell.
Also if the neighbors food is stinking up the place then you have a ventilation problem in the unit and you should have fixed it.

There is nothing worse then moving into the place and having neighbors that stink it up with stinky indian food because of bad ventilation and a landlord that tells you just to deal with it instead of fixing the problem.

If there were pot heads you should have kicked them out. If food was stinking up the apartment, you should have fixed the ventilation. Instead you choose to kick out the people who just wanted to live in a place that did not smell like ass. SAD.
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:00:33 EDT

horsemouth posted :

said by r81984:

You kicked out the people being legal over the pot heads?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:42:08 EDT

r81984 posted : You kicked out the people being legal over the pot heads?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:47:36 EDT

horsemouth posted :

said by kim:

Make that phone call up here and the cops won't care. They're busy with real crimes.

I beg to differ.
I rented an apartment to a young couple from Texas a few years ago. They were fed up the smell of pot in the hall so they called my home to complain.
I told them that their was nothing i could do and suggested they contact the police.
The very next day I got a call from the cops asking me why I told my tenants to call 911.
Guess who got kicked out? HINT it wasn't the pot smoker.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:31:02 EDT

MattBC posted :

said by leer:

We had neighbors next door who smoked pot. I jut told the landlord and they were gone within a month.

You're definitely in the States. I live in BC, which is essentially "pot growers paradise", also known as the place where BC Bud goes across the US border pound for pound for South American cocaine.

I work in a professional office of several hundred, with a good crowd of mixed aged people. However, about 80% of the people there actively smoke weed. 2 friends of mine, who are also coworkers at said business as well roommates with each other, supply weed for many people within the office when they're off work.

Smoking weed in public in the States will get you arrested. Here, one will not be bothered unless they're driving, or have enough on their person for a possession with intent to distribute charge. It's far more acceptable up here than 60 miles south.

When my wife and I first moved to Victoria, we moved into an apartment building in a decent area of town. Sitting in our apartment one day all we could smell was weed, and were able to see if actually coming out from under the front door. The hallway was smokey when we opened it, and the smell was intense. Wife called the office to make a complaint, and was told to take a wet towel and place it at the bottom of the front door to block the smoke. We were a bit baffled that nothing was going to be done about it.

But, that's BC for ya. ;)

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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:43:25 EDT

Rob posted :

said by leer:

said by Rob:

said by leer:

We had neighbors next door who smoked pot. I jut told the landlord and they were gone within a month.

Just call the 911 and file a complaint. That's what they're there for. Say you feel endangered.

That's NOT what they are there for. If he wants to file a complaint, then he should call the NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. Calling 911 for issues like this is against the law, but more importantly it occupies the emergency line when someone else with a real emergency could be calling in.

"drinks non stop and is also suicidal and owns two firearms"

Oh that's cool. I'm sure he's just going through a "phase". No need for Police.

He can file a complaint with the non-emergency number and a police office can come out, if necessary.
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:18:28 EDT

leer posted :

said by Rob:

"drinks non stop and is also suicidal and owns two firearms"

Oh that's cool. I'm sure he's just going through a "phase". No need for Police.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:40:46 EDT

pnjunction posted : Yeah 911 is for when he's banging on the door or making threats. Calling 911 because your neighbour is scary but isn't doing anything at the moment isn't what it's for, the non-emergency number is there for that drama.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to do a bong hit and go rape my neighbours.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:31:28 EDT

Rob posted :

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:42:53 EDT

kim posted : Make that phone call up here and the cops won't care. They're busy with real crimes.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:14:09 EDT

leer posted : We had neighbors next door who smoked pot. I jut told the landlord and they were gone within a month.

Just call the 911 and file a complaint. That's what they're there for. Say you feel endangered.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:43:20 EDT

XaXiS posted : Sorry it took so long for a update. I forgot to check up ont his thread lol.
Anyhow, things are ok I guess. We haven't had any contact with him whatsoever. The landlord has received complaints about the dog we have and we have talked to the people that live above us and around us and it isn't them, so we know it's him trying to get us kicked out. They aren't listening to him though anymore. Told him that he would have to file a complaint with the tribunal and I doubt he would ever have the time to do all of that. We are looking into moving however, just saving up money for first and last etc.

said by Kitlope:

hahah! Thats what this place was feeling like and I didn't like it one bit. I have a 12 year old daughter and I explicitly told her not to go anywhere near them, which is kind of hard to do since they lived so close. Of course none had any serious employment ... Chris was on the dole and the other 2 had menial jobs.

How about the OP? Any updates? I didn't mean to threadjack but wanted to share my story (such a relief to vent and the fact its over) and also didn't want to start a new thread on the same type of subject.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:46:50 EDT

Noname9 posted :

said by XaXiS:

Situation:
New person moved in during the summer. As a good neighbour I help him move in and get to know him a bit. After a while we are hanging out quite a bit. My wife and I set him up with a friend of ours as he is single. After that happens we find out that he has a very bad temper, snaps like crazy, drinks non stop and is also suicidal and owns two firearms. Anyhow, things did not work out between the two of them and now he is taking the blame out on us. He called the humane society on us. They showed up this morning, I let them in and let them see the animals. They agreed that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the animals whatsoever. I explained to the person that this individual made a false report against us but understood why they had to come out. He has been a walking time bomb, and anything will set him off it seems. We have done nothing wrong to this person. Infact I taught him how to iron shirts as he did not know how to, and helped him out when he got drunk and ended up shaving his head. I am concerned that he will either do something to himself or others if he snaps like he has been known to do. I am hoping now that he has been recently diagnosed with depression, that the government will do the right thing and revoke his PAL licence, but I highly doubt that will happen. I would rather not move because I like it here, but might end up having to. Anyone have advice as to what I can do about this situation? I have tried on numerous occasions to talk to him about this, but he is not being rational whatsoever.

I guess you learn the hard way. I had a bipolar roommate. I tried to help the guy but all he talked about was he was thinking killing people without getting caught. He didn't drink but man this guy had a bad temper, the worst thing is that he carried a knife. I learned quick not to make friends so quickly and make sure they don't live near me or their ex. Best thing to do is either move or don't say anything. If you don't react he will get bored of you and go onto someone else or somewhere else.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:07:12 EDT

Kitlope posted : hahah! Thats what this place was feeling like and I didn't like it one bit. I have a 12 year old daughter and I explicitly told her not to go anywhere near them, which is kind of hard to do since they lived so close. Of course none had any serious employment ... Chris was on the dole and the other 2 had menial jobs.

How about the OP? Any updates? I didn't mean to threadjack but wanted to share my story (such a relief to vent and the fact its over) and also didn't want to start a new thread on the same type of subject.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:07:07 EDT

mr weather posted : You don't live near the Sunnyvale Trailer Park, do you? ;)

Lemme guess: none of them held down any serious employment?
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Re: Idiotic neighbour

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:10:24 EDT

Kitlope posted : This is why I don't become buddies with neighbors. Things are usually wonderful at first but then the darkside rears its ugly head. Its all just a matter of time. I went through this years ago in my early 20s with neighbors and since then have always led a low profile.

Currently, I live in a decent part of town in a rented Coachhome (just like a townhouse). There's a few families, some young people but overall most people around here are decent enough. Most keep to themselves it seems.

At the end of April there was some people (guy & gf + roomate) move in about 20 feet from where I park my car in the parking lot. They were always outside drinking beer and after a few weeks I finally joined them. I found out they were in their 30s & 40s. I only did this to be neighborley, shoot the small chat and would have a few with them and then go home (I politely declined beers with them a few times). After that I had a few beers with them 3 or 4 times over the next month only because they were sitting there and offered. I never stayed longer than about an hour or so. I guess the one guy, Chris figured we were now "buddies". He started coming over to my place looking for cigarettes, beers, rolling papers and all sorts of shit. It became a real pain in the ass and I quit answering my door or just telling him that "I didn't have any". It wasn't everyday or anything so was tolerable but still enough to start pissing me off.

One day, in July the remote for my car alarm chirped so I knew something happened to the car. I went outside to investigate and Chris, sitting there drinking beer, had thrown an egg at my windshield. I'm like "wtf"?

He laughed, said he would clean it and he did but did a shit job so I had to take a power nozzle to it at the car wash. I came back and gave him shit, but in a polite way saying that it was disrespectful. The guy didn't have a car and didn't have a pot to piss in so I knew that if I didn't handle this in a certain way my car would be jeapordized. Needless to say, after that nonsense I quit going over there.

All they did out there all summer and fall was sit out there and drink beer into the late hours, upsetting many neighbors. I quit parking in my own stall once the passive aggressive bullshit started. I parked on the road, out of sight of them (and a different walkway to my apartment) for the summer and fall until it got cold. When I started using my stall again there was always one of their buddie's vehicle in it (even though visitor parking was 40 feet away). I had told Chris that I was going to start using the stall again so *hint hint* don't let your drug infested friends park in it. Its funny when you have to deal with idiots because now I was the bad guy for wanting to park in my paid stall! Towards the last couple weeks of October it got especially bad and some real winners started hanging out around on their patio. One night, with about 6 of them whooping it up, one beat up looking broad said as I pulled up to my stall that had one of their vehicles in it "If you got something to say get out of the fucking car". I knew if I reacted though serious bullshit would start.

I was ready to go to managment but the girl that runs the place joins them sometimes for beers and was screwing the one roomate so I knew it would be fruitless. I would actually have to contact the regional office if I wanted any results but I was holding off.

But I remembered something from when I first met them ...

I recall they mentioned they were on a 6 month lease. Come around a couple days after halloween it got awfully quiet around there. Real quiet. Especially after all the action of October. They had left a light on in the main bedroom so when walking by (a sidewalk was just a few feet away) you could tell that they grabbed whatever was valuable. Pennies and bags littered the floor and a couple of old nightstands were left. Imagine my lack of surprise when just a few days ago I see all their crap at the dumpster. Couches, Tables, lamps, clothes, family pictures...all sorts of stuff. HaHa They did a Midnight Move! wooohooo! Or can you call it that when they leave most of their junk?

Its been almost 2 weeks since they have been gone. Thank god, peace and quiet has returned to the community. :)

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:30 EDT

XaXiS posted : The police don't do much out here unfortunately. He claims as well that he knows half of them as he used to be a volunteer fire fighter in his home town. One night when my wife and I were over at his place we were just sitting watching movies with him and he all of a sudden said "By the way you guys better never f*ck with me. I have cop friends and fire fighter friends"
We both kinda looked at eachother like "ummm ok?"
Our mistake was we should've never bothered to hang out with him anymore after that.

said by Rifleman:

That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:10 EDT

horsemouth posted :

said by Rifleman:

That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search.

That was my fear also.
Btw I think the registry is toast. It seems the crooks are not playing by the rules.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:25 EDT

Rifleman posted : That was my big fear about the registry----an irate friend or neighbor making a phone call. Grounds for a search.

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:43:24 EDT

XaXiS posted :
Most of the time, yes. The times I was over there however they were not. He did have the locks on the trigger on his 410, his double barrell did not have one. His ammo was in his linen closet. Recently he did however purchase a cabinet. I don't know if his stuff is locked away in there now or not as I have not been to his place in quite some time.

said by horsemouth:

You may want to move.
I am pro gun... but the last thing I want is to live next to a gun owner that has issues with me.
Are the guns legally locked ect?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:39:22 EDT

horsemouth posted : You may want to move.
I am pro gun... but the last thing I want is to live next to a gun owner that has issues with me.
Are the guns legally locked ect?

Re: Idiotic neighbour

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:25 EDT

Rifleman posted : I say that every morning----before the painkiller kicks in.