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Iggo

(47,568 posts)
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:56 PM Apr 2021

Next door neighbor is hanging off a tree, running a chainsaw, at night.

When things don't compute, I usually say to myself, "That person is either an idiot or an asshole." And for fourteen years I've believed that this guy was just an asshole. But now I have to rethink my position.

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Iggo

(47,568 posts)
5. Gas, and it's past our 5-yr-old's bed time.
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:04 PM
Apr 2021

He's lucky it's Saturday, Mommy and Daddy are not home, and my name's not on the deed.

Looks like the cool uncle is letting the boy stay up late again!

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Response to Iggo (Original post)

Iggo

(47,568 posts)
10. I worked graveyard at a 7-11 for a solid year, and another two years same shift at Carl's Jr.
Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:15 PM
Apr 2021

Never again.

Iggo

(47,568 posts)
15. He did cut the top off the branch he was on.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 02:36 PM
Apr 2021

And I don’t care where you’re from, that ain’t OSHA.

Iggo

(47,568 posts)
14. Personally, I think he's got a living between two Spanish speaking families problem.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 02:24 PM
Apr 2021

And I get it. That’s not what he signed up for. But fuck him. That’s the world he’s living’ in.

That last statement of mine is a good illustration of why I’ve only spoken to this guy a half dozen times in 14 years, and probably also explains why it was so easy to talk myself into just letting it go.

Also, when I argue face to face with people, I use my words to cause permanent damage. See, I’m an asshole, too. I’m just trying really hard to avoid that kind of shit.

And at the end of the day, I gotta live with the guy. But my Les Paul and my twin 2x12 amplifiers are begging me to give it to him good, just once...lol. But I’m a good boy now. 😂😂😂😂

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