Is homicide justifiable...

[owlice]

I fear I made the neighbors unhappy (again). There they were, having fun racing up and down the street on a very noisy unlicensed/untagged motorcycle, no helmets in sight (required in Maryland), all happy on a Sunday afternoon, some of the guys awaiting their turn. I guess they didn't like me (pretending to) video record(ing) their little jaunts at well over the speed limit, because they stopped after they saw me.

[bmccasland]

I fear I made the neighbors unhappy (again). There they were, having fun racing up and down the street on an very noisy unlicensed/untagged motorcycle, no helmets in sight (required in Maryland), all happy on a Sunday afternoon, some of the guys awaiting their turn. I guess they didn't like me (pretending to) video record(ing) their little jaunts at well over the speed limit, because they stopped after they saw me.

Be careful! Why didn't you call the police?

[owlice]

All I was doing was (not really) documenting their fun; why should they be the only ones to enjoy the afternoon?

[deeaimond]

Owlice, Like my mum always told me 'They now know where you live.' You never know when stupid people do stupid things that can hurt us.

[ny biker]

Okay, new problem. Well, not new, but it's gotten worse lately. The elephant walker upstairs slams her door every time she goes in or out of the condo. Really loud. It shakes the whole building. It actually wakes me up out of a deep sleep. I can't take it anymore.

I really don't want to talk to her. I'm thinking of putting this note on her door while she's not home:

Hi. Could you please stop slamming your door so much? It shakes the whole building. Thanks!!!

I will sign it, it won't be anonymous. I just want something to-the-point but friendly (well, as friendly as a noise complaint can be).

Then if she keeps slamming, I will contact the condo management and lodge an official complaint.

(Right now here parents are visiting, so I will wait until they leave. Hopefully they will not be here long. They've already cooked one meal that smelled like garbage. Why do I always have neighbors who cook food that smells like garbage? Why can't I have neighbors who cook food that smells like food??)

[jessmarimba]

I'm so thankful I don't share a building with people.

Several of my neighbors have regular guests who show up and lean on the horn (either to drop off kids, or to pick up the neighbors). It's obnoxious (and also against city ordinance). One of the across-the-street neighbors just had someone show up who beeped possibly 15 times as the neighbors slowly walked across the yard. I finally screamed STOP out the window

Normally if it's after 7 am I just try to ignore it, but that was ridiculous. Though she surprisingly stopped beeping after I yelled!

[jessmarimba]

I can't hear my tv over the music playing at the house diagonally behind me.

I'll be nice and give them until 10, but I'm exhausted. And I don't have a/c so I can't close the windows (same as pretty much everyone else in this neighborhood).