"Dee.Dee" > wrote

> When we moved to Marin County and lived in Kentfield - which is considered
> upscale by some -- I wasn't there a week before a neighbor put a note on
> my garbage can, "We live in a nice neighborhood, we don't leave garbage
> cans out where our neighbors can see them."

Haha, that's funny. We keep our garbage cans out of sight, too. They
aren't exactly decorative. I didn't put a sign on your garbage cans,
though.
If I was going to do that, I'd put a sign on the cans across the street.
Bring in your friggin garbage cans once they're empty! So annoying,
they leave them out for days sometimes.

> Meanwhile this Dr. Jerk who lived next door has the old classic "wreck of
> a" car parks behind my garage and swears it's his property (my driveway)
> and he would never move it for 8 years. His son, who said his friend
> could leave a car jacked up so that I couldn't get out of the garage when
> I asked him to move the extra car said I should back my car in so I could
> drive out forward; when I said that I wouldn't do that, he said, "You're
> just like all the rest of the Americans." When we sold our house to an
> attorney, I noticed that the car was gone, but damned fast!

That's some story! I'm amazed you let them get away with that.
You're nice.

> When I hear about garbage cans being left in garages, versus outdoors,
> that still gets my dander up. Some people think their ... doesn't/don't
> stink!

My garbage might or might not stink, but no one should get close enough
to it to find out, aside from the garbage man. In some towns, the garbage
is picked up from the back yard because the town doesn't want anyone to
see the cans. I'd like that.

nancy