New Swear Words for the Car and also for Scrabble

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New Swear Words for the Car and also for Scrabble

I have to admit that sometimes when I am driving I talk to other drivers that can’t hear me.  It is something that I learned from my Dad, who used to do it often. I suspect that it is a trait that can be passed down.

I suspect also that the trait to drive like an idiot on Senior’s Day in our community is also something that is passed down to these drivers around me.

A common superlative that Dad used and that I use is, “What a Donkey! Come one get moving you Donkey!!” as the dude in front of me missed three opportunities to pull out in to traffic.  “What is wrong with the Donkey in front of us?”

There are times that I can see the other drivers around us also talking to themselves – or maybe me. I read lips quite well and they are not using the ‘Donkey” word. Ahem!

But as of today I can now expand my vocabulary and if the other guy reads lips he will scratch his head I am sure.

The driver in front of me that won’t move will now possibly be called a ‘Hinny’ or ‘Jennet’ and maybe a ‘Jenny’.

If that doesn’t work I will slip into ‘Zeedonk’ – along with that I now have the ability to use also known a zebrass, zebronkey, zonkey, zebradonk, zenkey or zeebra

And if ‘Hinny’ or Zeedonk doesn’t seem to move the idiot – maybe ‘Zorse’ will!

I feel so much more liberated now. I can get them going without saying the old ‘Donkey’ word!!!

Where did these all come from?  Well each morning I try to load up my mind with something new. And today the new words were about animals from or related to the Donkey family.

Of course you know that a ‘Mule’ is the offspring of a Male Donkey and a Female Horse.

Now here is the information that I am sure you will need to begin using the new words comfortably in traffic as well…

A ‘Hinny’ is the offspring of a Male Horse and a Female Donkey.

A ‘Zeedonk’ is the offspring of a Zeebra and a Horse. Wikipedia states – quote – “A zebroid (also zedonk, zorse, zebra mule, and zebrule) is the offspring of any cross between a zebra and any other equine: essentially, a zebra hybrid. In most cases, the sire is a zebra stallion. Offspring of a donkey sire and zebra dam, called a zebra hinny, or donkra, do exist but are rare. Zebroids have been bred since the 19th century. Charles Darwin noted several zebra hybrids in his works.” End quote.

There now you are able to talk better in the car to the other drivers around you.

And further more you are so much better ready for coffee break this morning.  You can practice on the buddies around you and they will think you are a genius.

But think of scrabble and the folk you play with. These are new words that use huge value tiles… specially the zeedonk, zedonk, zebroid, zeebra and zebrule!!!!

And if they doubt that tell them that Murray Lincoln said it is okay… it was found on the Internet!!

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Hinny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinny

Zeedonk or Zedonk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeedonk

Zorse or Zebroid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeedonk

Dealing with a 50 Day schedule – Christmas 2012

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Dealing with a 50 Day schedule – Christmas 2012

Yesterday I realized again that I am heading down another homestretch.  The Fall Season is over, Halloween is done… and poof there is Christmas staring me in the face. Oh No!

There are only 50 days until Christmas day.  And even less if you are preparing items for Christmas – or that people have ordered for Christmas. If you are in business the buzz right now is so loud it is impossible to think.

Balance that out with a need to stay creative and not give into mundane production times… where you do the same things over and over again.  Where the artist gets buried by the factory work and everything tips over… with you never wanting to see that product again until next year.

Last night I came to that point when making the New Tatted Lace pieces that I have created. There are some shows coming up that I have to have something to sell.  But now things have sold and there is not quite enough products ready.  The action word is “Scramble” – the action and reaction is panic along with sore hands again.

No complaints here… because all of it means some success and forward motion. It is definitely better than the recession mode of a few years ago.  It is definitely better than doing nothing or quitting as some of my friends have had to do.

My business mentor had warned me that the Artistic Type of business would have trouble sometimes making a go of it. I hate to admit but it was true specially when harder times came along. Staying focused even though nothing was happening was huge issue with al artists.

I live in a world where a whole lot of things are about to happen but yet it is slow at the moment… THEN BANG… it happens all of a sudden.  Way more than I expected or even prepared for at the time starts to zoom up to me.

Not complaining… just groaning a little. I need to get up a little earlier and move a little quicker.  But at this moment it feels so good to stay in bed a little longer and move slower.  Age?  Maybe.

Sheesh – stop writing about it and get to work!

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Not struggling any longer with the way that we look

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A great moustache and chops...

Not struggling any longer with the way that we look

Do you remember back to a time when ‘real men’ had the buttons undone on their shirts to let people see the hair on their chest?  You know guys like Tom Selleck, Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds – that were hairy and let it be seen.

Then a time like now comes along and new products that guarantee men(and women) can remove body hair almost indefinitely. The Product that I see on TV all the time is ‘No No’ that seems to burn each and every hair from your body.  No – I have not tried it but rather listened closely to the ads on TV.  You can get in by calling the FREE NUMBER on the TV screen or going to the Mall and the TV Store to buy the $200+ item.

It must work or the price wouldn’t be that high.

And there must be a market or someone would not be making a gazillion dollars on a hair burner.

Away back in University I shared a room with a guy that was hairless. His name was Bruce.  I was also relatively hairless too. We made a good pair and keeping the room clean was easier than our friend Bill that was so hairy that it was gross.  It was more gross for Bruce than me… he hated hairy people.

Bill learned of Bruce’s aversion to hair and proceeded to bug Bruce to no end.  As he came into our room he looked a Bruce closely and then began to reach in his shirt – looking for something… Bruce became agitated to the max…! With one quick motion Bill jerked his hand from within his shirt and pulled out a hand-full of his chest hair… lifted Bruce’s blankets on his bed and threw it inside his sheets.

(I have no idea who this is...! But he looks like Bill did)

Gross – absolutely gross!  Bruce went ballistic and Bill died laughing. Bill never ever did that to me – just to Bruce.  It was hilarious how Bruce flew into a silly rage with the hair in his bed and spent over an hour taking his bed apart and shaking the sheets out to rid them of the long, curly and black hairs.

Man hair… grunt, grunt… woot woot woof woof!  Arghwooo? All man – hairy man… and hairy man is good!!! Right?

Not so much today.  In the drug store – and the cosmetics section there is a huge increase of products for men to make them prettier, help them be softer and smoother, make them smell better and be all round less of a hairy mutt – moving him into the new nice, soft and tame person he should be.

Whoah!  Who in the world established the norm for men?  And what man in his right mind thinks that it is okay to have another man or woman tell you what you should be????

Apparently a lot of men… because a lot of men follow what they should be doing… by listening to people that think we should be this way or that way!!!

Away back in my earliest working career I started with the ‘National Cash Register’ company that was also known as ‘NCR’ – the new name for the vast array of computers and business machines that they produced. The old idea of a cash register being the only thing that they did was dropping off rapidly when I worked for them – the new world of computers had taken over.

At ‘NCR’ there was a strict dress code that was enforced by the management team. If you varied from the dress code you would possibly lose out on promotions and raises.

The dress code included a full suit – jacket and pants, white shirt and dark tie, dark socks and dark leather dress shoes.  You could not have sideburns nor a beard… and no moustache of any kind. Your hair also had to be cut regularly and if it touched the collar of your shirt you were told to get it cut.

Sounds like the military doesn’t it?  Nope, not military at all.  It was part of the business world that we worked in.

And it was specially part of ‘National Cash Register’ from the 1880s!  John H. Paterson had made that rule as he built the company at that time to set his men aside as ‘professionals’ from other rapscallions that frequented business of the day… all of which had a moustache and possibly beards… and without a beard they had big mutton chop sideburns.

Many of the men of that day were rascals and dishonest in every way. Paterson’s men were to look different and if you wanted to work for him – you had to dress as he said to dress.

I began to work with ‘NCR’ in late 1965.  I was told what to wear and what not to wear.  And we were told why – ‘because the founder of the company had established these guide lines and they had set the employees aside as business people’.

Can you imagine that?  85 years after the old guy said men had to dress like that and get haircuts like that and have no beards or moustache… they obeyed… we obeyed… I obeyed and did exactly what I should do!!????

I just answered my own questions related to someone telling me how to dress and act.

I refuse to change in anyway now. I am now clean shaven… and do not sport a stubble or short beard look. I don’t like a chin whisker or the little lower lip hairthingie… I am what John H. Patterson made in the 1880s and 1960s… and don’t try to change it!

Yesterday in a kind of ‘senior’s restaurant’ kind of place where there were nothing but seniors like us… an old guy came in with his grey haired chin/lower lip thing growing profusely. No not a goatee… not a lower lip hairthingie… but hair from his lip down to the end of his chin.  Not sure what you call it.

If a moustache is called a cookie duster his was a plate cleaner… or something???

There is no good reason that any man in his right mind would wear that kind of thing on his face.  But some woman or a movie convinced him that it would possibly be good for his image – or something. A kind of ‘branding’ of his person was taking place.  What a nut case… and the rest of the old guys saw the dude… weird man… just plain weird.

Everyone looked at him… but no one looked at the rest of the guys… oh boy.

If I was to change… and that is an ‘if’ and possibly do the stubble beard thing… at my age I would look like a ‘street person’.  If I let the goatee grow and trim my moustache toe suit that look… I would have to go back to school again and that isn’t going to happen too soon.  And a beard… or just a moustache is just too much work to try that one again.

I am happy being me… older now… white hair… shaved clean every day… and now very wrinkled wearing no moisture cream nor other smelly stuff.

Just happy being me – a grandpa that is always the same… and smiling from ear to ear – the other dude or duds are still looking for the ideal look.

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Teenager Football Games – Its Cold and Mayor Rob Ford

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Teenager Football Games – Its Cold and Mayor Rob Ford

On Friday afternoon my wife and I attended a Football Game at Crestwood High School where our Grandson’s team from Adam Scott were playing. It is an exciting game and fun to watch.

The tension at the game was great in that these two teams are rivals. Crestwood is a triple A Team (and school) – meaning their school has a larger number of students than Adam Scott. This puts them into a larger (and tougher) football league. Adam Scott is still a double A Team coming from a supposedly smaller school.

The two teams have played for the rights to be the top team in the Kawartha area…even though their teams are from different levels.

Our Adam Scott team came very close to winning and at one point it looked like they would win.

Typical things happened at the game. Two kids were hurt – one taken to the hospital by ambulance. One helped off the field. 

The Ambulance kid – was from Crestwood…

The Helped off the field kid – my grandson.  Oh boy. My grandson is okay(I think) he walked off the field.  He was blasted by another blocker at the edge of the field that put his full weight into a lawn chair some dear little lady was sitting on. The lady had escaped but the lawn chair died – and my grandson was very angry at the chair!!  Sideline injuries are not uncommon with anxious parents and grandparents leaning into to see what is happening.

High School football is a hardy game… and requires good coaching.  It requires a good teacher and or volunteers.

Yesterday at the game for my grandson there were at least two Scouts for two Universities – Laurier and Queens.  Football is a big deal for these families and being offered further education from a top University is a really big deal!!

Why write this information and personal experience for you to read and think about?

IN TORONTO on Thursday afternoon there was another football game between two high schools as well.  It was a cold afternoon with a light rain falling and a strong wind blowing.

The game was important to these high school kids as well.  Likely because they are one of the winning teams in all of Toronto and because there well could be University Scouts at their games as well, there is some anxious moments for one team.

The difference is that this Football Team has a rather high profile Coach – the Mayor of Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford.  Whoa!

On that cold afternoon, at that game, things got out of hand towards the end of the game it was reported. There was a fight. One report said it was between the Coach(es) and the Referees from the School that Mayor Ford`s team was visiting. Other reports seemed to indicate that the potential was for the teens to get into it as well.

The students from the school they were visiting were hustled off the field.

The visiting Team, Mayor Rob`s team, was left in the cold – literally. The team bus was to arrive somewhere around 4:30 PM – but this interruption happened earlier… and the team was not going inside to wait.

A phone call was either made by the school officials or a police officer that was at the game. A bus was taken out of service and the passengers that were on it were told to leave the bus and wait for the next one to come along.

At the school more police officers arrived along with the re-routed bus to pick up the kids.

So what is the problem?  It seems like a good thing that was done? Right?

Nope. The reporters and the City Councillors where Mayor Ford works – at City Hall were waiting on Mayor Ford to return. He had taken two hours off because of his team… and the trouble happened – perhaps adding to his time… Oh Boy. The Mayor is now in more HOT WATER – because he helps his Footballs Team.

Everyone is going to get the Mayor Rob Ford for his actions this week.

As I read all of the stuff that is happening to him and around him… I don’t think that I have ever heard of… or witnessed a man that gets into more Hot Water than he does.

I take my hat off to Mayor Ford for sticking to his guns in most things. He may not be right – but he is consistent.

If I was a Grandparent of a kid on his team (or a parent) – I would be thankful that some one cared enough about my Teenager to not leave them at the side of the Football field – freezing and getting sick.

Lighten up reporters – where is your human side of what you write?

If you don’t like Mayor Rob Ford – you only need to wait a little longer and you can simply oust him with your vote.

A few cities around Toronto are planning to do just that – the next time around.  Some Mayors are useless.  Some Mayors are bullies. Other Mayors are incompetent. Others well… they just should never have applied for the job… all of us know that – but not one of us want that silly job where you will be shot at – all the time and you can never make anyone happy – ever!!

Good Luck Rob Ford – Good Luck!

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You Just Never Know – who your neighbours are – Gilmour Street Peterborough

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You Just Never Know – who your neighbours are – Gilmour Street Peterborough

What started as a fun thing for their son to do… maybe something to keep him out of trouble has now escalated into an all-out feud between neighbours. The neighbours that live beside each other and the entire neighbourhood are now fighting.  Anger is boiling over in a small section of our city – on Gilmour Street.

You might have heard of the story because it is now world wide.  A teenager is regularly playing basketball outside his home in the driveway.  Actually practicing over and over again… and the constant thump, thump, thump is driving his neighbour crazy.

No one will listen to the neighbour’s complaint about the noise factor she is enduring.

The family with the Teen is feeling that they have every right to do as they like on their property.

The lady that is having trouble with the Teen next door has contacted her city officials and they have done nothing… at least that is what was reported in the news so far.

Now our City of Peterborough is becoming a laughing stock of late night TV –etc. Wait till David Letterman gets this one.

For those outside our City – in the rest of the world – Gilmour Street is known for a huge garage sale that the entire street participates in once a year.  Lots of good junk to buy – people tell me.  The perception is that these people that have money have good junk… DUH – it is junk – stuff that people don’t want any more.  And people that scrape and bow to this kind of society are still junk pickers… sorry ‘garage-salers’.

The Gilmour People could just take it to a charity in our community and give it away – but they want the money instead so they sell their junk at the curbside.

There is more than one attitude on Gilmour Street.  It is not just the lady that complains about noise. She is an outsider that moved here from somewhere else. From what I have read she could be a “Renter” (God help us all – specially people of the Gilmour Street) she doesn’t even own the house for goodness sake.

The neighbours with the teenagers complained after they got a stupid letter from a lawyer’s office, from the offended lady, demanding $25,000 in damages for the noise she has endured.

As I have read the constant dribble and writing about this event taking place I shake my head.  No one is really thinking about what is going on here.

The guy is a teenager. Besides all the good things that he could do in his teen life he also does some really silly things. AND he does fun things as well… like a bounce a silly basketball – over and over again.  He likely can’t play basketball very well or he would be playing with other teens at the Basketball Court not many blocks to the east of where he lives.

But remember he is a teenager… and getting to someone and bugging someone is ‘game on’. It is plain fun to bug that poor lady next door. I imagine that he is smiling each time he dribbles the ball. If he was good there would be pauses in between the ball bouncing as he shot hoops… but this constant dribbling tells you more… thump, thump, thump…

Not only is he not very good he is alone now. If there is a girlfriend she has had no effect on him at all. For if he had one he would be hanging out at her house and driving her parents crazy… and eating all their food.

Now the Teen’s parents have shown the kid what it means to have your own way and make sure that you know your rights.  My goodness the next part of his life will be something else to see. Wait till he becomes a Parent ( and that will happen)!!! He and his wife will make even more demands on their neighbours and will be even a bigger problem – because his parents have taught him well.

How do I know these things about a family that I have never met?  I have worked with Teens as a Youth Minister for a long time. They are Teens and they all go through similar things. They do drive parents insane and they sometimes take it out on neighbours too. They are Teens.

I could go on about this situation and dig deeper… but best to move on.  For now I just shake my head… and wonder about Gilmour Street. I should thank them on behalf of Peterborough – you have us all looking like a bunch of loonies.

For the outside world – we are not all that way.  Gilmour Street is different.  Our street has more open space and we tend to respect each other. But yes I have had a basketball net right next door and I know thump, thump, thump… but the kid grew up and is a nice guy now... but back then he was a teenager… and well… a bit of an idiot!  If he sees me now – he comes over to greet me and tell me what is happening now. WOW!

For your reading pleasure I have copied in the comments from CTV’s Web Site below.  Enjoy.

By the time you read this the Teen will likely have a girlfriend and be at her house hanging out and driving her parents nuts… the Gilmour Street people will still be hating each other… and that is Peterborough!!

Addendum to this story – posted Nov 3, 2012 It is Important to read

After completing this post and publishing the things that I had gleaned to date, the local News Paper – “Peterborough This Week” published an article with more of the story. This new bit of information truly adds more to the story.  I could say that it adds a balance to the story.  BUT it might be just better to say that it adds more to the story.

This added bit of information reveals more of how the total community of Peterborough is involved now – everyone knows what is going on.

This added bit of information also adds more to the story about the tenant that has been bothered by the noise level. Her former landlord speaks to the media about what he experienced.

Please click on this link to read even more “Basketball dispute receiving national attention”

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reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
11:33 AM

Charles Knowlton This is the issue people will side with someone who wants no noise there has to be give and take by both sides.

Lisa
Nov. 1, 2012
11:05 AM

I think my issue with this is that the adults in the two households couldn't have a discussion and set boundaries that accommodated both parties? They could have had acceptable times set out or length of playing time. This is this boy's driveway. He has a right to be a kid/teenager in his driveway but let's also teach our kids respect. Ms. Langdon also has a right to feel at home in her home. I'm appalled that it has gone as far as it has.

Jon
Nov. 1, 2012
10:42 AM

I wouldn't compare basketball to hockey or soccer. . The sound of that ball hitting the ground probably shakes that old wowan's house from the foundation. If these people could talk to each other - I'm sure that the kid could keep his playing to certain times . . and the woman could head to the library to work . . With some good timing - they could both live in peace.

T2000
Nov. 1, 2012
10:37 AM

it's all about respect for your neigbours. go anne langdon. basketball is played in a gym or a real basketball court? what if there is a baby or somebody who works the nightshift and he needs to sleep during the day? i hope you win your case anne and i'm proud of you for having the balls to do it. it's not just that, it's the same as those playing hockey in the streets. my car was once hit by a puck and they were upset that i interrupted their game. where is respect from these kids? no wonder a lot these kids end up as end up as bums. blame it on lousy parenting. go find a real court kid.

Naismith
Nov. 1, 2012
10:26 AM

Ms Langdon has argued and presented her case very badly, but repetitive noise and lack of consideration to our neighbors are legitimate complaints of urban living. In Langdon's complaint, if moving the basketball practice to a public court satisfied everyone, why not demonstrate the greater kindness? My neighbor takes the same type of position as the Elliot's -- that her family can do whatever they want, whenever they want in their yard and no one should "dictate" to them. As a result, we have been subjected to more than seven years of her son playing basketball for hours on end (one weekend for over six hours non-stop – both days) on a moveable net that was positioned to face my patio table and chairs. When we asked ONLY for the net to be moved to face their own yard their response – with expletives – was that errant balls would inconveniently go into their pool. Instead, they hit my dinner table with such frequency that the player became too embarrassed to ask for them back and I had over a dozen balls to donate to the boys and girls club. We were eventually compelled to plant a massive hedge at considerable cost to us to protect ourselves not from the noise (which was unrelenting and brutal) but from the constant physical threat of being hit. My neighbor's first action after the planting? To report us to bylaw for obstructing her view (with cedars – she doesn’t like trees). Add to that the constant screaming from day-long pool parties, the incessant trampoline noise, the use of power tools well past dinnertime and most recently the application of toxic chemicals during the dinner hour on a long weekend that sent guests at my house into allergic reactions so severe they had to be treated medically. Living next to people who take a non-compromising, inconsiderate, bully-boy attitude to their “rights” at the expense of anyone else’s is not something that we should have to accept as a by-product of city living. Since you can’t legislate common sense, kindness, thoughtfulness or consideration, perhaps there has to be bylaw protection that enforces minimum standards of compromise to allow everyone to be able to enjoy their property in peace.

Disbelieving MikeYYC
Nov. 1, 2012
10:00 AM

Three words: noise cancelling headphones. Seriously. Went to one of those big box stores (the yellow and blue one) and there's a certain brand that sounds like boss; bit of a price tag but even muffles aircraft engines. Environmental Commissioner...haha! PS: No, you CANNOT do "whatever you want" on your property. There are these things called laws and bylaws.

Annette
Nov. 1, 2012
9:58 AM

Earplugs people! Very inexpensive, very easy to store, not difficult to use and voila! Problem solved!! If I were the kid's parents, I'd buy a case of them every few months to the neighbor! Infact, my neighbor's kids used to play basketball all the time!

seriously
Nov. 1, 2012
9:58 AM

This would never happen in the country. Let him play ball. He could be doing much worse.

April
Nov. 1, 2012
9:55 AM

Hello, I listened to an interview with this lady yesterday on a Toronto radio station. In that interview she said this young man plays basketball 4 or 5 times a day for about 15 minutes at a time. Do the math, that is an hour or an hour and a half. I imagine this boy attends school and other events so at those times not playing basketball. I am very fortunate that my neighbours go out of their way to make sure he plays basketball in our driveway. They miss him if he has missed a day or two. My son will play for hours on end in the evening or weekend. I always make sure that it is not before 10am or after 9pm. Also, I should add we live in a gated 50+ community. If anything you would think they would want piece and quiet since they don't have kids but they love seeing a young person out enjoying themselves.

Jordan
Nov. 1, 2012
9:44 AM

She CHOSE to live in a City where thousands of other people will also be living, working and playing. If you want complete silence move to the country. This is absurd.

Andrina Schuit
Nov. 1, 2012
9:42 AM

Earplugs!!

Greg
Nov. 1, 2012
9:41 AM

Really? it's a basketball and a net. The fact that this kid enjoys playing so much and spending time at home is a good thing. I hope this lady realizes how insignificant this issue is before she's laughed out of court.

reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
9:40 AM

JP Its people that want no noise that are part of the probleam its not all there fault but there a factor.

reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
9:38 AM

If she wins this could really change things this would impact everyone for exzample you want to cut you grass sorry be done once a week in mid afternoon the list goes on.

reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
9:35 AM

Marcel Part of the issue is some don't want any noise at all there not willing to give and take.

Justmewondering
Nov. 1, 2012
9:28 AM

So, now it is primarily a blocked window? For 2 years, it has been noise. Has she been advised to back off from the basketball playing youth? Langdon's story changes to suit her. Many inconsistencies in her story

Kojak
Nov. 1, 2012
9:19 AM

This is why you don't build a house on top of someone else's. The planet is big enough to have at least an acre of property, yet people build houses within 10 feet of each other. I do not feel sympathy for the complainant. If a young child playing basketball is ruining your life, there is something seriously wrong with that persons head.

Dan
Nov. 1, 2012
9:12 AM

Where's the property line? It sounds as easy as building a privacy fence to cut down the noise.

janeb
Nov. 1, 2012
9:10 AM

This lady needs a big dose of major construction going on right in front of her house from 8am to 6pm daily for awhile. Is she going to complain then to the powers that be and sue the city? Time for people to get along!

Brian
Nov. 1, 2012
9:09 AM

Oh please. The kid is playing basketball. Get over it. The board is blocking her view, of what, the brick wall of the next house. Please. This is absolutely silly and a waste of government resources.

derek
Nov. 1, 2012
8:55 PM

ok i got a idea why not change rooms there is more rooms then the one by the driveway,i hope there is is there? won't that be ease on everyone? i think so

Jack (Wpg)
Nov. 1, 2012
8:19 PM

Really? We are trying to encourage the youth to be more active. This person is annoyed by that? Ear plugs lady.

Susan
Nov. 1, 2012
7:28 PM

Bedrooms are for sleeping. Not working . Any health expert will tell you that. Perhaps that's why some people are so extremely irritable and are so easily annoyed. Sleep deprived because they work out of the room meant for sleep. With these houses so close together, not much light would enter anyway. Who needs light in their bedrooms? Based on what the Toronto landlord reported , this lady has a history of trying to make other neighbors lives miserable. Can't imagine what it must be like to harbour so much bitterness.

Michael from Toronto
Nov. 1, 2012
4:48 PM

IMO, if you want to play basketball you should go to the public playground, hang around the school or community gym. A person's home should not be subjected to constant street sport noises. When you look at the tiny space where this "basketball practice" is taking place it's no wonder the noise is intolerable. Good for Ms. Langdon. I wish her all the best in her quest for justice.

Melli MacMIllian
Nov. 1, 2012
4:09 PM

Come on man! You see where the hoop and neighbour bedroom window is?! I am all for a kid to play ball, but in an appropriate space...that space is soooo not appropriate.

Aloha
Nov. 1, 2012
3:38 PM

Doesn't one's freedom stop where someone else's rights starts? What if I want to play loud music 24/7 from 9 am to 10 pm on my property, just because I can? Everybody has to compromise when living in a city. What went wrong here? Were the neighbours unsympathetic to this woman's pleas for peace and quiet? How did this situation escalate to this point? Erecting a wooden panel right in front of her window for months at a time wasn't especially neighbourly, maybe that's why?

Alexandra
Nov. 1, 2012
3:34 PM

To the people suggesting that the Elliott's are not being considerate of their neighbour: you have not read the entire story. I suggest doing so prior to making rash judgements. The Elliott's have over the past four years made several attempts at accomodating Langdon, who is, just to be clear, only a RENTER. She moved into the well-established family neighbourhood knowing that a) there was a basketball net and b) there were young children living on both sides of her. The Elliott's stopped parking beside her window becuase the smell of their car bothered her (sensitive to odour). They stopped using their porch light at night because the light bothered her (hypersensitive to light). This has nothing to do with the Elliott's and I am positive that even if the ball stopped, that Langdon would find something else to complain about. This is her problem. The Elliott's have taken several steps to accomodate. And now that she is demanding 25 thousand dollars, they are FINALLY fighting back.

chris
Nov. 1, 2012
3:01 PM

Wow, i sided with the basketball player when first hearing the story but look at that net and window. Did you see the wooden barrier they constructed in front of the window too? hideous. I'd complain too and if you ask me the Elliots are jerks for erecting a net right outside the neighbours window and then erecting a big wooden barrier and placing it in front of her window. Summary: Elliots = Inconsiderate Jerks too!

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Nov. 1, 2012
2:53 PM

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D.K. Lindsay
Nov. 1, 2012
2:50 PM

Instead of the boy going to a park why does she not go to the library to work . It is quiet in there. Or she can move to a 50+ community. Very little basketball playing there.

Dave
Nov. 1, 2012
1:57 PM

it could be worse than this if the kids will be bringing his friends and having party just enough to be in the by-law for noise volume and maximum day time (this is a real problem) People just rather know the kid is out somewhere and doing whatever then knowing he's safe just outside the windows. People just think about themselves these days.

Stan
Nov. 1, 2012
1:51 PM

Symptomatic of a large scale human disease : noise is classified as a right not as a nuisance. Noise should be considered just as second hand smoking is. Don't they have basketball playgrounds in Peterborough?

Andrew
Nov. 1, 2012
1:47 PM

A social repercussion of too much urban density. With many major Canadian cities becoming crowded with over priced too-small-per-square-foot dwellings, people naturally become overly sensitive and protective of their surroundings. A tipping point really. Living in Vancouver, I know this all too well. If this woman is suggesting the boy head to the public park to play basketball instead of his own driveway, maybe she should consider doing her work at an actual office rather than in an apartment zoned for residential use. I think that any court would say that basketball is a reasonable activity for a residential area.

Kat
Nov. 1, 2012
1:10 PM

Why doesn't she just put up a fence between the two gates.

Louis
Nov. 1, 2012
12:51 PM

A while ago Bridgestone made a super silent basketball as a promo item for a superbowl comercial...maybe with enough media attention they would make one for you I think it's called turanza basketball Good luck

Vancouver2
Nov. 1, 2012
12:18 PM

Haha, re: Jordin comment for Langdon to move to the country...wait till rutting season or the wolves when they call out for their mates. She will call to have a cull on them for too much noise. Some People you can just Never please until every one else is as unhappy as ( Her).

Kevin Flack
Nov. 1, 2012
12:04 PM

100% she is going to lose this one and so she's just wasting her own money filing the complaint. She could easily get headphones, it's not like he's playing basketball at 2AM. Apparently this kid is only playing for about an hour a day anyway..... many many other worse things could be happening to this lady, she just needs to chill out!!

reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
11:56 AM

T2000 If she wins just be ready this will open the doors for even more complaints by people and were going to see many more issues.

Shelly
Nov. 1, 2012
11:37 AM

I do side with the neighbor who put in the complaint. I can not tell how annoying it is to hear a group of high schools students bouncing a ball from 10:30 pm to midnight. My husband has gone out to speak to the neighbours. I also have called the police to see what we could do. The boys have grown up and are now not outside on a nightly basis but since the incident out families do not speak to eachother.

reidjr
Nov. 1, 2012
11:35 AM

Mike When i was young we would play street hockey mid afternoon very little noise 3 times we had bylaw called on us they came and we were told we did nothing wrong but had to move to the park.