Stu Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Does anyone else have those annoying neighbours that always come out and talk to you when you're trying to wash your bike! You know the type the ones who had the fastest bike available and used to rip it up with their mates on their 100cc Then they ask so what cc is this then? ..........Its a 1200! Goes quiet and walks away You off for a nap now Victor? or did you just shit yourself at the thought of bikes moving on from 70 years ago when 100cc was the fastest bikes out there Anyone else have these? or are you that annoying old codger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiBob Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Its the opposite for me .. My next door neighbour knows more about bikes than I'll ever know! He raced at the Isle of Man when he was younger and now has his own race team competing in the Pirelli National Junior Superstock! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I might be an old codger and there's probably a few who would class me as annoying but as my bike can probably hold its own with some antique teutonic tub thumper I'm unlikely to be that particular annoying old codger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 One neighbour has a head injury and is properly unstable, you can't get him to talk, the old bidy on the other side has a scary glint in her eye, conversation best kept short...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 I have one who walks his dog about 300 times a day! If I am out washing the bike its the same conversations all the time usually Nice bike.........BMW eh.......very nice. Then walks off! Or Nice bike....can you pop a wheelie on it? and just carries on walking! I think he is loosing it to be honest as I have stood and talked to him a fair few times and its always the same questions and its as if he has never seen the bike before too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I remember at my old house having an old woman as a neighbour who was the type who would just stand at her bedroom window all day staring at everyone. One Saturday morning I was fixing my bike (Probably a cracked header pipe, gungum to the rescue ) when she started shouting at me "Do you realise its 9 o'clock in the morning?" I looked at my watch and shouted back " yep, you're right!!" and carried on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickly Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I don’t have this problem, people cross the road to avoid me !! One old geezer from down the road stopped once and started blathering about his biking history and turned the topic on to the U3A ( look it up ), I said I was in as long as it involves wife swapping & devil worship … now he only nods as he walks past. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fro Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I'm surrounded by thr elderly where I live. One side I have "the pikies" who's house and garden are jammed with junk including two caravans in which the son (two years older then me) lives. The other side are an even older couple with a curtain twitcher who was "just polishing the window cill" when she saw whatever she's moaning on about this time. Plus the same old stories again and again. The poor brow beaten husband likes the wife's sports car so likes to have a look at it now and again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onesea Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Reading this thread, I was wondering if you don’t have annoying neighbours does that mean YOU are the annoying neighbour? As a whole apart from parking they are alright really… 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 At our previous house the neighbours mostly had little to say about motorbikes - just accepted that my hobbies were different to theirs. New neighbours moved in over the road and one of them had a bike, so we’d chat occasionally. It was a friendly little community at the end of a cup de sac but we we didn’t intrude on each other’s time or space much. Current neighbours? We’ve lived here two years and only just found out our nearest neighbour owns an old Franny Barnett in need of restoration. He’d rather talk about farming … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 i have , as soon as i open my garage door he appears ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Six30 said: i have , as soon as i open my garage door he appears ... It's called a mirror. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 One side the nearest neighbour is half a mile up the hill so we don't see much of them. The other is grumpy old git who if I'm working on the Bobber and have been running the engine comes round the next day asking if we're ok because he heard something blow up. What he means is he wants to complain about the noise but he hasn't got the balls to say so. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHorton Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I have neighbours that do the usual "want to wash my car" when I'm cleaning the bike. I reply with the same sarcastic laugh every time. The one neighbour who doesn't work used to keep telling me I have too many days off, the swift response of "not as many as you" has resulted in him if Ignoring me now so job done there! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Can't say I have an issue with my neighbours at all. Nice and quiet, and much the same age as us so not much in the way of wild parties. Sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, MikeHorton said: I have neighbours that do the usual "want to wash my car" when I'm cleaning the bike. I reply with the same sarcastic laugh every time. I have this! I always say yes bring it across! I charge by the hour and its going to take 40 hours! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Slightly off topic but it reminds me of what I have to hear EVERY single day at work (Fish frying) Depending on the time of year........ "I bet you're hot behind there" "At least it's warm for you back there" Every sodding workday for the last 9 years 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Don't hear it at work but in social situations "You must see so much of the world". One bit of sea looks pretty much like any other. "I bet you have wild times ashore in foreign parts". Even pre-covid getting ashore was as likely as winning the lottery. Now no chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggie Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 @S-Westerly Sounds a similar situation to an old American Wrestlers Biography I read once. he said something like " People think it's amazing how I have travelled the world and must have seen and experienced so much culture. If by culture you mean getting off at the airport, going straight to the arena, wrestling for 20 minutes before finding a cheap hotel then going straight back to the airport the next day then i guess I have" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Pretty much so. Did a quick calculation with my poor memory and worked out that in the 4 years prior to Covid I actually had a run ashore 3 times. Other than that it's passing through on the way on or off. Occasionally get a decent couple of days on the way home but not too often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fro Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tiggie said: Slightly off topic but it reminds me of what I have to hear EVERY single day at work (Fish frying) Depending on the time of year........ "I bet you're hot behind there" "At least it's warm for you back there" Every sodding workday for the last 9 years You could try "You should see the state of my bollocks!" as a comeback. You might even get some takers. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidtav Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I was at mums house recently with my bike. And tinkering with the bike. My mums friend comes over. Now my mum is 88 and Eileen is similar age. She starts telling me how before she met her husband she had a boyfriend with a Triumph. And they used to bomb around everywhere in a group. No helmets. I’m sure she said she used to ride side saddle! She looked so thoughtful when she said this. … it was interesting, poignant. And sad. All at the same time … and no I didn’t offer her a lift on the bike! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Bender said: It's called a mirror. no Bender its not .... he's ugly , im still very very attractive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxie49 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Our neighbours are pretty good, helpful, but keep themselves to themselves, my previous neighbour used to be a mechanic which was handy, sadly, moved away, probably got fed up with me asking to borrow tools .... The annoying ones live a few doors away, everyone tries to avoid them, always ramming green issues and climate change in everyones face. The bit that always amuses me though is they drive a 1986 Diesel camper van and are always burning garden rubbish, go figure that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Typical bloody green hypocrites so no surprise there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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