Neighbors

So we are in this new house, on a road.  I didn't really think of it as a "neighborhood."

But OMG the neighbors have been nice.  Last weekend the folks from the next house, dad, mom and daughter came over and talked for 45 minutes.  Last night "Pat" who might be 90, came across the road with a flowering plant, and shot the breeze for most of an hour.  Pretty cool.

In our old neighborhood where the houses were really close together, that never happened. Not sure why it's different but I like it.

Sounds like the first scene in a movie that ends with them chasing you through a cornfield with a chainsaw.

They’ll call your house “the old Davidson place” or whatever the whole time you live there.

witch hobble wrote

They’ll call your house “the old Davidson place” or whatever the whole time you live there.

Yes! Old man Davidson, who everyone thinks is long dead, is still secretly living in a bunker underneath the garden shed!

Just had a good chat with my neighbor. We're going to share toys.

witch hobble wrote

They’ll call your house “the old Davidson place” or whatever the whole time you live there.

This was true in my old house and I lived there 31 years.

Now had 4 neighbor intros in the last 3 days.

It's funny that our road, which hardly resembles a neighborhood, seems pretty tight.  Pat and John live diagonally across the way, Pat is 77 and John is 90 something. Apparently, a few times a year, when Pat and John (WW2 Vet) pull out their chairs and put them on the front lawn, everyone gets the message and brings something to drink and the party begins.

Viv down the street, who is 97, is the real party girl.  The neighborhood is kind of up and down, with Viv, being the uppes of the up:



We are told her Christmas party is the shizz.

Did you move into one of those active senior communities?

Seems like it huh.  The people we bought this house from were in their 30s.

At one point Pat said "we have a good mix of old and young" here.  I *think* she was nodding at me when she said "young."

My neighbors have a avg age of 85...I like that , nice and quite , no parties etc..

Any fish in that pond?

Johnnyonthespot wrote

Any fish in that pond?

Certainly looks like there should be

MC2 5678F589 wrote

Did you move into one of those active senior communities?

LOL, ouch

Jamesdeluxe wrote

ouch

I disagree.

Not sure about the pond. Have to ask old Viv at the Christmas party I guess.

Harvey wrote

I disagree.

Not throwing stones, just laughing about how it's coming for us all at some point.

JasonWx wrote

My neighbors have a avg age of 85...I like that , nice and quite , no parties etc..

My closet neighbors are in their mid 80's as well. They've told me numerous times that they love it when I have parties. The say it reminds them of their party days. Plus I always invite them over. They're a real hoot!