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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 12:33:49 PM
So Doug and I heard this banging sound, so I went to our laundry room that looks out on a rental that is in our current backyard (We are already moving so as you read the rest of this story that is one good thing).
There was a 20 something gal holding a chair yelling at the other house saying lots of bad things mainly demanding that our neighbor come out to face her. She then started threatening to break the window. I didn't want to interfere with an unknown crazy lady holding a chair that could be used as a weapon. I was hoping the situation would difuse itself.
So then she actually breaks the window and the guy comes running out and tackles her and starts to choke her! So Doug who had followed me (this all took place in about 30 seconds) ran out there to break it up.
So I call 911 and while we wait for the police to come the gal tries to slit her wrists with broken glass, the guy hits her, and there is basically a lot of yelling and drama.
Now to top this off- I am floored because the Police do not speak to either Doug or I and no one goes to jail! That doesn't make any sense to me!
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 11:49:31 AM
I will for sure take the camera this afternoon when I go over! Moving is going slow but sure. We can't move the critical living things until we can be sleeping over there. So I am trying to get the extra stuff over there.
Alee
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 09:46:16 AM
We would love to see pictures when you get time
Nancy Jo
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 09:35:19 AM
Sherri- at least my new place is only 10 miles out of Billings. It really isn't far at all. You'll love it!
And maybe by the next time you come you can meet my horse!!
Alee
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 11:08:03 PM
Oh, and I forgot to tell you - the first apartment Mike and I had after we got married was above an old house and it was all tippy and slanty. The best part was when you sat on the toilet, it leaned so far to the side, you had to hang on to the side of the tub or you'd fall in! But we really loved that old place!
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 11:06:26 PM
That just sounds like it will make the place interesting! Sounds like one of the old houses we lived in when I was a kid and I have a lot of fond memories of that place. I hope you are very happy and safe at your new place, but I'm bummed it's farther from the cabin than your old one! We can meet in Billings though!
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 7:35:34 PM
Jeannie- I took two loads over yesterday and will be taking more over tomorrow. It sounds like the landlord if finding some people to move in YAY!
Sherri- Well the floors are all completely uneven. One door seems to meet the floor when it is open, but by the time you close it, it has a 2 inch gap underneath it! Luckily that is an interior door. Also the upstairs is made from attic space so it had steeply gabled ceilings and at 5 foot nothing I can bump my head as I go up the stairs! Doug has to hunch going up but can just barely stand straight one he is up there. HMM lets see- it has an under stair storage area that is about 4 foot long by about 4-6 inches wide with a huge access panel/door in one of the bedrooms.
But the last owner left some sheer curtains on almost every window and window blinds. She also left some decorative shelves and a stained glass window hanging! I really like it. I feel safe there!
Alee
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 3:05:58 PM
Alee, I know you are already extremely aware of this, but leave and go as quickly as you can. If I was your mom, I would be getting you out of there now!!!! Go! Life is too short to expose you and your family to these things. You can help if you want, but do it from a distance that does not make your family vulnerable. Good luck!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 2:17:55 PM
Tell us about the kooky things!
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 2:13:30 PM
Here Here!
Just let me have my horse inside the bubble and I will sign up. It terrifies me to have a young child. It really does. I remember growing up riding my bike all over town, playing in the park until dark, and not worrying. We had the "What to do if a stranger talks to you" talks and things, and my parents always knew when I should be back and who I was going to be with. And that was only about 20 years ago! I do not know how I will feel about it when it is time for Nora to learn a bit of independence.
I just got back from my new place. I love it. It's got a few kooky things about it, but I think that gives it character. It is going to be fun!
Alee
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| sjs |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 10:35:54 AM
Debbie, I live in Oakland and I TOTALLY feel like that. Some poor guy was just shot a block from our house a few weeks ago - walking to his truck after finishing a drywalling job! I feel terrible for his poor family.
Yes. Bubble. Soon.
Stephanie, Farmgirl Sister #513!
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| harmonyfarm |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 10:28:08 AM
all the more reason I keep telling my hubby that he isn't building the bubble over our farm fast enough. When the bubble is done, we're entering and not coming out. Our youngest son wants to know if we'll put in a doggy door....nope son, either you're in or you're out! Does anyone else ever feel like this?
Debbie
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 09:48:13 AM
Yup, We live in Billings. It is an overall great city with a little-town heart. But unfortunately drama can erupt anywhere and we happened to find ourselves in the middle of it.
And even worse- It is snowing and road condition is horrible so I am not sure how much moving I am going to get done today!
Alee
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| sjs |
Posted - Mar 09 2009 : 09:42:24 AM
Wow, you're in Billings? I used to spend summers there like 25 years ago, and I don't remember it having any drama like that!
Stephanie, Farmgirl Sister #513!
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 07 2009 : 10:33:26 AM
Yes, I have a lot of stress right now about the move and all- so I will be sooo glad when we are out of here!
Alee
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| pinkroses |
Posted - Mar 07 2009 : 09:58:10 AM
Alee
I am so glad you are moving
We live in the city right now ; in a very bad place
When we moved here it was a really nice place.
we now have drive-by shootings , drug dealers
hookers you name it
Soon we will be moving back to the country. I can't wait.
I am happy for you moving too.hugs sheila
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Mar 07 2009 : 09:07:53 AM
Oh Alee, I am so glad you are moving out of there!
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
| Diane B Carter |
Posted - Mar 07 2009 : 05:59:09 AM
I have moved a few times in my life and each time I have found a crazy neighbor. My step daughter was leaving for work one morning at 5:30a.m. only to have the police helicopter shine a light on her in our driveway and put over the loud speaker stay where you are. A police officer ran up behind her and radioed that it was not the person they were looking for. She came back in the house shaking and crying. I walked her to her car for a week. Last summer my very quite neighbor shot his gun twice at 2 in the morning, and when we first moved here we were told on the street behind us someone got arrested for killing his girlfriend and putting her body parts in the trash. We thought we lived in a safe neighborhood. Its so scary. Thank God I do have a few wonderful neighbors who make living here enjoyable. But I would be happier living in the country, where when you visit your neighbors you do it on horseback.
Hope all your days are Sunnydays.
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| Laura Marie |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 10:08:51 PM
It just goes to show that no matte where you go there is always drama. I have had some of the craziest neighbors in the world. And their craziness always leads back to drugs and alchol. I have a neighbor who I am about 99.9% sure is a prositute, in fact she has written a book about it, and we called the cops on her because she came home drunk and started yelling, the worst possible things, at her neighbor who is a 75 year old grandma and a good friend of ours. The cops couldn't do anything until she got in her car and drove off. They got her for drunk driving. She calls the land lord and says the most awful things to her at 2 am. The land lord does nothing about it. The crazy lady calls the land lord the next morning wanting to know why the cops where at the nightbors(the grandma's) and swore she wasn't in jail. Well thanks to the internet we found that she was booked and that she has a court date for a DUI...
We can't move because prices around here are so high, I can't leave my job because it is secure, we are safe for the most part but it is hard. The State (California) has no money to take care of these people.
Alee, I'm glad that you are your family are safe. Thankful you are able to get out and have a safe place. That is good. But it just goes to show that crazies are everywhere.
Laura Marie #369
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 8:15:13 PM
If it's a domestic case and neither party wishes to press charges there isn't really anything that can be done!
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| vintagediva1 |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 7:55:49 PM
I'm sure glad you're getting out of there. You just never know, do you?
Please stay safe.
Michele
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 7:26:12 PM
Thanks ladies! If Doug hadn't been there I don't know what I would have done!
Alee
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| melody |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 4:30:31 PM
Alee,
Doesn't your heart just THUMP right out of your chest? I hate violence and am very nonconfrontational, but....I have called 911 so many times here. We live on what must be a very weirdo magnet of a corner. The police here are known as the "keystone" cops.
It must have been scary. I am sooooo glad your husband was there!
Melody
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 4:19:40 PM
Amanda- I know! Like seriously this area is a lot like your Brother in Law's area.
Alee
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 3:32:52 PM
Doug and I still floored that nothing was done! It's amazing that people can be that horrible to each other and both break laws and neither get punished for it. It's like saying "It's okay to break the law because someone broke the law first" Isn't that something that first graders say? "But he did it first...." Sheesh!
Alee
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| junkjunkie |
Posted - Mar 06 2009 : 3:23:43 PM
Wow, Alee.....that is Very Scary! It's good that you'll be moving! Maybe it's my imagination, but I think that people are getting crazier...and more violent. It's a frightening world out there! Even the littlest of things can set some people off big time. You really have to be careful. Sue, that's a terrible story about your neighbor...you never know who you'll be living to next door. Sometimes it's really hard to, like you say, 'love your neighbor'. I'm glad that your cat is all right, but sorry of the hassle you went through.
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