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some_of_us_are_sane

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Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:34 PM Feb 17

FOR LuckyCharms! [View all]



We had bad neighbors when I was growing up.

Sickening family. Mostly the husband, just big TUB OF LARD...big mouth, profane..used to "shower" outside with a garden hose and stick his hand down his shorts to clean his genitals and ass.

He'd to throw glass beer bottles from his porch across the street to shatter on the pavement right where our neighbor parked their car. The worst was he'd come outside with a shovel and BANG on a large metal tub for mixing concrete, just to annoy and startle everyone. That went on every day at ANY TIME. The straw that broke the camel's back was the day my mother had had ENOUGH.

While he was pounding away, she went outside to ask him to stop. HE HIT HER with the shovel. ( Swung for the head but she turned and he got her right in the shoulder.)

Finally three other neighbors and my family got a lawyer and took him to court. The judge ruled they could pay a LARGE settlement to us........ or 'MOVE.'

They moved. And he thought he'd get his revenge by selling to a BLACK family in our totally white neighborhood

Little did they know the husband/father was a Reverend and his young wife and family were just as courteous and pleasant as could be. LOL!!!

Hang in there, LuckyCharms!


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FOR LuckyCharms! [View all] some_of_us_are_sane Feb 17 OP
What a great story with a happy ending!! debsy Feb 17 #1
Thanks so much, debsy some_of_us_are_sane Feb 17 #2
It's important to find the silver lining in the clouds debsy Feb 17 #5
It buoys me up to remember some_of_us_are_sane Feb 17 #8
eggscllent. AllaN01Bear Feb 17 #3
Grinning here, AllaN01Bear! some_of_us_are_sane Feb 17 #4
esp like the last one . AllaN01Bear Feb 17 #6
It DOES help, AllN01Bear some_of_us_are_sane Feb 17 #7
! LuckyCharms Feb 19 #9
You're welcome, Lucky some_of_us_are_sane Feb 19 #10
Well, I take little breaks once in awhile... LuckyCharms Feb 19 #11
My husband and I just moved some_of_us_are_sane Feb 19 #12
I have a few pics that are too graphic to post. LuckyCharms Feb 19 #13
It's a HORROWSHOW alright, Lucky! some_of_us_are_sane Feb 19 #14
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