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Neighbours

How to Deal with Noisy Neighbours Once and for All

July 12, 2010
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What to do about annoying neighours when soundproofing isn’t an option? I’ve lived near a lot of explosively noisy neighbours, so here’s some short-term and long-term solutions that worked for me. You won’t even need to get out the knuckledusters! Step 1: Create a diary of woe I cannot emphasise how important this step is! [...]

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We’re Smarter, Smell Better and More Awesome Than You

May 25, 2010
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My new apartment block seemed amazing based on first impressions. We’d barely moved in and our friendly neighbours were racing each other to introduce themselves. It’s a pretty amazing situation: the entire apartment block frequently hangs out as a group socially. Everyone knows each other, and it sure doesn’t seem like there’s any secrets. Driveway [...]

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Everybody Needs Insane Neighbours

January 20, 2010
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One thing I’ve missed in recent years is living near berko neighbours. Over the past few years, my neighbours have been disappointingly beige. When I moved into this block of flats, I was praying for neighbours that could be easily cast into a sitcom. I’m proud to announce my wish has been granted! Seeing as [...]

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When it Floods, it Pours

December 31, 2009
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Greetings! It’s been a little while, eh? There’s been a few unfortunate events going on in the past few months, necessitating my absence from these bloggy parts of the world. Today’s the last day of 2009, so it seems pertinent to briefly review what’s ended up being a pretty testing conclusion to the year. Warning: [...]

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Who Stole our Bins?

September 2, 2009

Upon leaving our house earlier this week, we discovered that our trusty Otto garbage bins had been stolen. Many questions immediately arose in our minds. In a region which has a bounty of garbage bins supplied at no cost by the local council, why did a neighbour suddenly establish the need to house multiple trash [...]

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Whodunnyit?

January 26, 2009

Edit: Google has removed these images, but they originally showed a bloke doing his business on an outdoor toilet for the world to see. You may have seen a Google Street View photo going around of this poor bastard in the last few days. That house is actually within walking distance of my place. My [...]

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Top Five Reasons We’re Moving House

January 5, 2009

We’re moving house in a few weeks. This has caused us to reassess all the things we’ve never been able to do or buy in our current house. We’ve concluded the top five benefits are: 1. Domestic boxing bag Adam has longed for a boxing bag in the home, but we’ve never had enough room. [...]

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I’m Way Too Pissed Off To Update Properly

January 16, 2006

The grand demolition of our front yard has begun. I’ll try and take some photos shortly – the whole living-in-a-fishbowl factor is proving worse than I thought. Builders suddenly materialised in our front yard halfway through Adam and I almost getting it on. Worse still, I can’t slyly pick boogers from my nose without fear [...]

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She Definitely Don’t Like That

January 9, 2006

The concrete in our courtyard is not entirely unlike Kylie Minogue: from afar, there’s an apparent sheen and urban glamour to it. Upon closer inspection, it actually has many wrinkles and cracks. Oh, and it has cancer. Seriously. Our courtyard has concrete cancer. Apparently it’s causing problems with the pipes underneath the courtyard. So, this [...]

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