Neighbour finds our christmas lights "annoying"...

duchy

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Saucer of milk with that, darling?

Aww it's Christmas so I'm sure it's cream not milk.
Considering her other thread about her son wrecking Christmas day she's probably just jealous !

As for awarding a prize for the tackiest lights and decs on a house-I always thought that was tradition-along with spotting the worst Christmas sweater in the pub on Christmas day

One house round here has three inflatables in the front garden -might not look *as* bad if they didn't keep falling sideways.

VfM4meplse

I thought I'd hop onto this thread and ask a stupid girly question..I'd like to put some Christmas lights up outside but don't have an external power source. In laymans language, how is this achieved short of drilling holes through brickwork / the garage door?

Peater

You can get external mains sockets put on your house that are waterproof and insulated. But you have to watch out for !!!!!! charging thier mobile phones using your elecy.....

Get an electrician on it.

Abbafan1972

I have only skimmed through this thread as it's so long.

I hate it when neighbours keep their curtains open at night, you can't help but look in. We have blinds and they are always closed when it's dark. I would just ignore the old battleaxe.

We only have an electrical socket inside the porch, so we just have a second Xmas tree in the porch and some lights around the top of it.

babymoo

Marisco wrote: »

Now these are Xmas lights!!:D

These are freakin awesome!!

Welshwoofs wrote: »

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't own a parka, pajamas or Ugg boots. Oh, we don't have a park either.

What do you have for enjoyment and for children in your neighbourhood?

euronorris

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I thought I'd hop onto this thread and ask a stupid girly question..I'd like to put some Christmas lights up outside but don't have an external power source. In laymans language, how is this achieved short of drilling holes through brickwork / the garage door?

You can get wires that are flat enough to fit through a closed window. ie, they sit at the bottom of the closed window. Nevermind, I can't find a link for you. It was an idea as OH uses some flat cables to connect satellite to TV as we can't drill the walls in a rented place.

Sorry, that wasn't helpful I know.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

babymoo wrote: »

These are freakin awesome!!




What do you have for enjoyment and for children in your neighbourhood?

The local gymkhana is quite popular, I hear

Probably, as it's the [STRIKE]land of persistent rainfall[/STRIKE] Cotswolds, quite a lot of waterskiing and the like, too. If they aren't too busy helping with the livestock.


[trots off sharpish like to avoid WW's retribution........]

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

duchy wrote: »

Aww it's Christmas so I'm sure it's cream not milk.
Considering her other thread about her son wrecking Christmas day she's probably just jealous !

As for awarding a prize for the tackiest lights and decs on a house-I always thought that was tradition-along with spotting the worst Christmas sweater in the pub on Christmas day

One house round here has three inflatables in the front garden -might not look *as* bad if they didn't keep falling sideways.

I'm always tempted to sneak over with a cylinder of helium for those. That would get the owners looking twice - and the fun when they start to deflate and the dog woofs like Joe Pascale!

emlou

Bah Humbug to your neighbours.

Christmas is only once a year and I'm sure other people and their children enjoy the decorations as much as your family do.

However if you were one of those people who leave their decorations up ALL year that would be another matter.:rotfl:

VfM4meplse

euronorris wrote: »

You can get wires that are flat enough to fit through a closed window. ie, they sit at the bottom of the closed window. Nevermind, I can't find a link for you. It was an idea as OH uses some flat cables to connect satellite to TV as we can't drill the walls in a rented place.

Sorry, that wasn't helpful I know.

Yes it is, and probably the immediate answer as I want to install some tinkly Christams lights asap! Now I have some idea I shall start googling it.

Peater wrote: »

You can get external mains sockets put on your house that are waterproof and insulated. But you have to watch out for !!!!!! charging thier mobile phones using your elecy.....

Get an electrician on it.

Thanks, that's what I'm going to do as I also need a couple of floodlights wired in, seems like a good idea to get a supply in the shed whilst I'm at it. :beer: