nasty old man next door :-(

19lottie82

DaveTheMus wrote: »

If he is 90 he probably fought in WWII......something to think about.

So? That doesn't give him the right to go intimidating people and vandalising their property!
What a ridiculous statement.

jellie

Unless it's in his deeds, I don't think he can be required to fix the fence whether he put it up or not (unless it's causing damage or danger). He'll probably be required to maintain that boundary, but that could be by a couple of posts and some wire.

Does your council and insurance company know your OH is running a business from the property?

Hope you get it sorted - he sounds like a right bully and unless he's mentally ill, I don't believe his age and past service to his country should mean that he can just do what he wants.

Abbafan1972

DaveTheMus wrote: »

If he is 90 he probably fought in WWII......something to think about.

So what? Some old fellow once pushed passed me in the post office and his reply was "I fought in the war" when I challenged him.

This doesn't excuse his behaviour and anyone who hasn't fought in a war shouldn't be treated as second class citizens!

Respect is something you earn, it isn't a god given right.

Hope you get it sorted soon.

FatVonD

Mojisola wrote: »

And does seeing ground elder in a neighbour's garden give someone the right to behave like this man has?

I wonder what he would be allowed to do if he saw Japanese Knotweed!:eek:

Of course not and I think you (and your many thankers) know I wasn't suggesting for one moment that it did.

It could have explained why he's concerned about the plants in somebody else's garden though.

(And I think I actually meant Japanese Knotweed, whatever the one is that is virtually impossible to get rid of!)

Mojisola

FatVonD wrote: »

It could have explained why he's concerned about the plants in somebody else's garden though.

But not why he would have thought he could go into the neighbour's garden and pull plants up!

DKLS

He is a bully so treat him like one, at the next opportunity sneer at him the following words : aren't you dead yet?

DaveTheMus

Fighting in World War II is more courageous and selfless act than anything anyone on this thread has ever done.

Without people like this guy, we would be communicating in German.

I didn't say it excused his behaviour, it doesn't. But the fact remains that if he is a WWII veteran, he's done more for this country than any of us.

DaveTheMus

Abbafan1972 wrote: »

So what? Some old fellow once pushed passed me in the post office and his reply was "I fought in the war" when I challenged .

What have you done that's worth remembering?

Just_Plain_Jane

DaveTheMus wrote: »

Fighting in World War II is more courageous and selfless act than anything anyone on this thread has ever done.

Without people like this guy, we would be communicating in German.

I didn't say it excused his behaviour, it doesn't. But the fact remains that if he is a WWII veteran, he's done more for this country than any of us.

How do you know he wasn't in a reserved occupation? Or a conscientious objector? Or exempt from conscription on medical grounds?

What has any of this got to do with him invading OP's privacy?

GobbledyGook

DaveTheMus wrote: »

Fighting in World War II is more courageous and selfless act than anything anyone on this thread has ever done.

Without people like this guy, we would be communicating in German.

I didn't say it excused his behaviour, it doesn't. But the fact remains that if he is a WWII veteran, he's done more for this country than any of us.

For all anyone on the thread knows the guy might have been one of those who fled and hid during WWII. Or he could have had a protected industry. Or he could have had had a condition or illness that meant he didn't take part.

My Grandfather fought in WWII, like so many, and still managed to be a polite and respectful man as well.