Weird Neighbor and Weird Things They are Doing! - Updated See First Post

[Eli]

I highly doubt they're growing pot.

That thing is hardly big enough to make it worth it.

If they are, and they just let the light shine through the windows, then.. well, they deserve to be caught because they're obviously stupid.

If the light is normal household light, you can be sure they aren't growing pot. Grow lights would be highly noticable.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fredtam

The medical marijuana argument is way overused. We should legalized it regardless of its usage.

Amen!

Some of us do not like dealing with drug dealers and paying inflated prices (pot these days is worth more than its weight in gold

Almost Pot = $125/oz Gold = $428 The price is inflated simply because it is illegal. But still a very valid point.

125$/oz?

Maybe for mexican brick dirtweed.

It's 300$ around here for the good stuff.

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fredtam

The medical marijuana argument is way overused. We should legalized it regardless of its usage.

Amen!

Some of us do not like dealing with drug dealers and paying inflated prices (pot these days is worth more than its weight in gold

Almost Pot = $125/oz Gold = $428 The price is inflated simply because it is illegal. But still a very valid point.

125$/oz?

Maybe for mexican brick dirtweed.

It's 300$ around here for the good stuff.

No the good stuff. I would think being in Oregon (where a large amount is grown) it would be cheaper. You need to get closer to someone on the distribution level not retail. You know some "OEM bud".

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fredtam

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fredtam

The medical marijuana argument is way overused. We should legalized it regardless of its usage.

Amen!

Some of us do not like dealing with drug dealers and paying inflated prices (pot these days is worth more than its weight in gold

Almost Pot = $125/oz Gold = $428 The price is inflated simply because it is illegal. But still a very valid point.

125$/oz?

Maybe for mexican brick dirtweed.

It's 300$ around here for the good stuff.

No the good stuff. I would think being in Oregon (where a large amount is grown) it would be cheaper. You need to get closer to someone on the distribution level not retail. You know some "OEM bud".

That is the going rate, has been that way for years.

40$ per eigth(3.5g), 300$/oz(20$ discount).

You can get less quality stuff for around 225 sometimes.

 

[fredtam]

Damn, if that were the case here I would get an RV and grow my own.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fredtam
Damn, if that were the case here I would get an RV and grow my own.

 

[FettsBabe]

For the trolls who just created new accounts please mind your own damn business or be man or woman enough to state your true feelings under your own handle! I mean really, how childish is it to create accounts, so it seems like alot of people agree with you?

Second, the camper brings down my property value, which is my business. It is also against county ordinances due to it being set up on residential property. Once again, I have a direct right to defend my property value.

Regarding Pot, it is not going to be grown next door to me. I hate drugs, pot included. If they would have said they would move it I would not have called the narcotics unit. However, if they are going to be inconsiderate of me and my property value, what other choice do I have? Why don't they just grow it in the house?

To those who know nothing about meth labs....they can be set up in bathrooms, and in the trunks of cars. It doesn't take a 1000 sq. foot building to have one. Portable units are preferred because in this area one person does one step, and then their product is sent to someone else who performs the second step. This makes it harder to bust them.

I have spoke to several cops regarding this and they said to report it because it could be a meth lab or just a camper setup that is breaking county ordiances. They further stated that if it was nothing they would be inconvenienced 10-15 minutes at the most.



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[AndrewR]

Some of the people in here amaze me. No, change that -- sicken me. This "mind your own business" crap is the reason crime flourishes in the U.S. and why nasty things are allowed to happen when good people see strange events and do nothing. The safety and security of a community is the responsibility of everyone, not just the police. The same people who say "mind your own business" are probably the first and most vocal critics of the inability of the police to stop crime. Look in a mirror for the problem.

This thread brings to mind a quote that I always remember:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
--Edmund Burke

 

[FettsBabe]

Andrew,

Great post. I completely agree!

 

I would not even have a second thought about calling the police in this situation, this is my neighborhood, this is where I live and raise my children, you want to grow pot or cook Meth, do it somewhere else because I will be damned if I am going to let you do it around my family and friends.
I live in a close knit community, we watch out for each other, that's what makes good neighbors, watching out for each other.

 

[CChaos]

If you think it's suspicious, then call the police and report it. Taking pictures and posting them on the internet while sifting through the opinions of various geeks around the country has nothing do with your desire for a safe neighborhood or your property value. Call it in and be done.

EDIT: And where's the parody thread saying "Wierd Neighbors taking pictures of our house and RV today and tonight and posting them on the internet."

 

[Hammer]

at the very least the visit from zoning will make them get rid of it, no matter what it ends up being.

 

[NumbersGuy]

Perhaps the neighbors don't think it's such a great neighborhood, and keep the RV lit to keep it from being stolen.

The hose is to get water to it, the xetension for power to keep battery charged?

Running the generator makes no sense though.

Q:
1. What did the cops say?
2. Could you set up a webcam? The AT team would keep an eye on the situation

 

[nebula]

I second Andrew and Roger's posts.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: AndrewR
Some of the people in here amaze me. No, change that -- sicken me. This "mind your own business" crap is the reason crime flourishes in the U.S. and why nasty things are allowed to happen when good people see strange events and do nothing. The safety and security of a community is the responsibility of everyone, not just the police. The same people who say "mind your own business" are probably the first and most vocal critics of the inability of the police to stop crime. Look in a mirror for the problem.

This thread brings to mind a quote that I always remember:

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
--Edmund Burke

That quote seems vaguely familiar...trying to remember where I read it last

Saw it in the movie "Tears of the Sun" as well. Great movie btw

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: CChaos
If you think it's suspicious, then call the police and report it. Taking pictures and posting them on the internet while sifting through the opinions of various geeks around the country has nothing do with your desire for a safe neighborhood or your property value. Call it in and be done.

It's been reported. Now, it's just a matter of time until the police show up. The pictures appear to the be the result of inquiring minds. After all, the pics would not be here unless they were asked for. Finally, I would like someone like FettesBabe to be in my neighborhood. Plenty of my neighbors don't care about their property values and it would be good to have a neighbor who did care.

Fortunately, my neighborhood prohibits the parking of RVs on the private streets. Plus, the county has gone so far as to put signs up that prohibit the parking of RVs on the commercial streets, too. It was a long process of getting enough petition signatures (75% "Yes" signatures were required.) However, it was well worth it because of the way in which the community has been cleaned up.

I find it hard to believe that this person is a professional frisbee player. I mean, tugging that trailer around from city to city will chew up more gas than finding a nice hotel room each evening. Something doesn't match up and I applaud the action that is being taken.

 

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: nebula
I second Andrew and Roger's posts.

third

 

[clamum]

I'd laugh if it turns out they're producing drugs of some sort in there because they would be the dumbest drug makers on the planet.

It's weird they have it there but I don't see a reason from the info provided there's illegal activity going on.

 

[Davegod]

report it and be done with it. you might be posting about "defending your property value" or whatever, so what about their right to privacy? if you have real concerns, report them to the police and stop spying on them and making (and encouraging) defamatory accusations - this might not be your intentions but it certainly is what you are doing. the post isnt too bad, since nobody could associate it with anybody unless they had already noted the same thing, but photos of the vehicle and home is a bit much IMHO.

how would you like them spying on your house, taking photos and posting them on the internet, encouraging a beleif that you were running a methlab in there? wouldnt you rather they just came over or got the cops to do so?

that's the reason for the trolling (or at least troll posts that havent been deleted, incase worse ones have been), you're invading their privacy and carrying things way too far like someone with too much time on their hands, when you can simply report it and be done.

i see the concerns, but theyve been handled badly imho.

 

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by: FettsBabe
No update yet. I hope to know something tomorrow.

To those who think POT. I hate all drugs regardless of what it is. It is not going to be next door to me nor my children.

When I asked the guy what the camper was for he told me he was a professional frisbee player and that he used it when he traveled. He told that to a person who is almost a lawyer! I mean really, come on, be for real here! How dumb is he?????

Look him up. PDGA

 

[Rogue]

I think she just posted here because she wanted reassurance that she WASN'T going to violate their privacy. There are a lot of people here with a lot of knowledge.

As far as not reporting suspicious activity, would you people not report spousal or child abuse because it's a "private matter" as is most often the statement by the abuser? How about if you saw a Ryder moving truck out by the lake nowhere near a house? Would you report that? You'd err on the side of privacy probably in both cases and you'd feel responsible for things like Oklahoma city or the millions of domestic violence murders that occur every year. I can tell you personally that I've spoken with neighbors who lived next to a place where a child was killed by his step father and when told that the child was dead, they opened up and admitted that they knew what was going on and didn't report it because they felt it was a private matter.

 

[WakeboardrB]

First of all, I agree that suspicious activity is cause for calling the police. You would have to be a fool not to, after all you do have to protect your family. What I disagree with is the complete lack of evidence to back up your outrageous accusations. It is downright defamation to accuse these people of cooking amphetamines just because they leave their camper light on 24/7.

I just don't understand. If your initial problem with your neighbor was that they are violating zoning laws, why didn't you just go up to their door and kindly ask them to move it? There is no need to get the police (of all people) involved just because your paranoid thoughts are running rampant. Now if you actually had evidence of illegal activity taking place then it would would be a completely different story, but leaving a light on all night and having a water hookup to the camper is certainly NOT evidence of a crime being committed.

What you are doing is letting your paranoid and delusional thoughts run rampant. You are blatantly accusing people of heinous crimes without any form of evidence. It's just plain disgusting. Once again I do agree with your beliefs on keeping your family safe, but this is just ludicrous.

Now on to the subject of pictures. It was just downright wrong to post pictures of someone elses property in an attempt to accuse them of a crime, when the pictures prove nothing. How would you like a nosy neighbor taking pictures of your house and backyard and posting them on an internet forum in an attempt to accuse them for manufacturing amphetamines? Correct me if I'm wrong but that is probably grounds for a lawsuit due to the extreme violation of privacy you have expressed towards them.

I'm sorry but people like you just sicken me. So what if they are in fact growing marijuana. I do agree with a meth lab being grounds for taking action, but a marijuana grow? Even though it is highly unlikely that they are in fact growing weed, it is after all just a plant. As long as they aren't waving it in your face or imposing upon your rights then you have absolutely no grounds for imposing on theirs. Guess what, as long as you aren't affected then you should just keep your freaking nose out of it.

I do understand the fact that you don't like the trailer there. So stop being a pussy and just go knock on their door and inform them that it is an eyesore and is violating zoning laws. Politely ask them to move it and more then likely you will have no problem. Calling the cops with the amount of evidence you have (none) is just plain stupid.

Stop being paranoid and get on with your life. Talk to your neighbors and kindly explain the situation and you will have no problems. Instead you are invading their privacy, showing pictures of their house on the internet, and basically acting like a prick. Grow some nuts and take care of the situation yourself.

 

[FettsBabe]

Read the posts. It was reported. The sheriff and zoning will check it out.

I'm calling back this evening to check the status.

Thanks to those who agree that this was the right decision.

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

Nice job Nancy Drew

 

[Jened]

i agree 100% about calling. i don't think most law abiding citizens would mind a 5 minute
chat with a police officer. i can see how those possessing and growing ILLEGAL drugs
would mind a police officer stopping by.