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  • Catseye3C Offline
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    Catseye3
    wrote on last edited by Catseye3
    #69

    You wrote: "It litters seasonally -- pollen in the spring, acorns in the fall, leaves in the winter -- occasionally drops large branches, and shades our south exposure so we can't install pV panels."

    It's mystifying, isn't it, how some people can so blithely leap over unignorable facts to get right to the I-want-what-I-want phase? How can these points be treated so dismissively? You can almost picture a judge peering down over his glasses and saying, "Mr Plaintiff, how say you about these overwhelmingly obvious facts? In what universe do you consider that it is acceptable to permit your tree to deposit its debris in your neighbors' yard?"

    I can't improve much on what has already been said here. Except: I would take great care selecting your lawyer. Devote however much time you need to finding the right party. Don't stint on conveying your irritation and outrage and longstanding endurance of this matter. Don't settle for a ho-hum business-as-usual-in-the-court-of-law guy. Your letter to us is a great one -- take along a copy and give it to him/her to read. Get a guy who you are confident shares your emotional as well as your empirical position.

    Your neighbors sound entirely unreasonable. You might have some intellectual hoitytoits here: "We can do this because we're very smart and you're just ordinary."

    Not that I think you're ordinary. 🙂

    Sic the right guy on them and watch their surprise. I do not see how they can prevail.

    Good luck. Let us know what happens.

    a "forensic arborist" (roll eyes)

    Agreed!

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • Catseye3C Catseye3

      You wrote: "It litters seasonally -- pollen in the spring, acorns in the fall, leaves in the winter -- occasionally drops large branches, and shades our south exposure so we can't install pV panels."

      It's mystifying, isn't it, how some people can so blithely leap over unignorable facts to get right to the I-want-what-I-want phase? How can these points be treated so dismissively? You can almost picture a judge peering down over his glasses and saying, "Mr Plaintiff, how say you about these overwhelmingly obvious facts? In what universe do you consider that it is acceptable to permit your tree to deposit its debris in your neighbors' yard?"

      I can't improve much on what has already been said here. Except: I would take great care selecting your lawyer. Devote however much time you need to finding the right party. Don't stint on conveying your irritation and outrage and longstanding endurance of this matter. Don't settle for a ho-hum business-as-usual-in-the-court-of-law guy. Your letter to us is a great one -- take along a copy and give it to him/her to read. Get a guy who you are confident shares your emotional as well as your empirical position.

      Your neighbors sound entirely unreasonable. You might have some intellectual hoitytoits here: "We can do this because we're very smart and you're just ordinary."

      Not that I think you're ordinary. 🙂

      Sic the right guy on them and watch their surprise. I do not see how they can prevail.

      Good luck. Let us know what happens.

      a "forensic arborist" (roll eyes)

      Agreed!

      George KG Offline
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      George K
      wrote on last edited by
      #70

      @catseye3 said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:

      Sic the right guy on them

      It's all good, man!

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • kluursK Offline
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        kluurs
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        #71

        Years ago I had neighbor with what is called a tree of heaven growing very close to the property line and to both our houses. These things are essentially tree weeds, not particularly attractive or sturdy; however, my neighbor liked it because green, nature, etc.

        I mentioned to him that the tree was a danger to both our homes because of its carpy nature; however, his love of the green weed meant he didn't want to remove it. Since the limbs grew close to our house and gave access to squirrels to our attic, I then suggested that I needed to trim back those limbs that overhung our yard and were a danger to us. He assented.

        Having gone to the Josef Mengele School of tree trimming, I cut every single branch that overhung our yard. The thing looked ridiculous afterward - essentially only branches facing North were saved.

        He wasn't terribly happy but didn't make an issue of it.

        A new person bought the house a couple of years later. I mentioned to her that if she didn't like that ugly weed growing on her property that I'd be happy to remove it for her. She was delighted - as was I. It was gone about 20 minutes post her assent.

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          Jolly
          wrote on last edited by
          #72

          And if all that doesn't work, I know a couple of enforcers in the Teamsters...😉

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • MikM Offline
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            wrote on last edited by
            #73

            We have a very large old oak near the property line. The neighbor’s house is a very short setback - maybe 6 feet. When we had the tree guys out we had them lop off everything the was hanging over her house or would be soon. She was very grateful as she was out of work at the time. That’s how neighbors should work.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              We have a very large old oak near the property line. The neighbor’s house is a very short setback - maybe 6 feet. When we had the tree guys out we had them lop off everything the was hanging over her house or would be soon. She was very grateful as she was out of work at the time. That’s how neighbors should work.

              89th8 Offline
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              89th
              wrote on last edited by
              #74

              @mik said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:

              We have a very large old oak near the property line. The neighbor’s house is a very short setback - maybe 6 feet. When we had the tree guys out we had them lop off everything the was hanging over her house or would be soon. She was very grateful as she was out of work at the time. That’s how neighbors should work.

              Agreed. When we moved in, a number of trees in our backyard hang over the fence to our neighbors yard. One of my first conversations with them involved a comment that I'm happy to trim back anything that is bothering them.

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              • ImprovisoI Offline
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                Improviso
                wrote on last edited by
                #75

                89: One of my first conversations with them involved a comment that I'm happy to trim back anything that is bothering them.

                Neighbor: Well, the wife is getting a little bushy.

                We have the freedom to choose our actions, but we do not get to choose our consequences.
                Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on.

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                • 89th8 Offline
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                  89th
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #76

                  Hey we have the right to sunbathe in the nude!

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                  • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

                    @copper said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:

                    Do not sign a non-disclosure

                    We need updates

                    I guess you could sign a non-disclosure if we are included

                    They'd have to pay additional to buy my silence. A lot more.

                    brendaB Offline
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                    brenda
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #77

                    @ivorythumper said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:

                    @copper said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:

                    Do not sign a non-disclosure

                    We need updates

                    I guess you could sign a non-disclosure if we are included

                    They'd have to pay additional to buy my silence. A lot more.

                    👍😆

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                    • 89th8 Offline
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                      89th
                      wrote on last edited by 89th
                      #78

                      @Ivorythumper I require 1x updates plz

                      I know in April you also referenced the letter from your lawyer.

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